Victor Jongeneel

Aging bioinformatician and HPC geek surrounded by corn fields (or was that soybeans?)

[Illinois IHSI @IllinoisIHSI]

A team of #Illinois and #MayoClinic researchers have created the Knowledge Engine for Genomics (KnowEnG), a first-of-its-kind analytical platform that guides researchers through the process of interpreting complex genomic datasets. Read more: https://t.co/H79ShFiV8G

[Victor Jongeneel @vjongene]

Ludwig has a long history of closing Branches and opening new ones, and has always been generous in supporting the ones it funds. I take no sides in this dispute, but it is a bit like suing NIH for not renewing your grant...

[Victor Jongeneel @vjongene]

Major cancer institute sued by its own researchers over ‘tapering’ funding https://t.co/rFy09faZvi

[Victor Jongeneel @vjongene]

@SusannaLHarris Well, I did my PhD in the same department between 1976 and 1980. Our stipend at the time was $3900 a year, which is $17550 in 2020 dollars. Things have gotten better.

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@merenbey 🇨🇼

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@erlichya The motivation for the sequencing was primarily variant discovery for the design of an African chip. The bulk of the samples (about 50,000) are being genotyped using this chip.

[U.S. National Science Foundation @NSF]

The growth decline may indicate that any previous environmental advantage for corals located closer to shore has diminished, likely due to climate change & human activities that subject nearshore corals to higher levels of stress.

More 👇https://t.co/BY6FQjK3ao

[Graham Coop @Graham_Coop]

I love tea. I love genetics. But we're a long way from using polygenic scores to understand differences among groups in tea drinking & other behaviours. [Preprint version] https://t.co/w9ZbCg8gCU

[Victor Jongeneel @vjongene]

@Mervynation @amateuradam @charltonbrooker I had measles as a kid, never been so sick in my life. 42C fever, delirious. I survived, but it was NO fun. This was well before a vaccine was available.

[Victor Jongeneel @vjongene]

Just posted pictures from the Rif ballpark on Twitter. What gives?

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@IlliniBaseball Where and when are you playing?

[Victor Jongeneel @vjongene]

@IlliniBaseball So when is the game today? Not at 5 pm local...

[Victor Jongeneel @vjongene]

@IlliniBaseball We live in Curaçao and would love to see you play! Let us know when you have a schedule.

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@ixenario That looks furiously like the landscape right above our chalet...

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@mjpallen Another tribute from Wired: http://t.co/cCwlCaZx

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@mjpallen

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@phylogenomics