We are thrilled to announce the official launch of the ChromoDB project, a new open science initiative dedicated to building a global, curated, and accessible database of plant chromosome numbers.
The Problem We’re Solving
For decades, valuable plant chromosome data has been scattered across thousands of publications, often with incomplete bibliographic references or inconsistent taxonomic names. For researchers, compiling this information is a time-consuming and challenging task. ChromoDB was created to solve this problem by providing a single, reliable, and user-friendly resource for the international scientific community.
Our First Datasets Are Live!
A project is best defined by its results, not just its promises. That’s why we are launching with our first two professionally curated datasets already published and publicly available. Both datasets have been archived on Zenodo and have a permanent, citable DOI.
They include the complete chromosome number series from two key Mediterranean journals:
- Chromosome Counts from Lagascalia
- Chromosome Counts from Flora Mediterranea
Our Ecosystem
The ChromoDB project consists of several parts:
- Our main website at chromodb.net serves as the project’s central hub.
- Our Zenodo Community provides a permanent archive for all our open datasets.
- This blog will be our space for sharing regular updates, data curation notes, and news from the wider cytogenetics community.
The Team
ChromoDB is a collaborative effort by Joan Simon, Maria Bosch, and Cèsar Blanché, a team with extensive experience in plant cytogenetics and data management. You can learn more about us on our About page. (Nota: canvia “/about” per l’enllaç correcte de la teva pàgina “About”).
What’s Next?
This is just the beginning. Our team is already hard at work curating our next major dataset from the journal Taxon. Stay tuned for more updates!
We invite you to explore the new datasets, use them in your research, and follow this blog for regular updates.
Welcome to ChromoDB!