This Special Issue: skúkum tílixam: Uniting to Support Indigenous Contributions to Molecular Ecology was co-edited by GFANZ council alumna Dr. Alana Alexander. There are great research articles, thoughtful insights, and useful resources. Most of the articles are open access, so anyone can read them. Excellent issue highlighting the work of Indigenous researchers in molecular ecology.
Data sharing is common practice amongst genomics researchers. So is not sharing. Open Science principles can be (and are) applied in ways that diminish or ignore benefit sharing. Māori communities may want to have control over access, use, and downstream benefits to their genetic data (human and taonga species). Is it technically possible to honor…
This is a new open-source database for sharing human viral pathogen genomic data. They aim to increase international collaboration and improve public health responses. To learn more or use the database, check out their web site: https://pathoplexus.org.