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Showing 21 reddits:For the study of anatomical structure. New discoveries? Vestigial organs? Anything relating to bodies can go here.
news for genome hackers
Resources for learning bioinformatics
#bioinformatics IRC at Freenode
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If you have a specific bioinformatics related question, there is also the question and answer site BioStar and the next generation sequencing community SEQanswers
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If you want to read more about genetics or personalized medicine, please visit /r/genomics
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Information about curated, biological-relevant databases can be found in /r/BioDatasets
Check out our FAQ here, and please contribute to it.
We have self-serve user flair. Pick flair representing your favorite biological field of interest. You don't have to be an expert in it. If you don't have a favorite genre of biology, consider "general biology" or "bio enthusiast". If you really want something off-list, feel free to message the mods for it.
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No spamming (ie. posting tons to links to the same website).
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We will likely remove pictures of text, memegenerator-type images, or ragecomics. If you want to post a picture with some text on it, at least make it a biological picture. Try /r/labrats for all your meme-posting needs.
The Biomedical Science Subreddit!
Biomedical scientific research includes fields such as Anatomy, Pathology, Physiology, Pharmacology, Microbiology etc.
This reddit is for redditors interested in biology, medicine and biomedical science.
(Warning - Some links may lead to graphic pictures or videos)
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Biomimicry connects two seemingly unconnected disciplines, biology and engineering, to help solve human design challenges by looking to nature for inspiration.
This is NOT a news subreddit. Please share important research articles from different fields of biology and medical sciences. The goal of this subreddit is to keep track of important research articles in different disciplines.
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News about any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use.
A branch of Biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. This subreddit functions as both a place to discuss past, present, and future botanical research, as well as a hub for all other botanical subreddits.
Plant Identification - r/whatsthisplant
- Mycology - Fungi
- Entomology - Insects
- Palynology - Pollen
- Pteridology - Ferns
- Phycology - Algae
- Phytopathology - Plant Pathology
- Gardening - General plant care
- Ethnobotany - Medicinal plants
- Savage garden - Carnivorous plants
- Berries and Small Fruit - Small fruit
- Orchids - Orchid ID, care, and growth
- Cactus - Cactus ID, care, and growth
- Bromeliads - Brom ID, care, and growth
- Forestry - Everything forestry
- Forest Health - Global forests
- SFWTrees - Arboriculture
- Botany Papers - Peer reviewed botany
- Seed Exchange - Seed exchange
- Seed Stock - Online seed retailers
- What's this plant? - Plant ID experts
- Botanical Porn (SFW) - Plant photos
- Flowers - Flower pictures
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Reddit Day Of
"It's a Classy TIL with a single Daily Topic."
Each day has a new topic. People are encouraged to research and post something they think the community will find interesting. Wikipedia links are discouraged, we can all look there! Hopefully readers will learn something interesting about a topic they previously had little knowledge in. We don't care much for rules but memes/advice animals belong elsewhere.
Please upvote generously to reward those taking the time to research and post. Down-votes are disabled, we encourage content & participation. We"re like an old-time Parlour Game, The best post of the day receives an Award ^1 & poster may (if they wish to) nominate a topic for next week. To find past Topics, search with RedditDayOf as one of the search terms.
Don't be put off if the topic doesn't instantly interest you. Even the most mundane topics can have very interesting trivia. We've linked with /r/oldiemusic to post music under the daily topic.
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