David Mas-Ponte
@david.masponte.com
Postdoc at @humantechnopole.bsky.social working with Andrea Sottoriva to study the evolutionary rules of cancer.
Previously at UW Genome Sciences and @irbbarcelona.org
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Previously at UW Genome Sciences and @irbbarcelona.org
🔗 david.masponte.com
The google-scholar pdf reader just added syntax highlighting 😱 I really needed this haha
November 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The google-scholar pdf reader just added syntax highlighting 😱 I really needed this haha
the infographic is really bad... but there are some gems in the actual pdf plan, with different and more detailed routes. Wildest to me Scandinavia <-> Mediterranean route. Stocholm, Berlin 8h and Berlin to Naples in 11-ish hours.
transport.ec.europa.eu/document/dow...
transport.ec.europa.eu/document/dow...
November 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
the infographic is really bad... but there are some gems in the actual pdf plan, with different and more detailed routes. Wildest to me Scandinavia <-> Mediterranean route. Stocholm, Berlin 8h and Berlin to Naples in 11-ish hours.
transport.ec.europa.eu/document/dow...
transport.ec.europa.eu/document/dow...
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Been a fan since v1 so I’ll give v3 a try, too. I liked how easy it was to switch from adobe products. And so far I’ve never missed any feature. Any estimates how much academia funnels into adobe per year?
October 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Been a fan since v1 so I’ll give v3 a try, too. I liked how easy it was to switch from adobe products. And so far I’ve never missed any feature. Any estimates how much academia funnels into adobe per year?
This is big news for academics, a fully* featured, modern vector editor software for free (hopefully) forever. We should be sad when research money is unnecessarily directed to the adobe whirlpool of subscriptions.
October 31, 2025 at 6:42 AM
This is big news for academics, a fully* featured, modern vector editor software for free (hopefully) forever. We should be sad when research money is unnecessarily directed to the adobe whirlpool of subscriptions.
Wow! great feature in the newest @typst.app update 🎉🎉
October 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Wow! great feature in the newest @typst.app update 🎉🎉
also bocconi university
October 20, 2025 at 7:21 AM
also bocconi university
when the test is significant but you forgot to check its effect size
September 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
when the test is significant but you forgot to check its effect size
Science aside, the typesetting of this preprint is beautiful. Apple-worthy
September 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Science aside, the typesetting of this preprint is beautiful. Apple-worthy
TIL you can create a multiqc compatible json/yml file and will just work out the box.
docs.seqera.io/multiqc/cust...
docs.seqera.io/multiqc/cust...
August 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
TIL you can create a multiqc compatible json/yml file and will just work out the box.
docs.seqera.io/multiqc/cust...
docs.seqera.io/multiqc/cust...
Big fan of this hand drawn wholesome graphical abstract in today's @cp-cell.bsky.social 🐜
July 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Big fan of this hand drawn wholesome graphical abstract in today's @cp-cell.bsky.social 🐜
TIL that the Gendarmerie (military police) in France uses GendBuntu, a slight modification of ubuntu. And everything because they didn't want to move from Windows XP to vista 😅
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBuntu
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBuntu
GendBuntu - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
July 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
TIL that the Gendarmerie (military police) in France uses GendBuntu, a slight modification of ubuntu. And everything because they didn't want to move from Windows XP to vista 😅
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBuntu
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBuntu
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At Posit, we love @typst.app:
⚡ Make PDFs in milliseconds, not minutes
✨ The power of LaTeX with today's technologies
✍️ Modern typography (including emojis!)
🧠 Clear mental model
So I'm thrilled to announce that we're now supporting its development: posit.co/blog/posit-a...
#rstats
⚡ Make PDFs in milliseconds, not minutes
✨ The power of LaTeX with today's technologies
✍️ Modern typography (including emojis!)
🧠 Clear mental model
So I'm thrilled to announce that we're now supporting its development: posit.co/blog/posit-a...
#rstats
Posit
We’re happy to announce that we’re supporting Typst by funding one of their full-time engineers.
posit.co
June 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
At Posit, we love @typst.app:
⚡ Make PDFs in milliseconds, not minutes
✨ The power of LaTeX with today's technologies
✍️ Modern typography (including emojis!)
🧠 Clear mental model
So I'm thrilled to announce that we're now supporting its development: posit.co/blog/posit-a...
#rstats
⚡ Make PDFs in milliseconds, not minutes
✨ The power of LaTeX with today's technologies
✍️ Modern typography (including emojis!)
🧠 Clear mental model
So I'm thrilled to announce that we're now supporting its development: posit.co/blog/posit-a...
#rstats
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I started tgv to learn Rust and building it has been unbelievably fun! If you wanna pick up a super fast and fun programming language, tgv is open for contribution! There aren't many bioinformatics tools built entirely by the community. If tgv can become one, I'll be so psyched
Terminal Genome Viewer (tgv), written in Rust github.com/zeqianli/tgv
May 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I started tgv to learn Rust and building it has been unbelievably fun! If you wanna pick up a super fast and fun programming language, tgv is open for contribution! There aren't many bioinformatics tools built entirely by the community. If tgv can become one, I'll be so psyched
*advertisement payed by a VC fund 😅
April 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
*advertisement payed by a VC fund 😅
Never thought i would say this but R becoming more pythonic is a good thing 🙃
"R 4.5.0 introduces a new way to load objects from a package: use()"
"R 4.5.0 introduces a new way to load objects from a package: use()"
New version of R is out!
