Rick Masonbrink
naturesenigma.bsky.social
Rick Masonbrink
@naturesenigma.bsky.social
I am a bioinformatic scientist working in the Iowa State Genome Informatics Core. Maintainer of SCNBase.org for soybean cyst nematode genomics. Science and nature are my work and my fun.
Why does my stdout not have the same number of genes as my written .csv file? Six hours later I figured out that the authors hard-coded to print a max of 7,693 genes to stdout, but all genes to the .csv file. These little unexplained details can kill a bioinformatician....
June 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
always always always run the sample data first when testing a new program #bioinformatics
June 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It almost never fails. Something I struggle for hours with last week gets solved in the first hour on monday...
May 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The tutorial for how to assemble organellar genomes from nuclear-targeted long reads is ready to be used. Please check it out
bioinformaticsworkbook.org/dataAnalysis...
#Genome #genomics #assembly #bioinformatics #chloroplast #mitochondria
Extracting and Assembling a Mitochondrial and Chloroplast Genome from Nuclear-targeted Nanopore Reads
A workbook to help scientists working on bioinformatics projects
bioinformaticsworkbook.org
April 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I love creating genome assemblies and gene annotations. I work in the Iowa State Genome Informatics Facility and would love to get another genome project. We do fantastic work for very reasonable fee. If you need bioinformatics support, please request here gif.biotech.iastate.edu/tracking/use...
Iowa State University Genome Informatics Facility - Login and Create submission form
gif.biotech.iastate.edu
April 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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The tutorial for depositing a bioproject, biosample, sra entry, genome, or genome and annotation to NCBI is ready. Please give it a try. I would love some feedback from others.
bioinformaticsworkbook.org/dataWranglin...

#genomics #bioinformatics #data
Submitting a BioProject, BioSample, SRA, Genome, and Annotation to NCBI
A workbook to help scientists working on bioinformatics projects
bioinformaticsworkbook.org
April 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The tutorial for depositing a bioproject, biosample, sra entry, genome, or genome and annotation to NCBI is ready. Please give it a try. I would love some feedback from others.
bioinformaticsworkbook.org/dataWranglin...

#genomics #bioinformatics #data
Submitting a BioProject, BioSample, SRA, Genome, and Annotation to NCBI
A workbook to help scientists working on bioinformatics projects
bioinformaticsworkbook.org
April 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We all make mistakes. Even after 13 years of experience I still need 5 tries to get the files exactly right. #bioinformatics #genomics #ncbi The tutorial for depositing a genome and annotation to NCBI is nearly ready.
March 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I am going through the pains to create a tutorial in the bioinformaticsworkbook.org about how to submit a genome and annotation to NCBI. This is so tricky to do.
Bioinformatics Workbook
A tutorial to help scientists design their projects and analyze their data.
bioinformaticsworkbook.org
February 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Reposted by Rick Masonbrink
💻 Nematologist Inga Zasada will talk about "How an applied #nematologist uses #genomic_tools to address plant-parasitic #nematode research"
📅 December 2nd, 2024
🕓 4:10 PM
ℹ️ More info and Zoom link through the link below 👇
entnem.ucdavis.edu/news/researc...
Research Plant Pathologist Inga Zasada to Present Dec. 2nd Seminar
Research plant pathologist Inga Zasada of the USDA-ARS Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory, Corvallis, Ore., will speak on "How an Applied Nematologist Uses Genomic Tools to Address Plant-Parasiti...
entnem.ucdavis.edu
November 27, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Reposted by Rick Masonbrink
Identification and Characterization of a Novel Nematode Pan Allergen (NPA) from Wuchereria bancrofti and their Potential Role in Human Filarial Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia (TPE) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.12.04.569914v1
Identification and Characterization of a Novel Nematode Pan Allergen (NPA) from Wuchereria bancrofti and their Potential Role in Human Filarial Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia (TPE) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.12.04.569914v1
Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (TPE) is a chronic respiratory syndrome associated with Lymphatic Fi
www.biorxiv.org
December 5, 2023 at 2:22 AM
Reposted by Rick Masonbrink
A Major Role of Class III HD-ZIPs in Promoting Sugar Beet Cyst Nematode Syncytium Formation in Arabidopsis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.15.580549v1
A Major Role of Class III HD-ZIPs in Promoting Sugar Beet Cyst Nematode Syncytium Formation in Arabidopsis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.15.580549v1
Cyst nematodes use a stylet to secrete plant CLE-like peptide effector mimics into selected root cel
www.biorxiv.org
February 16, 2024 at 8:04 PM
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And don't forget: many nematode species have lost them altogether! A huge puzzle.
doi.org/10.1002/wrna...
November 24, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Reposted by Rick Masonbrink
Sea snails stun their prey with #toxins that mimic glucose-regulating hormones.🧪💊 #Marine #MarineDrugs #DrugDiscovery #PharmSky www.the-scientist.com/a-sea-snail-...
A Sea Snail Toxin Could Inspire New Diabetes Drugs
Sea snails stun their prey with toxins that mimic glucose-regulating hormones.
www.the-scientist.com
November 27, 2024 at 6:09 PM
The soybean cyst nematode genomics database has been updated as of last night. SCNBase.org now has all 9 early release H. glycines genomes and annotations. All files are downloadable and accessible through BLAST, feature search, and Jbrowse. The pan-genome paper is coming soon! #science #genomics
SCNBase
SCNBase.org
November 27, 2024 at 6:08 PM