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Jovana Maksimovic @jovmaksimovic.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Gene fusions drive ~16% of all cancers & 50-70% of childhood ALL. But standard scRNA-seq can't see them — the assays aren't built to capture fusion breakpoints. We built a way to fix that. @aliciao.bsky.social @sadras-t.bsky.social @petermaccc.bsky.social @onjcri.org.au @10xgenomics.bsky.social 🧵

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Dr Andrew Lonsdale @lonsbio.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Prompts are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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Cancer Bioinformatics Australia @cancerbioinfoau.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

🎶 One Day More! 🎶 Poster presentations at Cancer Bioinformatics Australia are still open until tomorrow, Friday, May 22nd. abstracts.cancerbioinformatics.au

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One Day More

Alt: GIF from Les Miserables, chorus of One Day More

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Lorne Genome Conference, Australia @lornegenome.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Lorne Genome 2027 will be held 14 to 17th February in Lorne Australia. Our invited speakers will include Karen Arndt, Neil Brockdorff, Laura Banaszynski and Fides Zenk.

Lorne Genome 2027 Poster: 14 to 17th February, at Lorne Australia. Background shows the coast off Lorne. Invited speakers include Karen Arndt, Neil Brockdorff, Laura Banaszynski and Fides Zenk.

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Dr Andrew Lonsdale @lonsbio.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

The almost best thing about this is that Bioinformatics Twitter is back!

Sickos meme, with "rewrites.bio flamewars" caption

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Dr Andrew Lonsdale @lonsbio.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Irrespective of the validity of any of the arguments in this announcement (posit.co/blog/introdu...), this is how it *feels*

"Introducing AI in RStudio" on top of the You Were The Chosen One meme from Star Wars

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Cancer Bioinformatics Australia @cancerbioinfoau.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

🚨Two weeks to get your abstracts in! 🚨 cancerbioinformatics.au/abstracts

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Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 09/03/2026

Remembering Phil Bourne. Personal reflections on a legendary scientist, leader, builder, and mentor. blog.stephenturner.us/p/rememberin...

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Remembering Phil Bourne

Personal reflections on a legendary scientist, leader, builder, and mentor

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Some background to this, and an example I think of Phil's attitudes towards fostering students and encouraging others. I never got a chance to meet Phil in person, but will share his act of generosity that helped myself and @hdashnow.bsky.social and I think had in indelible mark on our careers. 1/8

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Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre @petermaccc.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

We’re proud to celebrate Dr Aparna Rao, Dr Deborah Meyran and Associate Professor Safeera Hussainy, who have been awarded the 2026 Lea Medals. Read more: www.petermac.org/about-us/new...

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Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Join the local Melbourne #illumina Field Apps team to specialise in #Bioinformatics. It's a great team, you get to play with #DRAGEN and help customers get the best data for analysis. #genomics #multiomics #singlecell #spatial #transcriptome #epigenetics bit.ly/46o4sRj I can refer the right folks.

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Lorne Genome Conference, Australia @lornegenome.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

2026 Winner of the Lorne Genome Julian Wells Medal: Christine Wells (no relation!) @stemcellsystems.bsky.social congratulations, well deserved!!

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Dr Andrew Lonsdale @lonsbio.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Almost literally too late, but here is a feed for BlueSky to collate #LorneGenome posts that blends mentions of Lorne + Genome along with posts from @lornegenome.bsky.social Should still work next year though! bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Dr Andrew Lonsdale @lonsbio.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Emotional rollercoaster at #LorneGenome today: - adipose tissue remembers being overweight in the transcriptome, nudging you back to weight gain after a loss - Meerkats reproductive success correlates with higher body mass I’m sure there is a lesson in there somewhere

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Dr Andrew Lonsdale @lonsbio.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Can only tag @antobeck.bsky.social here on BlueSky to say that the #Illumina coffee cart is once again the quiet hero of #LorneGenome

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EMBL-EBI @ebi.embl.org · 10/02/2026

We’re hiring: Research Group Leader in computational biology. Are you generating more research ideas than you can explore? Lead cutting-edge AI & biology research at EMBL-EBI. Apply by 11 April 2026: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j... #ScienceCareers @ewaldlab.org @embl.org

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nf-core @nf-co.re · 14/01/2026

New blog post! nf-core and AI nf-co.re/blog/2026/statement-on-ai

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Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 11/01/2026

Glad to see impact, significance, design as evaluation criteria. I once had a submission rejected from JOSS because my software had too few lines of code (still a little salty about that one). Good move all around 👏 blog.joss.theoj.org/2026/01/prep...

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Preparing JOSS for a generative AI future: From code to human creativity and design | Journal of Open Source Software Blog

Blog for the Journal of Open Source Software • <a href='https://joss.theoj.org'>https://joss.theoj.org</a>

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Dr Andrew Lonsdale @lonsbio.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Every guide to GenAI in research ends up being: And now that you know how it's done……. Don't do it.

