Susan Holmes🎲🖥️🧬
@sherlockpholmes.bsky.social
Statistician,Mother,Prof,Grandmother(she/her)🇫🇷🇵🇹🇺🇸🧪.
🖋️with @wkhuber.bsky.social:Modern Statistics for Modern Biology (https://www.huber.embl.de/msmb/) #stats,#rstats.OSS,arXiv, microbial ecology,cytof,multi-omics,Bioconductor:phyloseq, DADA2
🖋️with @wkhuber.bsky.social:Modern Statistics for Modern Biology (https://www.huber.embl.de/msmb/) #stats,#rstats.OSS,arXiv, microbial ecology,cytof,multi-omics,Bioconductor:phyloseq, DADA2
Pinned
My career path:
-- Develop computational methods so that when distributional assumptions are not met we can evaluate uncertainty.
-- Make fancy multivariate statistics easier to understand.
-- Help biologists use rank based tests correctly.
-- Ask biologists to plot their data.
-- Develop computational methods so that when distributional assumptions are not met we can evaluate uncertainty.
-- Make fancy multivariate statistics easier to understand.
-- Help biologists use rank based tests correctly.
-- Ask biologists to plot their data.
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🚨 GAMs have moved on—so it’s time for an update.
On March 3, 2026 (17:00–19:00 CET) I’ll be livestreaming an updated introduction to Generalized Additive Models in R
📺 YouTube livestream link: youtube.com/live/A9U8e1K...
#RStats #mgcv #GAMs #gratia #statistics 🧪
On March 3, 2026 (17:00–19:00 CET) I’ll be livestreaming an updated introduction to Generalized Additive Models in R
📺 YouTube livestream link: youtube.com/live/A9U8e1K...
#RStats #mgcv #GAMs #gratia #statistics 🧪
What's new in the world of Generalized Additive Models
YouTube video by Bottom of the Heap
youtube.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:57 PM
🚨 GAMs have moved on—so it’s time for an update.
On March 3, 2026 (17:00–19:00 CET) I’ll be livestreaming an updated introduction to Generalized Additive Models in R
📺 YouTube livestream link: youtube.com/live/A9U8e1K...
#RStats #mgcv #GAMs #gratia #statistics 🧪
On March 3, 2026 (17:00–19:00 CET) I’ll be livestreaming an updated introduction to Generalized Additive Models in R
📺 YouTube livestream link: youtube.com/live/A9U8e1K...
#RStats #mgcv #GAMs #gratia #statistics 🧪
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this @kjhealy.co banger came up in Facebook memories and it deserves to live here too
February 4, 2026 at 1:00 AM
this @kjhealy.co banger came up in Facebook memories and it deserves to live here too
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🚨We are hiring a Bioinformatician who will be embedded in our lab and work with members of the NCCR Microbiomes at ETH Zurich, as well as the Institute of Microbiology.🚨
nccr-microbiomes.ch
jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
nccr-microbiomes.ch
jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
Bioinformatician in Microbiome Research
jobs.ethz.ch
January 23, 2026 at 2:31 PM
🚨We are hiring a Bioinformatician who will be embedded in our lab and work with members of the NCCR Microbiomes at ETH Zurich, as well as the Institute of Microbiology.🚨
nccr-microbiomes.ch
jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
nccr-microbiomes.ch
jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
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'A crucial innovation lay in the invention of ‘timelines’ (...) In 1765, the scientist-philosopher Joseph Priestley, best known for co-discovering oxygen, invented what was arguably the world’s first modern timeline.'
aeon.co/essays/when-...
aeon.co/essays/when-...
January 17, 2026 at 11:42 AM
'A crucial innovation lay in the invention of ‘timelines’ (...) In 1765, the scientist-philosopher Joseph Priestley, best known for co-discovering oxygen, invented what was arguably the world’s first modern timeline.'
aeon.co/essays/when-...
aeon.co/essays/when-...
