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On the trail of the elusive Solenodon genome. Q&A with Taras Oleksyk

- March 19, 2018

Researchers have sequenced the venomous Solenodon, the last survivor of a branch of mammals that appeared at the time of the dinosaurs. Here we give some behind the scenes insight with some of the authors of this prize winning project, and include a Q&A with lead author Taras Oleksyk. Our latest paper presents a draft […]

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Interact with the Crabs in Your Computer: New GigaDB Imaging Widgets

- March 15, 2018

GigaScience have now integrated with sketchfab to allow interaction with 3D models. The first microCT example being hermit crab scans

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Apply for GigaScience Scholarships at ConGen 2018

- March 14, 2018

Apply for GigaScience Scholarships at ConGen 2018 in Virginia, the Recent Advances in Conservation Genetics) course taught by leading experts

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How Giardia feeds on ready meals from the gut – Author Q&A with Kevin Tyler

- January 29, 2018

Giardia, a protozoan parasite causes diarrhoea and stomach pains. New research in GigaScience provides insights into the mechanisms that cause the symptoms of giardiasis.

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CUDDELing up to metabolomics in Hong Kong

- January 22, 2018

A highlight of 2017 was a 2nd GigaScience hackathon in ourHK office from a metabolomics project called CUDDEL, all thanks to BBSRC China Partnering Award

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… and a Happy New Year

- December 19, 2017

It’s time to review the highlights of GigaScience’s 2017 in Hans Zauner’s traditional end of year summary of what happened over the last 12 months

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Citizen Smith goes to Nairobi. Taking Citizen Science to the UN

- December 15, 2017

Taking Citizen Science to the UN, with the launch of CitizenScience.Asia at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi

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A Christmas Gift To You From GigaScience. Scientists have Unwrapped the Reindeer Genome.

- December 12, 2017

A New High-Quality Reindeer Genome Sequence Provides Resources for Studying Evolution, Domestication, and Adaptation to Arctic Climate. But not the secrets of Christmas.

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And the winner is? Our #ICG12 prize track on GigaTV

- November 27, 2017

Last month was the 7th consecutive year we’ve attended our co-publisher BGI’s annual ICG (International Conference on Genomics) gathering in Shenzhen. While we’ve assisted in organising a number of fun thematic tracks over the years including ICG-8’s crowdsourcing, crowdfunding and open science session, and ICG-10’s community genomics session, for ICG12 this year we decided to […]

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#FORCE2017 in Berlin: “Changing the Culture”

- October 31, 2017

Write up by Hans Zauner of three eventful days in Berlin last week for FORCE2017 discuss ideas, ongoing projects and future developments around Open Science

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