My favorite part: co-linear chaining in cyclic graphs using zip code trees, a new data structure for quickly finding distances in the graph that best match corresponding distances in the read

I'm very excited to share that I defended my thesis this week! I helped develop algorithms to combat reference #bias and make genomics more #equitable and #representative by incorporating genetic #diversity into genomics pipelines

New figure for my thesis showing why Giraffe is the best long read pangenome mapper. No further evidence will be provided.