Rafael Irizarry

@rafalab

Applied statistician. I tweet data-driven observations, data science educational materials, academic research updates, and the occasional joke.

Boston, MA

Joined August 2010

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Rafael Irizarry@rafalab · Mar 17, 2020

Online resources useful for learning or teaching data science, biostats and bioinformatics including 15 online courses. Topics include: R tidyverse Dataviz & ggplot2 Linux, GitHub Probability Inference & Modeling Regression Machine Learning Bioconductor rafalab.github.io/pages/teaching…

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Rafael Irizarry@rafalab · Jun 11

Looking forward to speaking at #FOGBoston this June. If there’s something you would like me to answer during my session, feel free comment or message me. Registration is free for most attendees.

rafalab's tweet image. Looking forward to speaking at #FOGBoston this June.
If there’s something you would like me to answer during my session, feel free comment or message me.

Registration is free for most attendees.

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Rafael Irizarry@rafalab · Apr 23

Arroz con gandules about to be contraband

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Rafael Irizarry@rafalab · Mar 26

The Zelen Symposium is next Friday, April 4! This year’s theme: Data-driven controversies — from AI hype in medicine to climate change to the origins of COVID-19. Speakers include Alina Chan @Ayjchan, Auroop Ganguly, Sayash Kapoor, Marc Lipsitch, Arjun Manrai & Gavin Schmidt.

rafalab's tweet image. The Zelen Symposium is next Friday, April 4!

This year’s theme: Data-driven controversies — from AI hype in medicine to climate change to the origins of COVID-19.

Speakers include Alina Chan @Ayjchan, Auroop Ganguly, Sayash Kapoor, Marc Lipsitch, Arjun Manrai &amp; Gavin Schmidt.

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Ming "Tommy" Tang@tangming2005 · Jan 19

What’s the most influential course I’ve taken for computational genomics? Hands down: HarvardX’s Data Analysis for Life Sciences by Rafa Irizarry & Mike Love. Here’s why 👇 rafalab.dfci.harvard.edu/pages/harvardx…

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Harvard Biostatistics@HarvardBiostats · Dec 4

We are now accepting applications for 3 openings: 1. Asst Prof of Biostats & Data Science w. @dfcidatascience academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14416 2. Asst/Assoc/Full Prof of Data Science & Biostats w. @dfcidatascience academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14361 3. Prof of Biostats academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14047

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Rafael Irizarry@rafalab · Nov 22

New method for identifying spatially variable genes in spatial transcriptomics. We use spectral graph theory to extract 1D curves related to tissue morphology, creating a more relevant coordinate system. Improves sensitivity. with @PhillipNicol et al. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

rafalab's tweet image. New method for identifying spatially variable genes in spatial transcriptomics.

We use spectral graph theory to extract 1D curves related to tissue morphology, creating a more relevant coordinate system. Improves sensitivity.

with @PhillipNicol et al.

biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

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Rafael Irizarry@rafalab · Nov 6

For a third consecutive election, polls underestimate Trump's performance. This time by an average of 2-3%. We see more consistency in this bias across states than in the previous two elections.

rafalab's tweet image. For a third consecutive election, polls underestimate Trump's performance. This time by an average of 2-3%. We see more consistency in this bias across states than in the previous two elections.

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Rafael Irizarry@rafalab · Nov 5

📢 Are you a PhD in Statistics, CS, or a related field? Join us at Harvard/DFCI to work on real-world problems in a collaborative environment! We have several postdoc positions available. Don’t miss our informational session tomorrow 11/6—sign up here: ds.dfci.harvard.edu/postdocs/

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Rafael Irizarry@rafalab · Nov 5

Encuestas para la gobernación en Puerto Rico: incluye todos los datos recopilados después del 1 de octubre.

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