Alex Sweeten

alexsweeten.bsky.social

15 October 2026 05:46

Excited to announce ModDotPlot Browser! A interactive genomic dotplot viewer that runs entirely in a web browser. Load and explore whole chromosomes in seconds! Try it here: marbl.github.io/ModDotPlot-B... User guide:
 github.com/marbl/ModDot... 1/4

Rob Patro

robp.bsky.social

19 September 2026 08:19

Plus, we already have typst.

Rob Patro

robp.bsky.social

04 September 2026 14:03

Thanks to @jpelbers.bsky.social for pointing out that the README could be improved to explain why gravlax is so different/interesting, and what it might allow. It’s rewritten now. We’ve also added interactive Google Collab notebooks so you can see some gravlax queries! github.com/COMBINE-lab/...

Rob Patro

robp.bsky.social

04 September 2026 11:40

You're right to point out that the README does not do a good job right now of explaining what and *why* well enough. I'll work on that. Short answer: Yes; making the evidence for counting annotation-free is the main point. It's trivial to "replay" the evidence under new annotations. However,... 1/2

Morten Kam Dahl Dueholm

mkddueholm.bsky.social

10 August 2026 16:32

Check out the MiDAS global genome catalog preprint! We applied Nanopore long-read metagenomics to 83 selected samples from the MiDAS 4 global survey of wastewater treatment plants to create a genome catalog covering all core genera in the activated sludge microbiome. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...