After more than 1 year of working remotely for computational professionals, hosts Arshi Arora and Dr. Sabah Kadri do a deep dive into what we have learned, how remote work has evolved, fun activities to stay active and the future of remote work in the industry. An easy-to-listen and fun episode!

Follow Sabah's YouTube channel for fun Dance workouts (Yes, you read that right. Listen to the episode to learn more): 

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In this episode, hosts Dr. Sabah Kadri and Arshi Arora talk about variants in viruses - what are these variants, how are they created, how do we detect them and how normal is it for viruses to evolve into new variants. We also discuss their lineage and phylogeny which plays an important role in naming these variants. We use the examples of SARS-CoV-2 and 1918-1919 Influenza pandemic to discuss these topics.

Episode 4 dives into Statistics with guest, Dr. Jaya Satagopan. Hosts Dr. Sabah Kadri and Arshi Arora asked FIVE burning questions in statistics involving degrees of freedom, intercepts, hypothesis testing and more. Listen to Dr. Satagopan explain complex concepts using simple examples. 

Let us know what is your favorite statistical summary metric too. Our email is [email protected]. 

After a hiatus of 2 months, we are back with a new schedule of an episode every 2 weeks.

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In this episode, hosts Dr. Sabah Kadri and Arshi Arora discuss the genetics of our cute furry friends, the effects of domestication on natural selection and how years of in-breeding have led to the study of clear mappings between dog traits and gene variants. Our hosts gave each other a task to come up with some interesting traits and their genetic markers. A must listen.

Ostrander, E. A., & Wayne, R. K. The canine genome. Genome Research 15, 1706–1716 (2005) doi:10.1101/gr.3736605 

Parker, H. G., et al. Genetic structure of the purebred domestic dog. Science 304, 1160–1164 (2004) doi:10.1126/science.1097406

Björnerfeldt, S., et al. Relaxation of selective constraint on dog mitochondrial DNA following domestication. Genome Research 16, 990–994 (2006) doi:10.1101/gr.5117706

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In this episode, our special guest, Dr. Debjani Sihi from Emory University talks to hosts Dr. Sabah Kadri and Arshi Arora, about the nuts and bolts of climate science. We dive in the real questions of climate change in accessible language. Curious about Green House gasses (GHG) or whether taking flights contribute global warming? What is the difference between weather and climate? What are the largest misconceptions surrounding climate science? Tune in to find out much more!

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Welcome to the second season of Computationally Yours! In this very first episode of 2021, your hosts Dr. Sabah Kadri and Arshi Arora kick-off with the latest updates in the COVID-19 pandemic, the vaccines. We talk about different types of vaccines, the science behind them, and the amount of misinformation surrounding these immunizations. Tune into this brand new episode as Sabah talks about her own experience of getting vaccinated!

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In this season finale episode, we discuss recent scientific news covering COVID vaccines and vaccine related jargon, results from a simulation study related to climate change and the nature communication paper describing influence of gender on mentor ship. See you soon in 2021!

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In light of the monumental weekend in the United States, we got thinking about women who changed Science forever, and the first name that comes up is Marie Curie. This episode highlights her fascinating story. 

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In this episode, Arshi Arora takes you over a brief journey of data science and statistics in the field of Genomics. What are the steps of a typical data analysis pipeline, and some fun analogies to understand basic to complicated statistical concepts.

We would love to hear from you if you think we missed something or you would like us to cover something more.

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Starting this month, we will be highlighting the main news in science for the month. This month, we highlighted three main stories:

1. Nobel Prize in Chemistry for CRISPR

2. Editorial in New England Journal of medicine “Dying in a Leadership Vacuum”

3. What's new in Remdesivir news? Contradicting evidence publications and FDA approval.

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