Science Research Weekly

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 Funding. Science On. read less
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Episodes

Plankton Power (Season 3: Episode 6)
Feb 9 2024
Plankton Power (Season 3: Episode 6)
Get ready for memory B cells that react to allergens, a cosmic chicken and egg questions with black holes and galaxies, the ecological importance of tiny plankton, the spectacular shape of ancient trees, triangular art in Julia, elliptical hearts in SAS, and the 400th entry in the Big Book of R. Science On. References: Type 2–polarized memory B cells hold allergen-specific IgE memoryLocomotion and the early Mesozoic success of ArchosauromorphaWhich Came First: Supermassive Black Holes or Galaxies? Insights from JWSTActivation of CBASS Cap5 endonuclease immune effector by cyclic nucleotidesThe silent majority: Pico- and nanoplankton as ecosystem health indicators for marine policyNoninvasive neuromodulation of subregions of the human insula differentially affect pain processing and heart-rate variability: a within-subjects pseudo-randomized trialmicrobeMASST: a taxonomically informed mass spectrometry search tool for microbial metabolomics dataLung endothelium exploits susceptible tumor cell states to instruct metastatic latencyEnigmatic fossil plants with three-dimensional, arborescent-growth architecture from the earliest Carboniferous of New Brunswick, CanadaMichael Dickey, our guide through the surprising world of liquid metalsMy First Julia Package – TriangulArt.jlNewsletter February 2024 - Next Gen Battery Simulation with JuliaSimThe elliptical heart9 for SAS9 – Top Tips for SAS 9 Programmers Moving to SAS ViyaHow to Check if Date is Between Two Dates in RBig Book of R at 400 [New milestone!] R Packages: fastTS: Fast Time Series Modeling with the Sparsity Ranked Lassoflowchart: Tidy Flowchart GeneratormulSEM: Some Multivariate Analyses using Structural Equation Modeling
Science is Coming Up Sixes! (Season 3: Episode 3)
Jan 25 2024
Science is Coming Up Sixes! (Season 3: Episode 3)
Get ready for an ancient black hole, capturing the complexity of fragile ocean life, the magnetic map of the Milky Way, Six not-so-basic R functions, the Six degrees of Hadley Wickham, and a grant on agricultural genomes to phenomes. Science On. References: A small and vigorous black hole in the early UniverseContrast Agent-Free 3D Renal Ultrafast Doppler Imaging Reveals Vascular Dysfunction in Acute and Diabetic Kidney DiseasesAn in situ digital synthesis strategy for the discovery and description of ocean lifeImproved prediction of bacterial CRISPRi guide efficiency from depletion screens through mixed-effect machine learning and data integrationDisentangling microbial networks across pelagic zones in the tropical and subtropical global oceanTomographic Imaging of the Sagittarius Spiral Arm's Magnetic Field Structurecharting a path to statistical confidence and masterySix not-so-basic base R functionsSix degrees of Hadley Wickham: The CRAN co-authorship networkCreating automatically dozens of calendar notifications (with R)USDA: Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative R Packages: neonPlantEcology: Process NEON Plant Data for Ecological AnalysisNGCHM: Next Generation Clustered Heat Mapsscientific: Elegant Scientific Themed Reporting for 'Markdown'MetaNet: Network Analysis for Omics Datatreestats: Phylogenetic Tree Statisticsr2fireworks: Enhance Your 'Rmarkdown' and 'shiny' Apps with Dazzling Fireworks Celebrations
Episode 47: Tis the Season for Better Espresso
Dec 8 2023
Episode 47: Tis the Season for Better Espresso
Get ready for better expresso, quasi-particle monopoles, crocodilian phylogeny, Anthrobots, SAS tips for creating effective statistical graphics, a Git repo for throwaway code, and excitement over the ExCITe grant. Science On. References: Moisture-controlled triboelectrification during coffee grindingRevealing emergent magnetic charge in an antiferromagnet with diamond quantum magnetometryCorals and sponges are hotspots of reactive oxygen species in the deep seaDecoupling speciation and extinction reveals both abiotic and biotic drivers shaped 250 million years of diversity in crocodile-line archosaursMotile Living Biobots Self-Construct from Adult Human Somatic Progenitor Seed CellsFood for all? Wildfire ash fuels growth of diverse eukaryotic planktonFear extinction is regulated by the activity of long noncoding RNAs at the synapseAnnouncing the Release of JuliaHub 6.4 - Package Metrics, Dash.jl Templates, Web App Hosting, and More10 tips for creating effective statistical graphics5 new books added to Big Book of RShiny Express: Blending the Best of Shiny and Streamlit for Dashboard DevelopmentA Complete Guide to Stepwise Regression in RUnveiling the Magic of Polynomial Regression in R: A Step-by-Step GuideGet a Git repo where your team can stow their throwaway data science code!GitHub: Best-websites-a-programmer-should-visitGitHub: ElementorNCI: Exploratory Cancer Immunology Projects and Technologies (ExCITe)NSF: Mind, Machine and Motor Nexus R Packages: fcp: Function Compositionsurvobj: Objects to Simulate Survival TimesADTSA: Time Series Analysisiperform: Time Series Performance