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Joana L. Rocha

@joanocha.bsky.social

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incoming Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator at NYU Biology | currently postdoc at UC Berkeley | proud Sudmant lab member | typos and views are my own & I can be wrong :) https://joanocha.github.io/

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Joana L. Rocha @joanocha.bsky.social · Jun 25

I am thrilled to announce that in January 2026 I will be starting my own lab at NYU Biology! Soon enough I will be recruiting postdocs and students! Please reach out if you are interested with a CV and description of your research interests, or if you know of people who could be interested! 🧬🗽 🦊

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Yun S. Song @yun-s-song.bsky.social · 16d

We are excited to share GPN-Star, a cost-effective, biologically grounded genomic language modeling framework that achieves state-of-the-art performance across a wide range of variant effect prediction tasks relevant to human genetics.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Joana Meier @joanameier.bsky.social · Jul 20

Very much looking forward to teaching our second edition of the Latin American biodiversity genomics course, this time in Argentina.

Melisa Olave @melisaolave.bsky.social · Jul 18

Introduction to Biodiversity Genomics Course
📅 Nov 24–28, 2025 | 📍 Mendoza, Argentina
In-person course for Latin Americans starting with genomic data analysis.
📝 Pre-registration open
🔗 biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
@joanameier.bsky.social @evoargentina.bsky.social

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Joana L. Rocha @joanocha.bsky.social · Jun 27

Congrats Elise (and team!)! Beautiful paper!

Joana L. Rocha @joanocha.bsky.social · Jun 26

Thank you Seth!

Joana L. Rocha @joanocha.bsky.social · Jun 26

Thank you so much Peter! That means the world! If I am 1% of the scientist you are and of the mentor you are and have been to me that is the truly great accomplishment!

Joana L. Rocha @joanocha.bsky.social · Jun 26

Thank you Kirk! ☺️

Joana L. Rocha @joanocha.bsky.social · Jun 25

Thanks Will!!! :)

Joana L. Rocha @joanocha.bsky.social · Jun 25

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Carolina Adam @adamcarol.bsky.social · Apr 17

So happy to share this paper! It's been so much fun working on this project with these amazing collaborators.

Bioinformatics Advances @bioinfoadv.bsky.social · Apr 15

🧬 Now published in Bioinformatics Advances: "TRACKing tandem repeats: A customizable pipeline for identification and cross-species comparison"

Find the full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1093/bioadv/vbaf066

Authors include: @adamcarol.bsky.social, @joanocha.bsky.social, @psudmant.bsky.social

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Joana L. Rocha @joanocha.bsky.social · Jan 11

On my way #PAG32! Excited to reunite with so many friends and colleagues working on plant and animal genomics, and to be giving a talk at the Wildlife symposium!

Joana L. Rocha @joanocha.bsky.social · Dec 14

Masterpiece

Joana L. Rocha @joanocha.bsky.social · Nov 25

Thanks for re-posting! Wanted my first post on BlueSky to bring some light and optimism to our community <3

Joana L. Rocha @joanocha.bsky.social · Nov 25

www.themarginalian.org/2016/04/06/c...

The Charming Doodles Charles Darwin’s Children Left All Over the Manuscript of ‘On the Origin of Species’

From fish with legs to carrot cavalries, an endearing testament to the human life of science.

www.themarginalian.org

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