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Jocelyne Bruand @jocelyne8.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Our Isocall paper is out on bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...! 🎉 Isocall enables scalable joint isoform calling on PacBio data, allowing for the characterization of isoform diversity across cohort-scale data. (1/7)
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Jocelyne Bruand @jocelyne8.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@egor-dolzhenko.bsky.social, Megan Schertzer, Ryan Gossart, Tom Mokveld, @jonbelyeu.bsky.social , Ales Varabyou, @xinchangzheng.bsky.social, @magdoll.bsky.social, Zev Kronenberg, @mchaisso.bsky.social, Gloria Sheynkman, @sedlazeck.bsky.social, Yerbol Kurmangaliyev
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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🧬 Compare genomes. Find variation. Understand evolution! The #ComparativeGenomics course with Ingo Ebersberger & @sedlazeck.bsky.social returns 15–19 Feb for its 7th edition, fully online. Hands-on training with real data: assembly, annotation, SNPs, structural variants & functional interpretation
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Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · 22/09/2026
The novel transcripts we keep rediscovering - @sedlazeck.bsky.social @bcmhouston.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The novel transcripts we keep rediscovering - Nature Biotechnology
Interpreting transcript diversity requires moving beyond ‘known’ versus ‘novel’ and towards a multidimensional framework based on technical credibility, contextual prevalence, reproducibility, molecul...
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Fritz Sedlazeck @sedlazeck.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Last weekend i tried something different... a bit faster than sailing... :)
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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🧬 Structural Variant Analysis with @sedlazeck.bsky.social & Luis Paulin Learn practical approaches to detect, compare, filter and interpret structural variants using short- and long-read data, including mapping, assembly, population/trio and somatic analyses www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
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Structural Variant detection and comparison
30 November - 2 December 2026 To foster international participation, this course will be held online
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DNAnexus, Inc. @dnanexus.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Join us & @bcmhgsc.bsky.social for the 8th annual hybrid #hackathon! This is a great opportunity to collaborate with the structural variation community to solve cutting edge problems in genomics. Applications are due by August 10th: hubs.ly/Q04pc3K40 @dcgenomics.bsky.social @sedlazeck.bsky.social
Apply for Baylor College of Medicine Hackathon! August 25-28, 2026.
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Fritz Sedlazeck @sedlazeck.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Four days, one whiteboard, forty open browser tabs, and against all odds, something that actually makes an impact in the field :). Hackathon @bcmhgsc.bsky.social Aug 25-28 Register:https://fritzsedlazeck.github.io/blog/2026/hackathon-2026/ @dnanexus.bsky.social @dcgenomics.bsky.social
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Fritz Sedlazeck @sedlazeck.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Its been a while but last weekend I finally got to sail again a race. The best view when finishing a race :)
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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
You can join us at the end of Nov if you want to learn how to analyse SVs www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
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Structural Variant detection and comparison
30 November - 2 December 2026 To foster international participation, this course will be held online
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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Structural variant calling using Sniffles2 www.nature.com/articles/s41... Congratulations to Luis and @sedlazeck.bsky.social
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Structural variant calling using Sniffles2 - Nature Protocols
Sniffles2 is an open-source software for reliable detection of structural variants (50 bp and upward) from long-read sequencing. Sniffles2 is able to call variants over a wide variant allele fraction ...
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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Registrations are now open for the 4th edition of the Structural Variant detection course! with @sedlazeck.bsky.social & Luis Paulin! Learn short & long-read workflows, assembly & mapping methods, SV filtering, QC, population VCFs & much more www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
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Structural Variant detection and comparison
30 November - 2 December 2026 To foster international participation, this course will be held online
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Xinchang Zheng @xinchangzheng.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
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Fritz Sedlazeck @sedlazeck.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Join us at our 8th Hackathon @bcmhgsc.bsky.social ! Registration: forms.gle/N4FDxuq34g5J... Dates: 25-28th Aug 2026 Location: Hybrid (online + in Houston) We are going to work on #bioinformatics problems that will be reported in F1000 publication. Come and join us! @dcgenomics.bsky.social
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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Today we kicked off the #ComparativeGenomics course with @sedlazeck.bsky.social & Ingo Ebersberger! On Day 1, we’re covering de novo assembly strategies, best practices, and quality control for genome assemblies.
