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alex-sneddon.bsky.social

@alex-sneddon.bsky.social

Research Fellow @ Australian National University @ ARC CoE MACSYS • Machine learning • RNA • Nanopore sequencing • Epitranscriptomics

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Eduardo Eyras @edueyras.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Thrilled to announce that I've been appointed Director of the ANU Shine Dalgarno Centre for RNA Innovation. Honoured to work with a world-class team advancing RNA science. Stay tuned for more exciting updates 🚀 jcsmr.anu.edu.au/research/cen... #RNA #RNAInnovation #ANU

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The Shine-Dalgarno Centre for RNA Innovation

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alex-sneddon.bsky.social @alex-sneddon.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

New preprint 🚀 We uncover and correct systematic bias in nanopore-based RNA modification detection. ModkitOpt optimises pipelines using validated sites, increasing true positives while reducing unvalidated calls across contexts. 💻: github.com/comprna/modk... 📄: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Resolving systematic bias in nanopore-based RNA modification detection

Nanopore direct RNA sequencing has accelerated the growth of the epitranscriptomics field, yet nanopore-based RNA modification landscapes are generally unreliable due to the heuristic and unvalidated ...

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alex-sneddon.bsky.social @alex-sneddon.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

From last year: a short video from the ARC Centre of Excellence MACSYS @macsys.bsky.social where I talk about my research on bringing domain knowledge into data-driven AI methods for complex biology

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