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Jimmy Breen

@wessidepraxis

Chief Data Scientist - Black Ochre Data Labs (blackochrelabs.au) Past President - ABACBS (abacbs.org) Adjunct A/Professor - Australian National University (anu.edu.au) Interested in using multiomics to study complex diseases in Indigenous Australians

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Cometti's most iconic one-liners from inside the AFL commentary box As the AFL community mourns the death of one of its most iconic voices, here are some of the most memorable Dennis Cometti one-liners.

RIP to the most magnificent sports commentator that ever lived. You’ll be missed Dennis! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

04.03.2026 13:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Project Hail Mary. Finally a relatable movie for us who have doctorate in Molecular Biology

03.03.2026 09:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is what the technology was ultimately designed to do πŸ˜‚

22.02.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A hex sticker with a text that reads Hello Data Science with green, yellow and pink scatterplot points in the background. There is a web address www.hellodata.science

A hex sticker with a text that reads Hello Data Science with green, yellow and pink scatterplot points in the background. There is a web address www.hellodata.science

πŸ“– Big news! We just released the first five chapters of our new book, Hello Data Science. It is a fully open-access resource written for beginners. Please help us spread the word! A few points about the book are below πŸ‘‡

πŸ”— www.hellodata.science

#rstats #datascience #tidyverse

14.01.2026 05:34 πŸ‘ 195 πŸ” 81 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

Great work guys!

14.01.2026 05:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Workshop landing page with demos here -> wasmodic.github.io

29.11.2025 01:18 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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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

28.11.2025 05:58 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

You’re doing Nick proud mate. We’re lucky to have you

26.11.2025 10:06 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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 πŸ˜€

26.11.2025 10:02 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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A great discussion today at #ABACBS2025 on the evolving landscape of research funding in Australia. Insightful perspectives, thoughtful questions, and a much needed conversation for our research community. @abacbs.bsky.social

25.11.2025 01:36 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@lonsbio.bsky.social you absolutely deserve the "Nick Wong" community building award! Thanks for being the social glue and for your wise words! #ABACBS2025 πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

25.11.2025 10:24 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#abacbs2025

26.11.2025 00:40 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Representing EuroBioC2026 at the @abacbs.bsky.social Conference this week.

The next European @bioconductor.bsky.social Conference will be in Turku, Finland!

#ABACBS2025
#EuroBioC2026

25.11.2025 22:33 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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

26.11.2025 01:21 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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PeterMac @petermaccc.bsky.social representing at #abacbs2025 What a community 😍

26.11.2025 01:03 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Our prez @jessmar.bsky.social gave a shout-out to our Slack shameless-plugs channel. We’re all about boosting our members, which is why we’re leaning into Bluesky. Papers shared here get indexed by Altmetric, so growing this community turns into real, measurable impact for our members #ABACBS2025

26.11.2025 03:56 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What an amazing talk by Beth Cross as the winner of the best talk at COMBINE about the genomic jigsaw of blakpc transposons - and maybe it’s time for someone to develop a better (bacterial) promoter prediction tool #ABACBS2025

26.11.2025 05:53 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

#abacbs2025

26.11.2025 06:23 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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10 years ago I took a flight to Sydney to attend my first COMBINE. The support of @shazanfar.bsky.social @hdashnow.bsky.social and @lonsbio.bsky.social meant the world and I made so many friends that year I still get to hang out with.Thanks to everyone for a successful conference! #ABACBS2025

26.11.2025 05:56 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Did my best to help a bit to get academic twitter back. Hopefully we can continue. Thanks and congratulations to @jovmaksimovic.bsky.social too.
Thanks @abacbs.bsky.social #ABACBS2025 for an amazing conference.

26.11.2025 08:03 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Melbourne Integrative Genomics, UniMelb @mig-unimelb.bsky.social at #ABACBS2025
Amazing to have a big representation at @abacbs.bsky.social held in Adelaide.

26.11.2025 05:24 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Great opportunity! #ABACBS2025

25.11.2025 07:26 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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25.11.2025 03:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ABACBS 2025 Conference Adelaide, South Australia. Nov. 24-

Last day to register for #ABACBS2025. Dont miss out on all of the fun! www.abacbs.org/abacbs2025

17.11.2025 22:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Its getting close binfies! #ABACBS2025

14.11.2025 04:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Excited (and somewhat anxious) at presenting a keynote for the APAC stream! Register to see what our Black Ochre Data Labs team is up to in Australia πŸ˜€

29.10.2025 04:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Transcriptional interferences ensure one olfactory receptor per ant neuron
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Caviar for RNA-Seq nerds! Check this out

22.10.2025 20:39 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 5
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β€˜Sneakers’ With Bill Simmons, Kyle Brandt, and Joanna Robinson Spotify video

A "The Rewatchables" episode about one of my favourite movies! A real thrill open.spotify.com/episode/46zU...

19.10.2025 05:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Honestly, this guy is the most insane athlete in the world, at the top of his sport and seems like a genuinely lovely guy and fair competitor

14.10.2025 00:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi bioinformatics, genomics and CS friends! Please help me spread the word. I'm hiring a postdoc! Come work on cutting edge method development in algorithmic genomics with me and my group at @umdscience.bsky.social! πŸ–₯️🧬

10.10.2025 13:02 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3