Our Data Scientist, Russ Hyde, has put together a quick review of the key features and changes in R 4.5 — from new language features to graphics updates and more.
📝 Read the full blog post here: www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/whats-n...
#rstats #Rprogramming #opensource
Our Data Scientist, Russ Hyde, has put together a quick review of the key features and changes in R 4.5 — from new language features to graphics updates and more.
📝 Read the full blog post here: www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/whats-n...
#rstats #Rprogramming #opensource
What's new in R 4.5.0?
Here we summarise some of the more interesting changes that have been introduced in R 4.5.0.
www.jumpingrivers.com
April 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Never thought i would say this but R becoming more pythonic is a good thing 🙃
"R 4.5.0 introduces a new way to load objects from a package: use()"
"R 4.5.0 introduces a new way to load objects from a package: use()"
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American scientists aren't special. It's the institutions, and willingness to spend on research, that set them apart. Similarly invest here, and you will naturally attract the best talent from *everywhere*.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Europe to burned American scientists: We’ll take you in
The EU’s body for scientific research, as well as local, regional and national governments, are mobilizing to poach top U.S. scholars.
www.politico.eu
April 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
American scientists aren't special. It's the institutions, and willingness to spend on research, that set them apart. Similarly invest here, and you will naturally attract the best talent from *everywhere*.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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23andMe to be sold off now, agree with @philippbayer.bsky.social it's likely there ll be a opt out mechanism for people that don't want their data distributed to pharma companies, but just glad I managed to delete my data on the site under GDPR, thanks EU 👌
It's official now: 23andMe files for bankruptcy. Interested to see what happens with that genotyping data - my first guess is 'surely they can't just sell per-user data without a new per-user agreement', but what laws does the US still have
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
DNA testing firm 23andMe files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to sell itself
Genetic testing firm 23andMe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. on Sunday and said it was looking to sell itself.
www.reuters.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:05 AM
23andMe to be sold off now, agree with @philippbayer.bsky.social it's likely there ll be a opt out mechanism for people that don't want their data distributed to pharma companies, but just glad I managed to delete my data on the site under GDPR, thanks EU 👌
this is really cool! 😎 obsidian is now free for all, simplicity over subscriptions
Obsidian is now free for work.
Starting today, the Obsidian Commercial license is optional. Anyone can use Obsidian for work, for free. Explore the organizations that support Obsidian on our site.
obsidian.md/blog/free-fo...
Starting today, the Obsidian Commercial license is optional. Anyone can use Obsidian for work, for free. Explore the organizations that support Obsidian on our site.
obsidian.md/blog/free-fo...
Obsidian is now free for work
Starting today, the Obsidian Commercial license is optional. Anyone can use Obsidian for work, for free. Explore organizations that support Obsidian on our new Enterprise page.
obsidian.md
March 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
this is really cool! 😎 obsidian is now free for all, simplicity over subscriptions
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opening files in Obsidian, not sped up
March 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
opening files in Obsidian, not sped up
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Roche Ripple Predictions
My take on how Roche SBX will roil the sequencing landscape
omicsomics.blogspot.com/2025/02/roch...
🧬🖥️
My take on how Roche SBX will roil the sequencing landscape
omicsomics.blogspot.com/2025/02/roch...
🧬🖥️
Roche Ripple Predictions
In the prior piece , I covered the technical details unveiled by Roche for their SBX technology, but generally tried to avoid predicting its...
omicsomics.blogspot.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Roche Ripple Predictions
My take on how Roche SBX will roil the sequencing landscape
omicsomics.blogspot.com/2025/02/roch...
🧬🖥️
My take on how Roche SBX will roil the sequencing landscape
omicsomics.blogspot.com/2025/02/roch...
🧬🖥️
What a world we live in that the highest cost of a DNA sequencer is the computer+GPU instead of the "sequencing" itself, big benefits for SBX if AI bubble pops eventually
"the biggest expense [...] is assuredly the compute onboard"
by @omicsomics.bsky.social
omicsomics.blogspot.com/2025/02/roch...
"the biggest expense [...] is assuredly the compute onboard"
by @omicsomics.bsky.social
omicsomics.blogspot.com/2025/02/roch...
Roche Xpounds on New Sequencing Technology
Bar bets can be a powerful force in human society. One of the best known books on the planet, The Guinness Book of World Records, originate...
omicsomics.blogspot.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:43 AM
What a world we live in that the highest cost of a DNA sequencer is the computer+GPU instead of the "sequencing" itself, big benefits for SBX if AI bubble pops eventually
"the biggest expense [...] is assuredly the compute onboard"
by @omicsomics.bsky.social
omicsomics.blogspot.com/2025/02/roch...
"the biggest expense [...] is assuredly the compute onboard"
by @omicsomics.bsky.social
omicsomics.blogspot.com/2025/02/roch...