GigaScience Press partnering with GBIF are supported by TDR (hosted at the wHO), to release a special issue for publication of new datasets presenting biodiversity data for research on vectors of human diseases.
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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.
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For Open Access Week 2021 we look back over 10 of our favourite GigaScience papers providing examples of barriers we’ve tried to break for more open science.
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A new article published today in GigaScience demonstrates that machine learning can yield “proxy measures” for brain-related health issues from large population data, without the need for a specialist’s assessment.
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.
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Identity in Peer Review is the theme of Peer Review Week 2021, and GigaScience Press have a number of new collaborations and integrations embracing this.
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ISMB2021 was held online again so GigaScience had to celebrate their birthday with a video & virtual cake cutting, plus this writeup of the talks by Chris Armit
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A new “multi-modal” data set on arm motion control, published recently in GigaScience , is an important contribution to develop robotic prosthetic devices and other tools at the interface between human and machine. Robotic arms and other devices that support limb movements are getting ever more sophisticated.
Following the publication of a new software citation guide we explain more the practicalities and importance of citing research software.
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We have an update on the Update article, GigaByte’s new article type to speed up the sharing and communication of science through allowing publication of data and software versions that are immediately useful to the community.
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Joining our Giga reproducibility toolkit is Gigantum, with a new paper being our first example using this platform for better collaboration, sharing and making reproducible research easier.
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