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Amazonian Morpho butterflies: three genomes with a twist

Hans Zauner

Morpho butterflies are emblematic species of the Amazonian rainforest known for their metallic shades of blue and green. Despite their conspicuous looks and fascinating biology, large-scale genome sequencing...

Biologyepigenomicsgenomicsimaging

Multi-dimensional data for Cooinda the dingo

Hans Zauner

A new GigaScience article presents rich multi-dimensional data for one Alpine dingo named Cooinda. The high-quality genome sequence, other molecular biology data, and magnetic resonance imaging of brain...

BiologyOpen Accessanimal genomicsconferencesPAG

Plant and Animal Genomes (PAG) Comes Storming Back!

Chris Hunter

PAG30 flyer After 2 cancellations due to the pandemic, the Plant and Animal Genomes conference returned to its in-person format in January with its 30th edition. A number of the talks focused on the...

Biologycell biologycitizen scienceconferencesimaging

Cell Biology in Washington DC: GigaScience at ASCB/EMBO Cell Bio 2022

Chris Armit

The Washington DC Walter E. Washington Convention Center was the venue for the recent Cell Bio 2022 Meeting that took place on 3-7 December 2022. Cell Bio 2022, the joint meeting of the American Society for...

MedicineUncategorizedbiochemistrydatabasedrug development

1,600 plant extracts reveal their secrets

Hans Zauner

Plants are full of biochemical potential. Today in GigaScience, we publish an article that presents a searchable library of spectra and molecules found in a collection of 1,600 plant extracts. This open...

Open AccessFAIRopen sciencepublishing

Celebrating and innovating: This was 2022 at GigaScience Press

Hans Zauner

It was a year to remember, for more than one reason: 2022 marked the 10th anniversary of GigaScience‘s launch. The journal’s younger sibling GigaByte got an award and continued to innovate with living...