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Pavel Dimens

@pvdimens.bsky.social

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A PhD in population genetics of marine fishes, Julia package dev, linked-read aficionado, guitar player, rock climber, and once described as endearingly mediocre.

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Pavel Dimens @pvdimens.bsky.social · Mar 28

Not-so-gentle reminder that GCRL at the U. of Southern Mississippi has some truly reprehensible PI's who you should be wary of and they keep being elevated into positions of power.

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Thibault (Tibo) Leroy @tiboleroyinen.bsky.social · 20d

Fifteen 2-year postdoc fellowships available at U. Toulouse 😍 through a MSCA-COFUND (AToUT tiris.univ-toulouse.fr/en/programs/...)

Interested to apply for a postdoctoral research project focusing on the genomics of farm animals or pollinators? Let me know!

Eligibility: <1 yr in 🇫🇷 in the last 3 yrs

AToUT – TIRIS – Toulouse's Science In and For Society

tiris.univ-toulouse.fr

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Mike Moore @moore-evo-eco.bsky.social · Aug 18

Are you looking for a PhD position and want to spend your summers in the Rocky Mountains?

My lab @cudenverclas.bsky.social is looking for 1 PhD student to work on a NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts in Colorado! 🧪🌍🐙

Apply by Nov 1!

Details here docs.google.com/document/d/1...

2025 - Hypoxia PhD job ad

The Moore lab at the University of Colorado Denver is searching for 1 Ph.D. student to study the elevational limits of dragonflies in Colorado (http://moore-evo-eco.weebly.com). This position is fully...

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Pavel Dimens @pvdimens.bsky.social · 13d

Nooooo. I learned the hard way that you have to wash with cold/cool water bc warm/hot opens up the pores and the skin drinks the stink in. The smell lingered for a month at least :(

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WIRED @wired.com · 15d

A 12-foot statue of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein frolicking and holding hands appeared on the National Mall in Washington, DC on Tuesday, September 23.

A plaque under the statue states that it has been erected “In Honor of Friendship Month."

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Pavel Dimens @pvdimens.bsky.social · 15d

I didn't love how monolithic Harpy was becoming with novel features. So, the file-modification things were split out into Djinn. So, use Djinn if you need to convert linked-read fastq/bams
#bioinformatics
github.com/pdimens/djin...

GitHub - pdimens/djinn: Convert linked-read FASTQ/BAM files between formats, like magic.

Convert linked-read FASTQ/BAM files between formats, like magic. - pdimens/djinn

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Pavel Dimens @pvdimens.bsky.social · Sep 5

Band Name Idea;
Blood Bath & Beyond

Debut Album:
Bath Salts

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Academic Abuse @academicabuse.com · Sep 1

Hi, I’m Julie Cruse. I created AcademicAbuse.com – a dashboard of data, resources & tools to help survivors of academic abuse survive and safely speak out. (1/9 🧵)

🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 👩🏼🔬 👩🏾🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #TimesUpHigherEd

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Pavel Dimens @pvdimens.bsky.social · Sep 1

Since finishing my PhD in 2022 I have:
1. Rediscovered my belly laugh
2. Cried at my first wedding

Hard to describe how powerful it is to acknowledge healing.

Pavel Dimens @pvdimens.bsky.social · Aug 28

And the link, if you're into that sort of thing:
github.com/pdimens/harpy

GitHub - pdimens/harpy: Process linked-read data, from raw sequences to phased haplotypes, batteries included. Works with WGS too!

Process linked-read data, from raw sequences to phased haplotypes, batteries included. Works with WGS too! - pdimens/harpy

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Pavel Dimens @pvdimens.bsky.social · Aug 28

My lil' baby turns 3.0 today! Most notable features:
- autodetection of linked-read types (and not linked-read WGS too!)
- more debuggin' and troubleshootin' options

#bioinformatics #genomics #linkedreads

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Sam Yeaman @samyeaman.bsky.social · Aug 20

I'm looking to recruit a PhD student to study patterns of local adaptation and introgression across the spruce hybrid zone in the Rockies near Calgary. Projects can include field work, bioinformatics, pop gen theory, or comparison to plant/ conifer species
yeamanlab.weebly.com/uploads/5/7/...

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Pavel Dimens @pvdimens.bsky.social · Aug 20

Real betrayal with how that PNG was rendered. Here's the actual logo

Pavel Dimens @pvdimens.bsky.social · Aug 20

Today, that Go project *finally compiled*! It only took 7 complete project restructuring attempts. Now that it builds, the real work begins, and it's a good time to reveal I'm trying to revive Lariat, the linked-read aligner written by 10X Genomics. It's called Arachne 😁🕷️ github.com/pdimens/arac...

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Pavel Dimens @pvdimens.bsky.social · Aug 16

I'm trying to revive an abandoned #bioinformatics software written Go. I have no experience with Go (or similar langs), but doing my best. Does anyone here have even middling experience with Go that can lend some wisdom or time towards this effort?

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Pavel Dimens @pvdimens.bsky.social · Aug 15

There's a coffee tasting podcast and ya boi has a guest spot on it this week cupping Don't Be Alarmed by Coffeemania. Y'all should give their stuff a listen ☕
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Quit Yer Mouthbreathing–The open cup – Apple Podcasts

Podcast Episode · The open cup · 15/08/2025 · 21m

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Pavel Dimens @pvdimens.bsky.social · Aug 14

This morning, my sister told me that they're making The Mask 3 and I've been stressed ever since.

Pavel Dimens @pvdimens.bsky.social · Aug 14

Can confirm-- I feel smug af

Pavel Dimens @pvdimens.bsky.social · Aug 8

In the year of our lord 2025, I don't see why `scale_color_brewer()` is still case sensitive for the color palette

Pavel Dimens @pvdimens.bsky.social · Aug 4

Out of necessity, I've recently got into reviving abandoned/dead linked-read bioinformatics software. Can be seen as software necromancy or adoption, depending on what you consider abandonware. I prefer calling it necromancy, tbh.

Pavel Dimens @pvdimens.bsky.social · Aug 2

"How hard can it be?" he thought to himself before taking on another time-sucking project he is grossly unqualified to have even considered.

Anyway, if this works, expect another linked read software with another monster/creature name 🐉

Pavel Dimens @pvdimens.bsky.social · Jul 21

The Mimick logo has been updated to reflect its new #julialang codebase 👀🙌

A minimal cartoon of a treasure chest with teeth, featuring three circles in a triangle as an "eye"

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Pavel Dimens @pvdimens.bsky.social · Jul 17

If you've ever wondered how the sausage gets made over here in Harpy land, behold

A series of failed continuous integration tests trying to introduce a new feature. The topmost test, titled "I guess we can't have nice things" is the only one that succeeded.

Pavel Dimens @pvdimens.bsky.social · Jul 17

Been writing in #Julialang again and BOY does it feel good. 😌

Pavel Dimens @pvdimens.bsky.social · Jul 8

b/c accountability
7hrs to get these 20sec mostly up to speed. Helluva conversion ratio.

Pavel Dimens @pvdimens.bsky.social · Jul 6

The world is crazy, still. Writing anything at all on social media feels stupid. But, I started learning to play Jake E. Lee's solo from Bark at the Moon and I guess I'm writing it here to 1. still somehow interact with the world and 2. foolishly hold myself accountable 🎸

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