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When feedback is worthless
I just finished teaching another semester of Anatomy and Physiology which means students will soon be evaluating my course. Well, about 20% of my students will be evaluating my course. Why such little...
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Dallas R Users Group Baseball Data Dive
This past Saturday I led a data dive workshop for the Dallas R Users Group using Lahman’s baseball statistics. After providing a brief introduction to the Lahman R package and showing how to load the...
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Why David Stern is wrong to punish the Spurs
Last night Gregg Popovich, the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs (the favorite team of my 99 yr old grandmother), opted to send four of his key players home early from a 6 game road trip. So what’s...
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Get DNA sequences using R and BSgenome
My typical approach for getting a particular DNA sequence is to use the UCSC genome browser. Recently I needed to screen over 40 SNPs for restriction enzyme cut sites and didn’t want to go through all...
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Visualizing dog and human synteny
If you are into comparative genomics like me, I highly recommend the site AutoGRAPH for looking at synteny. According to the website, “It is designed for constructing and visualizing synteny maps...
View ArticleMeaningless stats about Michael Vick
ESPN just posted an article on Michael Vick restructuring his deal and signing with the Philadelphia Eagles for one more year. The article provides a great example of meaningless statistics. Vick seems...
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Don’t debate, contemplate
I have had a lot of things on my mind lately and was inspired to write my thoughts on the difference between debating and contemplating. Debate is a discussion of opposing viewpoints. You will often...
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I’m not wasting time, I’m practicing to become a surgeon
The next time your parent or spouse suggests you need to lay off the video games, simply reply: I’m not wasting time, I’m practicing to become a surgeon. In a study published yesterday in PLoS One,...
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UT Arlington College Park Center
This past weekend I attended the UT Arlington vs Utah State basketball game and experienced UTA’s new College Park Center for the first time. The game was highly entertaining as UTA put on a dominating...
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Where art and science collide
One of my favorite sites to visit is the Cell Picture Show. What is the Cell Picture Show? A place to showcase striking images in cell, developmental, and molecular biology; a place to learn about...
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Trade-offs in evolution and in life
A recent perspective by Elad Noor and Ron Milo highlights two studies in Science that identify and quantify evolutionary trade-offs. Here is a quick excerpt that describes evolutionary trade-offs:...
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Human and dog skeleton diagrams
I admit this is a fairly random post, but I always appreciate a nice free picture to use in documents and presentations. In the spirit of open source, here are diagrams of the human and dog skeletons I...
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Contribution of culture to human evolution
In a thought-provoking perspective published in Science on May 24, Fisher and Ridley seek to challenge the idea that key genetic changes were prerequisites to advanced communication, cultural...
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Sports news on Twitter edition 1: popularity
For the last several months I have followed 11 different sports news sources on Twitter. Other than my love of sports, my objective in doing this has been to characterize these sports news sources in a...
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R statistics jobs increasing
Indeed.com has a nice feature that lets you compare job trends. Here is a plot showing that while SAS jobs have recently been declining, R is steadily increasing. I first saw this result from the...
View ArticleFootball on your Phone Rap
It doesn’t get much better than the Manning brothers rapping. I think I’m now ready for football season!
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The 10 minute rule: a lesson from my mom
My family recently traveled to Utah for the funeral of my Grandma Prince. During the trip my brother Edd took this photo of my mom and me. One of the great leadership lessons she has taught me is what...
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