Category Archives: microbiology

Making heatmaps with R for microbiome analysis

Posted on 20 Aug, 2013 by Jeremy Yoder

Arianne Albert is the Biostatistician for the Women’s Health Research Institute at the British Columbia Women’s Hospital and Health Centre. She earned a PhD from the University of British Columbia under the tutelage of Dolph Schluter before branching off into … Continue reading →

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Hitchhiking microbes

Posted on 12 Mar, 2013 by kimgilbert

It is quite clear that humans play a major role in altering ecosystems today. Historic migration of human populations has been shown to have many interesting associated evolutionary consequences1,2. Worldwide travel makes it difficult to stop anything from going anywhere, … Continue reading →

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What we're reading

Posted on 4 Jan, 2013 by Jeremy Yoder

As we head into the first weekend of the new year, here’s a few things we’ve seen that might be worth your screen-time: In the journals Nicholson, W.L., Krivushin, K., Gilichinsky, D. & Schuerger, A.C. 2012. Growth of Carnobacterium spp. … Continue reading →

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