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BCM Human Genome Sequencing Center @bcmhgsc.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Sensational #ASHG event on detecting variants, including Structural Variants, from long reads learning.ashg.org/products/unc... @sedlazeck.bsky.social @bcmhouston.bsky.social
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American Society of Human Genetics: Uncovering Mosaic Tandem Repeats and Structural Variants with Long-Read Sequencing
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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Last seats available! 🚨 Join our #ComparativeGenomics course with @sedlazeck.bsky.social & @Ingo Ebersberger and learn how to analyse, compare, and interpret genomes using modern bioinformatics approaches. Don’t miss it—registration is closing soon! @nanoporetech.com @pacbio.bsky.social
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medRxivpreprint @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Scalable and comprehensive mosaic variant calling using DRAGEN www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Oxford Nanopore @nanoporetech.com · 21/01/2026
We’re excited to confirm Fritz Sedlazeck as our first speaker for #nanoporeconf! His research confronts genomic inequity, identifying novel variants that could influence disease risk, gene regulation and healthcare in Hispanic populations. bit.ly/4sOxMKd
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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
The next edition of our #ComparativeGenomics course is just around the corner (📅 23–27 February)! A few seats are still available — don’t miss the opportunity to learn comparative #genomics from Ingo Ebersberger & @sedlazeck.bsky.social 🚀 🔗 www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work... ‪
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Comparative Genomics
23-27 February 2026 To foster international participation, this course will be held online
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Fritz Sedlazeck @sedlazeck.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Many thanks to @iscb.bsky.social for a fantastic visit at their meeting in Hong Kong last week! Met so many great people during that week. Many thanks also to Ruibang ! Always great to make a bad joke while taking a picture ;)
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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Huge thanks to @sedlazeck.bsky.social l Luis and everyone who joined our Structural Variant Detection & Comparison course! 🚀✨ We dived deep, learned tons, and had some insightful questions and lively discussions — you all made it very successful! Wishing you all the best smashing your projects!
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Fritz Sedlazeck @sedlazeck.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
@benlangmead.bsky.social giving a talk about rowing his boat and explaining pangenomes with that :). Amazing talk about reference biases and the future to avoid it. Fascinating talk at @bcmhgsc.bsky.social @riceuniversity.bsky.social ! @treangen.bsky.social
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From the Labs at Baylor College of Medicine @bcmfromthelabs.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Check major accomplishments of @gregor-research.bsky.social. @eurekalert.bsky.social @bcmhgsc.bsky.social @moezdawood.bsky.social #LupskiLab @sedlazeck.bsky.social @poseypod.bsky.social @bcmhouston.bsky.social S. Montgomery @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social @nature.com www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
We have just started the workshop on Structural Variant detection from short @illumina and long reads @nanoporetech.com @pacbio.bsky.social with @sedlazeck.bsky.social , Luis and a very international group of attendees. www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
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Fritz Sedlazeck @sedlazeck.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Excited to co-host @benlangmead.bsky.social at @bcmhouston.bsky.social Dec 3rd 4:00-5:00 PM. He is a lead in pangenomics! A rare opportunity to learn more about reference issues, so dont miss out! More information events.rice.edu/event/guest-... @treangen.bsky.social @ricecompsci.bsky.social
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Guest Lecture with Ben Langmead (Johns Hopkins University)
Register for a guest lecture on “Pan-genomic Advances for Fighting Reference Bias” with Ben Langmead, Professor of Computer Science at Johns Ho...
