GigaScience

The #OpenScience journal from BGI & OUP publishing articles using/generating large datasets. And linked to @Giga_DB #opendata hosting/analysis repository

[GigaScience @GigaScience]

We are now at the STOC Plant 2026 Conference (https://t.co/VB3OKLMF9b), and we warmly invite you to stop by and chat with our editors.

[CU Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) @CUBiomedInfo]

A new study published in @GigaScience, led by the @LozuponeLab at @CUAnschutz, introduces KG-Microbe: a knowledge graph (KG) framework that harmonizes and standardizes microbial data to support microbiome research.

Read the study and explore KG-Microbe ➡️ https://t.co/bclm8UDFr5

[Anicet Ebou @anicetebou]

🦀 xgt is officially published in @GigaScience!
Query the Genome Taxonomy Database from your terminal: search, genome cards, taxon lineages & cross-release taxonomic diff.
📄 https://t.co/JYcVJrNi9I | 🔗 https://t.co/S5KKh1hQpP | v1.2.0 dropping soon with local caching 🗄️

#Rust

[Darwin Tree of Life Project @darwintreelife]

@sangerinstitute @GigaScience @Thomas_Mathers If you'd like to hear an interview about MicroFinder and birds with @sangerinstitute first author Dr Tom Mathers, head to the @ZSLScience podcast episode #50 'mapping nature's code' - the team discusses birds, sampling, and genomes! It's a great listen ⤵️ https://t.co/FSAWNeiM42

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Scotland just unlocked a massive brain imaging resource for AI research: 417k MRI + 846k CT head scans, linked EHRs & 1.8M reports from 830k+ patients – real-world clinical data, ready for secure analysis.
https://t.co/0blmt2QO6o

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De novo mutation calling just got a major upgrade. Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute present TrioDNM + VRFS: fewer false positives at the same sensitivity. https://t.co/DdckIxp20s

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SCSEQ is a new zero-code web platform for single-cell RNA-seq analysis, published in #GigaScience.
https://t.co/767HzYreqB

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New tool alert!
MicroFinder, just published in GigaScience, helps assemble notoriously tricky bird genomes—faster & more accurately than ever before.
https://t.co/kPVWOPpP0J;
https://t.co/Xb4iWlwXNy

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Making machine learning research more transparent and reproducible: GigaScience Press integrates DOME standards into peer review and publishing workflows: https://t.co/6gZ7iOwZsQ.

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How robust is your #cfDNA analysis? Our new study shows bioinformatics reprocessing choices matter less than you think.
The effects of bioinformatics preprocessing on cell-free DNA fragment analysis:
https://t.co/7z7SotsH9G

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Giant chromosomes of a tiny plant - the complete telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of the simple thalloid liverwort Apopellia endiviifolia (Jungermanniopsida, Marchantiophyta): https://t.co/5oqxDwRjxK

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Dear Authors, Readers, Editorial Board Members and Colleagues in the Academic Community, we are delighted to announce that Dr. Xun Xu has officially been appointed as Editor-in-Chief of GigaScience. See the announcement here: https://t.co/pbkFvacWMZ

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And it’s goodbye from me. Final GigaBlog from outgoing EiC @SCEdmunds on the major changes at GigaScience Press https://t.co/Pc2qUYBMjg

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Happy #PeerReviewWeek: To celebrate we have a proposal in GigaBlog: Why we need a FAIR Principles for Peer Review? https://t.co/etpDxsbQpf #PRW2025

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A novel deep learning model for accurate and rapid prediction of IAV subtypes and host source

WaveSeekerNet: accurate prediction of influenza A virus subtypes and host source using attention-based deep learning https://t.co/WVEniO52Wg

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Supporting biodiversity research in the world's biggest continent. The Return of Asia Nature Challenge #ANC2025 https://t.co/FFXzLl63GZ #AsiaNatureChallenge #CitizenScience

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A new #opensource interpretable genomic selection model designed for phenotype prediction.

DeepAnnotation: A novel interpretable deep learning–based genomic selection model that integrates comprehensive functional annotations https://t.co/ZHqnujNFAp

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Presenting new avenues for white matter abnormality-related classification of heterogeneous MRI data

HeteroMRI: Robust white matter abnormality classification across multi-scanner MRI data https://t.co/xZt9ZueOeX

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New in our T2T series, and the first published plant (and T2T) genome using CycloneSeq nanopore reads.

Telomere-to-telomere African wild rice (Oryza longistaminata) reference genome reveals segmental and structural variation https://t.co/1svDYMXgJP

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Presenting metagenomic data from the analysis of microbial communities in mangrove sediments across Southeast China

A holistic genome dataset of bacteria and archaea of mangrove sediments https://t.co/x6ebDXuAad