Kara Dicks

Kara Dicks

@kara-dicks.bsky.social

Wildlife & conservation genetics/omics, evolutionary ecology. Conservation geneticist working at Oxford Nanopore (ORG.one), but views are my own

179 Followers 104 Following 2 Posts Joined Nov 2024
1 year ago

Abstract submission deadline coming up this week - 10 Jan.
Don't miss your opportunity to present your work using nanopore sequencing at this unique event!

nanoporetech.com/about/events...

@nanoporetech.com #nanopore #genomics #bioinformatics #sequencing

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1 year ago

One of our @nanoporetech.com ORG.one participants is looking for bioinformatics support for conservation genomics of an endangered tree in India's Western Ghats. Please get in touch with @jithukjose.bsky.social if you are interested!

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Release Hifiasm-0.21.0-r686 Β· chhylp123/hifiasm Since Hifiasm-0.20.0 (r639): New Feature: Introduced a beta module for ONT assembly using ONT simplex R10 reads. To enable this feature, add the --ont option as shown below: hifiasm -t64 --ont -o...

Exciting news! The latest hifiasm release from Haoyu Cheng and Heng Li adds beta support for @nanoporetech.com simplex R10 reads. Initial results look very promising. πŸš€

Check it out: github.com/chhylp123/hi...

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Benefits and pitfalls of captive conservation genetic management: Evaluating diversity in scimitar-horned oryx to support reintroduction planning The reintroduction of the scimitar-horned oryx to Chad is a multi-disciplinary endeavour, planned and implemented over the past decade, utilizing a wi…

Scimitar horned oryx - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

& more to come soon on how genomic data has been used throughout the reintroduction.

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