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Fritz Sedlazeck @sedlazeck.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Join us on our 3 day (Dec 1-3) #workshop @physaliacourses.bsky.social teaching about Structural Variant detection from short and long reads. We will give insights into different approaches to detect SV from somatic to population scale. Only a few places left: www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
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Structural Variant detection and comparison
1-3 December 2025 To foster international participation, this course will be held online
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From the Labs at Baylor College of Medicine @bcmfromthelabs.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Learn about the major accomplishments of @gregor-research.bsky.social. R. Gibbs, @bcmhgsc.bsky.social @moezdawood.bsky.social #LupskiLab @sedlazeck.bsky.social @poseypod.bsky.social @bcmhouston.bsky.social S. Montgomery @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social @nature.com blogs.bcm.edu/2025/11/18/f...
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How GREGoR Consortium is advancing the diagnostics of rare diseases
Learn about the major accomplishments of the consortium’s first five years and the frontiers in genomic medicine that researchers will tackle next.
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Fritz Sedlazeck @sedlazeck.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
From coffee-fueled coding marathons ☕ to new genomics tools: Our 2024 #Hackathon paper is out in @f1000publishing.bsky.social ! Huge thanks to everyone world wide who joined the @bcmhgsc.bsky.social madness 🎉 🔗 f1000research.com/articles/14-... @gregor-research.bsky.social @smahtnetwrk.bsky.social
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GREGoR Consortium @gregor-research.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
New in @nature.com! “GREGoR: Accelerating Genomics for Rare Diseases” highlights how the GREGoR Consortium is advancing rare disease discovery through data sharing, multi-omics, and next-gen sequencing across 7,500+ individuals in 3,000+ families. 🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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GREGoR: accelerating genomics for rare diseases - Nature
The GREGoR consortium provides foundational resources and substrates for the future of rare disease genomics.
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Fritz Sedlazeck @sedlazeck.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
From coffee-fueled coding marathons ☕ to new genomics tools: Our 2024 #Hackathon paper is out in @f1000publishing.bsky.social ! Huge thanks to everyone world wide who joined the @bcmhgsc.bsky.social madness 🎉 🔗 f1000research.com/articles/14-... @gregor-research.bsky.social @smahtnetwrk.bsky.social
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Fritz Sedlazeck @sedlazeck.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
plsRT: Looking for a motivated postdoc! Join us at @bcmhgsc.bsky.social to explore the mosaic & somatic landscape of the human genome: structural variants, methylation, and all things @smahtnetwrk.bsky.social If you like long reads, complex variants & methylation come talk to me!
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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Join our online #ComparativeGenomics course with Ingo & @sedlazeck.bsky.social , 23-27 Feb 2026! Learn genome assembly, variant detection (SNVs & SVs), and functional impact analysis with hands-on sessions. www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work... #Bioinformatics #Genomics
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Fritz Sedlazeck @sedlazeck.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Trio-barcoded @nanoporetech.com Adaptive Sampling (TBAS) to improve #RareDisease diagnostic at less than 1/2 the $$ & high cov: 76% solve rate across 13 trios inc. two corrections from prev. diagnosis. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... @gregor-research.bsky.social @bcmhgsc.bsky.social #Research
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Yilei Fu @yileifu.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
We introduce trio-barcoded @nanoporetech.com adaptive sampling (TBAS), which allows targeted sequencing of one trio in one flowcell. We tested it on HG002-4+13 trios from GREGoR. TBAS and pipeline accurately report causative SNV, SV&TRs. @sedlazeck.bsky.social www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Mitch Bekritsky @mitch-bekritsky.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Working with @sedlazeck.bsky.social and his group on exploring the utility of Constellation has been amazing. So happy to see this preprint out!
