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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 Funding. Science On.
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Science Research WeeklyMay 06, 2022

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Your Brain on Cosmology (Season 3: Episode 12)
Mar 22, 202403:49
Gastronomical Gallivanting (Season 3: Episode 11)
Mar 15, 202403:29
Vertebrates and Hat Tricks (Season 3: Episode 10)
Mar 08, 202404:09
Ask the Genie for Some Cake (Season 3: Episode 9)
Mar 01, 202404:18
The Birds and the Beta-amyloids (Season 3: Episode 8)
Feb 23, 202406:07
Eeny, Meeny, Mimas, Moe (Season 3: Episode 7)
Feb 16, 202406:18
Plankton Power (Season 3: Episode 6)

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:


R Packages:

  • fastTS: Fast Time Series Modeling with the Sparsity Ranked Lasso
  • flowchart: Tidy Flowchart Generator
  • mulSEM: Some Multivariate Analyses using Structural Equation Modeling
Feb 09, 202409:00
Great Sharks! (Season 3: Episode 5)
Feb 02, 202404:13
Convergence Research or Bust (Season 3: Episode 4)
Jan 26, 202404:15
Science is Coming Up Sixes! (Season 3: Episode 3)

Science is Coming Up Sixes! (Season 3: Episode 3)

Jan 25, 202408:07
Science, Roll Out! (Season 3: Episode 2)
Jan 18, 202405:57
Trojan Plants Bearing Vesicles (Season 3: Episode 1)
Jan 11, 202408:33
Episode 50: Christmas or Break
Dec 29, 202303:38
Episode 49: Unnaturally Cool
Dec 22, 202304:50
Episode 48: Diamond Doppelgangers and Distant Oceans
Dec 15, 202307:37
Episode 47: Tis the Season for Better Espresso

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:


R Packages:

  • fcp: Function Composition
  • survobj: Objects to Simulate Survival Times
  • ADTSA: Time Series Analysis
  • iperform: Time Series Performance
Dec 08, 202309:55
Episode 46: Good Friends and Bad Graphs
Dec 01, 202303:53
Episode 45: Thanks for All the Keystone Species
Nov 24, 202304:05
Episode 44: Composite Hands and Mitochondrial Medicine
Nov 17, 202306:41
Episode 43: Invasion of the Paleobionics!
Nov 10, 202307:16
Episode 42: Life, the Near Infrared, and Everything
Nov 03, 202306:35
Episode 41: Things are Heating Up
Oct 27, 202306:46
Episode 40: Brain Cell Atlas Shrugged

Episode 40: Brain Cell Atlas Shrugged

Get ready for polygenic risk score stumbling blocks, million-color-palette miniaturized DNA-based painting, the human brain cell atlas, rogue nanowaves, tiny particle accelerators, a Peanuts Halloween themed R release, the Power of Functional Programming in R, and a grant for developing models of oncoaging in cancer research. Science On.


References:


R Packages:

  • eglhmm: Extended Generalized Linear Hidden Markov Models
  • maplegend: Legends for Maps
  • ZIBR: A Zero-Inflated Beta Random Effect Model
  • qrlabelr: Generate Machine- And Human-Readable Plot Labels for Experiments
  • MicrobiomeSurv: Biomarker Validation for Microbiome-Based Survival Classification and Prediction
  • tinycodet: A Few Functions to Help in your Coding Etiquette
Oct 20, 202310:22
Episode 39: Bulking Up on Microbial Dark Matter Proteins
Oct 13, 202305:42
Episode 38: Dancing DNA in the Detection Field
Oct 06, 202307:49
Episode 37: Code with me, I’m from the Future
Sep 29, 202309:01
Episode 36: Bone Lost in Space
Sep 22, 202305:18
Episode 35: Wi-Fi Reading and Microflying

Episode 35: Wi-Fi Reading and Microflying

Get ready for atmospheric water harvesting, entering the lipidome, Wi-Fi reading through walls, electric-producing bacteria, shape-shifting microflyer origami robots, the return of the Journal of Statistical Software, top picks for posit::conf 2023, the TidyTuesday GitHub repository, and a grant to establish a Center for Exposome Research Coordination. Science On.


References:


R Packages:

  • DebiasInfer: Efficient Inference on High-Dimensional Linear Model with Missing Outcomes
  • biosampleR: Biodiversity Index Calculation and Bootstrap Confidence Interval Estimation
  • CohortAlgebra: Use of Interval Algebra to Create New Cohort(s) from Existing Cohorts
  • moodlequizR: Easily Create Fully Randomized 'Moodle' Test Questions
  • epiCleanr: A Tidy Solution for Epidemiological Data
Sep 15, 202311:26
Episode 34: Ribozyme Samurai
Sep 08, 202306:57
Episode 33: Microbe-Skewering Micro-Spikes
Sep 01, 202305:44
Episode 32: The Kirigami Engineers
Aug 25, 202307:23
Episode 31: Are You Not Entertained?

Episode 31: Are You Not Entertained?

Get ready the Dinosaur Coliseum, cancer-detecting bioengineer bacteria, embedding Unicode into SAS, a web-crawling Katana, and a Million Dollar Bike ride for rare disease research. Science On.


References:


R-packages:

  • graposas: Graphical Approach Optimal Sample Size
  • osmclass: Classify Open Street Map Features
  • bulkreadr: The Ultimate Tool for Reading Data in Bulk
  • handcodeR: Text Annotation App
  • unicol: The Colors of your University
Aug 18, 202308:01
Episode 30: A Bit of a (DNA) Stretch
Aug 11, 202305:19
Episode 29: Greengenes 2, This Time, It’s Personal
Aug 04, 202305:22
Episode 28: Fungal Enlightenment
Jul 28, 202303:53
Episode 27: Dog Bites Dinosaur
Jul 21, 202306:54
Episode 26: Living Cameras and Old Universes
Jul 14, 202309:51
Episode 25: Top Transposon, Maverick
Jul 07, 202307:40
Episode 24: My Chemical Sequence

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:


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
Jun 30, 202307:49
Episode 23: Sir Ankylosaurus, I Presume?
Jun 23, 202307:04
Episode 22: Of Vikings and Tokamaks
Jun 16, 202306:49
Episode 21: Eukaryote Fell Down and Broke Its Crown

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:

R Packages:

  • ami: Checks for Various Computing Environments
  • rtms: R Toolkit for Mass Spectrometry
  • gptzeror: Identify Text Written by Large Language Models using 'GPTZero'
Jun 09, 202307:50
Episode 20: Tintin and the Rare-Earth Elements
Jun 02, 202307:53
Episode 19: Small Things Considered

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:


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
May 26, 202308:32
Episode 18: DNA, DNA Everywhere
May 19, 202306:16
Episode 17: Regressing towards the Mean
May 12, 202306:56
Episode 16: Guardians of the Genome
May 05, 202308:31
Episode 15: Buzzing Across the Pond

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:


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
Apr 28, 202307:56
Episode 14: Of Space Rats and Shiny Apps
Apr 21, 202305:11
Episode 13: Crazy Ants, Crazier Viruses
Apr 14, 202305:45