In this episode of pplpod, we unzip the massive history and mechanics of GenBank, the world’s most significant open-access DNA sequence database. Maintained by the NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information), this genetic library has grown exponentially since its founding in 1982, doubling in size roughly every 18 months.

Join us as we explore:

• The Scale of Science: How GenBank currently houses over 4.7 billion nucleotide sequences and data on more than 580,000 species, ranging from Homo sapiens and Triticum aestivum (wheat) to SARS-CoV-2.
• A Historic Shift: The database's evolution from the theoretical biology groups at Los Alamos National Laboratory to a global ...