Science Research Weekly

By Mark R Williamson

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 Fund... more

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The podcast currently has 159 episodes available.

Science Research Weekly episodes:

July 12, 2024Selfish Gene Warfare (Season 3: Episode 27)
Get ready for alarm-ringing bacteria, dark comets, weaponized introns for inter-viral competition, random walks in R, and taxonomic names in R markdown. Science On.

References:
Pneumococcal competence is a populational health sensor driving multilevel heterogeneity in response to antibiotics

The dynamical origins of the dark comets and a proposed evolutionary track

An intron endonuclease facilitates interference competition between coinfecting viruses

JuliaHub Newsletter July 2024

Exploring Random Walks with TidyDensity in R

R Packages:
glam: Generalized Additive and Linear Models (GLAM)

taxnames: Formatting Taxonomic Names in Markdown
...more
4min
July 05, 2024Dinosaur Loki and the Seven Rs (Season 3: Episode 26)
Get ready for missing ocean nitrification, DNA transformation with IMPRINT, a Loki-inspired dinosaur discovery, Psychology in the Big Book of R, A timeline of R's first 30 years, and a grant on the gut microbiome for human health. Science On.

References:
Rhizobia–diatom symbiosis fixes missing nitrogen in the ocean

A cell-free transcription-translation pipeline for recreating methylation patterns boosts DNA transformation in bacteria

Lokiceratops rangiformis gen. et sp. nov. (Ceratopsidae: Centrosaurinae) from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Montana reveals rapid regional radiations and extreme endemism within centrosaurine dinosaurs

The extremotolerant desert moss Syntrichia caninervis is a promising pioneer plant for colonizing extraterrestrial environments

Juliacon 2024 Presentations Featuring Juliahub speakers

seven steps for data cleaning

Big Update to Big Book of R (new look, new chapter, new books)

A timeline of R's first 30 years

Something a little different: Hexbin maps

DoD: Kidney Cancer, Postdoctoral and Clinical Fellowship Award

DoD: Toxic Exposures Translational Research Award

Biocodex Microbiota Foundation American grant

R Packages:
icpack: Survival Analysis of Interval-Censored Data

simdata: Generate Simulated Datasets

gggenomes: A Grammar of Graphics for Comparative Genomics

Imneuron: AI Powered Neural Network Solutions for Regression Tasks

rush: Rapid Parallel and Distributed Computing

semlrtp: Likelihood Ratio Test P-Values for Structural Equation Models

tinyplot: Lightweight Extension of the Base R Graphics System
...more
7min
June 21, 2024Crispy Secrets of the Tardigrades (Season 3: Episode 25)
Get ready for waves on Titan, glassy gels, tardigrade CRISPR gene-editing, a waking black hole, Race for Your Life in R, the Genie App Competition 2024, and a grant on precision probiotic therapies.

References:
Signatures of wave erosion in Titan’s coasts

Glassy gels toughened by solvent

Plasma proteomics identify biomarkers predicting Parkinson’s disease up to 7 years before symptom onset

Aging atlas reveals cell-type-specific effects of pro-longevity strategies

Single-step generation of homozygous knockout/knock-in individuals in an extremotolerant parthenogenetic tardigrade using DIPA-CRISPR

Astronomers see a massive black hole awaken in real time

R 4.4.1 is released

The Python Language Summit 2024

Genie App Competition 2024 for Prizes

R Gganimate: How To Make Stunning Chart Animations With Ggplot2

Mind the Gap: Using R/exams to Ease the Transition into STEM Studies

The 6 Most Fundamental Functions for Data Cleaning with R

NIH: Enhancing Mechanistic Research on Precision Probiotic Therapies

R Packages:
easyORtables: Easy Odds Ratio Tables

gmfamm: Generalized Multivariate Functional Additive Models

plotor: Produces an Odds Ratio Plot from a Logistic Regression Model

rioplot: Turn a Regression Model Inside Out
...more
8min
June 14, 2024What Soft Robot Hands You Have (Season 3: Episode 24)
Get ready for astronomy fixes for microscopy misses, 3D-printed soft robot actuator hands, cosmic kidney disease, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Linear Models, and a grant to understand oral phage biology. Science On.

References:
Phase-diversity-based wavefront sensing for fluorescence microscopy

Fully 3D-Printed Miniature Soft Hydraulic Actuators with Shape Memory Effect for Morphing and Manipulation (paper)

Fully 3D-Printed Miniature Soft Hydraulic Actuators with Shape Memory Effect for Morphing and Manipulation (video)

Cosmic kidney disease: an integrated pan-omic, physiological and morphological study into spaceflight-induced renal dysfunction

A possible direct exposure of the Earth to the cold dense interstellar medium 2–3 Myr ago

The distribution of the R-square statistic

Free Report: DataCamp’s The State of Data & AI Literacy Report 2024

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Linear Models

NIDCR: Support for Research on Understanding Phage Biology in the Oral Cavity

DoD: Breast Cancer Breakthrough Award Levels 1 and 2

R Packages:
futureverse: Easily Install and Load the 'Futureverse'

BioPred: An R Package for Biomarkers Analysis in Precision Medicine

rsurv: Random Generation of Survival Data
...more
5min
June 07, 2024Millions of Peptides, Billions of Rows (Season 3: Episode 23)
Get ready for rival to PRC, a massive antimicrobial peptide catalog, the One Billon Row Challenge in R, and custom color palettes for ggplot. Science On.

References:
AMPLON: Amplifying DNA with Multiarm Priming and Looping Optimization of Nucleic Acid

Discovery of antimicrobial peptides in the global microbiome with machine learning

Journal of Statistical Software Volume 109

R One Billion Row Challenge: Is R Viable Option for Analyzing Huge Datasets?

