Jen Lu
@JenniferLu717
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Staff Scientist in Microbial Genomics Bioinformatics, Author of Bracken and Kraken (2).
United States
Joined January 2011
RT @StevenSalzberg1: Our paper debunking the 2020 cancer microbiome results is now published, in @mbiojournal. We'll see if @nature (or the….
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Recent reports showing that human cancers have a distinctive microbiome have led to a flurry of papers describing microbial signatures of different cancer types. Many of these reports are based on...
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RT @StevenSalzberg1: interesting to see that Rob Knight almost admits that the results in their original 2020 paper were wrong, saying “it….
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RT @StevenSalzberg1: Major, fatal errors found in the data and methods of a 2020 paper in @Nature, including millions of reads mis-identifi….
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We re-analyzed the data from a recent large-scale study that reported strong correlations between microbial organisms and 33 different cancer types, and that created machine learning predictors with...
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RT @EricTopol: A re-analysis of multiple studies that asserted the role of bacteria in cancer raises questions at to the veracity of the fi….
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We re-analyzed the data from a recent large-scale study that reported strong correlations between microbial organisms and 33 different cancer types, and that created machine learning predictors with...
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Through an amazing collaborative effort by all of the co-authors, our Kraken protocols paper has been published: Thanks especially to Natalia Rincon and @thesteinegger for heading up this effort with me!.
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Nature Protocols - The authors provide a guide to using the Kraken suite for metagenomics analysis, including classification, quantification and visualization, illustrated by quantification of...
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RT @StevenSalzberg1: Our Kraken2 protocol paper is out, describing how to do microbiome analysis and pathogen detection, led by @JenniferLu….
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For the non-sciency people, have a photo of me and my social distancing buddy out on a quick walk around the block :)
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Checkout my new paper on #bioRxiv, showing how Kraken 2 (and Bracken) are much faster/more accurate than Qiime2 at 16S analysis :) "Ultrafast and accurate 16S microbial community analysis using Kraken 2" @StevenSalzberg1.
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I took MaxTheCat outside for a quick walk around the block, carrying him in a cat bubble. and now he wont stop meowing at the front door -_-.
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dropped an uncooked piece of macaroni yesterday and MaxTheCat has decided its his new toy #CatsOfTheQuarantine #CatsOfTwitter.
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I have decided that maybe social distancing time would be the best time to start tweeting about my cats.
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Took a lot of effort but Kraken 2 is finally out (and my last name is Lu, not Wu) @GenomeBiology.
The Kraken 2 metagenomics analysis system from @DerrickEWood, Jennifer Wu and @benlangmead improves on Kraken 1 with improved computational performance and memory usage, and increased sensitivity for viral metagenomics
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My article 'Bracken: estimating species abundance in metagenomics data', written with @StevenSalzberg1 and @fbreitw was one of the top 5 most viewed #Bioinformatics and #ComputationalBiology articles published in @thePeerJ journal in 2017! 😊
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Metagenomic experiments attempt to characterize microbial communities using high-throughput DNA sequencing. Identification of the microorganisms in a sample provides information about the genetic...
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Preparing blessings bags for MOMS (Mothers of Murders Sons and Daughters) for #GivingTuesday #Thread #conversationthread :) Let's do this!
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