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May 2021

Overview of cell nuclei in a pluripotent zebrafish embryo, illustrating the variety of patterns formed by DNA in different cells. These patterns were mapped to multiplicative cascades, capturing DNA distribution across length scales. This mapping also relates the DNA distribution in these cells to a wider class of multi-fractal systems, including, for example, clouds in the sky or cracks in the soil. The image shows an optical section through a sphere stage embryo acquired by STimulated Emission Depletion (STED) microscopy, field of view 155-by-155 micrometers.

Image Credit: Amra Noa Lennart Hilbert, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Biological and Chemical System; image acquired at Karlsruhe Center for Optics and Photonics; 2021

Editorials

Ten simple rules to cultivate transdisciplinary collaboration in data science

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Ten simple rules to make your publication look better

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Ten simple rules for productive lab meetings

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Education Articles

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Jasia King, Kerbaï Saïd Eroumé, Roman Truckenmüller, Stefan Giselbrecht, Ann E. Cowan, Leslie Loew, Aurélie Carlier

Fostering accessible online education using Galaxy as an e-learning platform

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