Jennifer Chang
j23414.bsky.social
Jennifer Chang
@j23414.bsky.social
Bioinformatic Analyst, coder, reader, coffee drinker among other things
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@alexey-markin.bsky.social @tavisanderson.bsky.social et al. introduce TreeSort, a tool for identifying recent and ancestral reassortment events on datasets with thousands of influenza A virus genomes.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf133

#evobio #molbio #virus
August 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Reposted by Jennifer Chang
#Morloc #VSCode extension is alive!

Thanks to @j23414.bsky.social for helping with the setup!
July 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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📢New job posting!📢
Are you excited by the idea of building global infrastructure to make pathogen sequencing more accessible, interpretable, and equitable? 🧑🏻‍💻🧬

My group at @swisstph.ch has an opening working with ARTIC2, @pathoplexus.org, & Loculus - read on!

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July 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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🌟 Huge thanks to everyone who joined the first virtual #morloc #hackathon yesterday!

We spent the day beta-testing the Morloc language, smoothing out install issues and running our first programs together.

🚀 Morloc execution is now tested on Linux, MacOS, and Windows (via WSL)!
July 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Sharing the #morloc language! Compose functions across languages under a common type system. In #bioinformatics, build better workflows by switching from the file/application-based paradigm to a native function paradigm. Looking for adventurous first adopters!

[Paper pre-release](shorturl.at/q10tO)
ZWA
shorturl.at
July 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Today is going to be a long and difficult day.
April 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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I agree with Scott. This is important because:

1. This shows that cattle are susceptible to other H5N1 viruses, not just B3.13.
2. D1.1 viruses are currently transmitting really efficiently through wild birds in North America, and are very widespread.
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This is big because:
1. This is evidence of a 2nd avian-->cattle H5N1 introduction.
2. The D1.1 genotype was found in the severe case in British Columbia and the deadly case in Louisiana. It is possible that this genotype has an easier time adapting to human cells.

www.statnews.com/2025/02/05/u...
USDA milk testing shows different strain of H5N1 bird flu in Nevada dairy herds
The USDA said four Nevada dairy herds were infected with an H5N1 bird flu strain that has circulated in wild birds, making prospects for containment in cows appear dim.
www.statnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Reposted by Jennifer Chang
🧬🖥 My first blog post to the Perl Advent Calendar went live today:
perladvent.org/2024/2024-12...
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Perl Advent Calendar 2024 - "Investigating a new respiratory virus outbreak in Santa's workshop"
perladvent.org
December 20, 2024 at 1:27 PM