PhD Reflections I (The Start)
Starting a PhD in Bioinformatics at UNC-Chapel Hill
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Chocolate Protein Muffins
A tasty way to supplement a classic baked good with some extra protein.
PhD Reflections IV (The Takeaway)
The Most Important Thing I Learned in Graduate School
10 Rules for Falling in Love with Jupyter Notebooks
Conventions I established while using a Notebook everyday during my PhD
A Method for Writing Cohesively
Before Junior year of high school, I was a terrible writer. Terrible. For a given assignment, I’d have some insightful thought in my head, clear as day, and ...
Building a Web App Using Only Python
What is Anvil?
Sphinx Documentation with Numpydoc
I’m finally back from my proposal and orals! Now that I’m done with that mess, here’s a fun little tutorial that I’ve already found helpful for myself. Hopef...
Using R in a Jupyter/Ipython Notebook with Ubuntu
I may have mentioned it before, but I love the Jupyter Notebook. It’s the only way I come close to keeping my code and analyses organized. I’m not a huge fan...
End of the Year Review (Part III)
This post contains the last three question. The final two concern the phrase “your scientific approach”, which I found a bit vague. I asked my PI for clarifi...
End of Year Review (Part II)
It's rarely fun to admit your failures, but here's a list of things I didn't mange to pull off in 2015. What are the goals and milestones you missed in 2...