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Creating Colorblind-Friendly Figures
Color is often used to display an extra dimension in plots of scientific data. Unfortunately, everyone does not decode color in exactly the same way. This is especially true for those with color vision...
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Analyzing Microbial Growth with R
In experimental evolution research, few things are more important than growth. Both the rate of growth and the resulting yield can provide direct insights into a strain or species’ fitness. Whether one...
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Plotting Microtiter Plate Maps
I recently wrote about my workflow for Analyzing Microbial Growth with R. Perhaps the most important part of that process is the plate map, which describes the different experimental variables and...
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Open science has grown tremendously in the past few years. While there’s still a long way to go, the availability of data, software, and other materials is making it possible to re-use these products...
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Connecting R to Everything with IFTTT
IFTTT (“if this then that”) is one of my favorite tools. I use it to keep and share articles, turn on my home’s lights at sundown, alert me when certain keywords are mentioned on Twitter/Reddit/etc.,...
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R Phone Home: Notifications with pushoverr
There are a lot of times when it would be great if your computer talked to you. pushoverr allows you to send yourself or your group notifications from R. Instead of compulsively checking the status of...
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