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Cancer Bioinformatics Australia @cancerbioinfoau.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

📣 Save The Date for Cancer Bioinformatics Australia 2026! 📣 CBA will be back in 2026 on June 5th, this time in Brisbane! It will feature oral and poster presentations, networking opportunities, and high-profile invited national and international speakers. Further info: cancerbioinformatics.au

Flyer with a picture of Brisbane detailing CBA 2026.

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Feargal Ryan @feargalr.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

That’s a wrap! Huge thank you to everyone who joined us for #ABACBS2025 & a big shout-out to the Adelaide bioinfo community who worked their butts off. Couldn’t have asked for a better crew or a better venue than Adelaide Oval. @wessidepraxis.bsky.social @linsalrob.bsky.social

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Jovana Maksimovic @jovmaksimovic.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

It's not just because @torstenseemann.bsky.social is a bioinformatics legend but this may be my favourite #abacbs2025 poster because I'm a #trek tragic 🖖

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Jimmy Breen @wessidepraxis.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Thanks to the amazing Adelaide Bioinformatics community for making #ABACBS2025 an amazing event. We couldn’t have done it without you. A few more days of workshops to go before the festival finishes for another year 😀

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Alicia Oshlack @aliciao.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Awesome talk by @jovmaksimovic.bsky.social one detecting fusions in single cells with probes designed for 10X Flex. If I do say so myself 😜 #ABACBS2025

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Alicia Oshlack @aliciao.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

PeterMac @petermaccc.bsky.social representing at #abacbs2025 What a community 😍

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Dr Andrew Lonsdale @lonsbio.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Perl reference may or may not be on #confBingo but @torstenseemann.bsky.social was the first thing I though of when that language was mentioned. Congratulations? #abacbs2025

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Cancer Bioinformatics Australia @cancerbioinfoau.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Cancer Bioinformatics Australia was proud to be a supporting partner at #abacbs2025 and sponsor the Cancer and Molecular Medicine session. For more cancer bioinformatics, follow us for updates on CBA which will be held in Brisbane in 2026

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Dr Andrew Lonsdale @lonsbio.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

#confbingo Michael Hall with a bold choice in a lightning talk to ask for largest genome size - but it gets me a square ! #abacbs2025

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Dr Andrew Lonsdale @lonsbio.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

@jovmaksimovic.bsky.social can't post right now on account of being up next - "Easily" capturing cancer fusions at single-cell resolution. The probe based 10X flex data as a great candidate for detecting fusions! ⚫️🔴 #abacbs2025 🔵⚪️

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Gunjan Dixit @gunjand.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Show me a better conference venue than #ABACBS25, where you can see a live match during the break! 🏏🏟️

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Dr Andrew Lonsdale @lonsbio.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

"AI winning a Noble prize" definitely becoming #confbingo worthy #abacbs2025

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Phoebe Carr @phoebecarr.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Loved hearing from Dr. Wytamma Wirth about a deep learning approach to bacterial taxonomic clasification, BABET. The coolest part for me was hearing how tiny the database is! #ABACBS2025 ⚫️🔴 🔵⚪️

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Dr Andrew Lonsdale @lonsbio.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Judges are conferring and will pay “network hairball” for bingo even though that was actually a really good network diagram and the important nodes were highlighted and mentioned #cancersession #confbingo #abacbs2025

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Dr Andrew Lonsdale @lonsbio.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

#confbingo was always a great part of ABACBS #abacbs2025, and in honour of the celebrations of the society this year, it's back! Terms have been updated from the last iteration in 2018, but if there are any great suggestions let me know. Get your card and play along confbingo.shinyapps.io/bingo25/

confbingo.shinyapps.io

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Dr Andrew Lonsdale @lonsbio.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

This Blue Sky feed should capture all the off brand hashtags as well as the official #abacbs2025 bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Dr Andrew Lonsdale @lonsbio.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

At #abacbs2025 and new to BlueSky? This starter pack will help! go.bsky.app/NmhwfbN

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abacbs.bsky.social @abacbs.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Only 13 days, 12 hours, 45 minutes, and 5 seconds until #ABACBS2025! Check out the full program and you can still register (dinner & workshops are almost sold out though!) www.abacbs.org/abacbs2025

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ABACBS 2025 Conference

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Dr Andrew Lonsdale @lonsbio.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Less than a month until #abacbs25 and I have a very important question for y'all in the Australian Bioinformatics and Computational Biology community - should we revive Conference Bingo?

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Stevie Ped @smped.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

My first CRAN package! 🤓 Two of my favourite UpSet plot packages have been caught out by recent ggplot2 updates. That has cascaded into some Bioconductor packages failing (mine + others), so I figured I'd add another UpSet plot option to the mix. Hopefully this can help stabilise things a bit.

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bioRxiv Bioinfo @biorxiv-bioinfo.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

barbieQ: An R software package for analysing barcode count data from clonal tracking experiments www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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Dr Andrew Lonsdale @lonsbio.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

This year I came full circle to be the Faculty Advisor to COMBINE, the ISCB RSG for Australia (and @abacbs.bsky.social student subcommittee) — a group I was part of in the olden days. It's mostly a hands-off role but my only (strong) advice so far? Get on BlueSky! So, welcome @combine1.bsky.social

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