We are now at the STOC Plant 2026 Conference (sto-consortium.org/stocplant2026.…), and we warmly invite you to stop by and chat with our editors.

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 ➡️ cudbmi.info/kg-microbe-4

🦀 xgt is officially published in @GigaScience!
Query the Genome Taxonomy Database from your terminal: search, genome cards, taxon lineages & cross-release taxonomic diff.
📄 doi.org/10.1093/gigasc… | 🔗 github.com/Ebedthan/xgt | v1.2.0 dropping soon with local caching 🗄️

#Rust

@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 ⤵️ open.spotify.com/show/6oXspubfl…

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.
doi.org/10.1093/gigasc…

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. doi.org/10.1093/gigasc…

SCSEQ is a new zero-code web platform for single-cell RNA-seq analysis, published in #GigaScience.
doi.org/10.1093/gigasc…

New tool alert!
MicroFinder, just published in GigaScience, helps assemble notoriously tricky bird genomes—faster & more accurately than ever before.
doi.org/10.1093/gigasc…;
sanger.ac.uk/news_item/new-…

Making machine learning research more transparent and reproducible: GigaScience Press integrates DOME standards into peer review and publishing workflows: doi.org/10.5334/dsj-20….

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:
doi.org/10.1093/gigasc…

Giant chromosomes of a tiny plant - the complete telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of the simple thalloid liverwort Apopellia endiviifolia (Jungermanniopsida, Marchantiophyta): doi.org/10.1093/gigasc…

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: gigasciencejournal.com/blog/dr-xun-xu…

And it’s goodbye from me. Final GigaBlog from outgoing EiC @SCEdmunds on the major changes at GigaScience Press gigasciencejournal.com/blog/and-its-g…

Happy #PeerReviewWeek: To celebrate we have a proposal in GigaBlog: Why we need a FAIR Principles for Peer Review? gigasciencejournal.com/blog/peerrevie… #PRW2025

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 doi.org/10.1093/gigasc…

Supporting biodiversity research in the world's biggest continent. The Return of Asia Nature Challenge #ANC2025 gigasciencejournal.com/blog/the-retur… #AsiaNatureChallenge #CitizenScience

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 doi.org/10.1093/gigasc…

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

HeteroMRI: Robust white matter abnormality classification across multi-scanner MRI data doi.org/10.1093/gigasc…

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 doi.org/10.1093/gigasc…

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 doi.org/10.1093/gigasc…