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Greg Fedewa

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Bioinformatic Scientist interested in microbes. Former: Ismagilov Group (Caltech), Nuanced Health Inc; The Centre for Pathogen Evolution (U Cambridge, UK), DeRisi Lab (UCSF).

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Have you tried Typora? It's my default if I just want to write some notes without having any bloat.

05.03.2026 17:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It might not be a perfect solution for you, but I just finished a project where I used an R kernel and .ipynb notebooks specifically because it then had inline outputs. Worked really well in Position.

03.02.2026 22:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I always have to tell myself, the debrief and documentation are part of the task and need to be scheduled as part of it.

29.01.2026 05:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All of them and turn it into a mole?

18.01.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I know, right? And they didn't even want to interview me, either.

08.01.2026 03:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you want it for a group, you could self host Vikjuna, an open source project management app. If it is just for you, Emacs Org-mode is also an option. It can be as feature rich or lite as you want. The main downside is the lack of mobile apps, though.

05.01.2026 16:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Python's pathlib has been around since 2012 and I can't believe that every other language hasn't implemented the same idea. It is one of Python's best features.

16.12.2025 19:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I would still suggest Quarto, since it is just a superset of markdown. You don't have to render. When I run code on a server, I usually use Posit/VSCode's remote connect to the server and then run the code cells and have the outputs right there. I also like ipynb, but it depends on the language

26.11.2025 23:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What features do you need? My personal preference right now is just Quarto and then render it into whatever format you want.

26.11.2025 22:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I've been looking for these myself. It isn't a single study, but some of the Zymo standards have been sequenced with all three.

11.11.2025 22:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So glad that a feature I've wanted, and then worked on, is finally out!

Run all the bin QC tools now!

07.11.2025 20:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

compile linux

26.10.2025 23:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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24.10.2025 18:26 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Genomic comparison of the temperate coral Astrangia poculata with tropical corals yields insights into winter quiescence, innate immunity, and sexual reproduction Abstract. Facultatively symbiotic corals provide important experimental models to explore the establishment, maintenance, and breakdown of the mutualism be

I am very much not an expert on corals, so I could be wrong here. Bad gene calls could be the cause, but doi.org/10.1093/g3jo... says there are a lot of duplications in the genome.

24.10.2025 16:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am not an expert on TagSeq, but I have debugged a lot of sequencing before. Can you say what species it is (is the genome just repetitive)? Did you remember to deduplicate the reads based on UMIs?

24.10.2025 16:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Getting your ears pierced this weekend won't help dispel them

20.10.2025 14:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"I think we should have the Mobius parade. It will never stop, never start. It always was and will always be."

17.10.2025 15:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I still say "Turn down your radio" to people around me.

16.10.2025 03:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

An isekai mecha game.

12.10.2025 18:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How does everyone keep track of where they left off when reading #QuartoPub book websites? Is there an Quarto or browser extension ? I have a browser bookmark to the main page, but (ideally) I would want some button i click to go to my "bookmarked" page.

30.09.2025 17:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't understand what you mean, published articles and data should all have DOI numbers that will act as a permanent hyperlink. Books and physical things could be links to a photo attached. If someone is citing a work that can never be verified it probably isn't a good source for a college paper.

29.09.2025 03:18 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Have you thought about requiring all sources to have hyperlinks? You shouldn't need to track anything down if the student already did

29.09.2025 02:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One hundred thousand people shouting "arr" preventing you from finishing your opener, The Captains Wife's Lament.

29.09.2025 01:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just a random guess, but 0.008==1/125 . Are these based on some 125 question survey?

16.09.2025 02:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On point 1a, are they saying they won't require a data sharing plan? That would be such a huge step backward.

11.09.2025 16:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It might only be a small step in the right direction, but did you see @fraserlab.com recent post about trying to fix preprint reviews (they found out the authors weren't being notified) ?

11.09.2025 04:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Does anyone know of non-profits, consortiums, labs, or groups that focus on genome sequencing rare/endangered plants? I can't seem to find anything, but it seems like this should exist. I am only finding groups that sequenced a single rare species or two. 🌱πŸ§ͺ #plantsky #academicsky

26.08.2025 23:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That sounds like an awesome postdoc.

16.08.2025 01:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Verified rΓ©sumΓ©s could be interesting, but I think the problem is LLMs are being used by real people, but they allow people to tailor and apply to every job they can find. I really dislike take homes as they favor people without families/outside responsibilities.

05.08.2025 21:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have heard this (and that a lot of them look like they are written by an LLM) from a few people, but haven't seen much news on it. If it really is just a flood of some people spamming every job opening, I wonder how that will force the whole process to change.

02.08.2025 22:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0