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Javan Okendo

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Led the completion of the zebrafish reference genome, advancing genomic resources for the research community.

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Wow indeed. This is a disaster for U.S. science in so many ways. We're losing the future.

22.10.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Zebrafish Rock! | Linktree Award-winning home tank for all things zebrafish!

Have you heard of the Zebrafish Rock! Slack Pro tankspace? Sponsored by ZFIN, it acts as the premier source for questions and queries for the #zebrafish community and beyond! If you are keen to join, please fill out this Google form at our website: linktr.ee/zebrafishrock

17.09.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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🚨 New #zebrafish reference genomes released!
Both TU & AB assemblies now include long-missing regions; centromeres, telomeres, and segmental duplications (SDs). A major step toward complete, accurate models for functional & comparative genomics. 🧬🐟

#Genomics #T2T #Zebrafish

23.08.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exciting new #genomics resource! A high‑quality, chromosome‑level genome assembly of the garden slug (Derocerasβ€―laeve) is now available. academic.oup.com/g3journal/ad...

23.08.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The variation and evolution of complete human centromeres - Nature A comparison of two complete sets of human centromeres reveals that the centromeres show at least a 4.1-fold increase in single-nucleotide variation compared with their unique flanks, and up to 3-fold...

Out in Nature from @glennislogsdon.bsky.social. Amazing work on human centromeres and their evolution!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

06.04.2024 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Director, NIH Intramural Sequencing Center NHGRI seeks to identify an outstanding Director to lead its NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) within its Division of Intramural Research (DIR).

We are looking for a new director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center! Please spread the word: www.genome.gov/careers-trai...

21.02.2024 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

We are excited to release several new GIAB products in advance of #ASHG23, including v1.0 TR and X&Y benchmarks, corrected GRCh38 reference, stratifications for T2T-CHM13, RNA-seq, GIAB tumor/normal data, and a v1.0 T2T-HG002 assembly with #T2T. Details at www.nist.gov/programs-pro...

01.11.2023 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Roughly 50 hpf zebrafish embryo

Roughly 50 hpf zebrafish embryo

Gotta admit that a day 2 zebrafish embryo is a lot cuter than a day 2 mouse embryo 🐠πŸ§ͺπŸ”¬

25.10.2023 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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