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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Are you interested in Structural Variants? 🧬 Join our online course (1–3 Dec) to learn how to detect, compare, and annotate SVs from short & long @nanoporetech.com reads with @sedlazeck.bsky.social and Luis Paulin! 🚀 www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
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Structural Variant detection and comparison
1-3 December 2025 To foster international participation, this course will be held online
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Fritz Sedlazeck @sedlazeck.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
We investigated Constellation from Illumina @bcmhgsc.bsky.social for rare disease cases @gregor-research.bsky.social from @bcmhouston.bsky.social. We tested HG002-4 & sequenced 21 families. We could detangle complex SV & other interesting findings described here: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Constellation illuminates rare disease genetics
Despite significant advances in genomic sequencing, the resolution of many rare disease cases is still hindered by variant detection limitations. Short reads struggle in homologous regions, and long r...
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Mike Schatz @mikeschatz.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Read the preprint here with all the details, plus lots of other long-read powered analysis! www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Population-scale Long-read Sequencing in the All of Us Research Program
The All of Us Research Program (AoU) is a national biobank seeking to enroll one million individuals in the United States to link genomic and biomedical data, including short- and long-read whole-geno...
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Fritz Sedlazeck @sedlazeck.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Finished a large sailing race in the golf with a little electrical fire on board at night (23 Miles off shore)..... Still finished beating some professional sailors .. haha . :) Now on the way to @geneticssociety.bsky.social meeting with 5 people from my group. Say hi if you see us :)
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GREGoR Consortium @gregor-research.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Thank you to all our members and collaborators for an inspiring and productive @gregor-research.bsky.social meeting last week in San Diego! ☀️🧬 #RareDisease #Research
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Fritz Sedlazeck @sedlazeck.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
#2025....
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Fritz Sedlazeck @sedlazeck.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Today is our 7th #bioinformatics Hackathon @bcmhgsc.bsky.social ! 120+ people from around the world attending! Super excited about all the new projects ! Thanks to @dcgenomics.bsky.social @dnanexus.bsky.social @gregor-research.bsky.social @smahtnetwrk.bsky.social @treangen.bsky.social !
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Fritz Sedlazeck @sedlazeck.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Our lecture hall reminds me at star wars... Not necessarily the good side.....
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Fritz Sedlazeck @sedlazeck.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Today is our 7th #bioinformatics Hackathon @bcmhgsc.bsky.social ! 120+ people from around the world attending! Super excited about all the new projects ! Thanks to @dcgenomics.bsky.social @dnanexus.bsky.social @gregor-research.bsky.social @smahtnetwrk.bsky.social @treangen.bsky.social !
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Fritz Sedlazeck @sedlazeck.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Well guess where my nephew decided to go for his honeymoon... Hawaii of corse .. :) They are all fine but what an evening.. That will go straight into family stories. :) Hope everyone else is also just fine !
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Fritz Sedlazeck @sedlazeck.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Last call for #bioinformatics #hackathon @bcmhgsc.bsky.social Aug 27-29. : fritzsedlazeck.github.io/blog/2025/ha... Projects range from TR, SV to pangenomcs, metagenomics etc. will be published in F1000. With from support: @dnanexus.bsky.social @smahtnetwrk.bsky.social @gregor-research.bsky.social
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Fritz Sedlazeck @sedlazeck.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Come join us. Last spaces are filling up. Great opportunity to learn something new ( SV, Graph genomes etc) and get to know other people. We will report our findings in an f1000 report like every year.
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Fritz Sedlazeck @sedlazeck.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Do you have an interesting benchmark experiment? We wanna hear about it! Special issue in Genome Biology live now: www.biomedcentral.com/collections/... Submission Deadline: 28 January 2026 #bioinformatic #genetic #genomics please share with your peers!
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Fritz Sedlazeck @sedlazeck.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Already 30+ registered for our 7th #bioinformatics #hackathon @bcmhgsc.bsky.social around Structural Variants, Graph genomes & many related topics: fritzsedlazeck.github.io/blog/2025/ha... Groups will work on interesting topics that will be published in F1000. Registration till 10th of Aug!
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