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GeDaC Newsletter - August 2025

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Dear CSI Researchers,​

We are excited to bring you the August monthly newsletter dedicated to keeping the CSI research community updated on the latest in bioinformatics and computational biology.

🧰 New Tools and Software Updates​

🚀 Data Release​

A collection of over 1,000 samples from the 1K Genome Project Collection was re-sequenced using high-output flow cells on Oxford Nanopore's PromethION instrument. The data release includes raw signal data (FAST5), alignment (CRAM), and variant calls (VCF). If you're interested in using this data for your own research, you can access it for free on the Registry of Open Data on AWS.

🚀 Dorado Update​

The latest Dorado release (v1.1.0 – July 31, 2025) delivers a major performance upgrade, with up to 30% faster basecalling using the HAC model across a broad range of Nvidia GPUs, including Blackwell, Ada, and Ampere. The release also includes speed improvements for SUP basecalling models running on Hopper GPUs. This version also adds support for primer detection and removal from 10X Genomics single-cell libraries.

More information: Available on GitHub

🗓️ Upcoming Conferences and Workshops​

🎓 BioRender Fall Webinar Series

Join BioRender's expert-led webinars designed to help you communicate science more effectively—from posters to publications.

💡 Can't attend live? No problem—register to receive the recordings!

🌐 Stay Connected​

Checkout our GeDaC website to find the information and tools you need for your research.

If you have any news, research, or announcements for the newsletter, or if you have questions, feedback, or need support, we'd love to hear from you!

Feel free to reach out at csi_gedac@nus.edu.sg, and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Best regards,

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