Christian Siadjeu

If you want to check if a human gene has copy-number changes or lands in a complex region, try pangene.bioinweb.org. Recently updated with more and better assemblies.

Published in 2009, bwa-aln is one of the oldest short-read aligners. It remains a popular choice for aligning ancient DNA reads. The following blog post explains the algorithmic reasons. lh3.github.io/2024/09/28/why…

Spaln3 by Osamu Gotoh: academic.oup.com/bioinformatics…

If you want to extract high-quality RNA, please have a look at my first book on RNA extraction with real lab images #logosVerlang #RNA #Biotechnology #TrainingManuals #genetics

I finally got around to testing HERRO (github.com/lbcb-sci/herro), the new @nanopore read correction algorithm which takes simplex ONT reads to PacBio-HiFi-level accuracy. I was impressed! Findings are on my blog in a two-part post: rrwick.github.io/2024/07/26/her… rrwick.github.io/2024/07/31/her…

I am happy to share with you our recent paper on photosynthetic plasticity in Sesuvium bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… @BioMedCentral @LMU_Muenchen @plantsciences #GoGreen #SustainableAgriculture

Are you working on a genome sequencing project? We are looking for papers about medicinal plants. Please RT & check if your work might fit into our Collection: doi.org/10.1186/s12864… @siadjeu2012 @BioMedCentral #Genomics #Bioinformatics #Sequencing #OpenAccess #AcademicChatter

The co-occurence of C4 + CAM photosynthesis seems to be more common than we thought! Check out our latest preprint biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

C4-like Sesuvium sesuvioides (Aizoaceae) exhibits CAM in cotyledons and putative C4+CAM metabolism in adult leaves as revealed by transcriptome analysis biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #bioRxiv

Excited to collaborate with @siadjeu2012 again. This time we are organizing a Collection 'Medicinal Plant Genomics' in BMC Genomics (@BioMedCentral). Consider submitting your work! doi.org/10.1186/s12864… 🌱🧬 #Genomics #DrugDiscovery

Not able to produce “favorable results” in the lab? You are a “loser”. Stay in the shadows of those who can bring cool data to the Big Prof. Sounds familiar? It's not only about this case at Stanford. It's about academic culture in general: - Keep pushing for metrics. Quantity over quality. Look for flashy conclusions. - Skyrocket your profile. Build your research enterprise. Outcompete everyone in your field. Isn’t it how academia works today? 🤨 ▫️ Albert Einstein remarked: “An academic career, in which a person is forced to produce scientific writings in great amounts, creates a danger of intellectual superficiality”.  Peter Higgs said he could NOT replicate his discovery in today’s academic climate: “Not enough peace and quiet in the present sort of climate to do what I did in 1964”. ▫️ Wonder about the results of this “culture”? 1. Thousands of FAKE research articles are published. 30% of all scientific articles may be fake products of paper mills. There is even a special lengthy page on Wiki called “Replication crisis”. 2. Life-draining tenure requirements that fuel the rat race. Why? To ensure the university ranking and recognition is going up. 3. Most PhDs don’t see themselves in science anymore. In many places, you are not required to be creative and knowledgable. Instead, you should demonstrate you can win a race. Everyone knows it but few things change. ▫️ I am happy that Stanford showed courage and carried out investigation. It is an excellent example of HOW to react to manipulated papers and unhealthy lab dynamic. It's just another reminder that: We should STOP focusing on taking “professional selfies”. We should STOP trading our passion for glory. Focus on science instead #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #phdchat

#BMC Genomics has launched a collection on Medicinal plant genomics! #Genomics, #plants,#ResearchPapers, biomedcentral.com/collections/MPG

📌 PhD Fellowships in Plant Science at University of Copenhagen in Denmark 🇩🇰... Please Retweet and spread the word! For details visit: wp.me/pbv48T-6k3

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Very happy to spread the word about Portulacas to @LMU_Muenchen on the kind invitation of @siadjeu2012 and Prof Gudrun Kadereit. It was lovely to meet you and the group! I really enjoyed our discussion 🌱 looking forward to other opportunities to see this amazing Bot Garden😍

#PlantSciJobs twitter.com/IPB_Halle/stat…

You like this paper? A new PhD position is available for students interested in studying carotenoid biosynthesis. Do not miss this chance to work on exciting research with Nadja's & Volker's team: uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/2453/… #PhDposition #research #lycopene #carotenoids

Enjoyed a visit at @LMU_Muenchen including a guided tour through some of the @botmuc greenhouses which harbor amazing plants. Inspiring discussions about plant genomics and evolution. Many thanks to @siadjeu2012 and the Kadereit group for hosting me.

Ce 22 janvier, des images insoutenables et de bribes d’information sur les réseaux sociaux laissent croire que le pire serait arrivé à l’animateur radio Martinez ZOGO, enlevé depuis plusieurs jours par des hommes non identifiés.1/2

I created a Google Form to crowd-source representative long-read datasets for tool development purposes. Please suggest how to improve the form. Note that the form is not final and might be changed in future. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…