Simple custom colour palettes with R ggplot graphs

RStudio Shortcuts and Settings

R Packages:
ggarrow: Arrows for 'ggplot2'

pastaPlot: Spaghetti-Plot Fixed and Random Effects of Linear Mixed Models

codewhere: Find the Location of an R Package's Code
...more
5min
May 31, 2024Stomp-Rocket of the Gods (Season 3: Episode 22)
Get ready for mini-double-satellites, stomp-rocket volcanoes, exoplanets galore, and leech-like blood collection devices. Science On.

References:
A contact binary satellite of the asteroid (152830) Dinkinesh

Cell-type-specific consequences of mosaic structural variants in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells

Follow-up to Adolescence after Early Peanut Introduction for Allergy Prevention

Explosive 2018 eruptions at Kīlauea driven by a collapse-induced stomp-rocket mechanism

The TESS-Keck Survey. XX. 15 New TESS Planets and a Uniform RV Analysis of All Survey Targets

A Bioinspired and Cost-Effective Device for Minimally Invasive Blood Sampling

Find the label of a variable in SAS

Plotting weather data with ggplot()

R Packages:
ggfoundry: Shape Foundry Geom for 'ggplot2'
...more
6min
May 24, 2024It’s a Cell-Eat-Cell World (Season 3: Episode 21)
Get ready for marathonic vibrating strings, widespread cell cannibalism, spiny fossil arachnids, a Hex Logo Design Context for R packages, and a new NASA program element for a Consortium in Biological Sciences. Science On.

References:
Centimeter-scale nanomechanical resonators with low dissipation

Integrating human endogenous retroviruses into transcriptome-wide association studies highlights novel risk factors for major psychiatric conditions

Cell-in-cell phenomena across the tree of life

Three concurrent mechanisms generate gene copy number variation and transient antibiotic heteroresistance

A remarkable spiny arachnid from the Pennsylvanian Mazon Creek Lagerstätte, Illinois

How to Split a Number into Digits in R Using gsub() and strsplit()

How to Split a Vector into Chunks in R

Get a Free New Logo for Your R Package in Our Hex Design Contest

NASA: E.11 Consortium in Biological Sciences

R Packages:
CDGHMM: Hidden Markov Models for Multivariate Panel Data
...more
6min
May 17, 2024R-Code with a Shotgun (Season 3: Episode 20)
Get ready for a cotton candy planet, 3D printing bristleworms, robotic ‘SuperLimbs’, Bioconductor 3.19, dire direction to document your R code, and playing Doom on Shiny. Science On.

References:
An extended low-density atmosphere around the Jupiter-sized planet WASP-193 b

Ribosomal DNA copy number variation associates with hematological profiles and renal function in the UK Biobank

Dynamic microvilli sculpt bristles at nanometric scale

Structural anisotropy results in mechano-directional transport of proteins across nuclear pores

Systematic epigenome editing captures the context-dependent instructive function of chromatin modifications

Robotic “SuperLimbs” could help moonwalkers recover from falls

funGp: An R Package for Gaussian Process Regression with Scalar and Functional Inputs Rank, order, and sorting

Bioconductor 3.19 Released

Shiny for Python Shinylive: How to Run Shiny for Python Apps Without a Python Server

Documenting My Code … For Me

Treemaps In R

If Doom runs everywhere, it must run on Shiny

R Packages:
srcpkgs: R Source Packages Manager

EXPAR: Fitting of Exponential Autoregressive (EXPAR) Model
...more
8min
May 10, 2024IceCube in a Glass of Quantum Gravity (Season 3: Episode 19)
Get ready for magnetic water cleaning microbots, myelin regeneration, the search for quantum gravity, visualizing missing values in SAS, and a grant for transformative cancer research. Science On.

References:
Magnetic Microrobot Swarms with Polymeric Hands Catching Bacteria and Microplastics in Water

Small-molecule-induced epigenetic rejuvenation promotes SREBP condensation and overcomes barriers to CNS myelin regeneration

Search for decoherence from quantum gravity with atmospheric neutrinos

Journal of Statistical Software Volume 109

Visualize patterns of missing values

R Meets Hardware

Notes on Citing R and R Packages

NSF: Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences

Fanconi Cancer Foundation - AACR NextGen Grant for Transformative Cancer Research

R Packages:
MIMER: Data Wrangling for Antimicrobial Resistance Studies

SurvEval: Methods for the Evaluation of Survival Models

rmdl: Language to Manage Many Models
...more
5min
May 03, 2024Of Cosmic Glitches and Waffle Sketches (Season 3: Episode 18)
Get ready for picky archaeal parasites, a cosmic glitch in gravity, super sticky adhesive, Volume 15/4 of The R Journal, sketchy waffle charts, Super Saiyan Data Skills, and a Department of Defense grant for cancer. Science On.

References:
Selective lipid recruitment by an archaeal DPANN symbiont from its host

A cosmic glitch in gravity

Fibrillar adhesives with unprecedented adhesion strength, switchability and scalability

The R Journal: Volume 15/4

Estimate a proportion and a confidence interval in SAS

R/Medicine is coming June 10-14, 2024 – See Top Five R Medicine Talks from Previous Years

Guide to Remove Legends in ggplot2 in R Programming

Sketchy waffle charts in R

Super Saiyan Data Skills: Mastering Big Data with R

DoD Peer Reviewed Cancer, Idea Award

R Packages:
karlen: Real-Time PCR Data Sets by Karlen et al. (2007)

boggy: Real-Time PCR Data Sets by Boggy et al. (2010)

SpatGC: Bayesian Modeling of Spatial Count Data
...more
7min

FAQs about Science Research Weekly:

How many episodes does Science Research Weekly have?

The podcast currently has 159 episodes available.