dictyBase 2026: a reimplementation of the Dictyostelium model organism database on minimal infrastructure.

dictyBase has been fully reimplemented as a self-contained service for Dictyostelium discoideum, using static data files and delivering gene pages plus integrated tools.

• Why it matters: The community needs a reliable, long-running resource for genomic data, protocols, and stocks, and a workflow that keeps new literature annotations accurate.
• What they did: The site compiles curated gene records (function, human-disease context, developmental expression, protein structure) and includes the Dicty Stock Center catalog of 7055 strains and 1265 plasmids.
• The result: An author-in-the-loop pipeline uses a language model to draft annotations, with authors correcting and a curator approving; analyses can use curator-approved annotations alone or include pending reviews.

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