Dad. Scientist at VIB. Bioinformatics postdoc. Sequencing technologies enthusiastic. Geneticist. He/him.https://bsky.app/profile/wdecoster.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/wdecoster.bsky.social/post/3mp44meidas2pPorted the aSTRonaut tool for visualizing tandem repeat sequence composition to Rust using the amazing kuva library from @psy-fer.bsky.social. Blog post at https://wdecoster.github.io/gigabaseorgigabyte/posts/2026-06-25-astronaut-rust-port/, documentation at https://github.com/wdecoster/aSTRonaut. Feedback appreciated!25 Jun 2026 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:krmrnjrt4nkc4ldg5yy43bom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp44meidas2phttps://bsky.app/profile/wdecoster.bsky.social/post/3ml4ykulji22tThe year is 2026. It is now easier to vibe-rewrite a Python tool in Rust than to figure out how to get the dependencies installed.05 May 2026 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:krmrnjrt4nkc4ldg5yy43bom/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4ykulji22thttps://bsky.app/profile/wdecoster.bsky.social/post/3mhzqq3i5vc2nThe registration deadline for the Flanders Nanopore Day with @nanoporetech.com is quickly approaching, and the program suggests it will be an amazing event! All information is available at nanoporeflanders.be https://nanoporeflanders.be/27 Mar 2026 08:56 +0000at://did:plc:krmrnjrt4nkc4ldg5yy43bom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhzqq3i5vc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/wdecoster.bsky.social/post/3mgu5vhnzlk2kThrilled to see our work from the past years finally published! We found a novel repeat expansion in the GOLGA8A gene in 60% of the aFTLD-U patients, a rare subtype of frontotemporal dementia. Huge thanks to all collaborators and patients for making this possible. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-026-02537-712 Mar 2026 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:krmrnjrt4nkc4ldg5yy43bom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgu5vhnzlk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/wdecoster.bsky.social/post/3mfbnz64g5k2vIt seems like @psy-fer.bsky.social is on fire - rewriting the STAR aligner in Rust 🔥 [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Feb 2026 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:krmrnjrt4nkc4ldg5yy43bom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfbnz64g5k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/wdecoster.bsky.social/post/3me3zd4tcdc24I am fetching reads from cram files in Rust, using rust-htslib and a rayon thread pool. It surprises me that memory use is flat up to 5 threads, but then takes off linearly. Does anyone have a clue what is going on? @robp.bsky.social @johanneskoester.bsky.social Code: https://github.com/wdecoster/inquiSTR/blob/main/src/call.rs05 Feb 2026 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:krmrnjrt4nkc4ldg5yy43bom/app.bsky.feed.post/3me3zd4tcdc24https://bsky.app/profile/wdecoster.bsky.social/post/3md3bv3m2as2qWe are excited to have @minomatt.bsky.social as a keynote speaker at the Flanders Nanopore Day, alongside a wide range of @nanoporetech.com topics, spanning from microbes to plants to humans. All information - including free registration and free PromethION sequencing - at nanoporeflanders.be https://nanoporeflanders.be/23 Jan 2026 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:krmrnjrt4nkc4ldg5yy43bom/app.bsky.feed.post/3md3bv3m2as2q