Extensive research in well-studied animal models underscores the importance of
commensal gastrointestinal (gut) microbes to animal physiology. Gut microbes have been …

Recent algorithmic advances in amplicon-based microbiome studies enable the inference of
exact amplicon sequence fragments. These new methods enable the investigation of sub …

One of the pathways by which the scientific community confirms the validity of a new
scientific discovery is by repeating the research that produced it. When a scientific effort fails …

Best practices from open data science are spreading across research fields, providing new
opportunities for research and education. Open data science emphasizes the view that …

Marine Archaea are important players among microbial plankton and significantly contribute
to biogeochemical cycles, but details regarding their community structure and long-term …

Deforestation has a substantial impact on aboveground biodiversity, but the response of
belowground soil fungi remains poorly understood. In a tropical montane rainforest in …

Recent algorithmic advances in amplicon-based microbiome studies enable the inference of
exact amplicon sequence fragments. These new methods enable the investigation of sub …

This article presents a reproducible research workflow for amplicon-based microbiome
studies in personalized medicine created using Bioconductor packages and the knitr …

Computational tools are at the core of modern research. In addition to experiment and
theory, the notions of simulation and data-intensive discovery are often referred to as “third …

Abstract Knowledge infrastructure is an intellectual framework for creating, sharing, and
distributing knowledge. In this paper, we use knowledge infrastructure to address common …