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Science Research Weekly
By Mark R WilliamsonScience
Science Research Weekly episodes
- Episode 24: My Chemical Sequence
Get ready for extinct avian genomes, stellar smashing, chemical needles in the haystack, the last Top 40 New CRAN Packages, and career awards at the scientific interface. Science On.
References:
- Genomes of the extinct Bachman’s warbler show high divergence and no evidence of admixture with other extant Vermivora warblers
- A long-duration gamma-ray burst of dynamical origin from the nucleus of an ancient galaxy
- BioAutoMATED: An end-to-end automated machine learning tool for explanation and design of biological sequences
- Therapeutic efficacy of 211At-radiolabeled 2,6-diisopropylphenyl azide in mouse models of human lung cancer
- A Dual-Gated Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulations-Ion Mobility Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry Platform for Combined Ultra-High-Resolution Molecular Analysis
- Newsletter June 2023 - Julia 2023 User & Developer Survey - Closing Soon!
- two types of effect size statistic: standardized and unstandardized
- May 2023: “Top 40” New CRAN Packages
- ggplotting power curves from simr package
- GitHub: Svelte
- NOSI: Advancing Biomedical Research in Pulmonary Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterial Infections
- NOSI: Using Targeted Degradation of Protein and non-Protein Targets for the Development of Novel Anti-Infectives
- North Carolina Biotechnology Center Translational Research Grant
- American Roentgen Ray Society Scholarship
- BWF Career Awards at the Scientific Interface
R Packages:
- New CRAN packages that deserve to bask in the light of a new day:
- flashlighttext: Flashlight Text R Interface
- GRCRegression: Modified Poisson Regression of Grouped and Right-Censored Counts
- otargen: Access Open Target Genetics
- tree3d: 3D Tree Models
8 min - Episode 23: Sir Ankylosaurus, I Presume?
Get ready for English ankylosaurs, video game mechanics for brain cell monitoring, microbial dark oxygen, pangolin robots, sampling in R, code editing for Macs, and a pangenome informatics grant. Science On.
References:
- Legacy Effects of Phytoremediation on Plant-Associated Prokaryotic Communities in Remediated Subarctic Soil Historically Contaminated with Petroleum Hydrocarbons
- Vectipelta barretti, a new ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, UK
- Super-resolved trajectory-derived nanoclustering analysis using spatiotemporal indexing
- Hydrogen and dark oxygen drive microbial productivity in diverse groundwater ecosystems
- Pangolin-inspired untethered magnetic robot for on-demand biomedical heating applications
- R 4.3.1 is released
- Python 3.12.0 beta 3 released
- Summary of Julia Plotting Packages
- Use built-in ODS templates to display SAS tables
- Unleashing the Power of Sampling in R: Exploring the Versatile sample() Function
- GitHub: CodeEdit
- NHGRI: Informatics Tools for the Pangenome
- NHGRI: High Quality Reference Genomes
- NSF: Cellular and Biochemical Engineering
- NSF: Engineering of Biomedical Systems
R Packages:
- ppRep: Analysis of Replication Studies using Power Priors
- CIfinder: Estimate the Confidence Intervals for Predictive Values
- pivotea: Create Pivot Table Easily
8 min - Episode 22: Of Vikings and Tokamaks
Get ready for phosphates in an icy moon’s ocean, Neanderthals and Vikings disease, compact fusion reactors, the difficulties of effect size, Bayesian SEM, and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms grant funding. Science On.
