Apr 24, 2014 — Introduction to Gephi — This is a guest post by my diabolically awesome lab-mate Maude, who is very experienced using the software Gephi to make beautiful network visualizations. ## How to use Gephi ? Here I try to describe the procedure I used in... Read more

Mar 17, 2014 — Analysis of Affymetrix .CEL Files — I’ve been working with microarray expression data from the Broad Connectivity Map, and of course decided to download raw data (to work with in R) over using their GUI. The raw data is in the form of “.CEL” files, which... Read more

Feb 6, 2014 — Use Foursquare API to Map a Resource — I wanted to test out the foursquare API, so I made a simple goal of creating a “resource density map” for a search term of interest.  Given my lab’s expertise, I chose the search term “autism.”  I first downloaded a... Read more

Jan 4, 2014 — Why Are Journal Articles So Boring? — Anyone who claims that reading journal articles is exciting is probably fibbing.  It’s not that the research itself is boring, but rather the way that it is communicated.  Part of my brain is eager to understand the method and the... Read more