cfDNA fragmentomics reviewed
<p>This is a fantastic and comprehensive review on Cell-free DNA fragmentomics in cancer. Out in Cancer Cell by Denis Lo et al. In this review focused on cell-free DNA (cfDNA) fragmentomics ...
15th Anniversary
<p>It has been 15 years since I started this blog! As typical with many of my anniversary posts, I reflect on things that I have started to do and/or have learned since the last time I wrote an annive...
The case of the missing Editorial Blog Post (and journal team)
<p>Here’s a wee puzzle: A mature Open Data focused journal (“Journal A”), owned and launched by an company or Institute (“Institute B”), developed into the flagship of an Academic Publisher (“Publishe...
Unlocking the Potential of Urine-Based Liquid Biopsies
<p>I’m really pleased to say I’m an author on a new article in Nature Cancer discussing the potential of using urine-based liquid biopsies for cancer detection, particularly through the an...
Our journey through low-complexity regions
<p>Those who inspect SVs often have probably noticed many SVs fall in low-complexity regions (LCRs) or tandem repeats and they are challenging to call. How many and how challenging? I could not find a...
Analyzing ICE Arrest Data - Part 2
In this blog post, I continue to demonstrate how to analyze publicly available datasets related to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This time, I take advantage of publicly available dat...
Benchmark update: metaMDBG and Myloasm
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Zbąszyń
The mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss invented the heliotrope for long-distance surveying in 1821. Just a year later, he proved that least squares regression provided the BLUE estimator for data with...
Back to Writing: Some Thoughts on Machine Learning
<p>Hello. Finally, I’m back to writing on the blog. Intense work commitments and plenty of unexpected events have limited the time I could spend studying and sharing with you my progress in the world ...
A quick look at Roche's SBX
<p><a href="https://sequencing.roche.com/us/en/article-listing/sequencing-platform-technologies.html">Sequencing by Expansion (SBX)</a> is Roche’s new short-read sequencing technology. Roche released ...