Francis Ouellette

@bffo
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Bioinformatics 🧬🖥️🧪
- #PLOS Comp Biol Education Sect. Editor;
- #DATABASE OUP Associate Editor;
- #OpenScience #OpenAccess #OpenData;
friend of @jxtxfoundation.bsky.social, and the
@abinstitute.bsky.social

- I am 🇨🇦

Only on BlueSky and LinkedIn now:
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- https://www.linkedin.com/in/francisouellette/

ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4676-675X
PubMedhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/francis.ouellette.1/bibliography/public/
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LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/francisouellette/
Francis OuelletteOct 28, 2024
From NCBI | The next release (v1.4) of Matched Annotation from NCBI and EMBL-EBI (MANE) was just released | https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2024/10/28/mane-v1-4-mane-select-non-coding-genes/
MANE v1.4 with MANE Select for Non-Coding Genes - NCBI Insights

The next release (v1.4) of Matched Annotation from NCBI and EMBL-EBI (MANE) is here!  MANE is a collaborative dataset produced jointly by NCBI and EMBL-EBI that provides a representative transcript (MANE Select) for human protein-coding genes, to be used as universal standards for variant reporting and browser display. A second transcript, MANE Plus Clinical, is … Continue reading MANE v1.4 with MANE Select for Non-Coding Genes →

NCBI Insights
Francis OuelletteSep 18, 2024
podfeetSep 18, 2024

Just finished making my contribution to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital in the name of @atpfm and 
 @relay. I figure if I can afford to spend a fortune on an Apple Watch and a new iPhone, I can afford to match that to save the lives of children with cancer. Maybe you can afford a few dollars too.

https://donate.tiltify.com/0220c3fa-fc0e-4ae5-9dd9-174c956d5d1c/incentives

#CancerSucks #StJudes

Tiltify

Francis OuelletteSep 18, 2024
GigaByte JournalAug 8, 2024

New Data Release presenting a SNP panel from 975 cattle, including 923 offspring with 24 known sires and 28 known dams. Able to distinguish F1 from F2 generations with 90% accuracy.

Kinship analysis and pedigree reconstruction by RAD sequencing in cattle https://doi.org/10.46471/gigabyte.131

Kinship analysis and pedigree reconstruction by RAD sequencing in cattle

Kinship analysis and pedigree reconstruction by RAD sequencing in cattle

Francis OuelletteSep 18, 2024
GigaByte JournalSep 9, 2024

Technical Release paper presenting Bash scripts to automate the management of AWS instances for use in genomics and metagenomics training workshops.

Automated management of AWS instances for training https://doi.org/10.46471/gigabyte.133

Automated management of AWS instances for training

Automated management of AWS instances for training

Francis OuelletteSep 18, 2024
From @PLOS #Computational #Biology | Ten simple rules for training scientists to make better software | #TSRPLOSCB #Education #Bioinformatics #softwaredevelopment
| I like Rule 7: Encourage collaboration within mixed-ability groups | journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Francis OuelletteAug 17, 2024
Pierre LindenbaumAug 15, 2024
🇫🇷 "Variant létal du #mpox : la Suède fait état d’un cas d’infection, le premier hors d’Afrique" https://www.lemonde.fr/sante/article/2024/08/15/la-suede-fait-etat-d-un-premier-cas-d-infection-par-le-variant-letal-du-mpox_6282464_1651302.html #sweden
La Suède fait état d’un premier cas d’infection par le variant létal du mpox

Anciennement appelĂ© monkeypox, « variole du singe Â» en français, ce variant de la maladie virale n’était jusqu’ici prĂ©sent que dans quelques pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest et du centre.

Le Monde
Francis OuelletteAug 17, 2024
From Frontiers in Bioinformatics | No-boundary thinking for artificial intelligence in #bioinformatics and #education | https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/bioinformatics/articles/10.3389/fbinf.2023.1332902/full
Frontiers | No-boundary thinking for artificial intelligence in bioinformatics and education

No-boundary thinking enables the scientific community to reflect in a thoughtful manner and discover new opportunities, create innovative solutions, and brea...

Frontiers
Francis OuelletteJun 28, 2024
GigaByte JournalMay 31, 2024

Transparency FTW!

Our latest GigaBlog Q&A with Kuan-lin Huang covers declaring the use of LLMs in publishing, @openboxscience and his GetFreeCopy #OA-paper finder we've just published http://gigasciencejournal.com/blog/llms-openboxscience-getfreecopy/

Read the GetFreeCopy paper here https://doi.org/10.46471/gigabyte.126

Transparency FTW! LLMs, OpenBoxScience and GetFreeCopy - GigaBlog

Francis OuelletteJun 27, 2024
The #ISMB2024 track on "#Bioinformatics in #Canada" is current. Visit the complete program here: https://www.iscb.org/ismb2024/programme-schedule/scientific-programme/bic. In 15 days, see you in Montreal for the most fantastic Comp Biol show in the world!
Bioinformatics in Canada

ISCB - International Society for Computational Biology

Francis OuelletteJun 21, 2024
BOSC (OpenBio's Conference)Jun 14, 2024
Whether or not you're attending #BOSC2024 / #ISMB2024, we invite you to participate in CoFest 2024! This annual collaborative work event will take place on July 17-18, right after ISMB and BOSC 2024. It will be a hybrid event, hosted at UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal and online. Registration is free (and simple). More info: https://www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-2024/obf-bosc-collaborationfest-2024/
OBF » OBF/BOSC CollaborationFest 2024 » OBF/BOSC CollaborationFest 2024

Bioinformatics Open Source Conference