Last talk of the day (before posters) "Lossless Pangenome Indexing Using Tag Arrays" presented by Parsa Eskandar! #WABI25

I'm very excited to share that I defended my thesis this week! I helped develop algorithms to combat reference #bias and make genomics more #equitable and #representative by incorporating genetic #diversity into genomics pipelines

We use personalized references with our Giraffe aligner. Each chromosome is partitioned into a sequence of blocks. We sample the most relevant haplotypes in each block using kmer counts. Mapping to this personalized reference improves variant calling accuracy. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

New figure for my thesis showing why Giraffe is the best long read pangenome mapper. No further evidence will be provided.

Researchers at @ucsantacruz.bsky.social have demonstrated how long-read sequencing could improve detection of diseases that have eluded diagnosis, at a fraction of the cost. New clinical tests could be on the way. 🗞 news.ucsc.edu/2025/01/pate... 👏🏼👏🏿👏🏾 @khmiga.bsky.social @benedictpaten.bsky.social