A taxonomy of the methods used to obtain quality datasets enhances existing resources.

Fifty years ago, Peter Medawar and George Williams developed two now-classic theories for the evolution of senescence. In the past 20 years, evolutionary biologists studying aging have developed explicit mathematical models of these theories, used these models to derive explicit predictions, and tested these predictions using a variety of approaches. But, we argue here, our singular focus on th...

Any cutting-edge scientific research project requires a myriad of computational tools for data generation, management, analysis and visualization. Python is a flexible and extensible scientific programming platform that offered the perfect solution in our recent comparative genomics investigation [1]. In this paper, we discuss the challenges of this project, and how the combined power of Biopyt...

The fulminant development of science and the technical innovations that it has spawned have had a profound impact on our day-to-day lives. Information and communication technology, molecular biology, physics, engineering and chemistry have all markedly changed the lives of most humans during the past century. Scientific research is crucial for creating the knowledge base for this progress, whic...

P. Harikrishna, A. Abraham, S. Selvi Rajan, G. Ramesh Babu, S. Chitra Ganapathi, and Nagesh R. Iyer Principal Scientist, CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai, TN, India, [email protected] Senior Scientist, CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai, TN, India, [email protected] Chief Scientist, CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai, TN, India, sselvi@se...

1MSc, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Bacteriology, Tuberculosis Research Centre, India 2PhD, Scientist F, Department of Bacteriology, Tuberculosis Research Centre, India 3BSc, Laboratory Technician, Department of Bacteriology, Tuberculosis Research Centre, India 4Senior Technical Officer A, Department of Bacteriology, Tuberculosis Research Centre, India 5MSc, Scientist D, Department of B...