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![Comic. Standard 16-Part Epoxy. [Epoxy applicator with multiple labeled chambers in different colors: resin; hardener; filler, softener; rosin; stuff that bonds permanently to skin and nothing else; stuff that will turn white and crack over a few days, for decorative appearance; placebo; minced duct tape; acetone Fragrance; powdered bar magnets; polyethylvinylesteracetate; 2-polyethylvinylesteracetate; salt and pepper to taste; blood sample from the Gorilla Glue gorillas; stuff that bonds to every known material except yours]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiamknds4yiai44hrtq3eiau3fqxjfzufclkb64uaxdnnig5klsck4@jpeg)
January 15, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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📖 Big news! We just released the first five chapters of our new book, Hello Data Science. It is a fully open-access resource written for beginners. Please help us spread the word! A few points about the book are below 👇
🔗 www.hellodata.science
#rstats #datascience #tidyverse
🔗 www.hellodata.science
#rstats #datascience #tidyverse
January 14, 2026 at 5:34 AM
📖 Big news! We just released the first five chapters of our new book, Hello Data Science. It is a fully open-access resource written for beginners. Please help us spread the word! A few points about the book are below 👇
🔗 www.hellodata.science
#rstats #datascience #tidyverse
🔗 www.hellodata.science
#rstats #datascience #tidyverse
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Rather applaud JOSS's revised approach to deal with AI-based submissions. blog.joss.theoj.org/2026/01/prep... , particularly with 'starting open' and at least 'six months developer history'. More of scholarly pub could benefit from such policies methinks.
Preparing JOSS for a generative AI future: From code to human creativity and design | Journal of Open Source Software Blog
Blog for the Journal of Open Source Software • <a href='https://joss.theoj.org'>https://joss.theoj.org</a>
blog.joss.theoj.org
January 5, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Rather applaud JOSS's revised approach to deal with AI-based submissions. blog.joss.theoj.org/2026/01/prep... , particularly with 'starting open' and at least 'six months developer history'. More of scholarly pub could benefit from such policies methinks.
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I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students.
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students.
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
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Crocheted Christmas tree, Medelim, Portugal, created by 50 female textile artists who came together from all over the country for the project #WomensArt #ChristmasEve 🎄 ❄️
December 24, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Crocheted Christmas tree, Medelim, Portugal, created by 50 female textile artists who came together from all over the country for the project #WomensArt #ChristmasEve 🎄 ❄️
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and the winner of the "2025 best thing on Internet" has just arrived
neal.fun/size-of-life/
@carlbergstrom.com
neal.fun/size-of-life/
@carlbergstrom.com
Size of Life
From an amoeba to a blue whale
neal.fun
December 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
and the winner of the "2025 best thing on Internet" has just arrived
neal.fun/size-of-life/
@carlbergstrom.com
neal.fun/size-of-life/
@carlbergstrom.com
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All the material for my Bayesian Data Analysis course is available online, including the lectures, which we re-recorded this fall (some of them by @aloctavodia.bsky.social and Noa Kallioinen while I was on vacation). The video links are listed in the schedule at avehtari.github.io/BDA_course_A...
Bayesian Data Analysis course - Aalto 2025 – Bayesian Data Analysis course
avehtari.github.io
December 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
All the material for my Bayesian Data Analysis course is available online, including the lectures, which we re-recorded this fall (some of them by @aloctavodia.bsky.social and Noa Kallioinen while I was on vacation). The video links are listed in the schedule at avehtari.github.io/BDA_course_A...
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36 years ago today, 14 women, most of whom were studying engineering, were killed by an anti-feminist gun man at École Polytechnique in Montreal. I was a young graduate student studying physics at the time and I will never forget. #MontrealMassacre #NeverForget 🧪 👩🔬 ⚛️ 🎢 #AcademicSky 🇨🇦
December 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
36 years ago today, 14 women, most of whom were studying engineering, were killed by an anti-feminist gun man at École Polytechnique in Montreal. I was a young graduate student studying physics at the time and I will never forget. #MontrealMassacre #NeverForget 🧪 👩🔬 ⚛️ 🎢 #AcademicSky 🇨🇦
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Excellent news:
From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics' Web of Science, along with the Core Collection and Journal Citation Reports.
