Nils Homer
@nilshomer
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I write software for Biologists. Founder @fulcrumgenomics, Bioinformatician, Computer Scientist, Coder, Father of 2xGirls. Opinions are my own.
Phoenix, AZ
Joined July 2009
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@OmicsOmicsBlog @JulianMHess @sinabooeshaghi Yes! FASTQ is now just an intermediate legacy format (a bit harsh) and one *should* use SAM for unmapped reads. The SAM format can store barcode tags (like sample, UMI, cell) and there’s the header for metadata. Broad has been doing this since day 1 of SAM #ArgumentFromAuthority
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@jomarnz @mrvollger Agreed, and my apologies if it was implied that the maintainers don’t have a roadmap. I requested a release that would include a bug fix to a bug I created. I can’t handle the shame of the latest release having the bug.
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@mgdurrant The fear of being scooped is high, I’m sorry :/. Being one stepped removed (supporting folks like yourself) reduces the pressure to a sustainable level. You got this!
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@johanneskoester @tueknielsen @Hasindu2008 Not supported on arm64… For Apple, I had to uninstall a swath of things like homebrew and others to get a “fresh install” so that vg would install. I’m at #ISMB, and I’ve asked presenters if they have the same issue… they all complain. 🤷♂️
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If you don't show up to meetings, straight to Jail. We have the best attendees in the world...
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RT @lpachter: A lot of bioinformatics requires editing sequencing reads to facilitate QC and make them suitable for processing. To help wit…
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@mattrasmus I’d be curious about your take if you read the README as a few cool features are described there. Reach out via email and I’d be glad to chat further (@tfenne wouldn’t mind either). Dagr was our successor to Zamboni, the Broad’s pipeline DSL used in the Genomics Platform.
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