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GigaScience at the Genomic Standards Consortium meeting – call for papers for a special series
Scott Edmunds - March 4, 2012
To tie in with the Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC13) meeting in Shenzhen, GigaScience is launching a thematic series highlighting best practice in genomics
Follow us (on everything)
Scott Edmunds - February 27, 2012
Follow us on our many social media accounts as we participate in the enomic Standards Consortium (GSC) meeting in Shenzhen (GSC13)
What links RNA-Editing, Data Citation and Ancient Chinese Emperors?
Scott Edmunds - February 17, 2012
An incremental step has been achieved for the adoption of data citation, Nature Biotech included one of our dataset DOIs in their references for the first time.
GigaScience Journal Part of Global Data-Sharing Effort: New Standards Allow Disparate Data Sets to Integrate
Scott Edmunds - January 28, 2012
GigaScience now part of global data-sharing effort, new ISA-TAB standards allow disparate data aets to integrate
Data Citation Enters the (year of the) Dragon
Scott Edmunds - January 23, 2012
As we enter the year of the dragon lots of updates and news on how Data Citation is growing as a movement, with meetings and journal uptake.
Data Citation December
Scott Edmunds - December 23, 2011
More on DataCite, Data Citation standards, and the International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC) in Bristol
HVP Beijing: dealing with variation
Alexandra Basford - December 11, 2011
Write up of the Human Variome Project meeting in Beijing (HVP Beijing), addressing the understanding and treatment of heritable diseases.
InCoB/ISCB-Asia: keynotes and curation
Alexandra Basford - December 5, 2011
Covering the the InCoB/ISCB-Asia meeting in Kuala Lumpur – presenting genomics and bioinformatics with a spicy Asian flavour.
GigaScience at #ICG6: announcing the release of GigaDB and new datasets
Scott Edmunds - November 19, 2011
Update on the release of a new-look database, more data, and a number of talks and announcements at BGI’s annual ICG6 conference in Shenzhen.
Genomicists go Shenzhen: GigaScience at the International Conference on Genomics VI
Scott Edmunds - November 11, 2011
Promoting GigaScience at the International Conference on Genomics VI (ICG6) in Shenzhen with some important announcements to come.