Tag Archives: conference
AIBC – India. Biocuration, long days, even longer traffic jams.
Chris Hunter - March 26, 2024
The Annual International Biocuration Conference (AIBC) was held for the first in India, at the Indian Biological Data Centre (IBDC), Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB), Faridabad and co-hosted by the Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus. As usual, GigaDB had representation at the event (see write-ups of many previous meetings here), […]
RDA20 Plenary: A Decade of Data 2013-2023. Celebrating 10 years of the Research Data Alliance (RDA)
Chris Hunter - March 30, 2023
In one of our conference write-ups, GigaDB provides perspectives and summary of the RDA20 plenary- A decade of data. 5 days of discussions and working groups all about research data.
GigaScience at SPNHC 2022
Chris Armit - June 27, 2022
Write up of the meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC 2022) by Chris Armit.
GigaScience at VIZBI 2022
Chris Armit - April 7, 2022
Write-up of the The 12th international meeting on Visualizing Biological Data (VIZBI) conference
The Women in Science Conference 2021: Challenges are simply a problem waiting for a solution
Scott Edmunds - November 4, 2021
The 7th Women in Science Conference took place in Qingdao, as a satellite meeting of ICG-16 again organized by our Publishing Director Laurie Goodman. Here is a write-up by our Junior Editor Hongfang Zhang.
Sequencing genomes across the planet at Biodiversity Genomics 2021
Chris Armit - October 7, 2021
Biodiversity Genomics 2021 was again virtual and brought together researchers across the world who are sequencing all of the corners of the tree of life. Here we have a write-up from Chris Armit.
GigaScience at VIZBI 2021
Chris Armit - April 14, 2021
GigaScience are huge fans of the VIZBI – Visualising Biological Data – conference and our Data Scientist Chris Armit details the major highlights of VIZBI 2021.
GigaScience at Cell Bio 2020 Virtual
Chris Armit - January 5, 2021
Chris Armit attended Cell Bio 2020 Virtual (the online ASCB|EMBO Meeting) and here provides a write-up of the excited Cell Biology on display in this conference.
Predicting the Outcome of COVID-19: GigaScience at the Human Cell Atlas COVID-19 Virtual Symposium
Chris Armit - October 23, 2020
The Human Cell Atlas organised a COVID-19 Virtual Symposium on the 1st and 9th October 2020 to highlight important research findings in host responses, pathophysiology, and immunology. Chris Armit from the GigaScience team attended this virtual conference and report below on some of the key investigations that are helping us to understand the mechanisms of COVID-19 disease.
Updates from sequencing the tree of life. Biodiversity Genomics 2020
Chris Armit - October 22, 2020
Biodiversity Genomics 2020 was a virtual event aiming to bring together researchers across the world to “sequence life for the future of life”, sequencing all of the corners of the tree of life.