Jim Shaw
jimshaw.bsky.social
Jim Shaw
@jimshaw.bsky.social
Postdoc at Dana-Farber and Harvard Med with Heng Li (@lh3lh3.bsky.social). Prev: UBC / UofT.

I like thinking about computational biological sequence analysis and its applications to metagenomics.

https://jim-shaw-bluenote.github.io
Super classy and much respect for updating the benchmarks Ryan. What a nice surprise. Very appreciated as a developer :).

Grats on the huge improvements @gaetanbenoit.bsky.social for metamdbg
September 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Great!! Let me know what you find :)
September 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Thanks Sergey!!
September 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Indeed! Thanks @usadellab.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
September 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Thanks to co-authors @lh3lh3.bsky.social @mgmarin.bsky.social and the Heng Li lab here in Dana-Farber / Harvard Med.

Much thanks to all folks who generate/deposit data.

Building an assembler from scratch has always been a goal of mine, a labour of love :).

github.com/bluenote-157...

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GitHub - bluenote-1577/myloasm: A new high-resolution long-read metagenome assembler for even noisy reads
A new high-resolution long-read metagenome assembler for even noisy reads - bluenote-1577/myloasm
github.com
September 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
In conclusion:

1. Check out our new long-read metagenome assembler github.com/bluenote-157.... It's written from scratch, in rust!

2. Myloasm excels on ONT R10.4 data, but works for HiFi too

3. I'm really excited by its ability to enable high-resolution sleuthing for microbiome genomics

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GitHub - bluenote-1577/myloasm: A new high-resolution long-read metagenome assembler for even noisy reads
A new high-resolution long-read metagenome assembler for even noisy reads - bluenote-1577/myloasm
github.com
September 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM