Dr Andrew Lonsdale ( ➡️ Lonsbio.bsky.social )

@susiegriggo_ absolutely doing @combine_au proud with best talk encore at #abacbs24

For a highly supportive community only giving gentle claps as a send off, there is a fair bit of sass from the lightning talk host @TheEllisPatrick #abacbs24

@AliciaOshlack running a tight ship chairing the Bioinformatics in Cancer and Immunology session, great talks, insightful questions and finishing on time! #abacbs24

@AliciaOshlack I think you're right! Or does 2020 not count @wessidepraxis ? 2015 Sydney 2016 Brisbane a.k.a AB3ACBS with B3 2017 Adelaide 2018 Melbourne 2019 Sydney a.k.a GIW/ABACBS with GIW 2020 Extremely online 2021 Tasmania + online with Phylomania 2022 Melbourne 2023 Brisbane 2024 Sydney

Apparently it’s the 9th meeting. We probably lost a year there somewhere

I’m excited to be in Sydney for the 10th #abacbs24 meeting. Computational Biology and Bioinformatics in Australia is really thriving

@KarelBrinda @nomad421 @cwvhogue @bioinformer @OmicsOmicsBlog Rust will be the replacement FASTA/Q file format that everyone raves about.

@nomad421 @cwvhogue @bioinformer @OmicsOmicsBlog @YouTube I’m just not sure what would be Rust here.

The backstory behind the FASTA bioinformatics format youtu.be/7LA0IKsVloU?si… via @YouTube

@nomad421 @cwvhogue @bioinformer @OmicsOmicsBlog I'm doing a talk next month for PyCon Au on the (in?)famous emoji @fastqe and biomojify tools github.com/fastqe/biomoji… and the joke at the end will be that FASTA/Q are so bad that emoji based replacements are not as ridiculous as you might think.

@cwvhogue @bioinformer @OmicsOmicsBlog @YouTube Every time I have to explain the FASTA and FASTQ formats to non-bioinformatics (e.g. systems or just other CS colleagues) it turns into long discussion of "why on earth would you do this?". . . 2/2

A delight to talk about the not-as-silly-as-they-sound emoji bioinformatics tools FASTQE and Biomojify at #AGTA24 Education is a pillar of research, and education thrives on engagement. Contributions and examples of use in the wild always welcome! fastqe.com

My solution to social media spread is add fuel to the 🔥 by just randomly posting to different platforms in turn ☀️🐘🐦 for #AGTA24 genomic.social/tags/agta24 bsky.app/hashtag/AGTA24

@martinalexsmith @AntoBeck @iracooke If it's any consolation, no one appears to be posting on Mastodon or BlueSky either. genomic.social/tags/agta24 bsky.app/hashtag/AGTA24 Do sponsors (e.g. Illumina) tend engage on any other platforms, or is it Twitter or bust @AntoBeck ?

@AntoBeck @iracooke

Opening plenary at #AGTA2024 being delivered by @iracooke , on "sequencing rocks", aka corals 🪸

@nomad421 Interested! github: LonsBio

If you've joined our #rustseq GitHub organization, please check out the issues on the "planning-and-discussions" repo for a link to join our Zulip channel! If you're interested in joining the #rustseq organization but aren't a part of it yet, please reach out!

Don't miss out on the excellent talks by high-profile international and Australian invited speakers and some friendly & fun networking. To participate submit your abstract by Friday, April 26th! Link: cancerbioinformatics.au @PeterMacRes @UMCCR @MonashBioinfo @abacbs

I am currently recruiting a computational postdoc in my lab at CU dashnowlab.org The candidate would develop and use computational genomics methods to understand the genetic underpinnings of rare diseases and increase diagnoses. Pay starts at $70k for recent PhD grads

Two weeks left to submit an abstract to Cancer Bioinformatics Australia. After VCBS in person 2019, 2020 and 2021 online, and 2022 as part of ABACBS, this successor symposium has a real 'getting the band back together' vibe. Register and submit now!

📢 Registrations and Abstract submissions are now open for Cancer Bioinformatics Australia! Abstracts: 26th April cancerbioinformatics.au/abstracts Registration: Limited places cancerbioinformatics.au/register Further info: cancerbioinformatics.au

@hdashnow @propicee hard agree! 2014.... hang on... that makes it 10 years ago!

@propicee This gives me so much joy. The most fun I've had writing a paper to date. @LonsBio

@hdashnow It's an article I enjoyed reading and made me laugh! Thanks for writing it Ten Simple Rules for Writing a PLOS Ten Simple Rules Article #10simplerules #ploscompbio #ecr dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

The worst thing about social media fragmentation is that it is too hard to do #conferenceBingo at #ABACBS23 and #COMBINE23 .... and there have been so so many Manhattan plots.

@GenomixKid I'm getting strong 🧟 vibes

#abacbs23 is the final Twitter/X test of the year... Is it alive or dead?