References:
- Detection of phosphates originating from Enceladus’s ocean
- Major Genetic Risk Factors for Dupuytren's Disease Are Inherited From Neandertals
- Achievement of ion temperatures in excess of 100 million degrees Kelvin in the compact high-field spherical tokamak ST40
- the effect size: the most difficult step in calculating sample size estimates
- Mojo Programming Language: A Beginner’s Guide
- Top 37+ Exciting Website Project Ideas to Ignite Creativity
- Bayesian structural equation model tutorial
- GitHub: astro
- NIH: Novel Mechanism Research on Neuropsychiatric Symptoms (NPS) in Alzheimer's Dementia
- NOSI: Applications of Data Science in Translational Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research
R Packages:
- DDPM: Data Sets for Discrete Probability Models
- boxly: Interactive Box Plot
- ggaligner: Visualizing Sequence Alignment by Generating Publication-Ready Plots
- pcutils: Some Useful Functions for Statistics and Visualization
- STAREG: An Empirical Bayes Approach for Replicability Analysis Across Two Studies
- tdata: Prepare Your Time-Series Data for Further Analysis
- epiworldR: Fast Agent-Based Epi Models
- GGoutlieR: Identify Individuals with Unusual Geo-Genetic Patterns
7 min - Episode 21: Eukaryote Fell Down and Broke Its Crown
Get ready for air-quality environmental DNA, multiple British spinosaurids, a lost branch of the eukaryotic family tree, bioinks for space, GLM proselytizing, and Small Business Innovation Research grants. Science On.
References:
- Air-quality networks collect environmental DNA with the potential to measure biodiversity at continental scales
- Buckling Metamaterials for Extreme Vibration Damping
- Candidatus Alkanophaga archaea from Guaymas Basin hydrothermal vent sediment oxidize petroleum alkanes
- Isolated tooth reveals hidden spinosaurid dinosaur diversity in the British Wealden Supergroup (Lower Cretaceous)
- Lost world of complex life and the late rise of the eukaryotic crown
- Bioinks for Space Missions: The Influence of Long-Term Storage of Alginate-Methylcellulose-Based Bioinks on Printability as well as Cell Viability and Function
- Python 3.11.4, 3.10.12, 3.9.17, 3.8.17, 3.7.17, and 3.12.0 beta 2 are now available
- Visualize the Spearman rank correlation
- Update to Data Science Software Popularity
- Why GLMs should be a priority when teaching statistics
- How to improve your storytelling with R
- Simulating confounders, colliders and mediators by @ellis2013nz
- NIAID: New Innovators Awards
- USDA: 2023 SPSD Collaborative Soil Science Research
- NSF: Small Business Innovation Research/ Small Business Technology Transfer Program Phase I
R Packages:
- ami: Checks for Various Computing Environments
- rtms: R Toolkit for Mass Spectrometry
- gptzeror: Identify Text Written by Large Language Models using 'GPTZero'
8 min - Episode 20: Tintin and the Rare-Earth Elements
Get ready for rare-earth element binding proteins, single atom X-ray signals, Beagle Scouts on the march, the 2023 Python Language Summit, embedding code into SAS programs, ggplots with Tintin, and Gateway for Cancer Research funding opportunities. Science On.
References:
- Enhanced rare-earth separation with a metal-sensitive lanmodulin dimer
- Characterization of just one atom using synchrotron X-rays
- Independent rediploidization masks shared whole genome duplication in the sturgeon-paddlefish ancestor
- R 4.3.1 scheduled for June 16
- The Python Language Summit 2023
- Julia Newsletter May 2023
- Embedding any code anywhere into SAS programs
- Demystifying Regular Expressions: A Programmer’s Guide for Beginners
- Introducing standby
- April 2023: “Top 40” New CRAN Packages
- ‘ggplot2’ Palettes From Tintin Comic Books
- GitHub: grype
- CIDR: High Throughput Sequencing and Genotyping Resource Access
- AAS-EPD Mini-Grant Program
- Gateway for Cancer Research
R packages:
- intrinsicKappa: Sample Size Planning Based on Intrinsic Kappa Value
- WeibullR.plotly: Interactive Weibull Probability Plots with 'WeibullR'
- dmetatools: Computational Tools for Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Accuracy Test
- HDMFA: High-Dimensional Matrix Factor Analysis
- siftr: Fuzzily Search a Dataframe to Find Relevant Columns
8 min - Episode 19: Small Things Considered
Get ready for non-natural amino acids, screwdriver-toothed mosasaurs, bubble-powered microbots, SAS Hackathon breakthroughs, Amazing Biochemistry Project Topics, and funding support from a little giraffe. Science On.
