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Diogo Pratas

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Tominaga K. (tomiken) @pacyc184.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
FALCON2: compression-based metagenomic classification of ancient viruses | Bioinformatics | Oxford Academic academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/adv…
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FALCON2: compression-based metagenomic classification of ancient viruses
AbstractMotivation. Ancient DNA (aDNA) sequences present unique challenges for taxonomic classification due to extreme fragmentation (reads 20–100 bp), end
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Diogo Pratas @dgpratas.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Need to identify viruses in ancient sequenced samples? You may want to try FALCON2 💻🦠🧬👨‍🔬👩‍🔬 doi.org/10.1093/bioi... github.com/cobilab/FALC... #bioinformatics #aDNA #viruses #metagenomics
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Diogo Pratas @dgpratas.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
New in GigaScience: “An evaluation of computational methods for reconstruction of human viral DNA genomes” 🎉 💻 🦠 Congratz! DOI: doi.org/10.1093/giga... #bioinformatics #virology
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Karel Břinda @brinda.eu · 11/04/2025
A decade ago, we had thousands of bacterial genomes. Now, we have millions. How to scale computational methods? Our paper in @naturemethods.bsky.social answers this: use evolutionary history to guide compression and search. rdcu.be/eg4OA w/ @baym.lol, @zaminiqbal.bsky.social et al. 🧵1/
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Diogo Pratas @dgpratas.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Do you want to see a cool comparison of computational methods for reconstruction of human viral genomes? Check our latest preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025... #Bioinformatics #Viruses
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Diogo Pratas @dgpratas.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
JARVIS3: an efficient encoder for genomic data doi.org/10.1093/bioi... #Bioinformatics #DataCompression
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GigaScience Journal @gigascience.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
New from @dgpratas.bsky.social et al. for analyzing multiple sequences in multi-FASTA format using alignment-free methodologies. Scalable to millions of sequences for pandemic research and more AltaiR: a C toolkit for alignment-free and temporal analysis of multi-FASTA data doi.org/10.1093/giga...
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AltaiR: a C toolkit for alignment-free and temporal analysis of multi-FASTA data
AbstractBackground. Most viral genome sequences generated during the latest pandemic have presented new challenges for computational analysis. Analyzing mi
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Diogo Pratas @dgpratas.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Intra-host genomic diversity and integration landscape of human tissue-resident DNA virome doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
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Diogo Pratas @dgpratas.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Machine Learning-Driven Discovery and Database of Cyanobacteria Bioactive Compounds: A Resource for Therapeutics and Bioremediation pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... #Bioremediation #Bioinformatics
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Diogo Pratas @dgpratas.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
AltaiR: a C toolkit for alignment-free and temporal analysis of multi-FASTA data doi.org/10.1093/giga... #Bioinformatics #OpenScience
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