Jonathan Eisen, scientist and blogger extraordinaire has established a science writing series called "Story behind the paper". The idea is for authors who have recently published Open Access papers to tell the story behind the paper: what sorts of experiences and experiments led up to the new discovery and how we navigated through the publication process. Several years ago Jonathan patiently explained to me what a blog was and got me started with science blogging. He recently kindly extended an invitation to write story about our discovery of a new communication code in disease causing bacteria.
Here it is. Happy reading.
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Jonathan Eisen is the new Academic Editor in Chief at PLoS Biology, and he's kicking it off with this editorial.
This is an exciting day at PLoS and, after having to keep my mouth shut for a couple of months about it, I am really happy to be free to announce to the world that my friend and
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Via PZ Myers I find Bruce M Hood's story of how Jonathan Leake misrepresented Hood's work:
very nice "Story behind the paper". I wish you a happy new year Pamela!
I wish you a happy new year Pamela!