References:
- A platform for distributed production of synthetic nitrated proteins in live bacteria
- Stelladens mysteriosus: A Strange New Mosasaurid (Squamata) from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Morocco
- High-throughput printing of combinatorial materials from aerosols
- Bubble-Based Microrobots with Rapid Circular Motions for Epithelial Pinning and Drug Delivery
- Generic Air-Gen Effect in Nanoporous Materials for Sustainable Energy Harvesting from Air Humidity
- Macromolecular Engineering: From Precise Macromolecular Inks to 3D Printed Microstructures
- Python 3.12.0 beta 1 released
- How does PROC SGPLOT position labels for polygons?
- Unleashing brilliance: 3 innovative solutions to real-world problems at the SAS Hackathon
- the difference between clustered, longitudinal, and repeated measures data
- 35+ Amazing Biochemistry Project Topics To Boost Your Skills
- Why learning Python is hard (but important) for Data Scientists that use R
- R Consortium-Funded R Package “matter” Helps Solve Larger-Than-Memory Issues
- GitHub: rembg
- NSF: Geoinformatics
- DOD: Neurofibromatosis New Investigator Award
- 2023 Neonatal Research Initiative - Request for Proposals
- Hirshberg Foundation Seed Grant Program
- 2023 Kaggle AI Report
- HuBMAP - Hacking the Human Vasculature
R packages:
- BIDistances: Bioinformatic Distances
- cstidy: Helpful Functions for Cleaning Surveillance Data
- ggautomap: Create Maps from a Column of Place Names
- JUMP: Replicability Analysis of High-Throughput Experiments
9 min - Episode 18: DNA, DNA Everywhere
Get ready for human environmental DNA, over-the-top cosmological energy, rafting microbes, bimodal biomass, Julia 1.9’s releases, SAS patents, the freeCodeCamp repository, and Department of Defense melanoma grants. Science On.
References:
- Inadvertent human genomic bycatch and intentional capture raise beneficial applications and ethical concerns with environmental DNA
- A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins
- Multiwavelength observations of the extraordinary accretion event AT2021lwx
- Chitin utilization by marine picocyanobacteria and the evolution of a planktonic lifestyle
- Ancient gene linkages support ctenophores as sister to other animals
- The sizes of life
- Julia 1.9 Highlights
- SAS inventors celebrate 54 new patents
- Poisson HMM: The model of count time series
- freeCodeCamp
- Awesome Remote Job
- DOD: Melanoma Idea Award
- NIA: Analyses of CALERIE Datasets and Biospecimens
- Burrough Wellcome Fund: PATH
- ACMG Foundation: Training Awards and Fellowships
R packages:
- BIDistances: Bioinformatic Distances
- rchemo: Dimension Reduction, Regression and Discrimination for Chemometrics
- ggflowchart: Flowcharts with 'ggplot2'
7 min - Episode 17: Regressing towards the Mean
Get ready for bacterial metabolism prediction, surprise asteroid belts, SAS-poor AI advice, Kruskal Wallis post-hoc tests, lots of new R packages on regression, and a Carnegie astrophysics fellowship. Science On.
References:
- BacterAI maps microbial metabolism without prior knowledge
- Thermal and chemical properties of the eROSITA bubbles from Suzaku observations
- Spatially resolved imaging of the inner Fomalhaut disk using JWST/MIRI
- bootUR: An R Package for Bootstrap Unit Root Tests
- How good is an AI chatbot at SAS programming?
