Science hackathons can help academics, particularly those in the early stage of their careers, to build collaborations and write research proposals.

A university genomics class provides detailed examples of how to design and execute Oxford Nanopore MinION hackathons as part of an academic curriculum.

Community nurturing is the single most important factor in determining the sustainability of an open source project such as BioJS.

A Plant Cell Atlas that shows the location and organization of molecules at cellular and tissue levels could have far-reaching consequences for plant sciences.

One hundred one high-quality drosophilid genomes are released, along with low-cost assembly workflows, as an open community resource for studying genetics, ecology, and evolution in this important model system.