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High-resolution images of the head of the blind salamander Proteus anguinus reveal adaptations for life in the dark. The proteus, also called the “olm”, is a strange beast – locals in the 1600s actually believed it was a baby dragon. In fact a blind salamander, it is snake-like in appearance, colorless, and can live up to 100 years.

HealthMedicineOpen AccessControlled AccessHealth InformaticsBiological Sciences
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Author Q&A with Tom Edinburgh on his new GigaByte paper presenting Sepsis-3 criteria in AmsterdamUMCdb, an Intensive Care database.

The post Opening access and exploring sepsis in an Intensive Care database. Q&A with Tom Edinburgh appeared first on GigaBlog.

Open AccessInsectsOpen DataOpen Data AwardResearch ParasiteBiological Sciences
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We are pleased to see the 2022 Junior Research Parasite Award go to Jack Pilgrim for his work published last year in GigaScience, so here we highlight the ecosystem of awards acknowledging different parts of the research cycle. Jokingly spurred by a controversial medical editorial calling people carrying out data re-use and meta-analyses “research parasites”, this gave rise to the launch of the “Research Parasite Awards” focused on

PublishingBiodiversityData PublicationGigaByteInfectious DiseaseBiological Sciences
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Tune in to the GigaByte and GBIF webinar that uncovers the details of the TDR sponsored call for data papers describing datasets on vectors of human diseases.

The post GigaByte and GBIF Webinar: Data papers describing datasets on vectors of human diseases appeared first on GigaBlog.

Open AccessPublishingGigaByteGigaScienceOpenAccessBiological Sciences
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This end-of-the-year festive summary is different from previous ones:  For the first time, we can look back at a full publication year of our new baby, GigaByte journal. The older sibling GigaScience will also get the attention it deserves, before celebrating its 10th birthday in 2022. Let’s first have a look at how the new family member is doing.

MedicineAICOVID19ImagingMachine LearningBiological Sciences
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We have an author Q&A with Dominic Cushnan, Head of Artificial Intelligence (Imaging) for NHSX, on his Data Note on the National COVID-19 Chest Imaging Database.

The post Open imaging data to assist AI in the COVID-19 fight. Q&A with Dominic Cushnan appeared first on GigaBlog.

MedicineBiodiversityDiseasesGigaByteOpen DataBiological Sciences
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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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