- a post-hoc test for kruskal-wallis
- Build an R package: the workshop
- RADAR AI Edition: DataCamp’s Free Summit on How Generative AI is Transforming Data Science
- GitHub: siyuan
- NCATS: Awards Supporting Cutting-Edge Technologies for Translational Science
- NIH: Sex Differences in Radiation Research
- NSF: BioFoundries
- NASA: Early Career Investigator Program in Earth Science
- CRI: Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Carnegie: Postdoctoral Fellowship
R packages:
- ggflowchart: Flowcharts with 'ggplot2'
- DataSetsUni: A Collection of Univariate Data Sets
- BayesMortalityPlus: Bayesian Mortality Modelling
- tidygam: Tidy Prediction and Plotting of Generalised Additive Models
- ZIPG: Zero-Inflated Poisson-Gamma Regression
- speedglm: Fitting Linear and Generalized Linear Models to Large Data Sets
- survstan: Fitting Survival Regression Models via 'Stan'
7 min - Episode 16: Guardians of the Genome
Get ready for planet swelling stars, genome guarding proteins, the largest mammalian genomic dataset in history, Bayesian Spatial Disaggregation Modeling, Computer Science courses, clickable word clouds, and Pre-Clinical Research on Gene Therapies for Rare Genetic Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Science On.
References:
- An infrared transient from a star engulfing a planet
- Exciton-Condensate-Like Amplification of Energy Transport in Light Harvesting
- Visualizing the disordered nuclear transport machinery in situ
- Building a genome-based understanding of bacterial pH preferences
- Zoonomia
- A genomic timescale for placental mammal evolution
- disaggregation: An R Package for Bayesian Spatial Disaggregation Modeling
- Bring your expertise to SAS Explore 2023
- Computer Science courses with video lectures
- How to create a clickable world cloud with wordcloud2 and Shiny
- March 2023: “Top 40” New CRAN Packages
- NOSI: Pre-Clinical Research on Gene Therapies for Rare Genetic Neurodevelopmental Disorders
R packages:
- HybridMicrobiomes: Analysis of Host-Associated Microbiomes from Hybrid Organisms
- BayesRepDesign: Bayesian Design of Replication Studies
- cartographer: Turn Place Names into Map Data
- mixedBayes: Bayesian Longitudinal Regularized Quantile Mixed Model
9 min - Episode 15: Buzzing Across the Pond
Get ready for jetting black holes, cancer diagnosis with a strip of paper, the mysterious world of freshwater acoustics, frontiers in fungal biotechnology, transcribing/translating audio with Buzz, and NSF infrastructure grants. Science On.
References:
- A ring-like accretion structure in M87 connecting its black hole and jet
- Galaxy interactions are the dominant trigger for local type 2 quasars
- CRISPR-Cas-amplified urinary biomarkers for multiplexed and portable cancer diagnostics
- Simple optical nanomotion method for single-bacterium viability and antibiotic response testing
- Diel variation in insect-dominated temperate pond soundscapes and guidelines for survey design
- A versatile jellyfish-like robotic platform for effective underwater propulsion and manipulation
- Fungal biotechnology: From yesterday to tomorrow
- R 4.3.0 is released
- how to pick an r package
- GitHub: Buzz
- GitHub: tabby
- NIA: Small Research Grant for Next Gen. AD/ADRD Research
- NSF: Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research
- NSF: Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research
- HFSP: Long-Term Fellowships
- CAP: Global Pathology Development Grant
R-packages:
- jmBIG: Joint Longitudinal and Survival Model for Big Data
- mlmpower: Power Analysis and Data Simulation for Multilevel Models
- gtranslate: Translate Between Different Languages
- mldr.resampling: Resampling Algorithms for Multi-Label Datasets
- geessbin: Modified Generalized Estimating Equations for Binary Outcome
- survivalSL: Super Learner for Survival Prediction from Censored Data
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A weekly overview of helpful scientific research topics and the successor of the podcast Statistics Weekly. Every week, I will cover 3 topic areas: Research Articles, Research Tools, and Research…
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