David Ma
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David Ma
@frostickle.bsky.social
In Adelaide for #ABACBS2025 & SBEI

Bioinformatician & Software Engineer
I can help with: Data Architecture, HPC Infrastructure, Cloud Compute, AI Agents, Data Visualisation, UX

Currently on break to help the family biz
Prev: Garvan, Peter Mac, MCRI, AGRF
Great talk from Michael Payne at #ABACBS2025 on DAMPA - tool for designing probe panels for targeted metagenomics using pangenome graphs! Captures all diversity efficiently, uses fewer probes than competitors. Critical for syndromic surveillance! 🧬🔬 #Metagenomics
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Great talk from Dr. Sandeep Kaur @compbiosan.bsky.social on MGTdb at #ABACBS2025! Multi-resolution typing (9 levels) + AMR prediction = powerful tool for tracking bacterial outbreaks globally.

Case study: 2022 Kinder chocolate egg Salmonella outbreak traced using MGT. 🦠🧬
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Day 1 lightning talks! 90 seconds to introduce your poster at #ABACBS2025
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Thrilled to hear Dr. Joanna McEntyre @ebi.embl.org Interim Director speak at #ABACBS2025 about EMBL-EBI's data resources, AI strategy, and the future of open science.
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM