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Robin Burns @robinburns.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Delighted to share our paper on neo-chromosomes! We induced centromere fission using CRISPR in Arabidopsis and increased the chromosome count from n=5 to n=6. The broken chromosomes ends quickly “healed” by adding telomeres de novo and the new karyotype is stable through mitosis and meiosis! 1/3

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Vikram Shivakumar @vikramshivakumar.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

1/ Excited to share the newest tool in the pangenome MUMiverse: Shredtools! Shredtools enables a user to navigate the pangenome coordinate system with multi-MUMs. More in the thread🧵 Code: github.com/vikshiv/shredtools Interactive tool for querying HPRC assemblies: vikshiv.github.io/shredtools

biorxiv.org

Navigating the pangenome coordinate system with Shredtools

Existing notions of pangenome coordinates rely on hard-to-compute multiple sequence alignments. On the other hand, pangenome-wide exact unique matches (multi-MUMs) can be computed efficiently, and rep...

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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

The k-mer workshop is over. In the Friday 3 hour hackathon, people really showed that you CAN learn k-mers in a week! It's been great. Thanks to all the co-teachers, @connectingscience.bsky.social organising team and all the participants!

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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Researchers mapping the genomes of nightshades used CRISPR gene editing to grow bigger tomatoes and eggplants without sacrificing flavor. Dr. @mikeschatz.bsky.social joins us to discuss this research and the current state of genetically modified crops.

sciencefriday.com

Scientists Identify Genes For Tomato And Eggplant Size

Geneticists mapping nightshade genomes used CRISPR gene editing to grow bigger fruits without sacrificing flavor.

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Mike Schatz @mikeschatz.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Very proud of our work with Zach Lippman, Jesse Gillis, Joyce Van Eck, @mattbnt.bsky.social, @katiejenike.bsky.social and many others! @jhu.edu @cshlnews.bsky.social www.nature.com/nature/volum...

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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Last two weeks to register for the workshop on #k-mer s in biodiversity genomics 🧬💻! With @connectingscience.bsky.social @katiejenike.bsky.social @rayanchikhi.bsky.social and Gene Myers. coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/k-mer-...

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Doodles for the two @sangerinstitute.bsky.social Tree of Life external speaker talks, Katie Janike and Yuttapong Thawornwattana. Potato, tomato, mosquito and the lot

black and white comic doodle of Katie Janike, she is holding a ripe tomato, a smiling eggplant on top, and a sprouted potato at the bottom, the background is red and orange with long DNA wiggling.

black and white comic doodle of Yuttapong Thawornwattana looking around him at mosquitoes being sassy and carrying malaria parasites around as they keep falling down like raindrops, on a yellow background.

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Mike Schatz @mikeschatz.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Friends are looking for jobs. Collaborators are dropping off papers. Funds are being pulled away. But let’s just pretend everything is normal.

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