Tag Archives: GigaDB
From Frictionless Data to Interactive Visualisation
Scott Edmunds - September 1, 2022
A guest post from our summer data science intern Raniere Silva from Hong Kong City Uiniversity on his work on Frictionless Data and Interactive Visualisation
A step-by-step guide to 3D print a scientific publication.
Scott Edmunds - March 9, 2021
To promote re-use of microCT data and 3D models we have produced a video guide on how to 3D print a scorpion from GigaDB in 10 simple steps.
Accessing and reviewing Controlled Access Data of Rare Cancers. Q&A with Matthieu Foll
Scott Edmunds - November 4, 2020
We have a Q&A with author Matthieu Foll from the WHO/(IARC on his new GigaScience paper presenting multi-omic data from rare lung neuroendocrine neoplasms and his experience having the precious Controlled Access data peer reviewed by named peer reviewers.
Big data, big conferences, big plans: 2019 in review
Hans Zauner - December 21, 2019
This is the last blog post of 2019 and it is time again to look back at some of the amazing research published in GigaScience over the past year. Besides handling manuscripts, reviews and data, the editors and curators also attended conferences near and far, they contributed to policy discussions and prepared the launch of […]
Harvesting the final fruits of the plant tree of life
Scott Edmunds - October 24, 2019
Lessons learned in the evolution of large-scale data sharing New studies out today elucidate the framework for 1 billion years of green plant evolution. The work are the results of nearly a decades work from an international consortium of nearly 200 plant researchers generating gene sequences from more than 1100 plant species. Here and in […]
Curators Capture Cambridge. Biocuration 2019
Chris Armit - May 6, 2019
The 12th International Biocuration Conference was held in Cambridge, UK from April 7-10th 2019. As regular participants of the meeting you can read our write-ups of the meeting going back to 2012. This is a forum for biocurators and developers to discuss their work and to promote collaboration. GigaScience had a visible presence at Biocuration […]
Presenting the FAIRsharing community network
Scott Edmunds - April 3, 2019
FAIRer Sharing via FAIRsharing Our aim at GigaScience is to provide the means to open up and share research data. On top of just making these available via our (new look) GigaDB database, we’ve been involved with communities that wants to maximize the utility of these research outputs by making them FAIR: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable […]
GigaScience at ESRIC Super-Resolution Clinic
Chris Armit - March 4, 2019
The diffraction limit of a microscope hinders the ability to see single molecules as the optics do not allow the researcher to distinguish between two fluorescently labelled molecules that are less than 200nm apart. As a means of overcoming this barrier, super-resolution microscopy utilises various tricks to go beyond the diffraction limit and image sub-cellular […]
Planetary Genomes. Creating a Digital Botanical Garden.
Scott Edmunds - January 28, 2019
Our Biggest Dataset Yet. Oh, Ruili? A new Data Note provides genome sequencing data that effectively triples the number of plant species with available genome data. This mammoth amount of work comes on the back of the growing efforts of the scientific community to sequence more plant genomes to aid in understanding their complex evolution […]
Of Mice and Men (and Monkey) Microbiomes.
Scott Edmunds - August 31, 2018
New work in GigaScience introduces the macaque monkey to the microbial gene catalogue club, with the monkey microbiome joining other model organisms.