Data-Sharing Across Otolaryngology: Comparing Journal Policies and Their Adherence to the FAIR Principles.

Objective: Data-sharing plays an essential role in advancing scientific understanding. Here, we aim to identify the commonalities and differences in data-sharing policies endorsed by otolaryngology journals and to assess their adherence to the FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) principles.

Methods: Data-sharing policies were searched for among 111 otolaryngology journals, as listed by Scimago Journal & Country Rank.

Assessing Microbial Metabolic and Biological Diversity to Inform Natural Product Library Assembly.

The pressing need for novel chemical matter to support bioactive compound discovery has led natural product researchers to explore a wide range of source organisms and environments. One of the implicit guiding principles behind those efforts is the notion that sampling different environments is critical to accessing unique natural products. This idea was tested by comparing fungi from disparate biomes: aquatic sediments from Lake Michigan (USA) and terrestrial samples taken from the surrounding soils.