Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance

Community Resources and Collaborations for Invertebrate Genomics Research


GIGA Data Repositories

Contribute to the GIGA NCBI BioProject and GIGA-GoaT projects


Huge thanks to our individual donors and organizational sponsors:

Jack Krebs
Maribeth Glorioso
Shayma Zaidan
Lissa Messing
Emily Schmitt
Erlinda Dumas

Liria Huberv
Andre Weisbrod
Kirk Dotson
Juan Armando Sánchez
  • GIGA VI, Philippines. July 5-10, 2026

    Save the Date We are delighted to announce the selection of the Philippines as the location of GIGA’s 6th triennial conference. The two-part conference is planned to start the week at the University of the Philippines, Diliman campus (in Manila), with bioinformatics workshops and research talk sessions. At the end of the week, it will…


Burroughs Wellcome Fund Project for water quality conservation in the New River in southern Florida

In 2024, GIGA became a proud recipient of generous funding from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Project for water quality conservation in the New River in southern Florida (link below):

Burroughs Wellcome Fund Project: New River Biodiversity and Water Quality – Conserving Our Home in South Florida.

GIGA V (2023) Conference

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Funds are currently being allocated to education and training in genomics through graduate fellowship awards.

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GIGA III Conference and Workshop, October 2018

The GIGA III conference was held in Curacao, and featured sessions on a diverse collection of invertebrate genomics research, workshops on computational genomics methods, and poster session at nearby Caribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity Institute (CARMABI).