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Date
2021-01-23 17:31
Type
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recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes
speaker
Andrew Rambaut
Topics
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Yeah, he is using the ARTIC protocol on Illumina but then some crazy semi commercial software called Genome Detective

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  1. 2021-01-23 17:25 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Such an interesting virus evolutionarily speaking - I _do_ wonder what other shit it'll throw after us.
  2. 2021-01-23 17:26 Edward C. Holmes open
    Tulio and his tools.
  3. 2021-01-23 17:27 Kristian G. Andersen open
    There was a reason we developed more robust tools...
  4. 2021-01-23 17:27 Kristian G. Andersen open
    But as always - any one of these tools used in the wrong hands > disaster.
  5. 2021-01-23 17:31 Andrew Rambaut
    Yeah, he is using the ARTIC protocol on Illumina but then some crazy semi commercial software called Genome Detective
  6. 2021-01-23 17:32 Andrew Rambaut open
    Which seems to be a web app with a 'premium' pay-for version. Tulio was involved in development which is probably why.
  7. 2021-01-23 17:33 Kristian G. Andersen open
    I remember I came across that - I think maybe even reviewing a paper with it. Really need to use iVar if he's on theIllumina platform.
  8. 2021-01-23 17:34 Andrew Rambaut open
    I have mentioned it to him.
  9. 2021-01-23 17:49 Andrew Rambaut open
    Don't like this - L18F has cropped up quite a few times in B.1.1.7 but most of the 310 are in a single large cluster inone area of the country

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