The CNRS is breaking free from the Web of Science
From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics'
www.cnrs.fr
December 2, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Excellent news:
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What an amazing way to visualize early human migration. Lovely map by @HarvardCGA. A great colour scheme and an appropriate map projection! Source: buff.ly/3lbxonJ
November 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
What an amazing way to visualize early human migration. Lovely map by @HarvardCGA. A great colour scheme and an appropriate map projection! Source: buff.ly/3lbxonJ
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I taught an octopus piano (It took 6 months)
YouTube video by Mattias Krantz
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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NOW OPEN!
CANSSI's postdoctoral fellowships offer a comprehensive research and training experience centred on statistical sciences.
Apply by January 16: https://loom.ly/GvcQVII
bsky.app/profile/sfu.ca | bsky.app/profile/pims.math.ca | amstatnews.bsky.social | nissorg.bsky.social
CANSSI's postdoctoral fellowships offer a comprehensive research and training experience centred on statistical sciences.
Apply by January 16: https://loom.ly/GvcQVII
bsky.app/profile/sfu.ca | bsky.app/profile/pims.math.ca | amstatnews.bsky.social | nissorg.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
NOW OPEN!
CANSSI's postdoctoral fellowships offer a comprehensive research and training experience centred on statistical sciences.
Apply by January 16: https://loom.ly/GvcQVII
bsky.app/profile/sfu.ca | bsky.app/profile/pims.math.ca | amstatnews.bsky.social | nissorg.bsky.social
CANSSI's postdoctoral fellowships offer a comprehensive research and training experience centred on statistical sciences.
Apply by January 16: https://loom.ly/GvcQVII
bsky.app/profile/sfu.ca | bsky.app/profile/pims.math.ca | amstatnews.bsky.social | nissorg.bsky.social
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APPLY BY NOVEMBER 25!
Planning to do a #PhD in #statisticalsciences?
Come to a #Quebec university and you could get a supplement of $7,000 during the first two years.
Learn more: https://loom.ly/5Zegs20
Planning to do a #PhD in #statisticalsciences?
Come to a #Quebec university and you could get a supplement of $7,000 during the first two years.
Learn more: https://loom.ly/5Zegs20
November 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
APPLY BY NOVEMBER 25!
Planning to do a #PhD in #statisticalsciences?
Come to a #Quebec university and you could get a supplement of $7,000 during the first two years.
Learn more: https://loom.ly/5Zegs20
Planning to do a #PhD in #statisticalsciences?
Come to a #Quebec university and you could get a supplement of $7,000 during the first two years.
Learn more: https://loom.ly/5Zegs20
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📣 join in my team 🤗!
👇
- #rstats software development
- contribute to @bioconductor.bsky.social and @galaxyproject.bsky.social
- large-scale #MassSpectrometry #metabolomics and #proteomics data analysis
- hiking ⛰️
📍 Bolzano, 🇮🇹
⏲️ 3 year position
🔗 full description: bit.ly/4pyXi3V
please share
👇
- #rstats software development
- contribute to @bioconductor.bsky.social and @galaxyproject.bsky.social
- large-scale #MassSpectrometry #metabolomics and #proteomics data analysis
- hiking ⛰️
📍 Bolzano, 🇮🇹
⏲️ 3 year position
🔗 full description: bit.ly/4pyXi3V
please share
Researcher in Software Development for Large-Scale Mass Spectrometry Data Analysis (MetaRbolomics4Galaxy)
Eurac Research · Bozen/Bolzano
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 7:23 AM
📣 join in my team 🤗!
👇
- #rstats software development
- contribute to @bioconductor.bsky.social and @galaxyproject.bsky.social
- large-scale #MassSpectrometry #metabolomics and #proteomics data analysis
- hiking ⛰️
📍 Bolzano, 🇮🇹
⏲️ 3 year position
🔗 full description: bit.ly/4pyXi3V
please share
👇
- #rstats software development
- contribute to @bioconductor.bsky.social and @galaxyproject.bsky.social
- large-scale #MassSpectrometry #metabolomics and #proteomics data analysis
- hiking ⛰️
📍 Bolzano, 🇮🇹
⏲️ 3 year position
🔗 full description: bit.ly/4pyXi3V
please share
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Wellcome LEAP spokesperson says there’s little debate that more research is needed.
Actually, we do query that viewpoint!
Actually, we do query that viewpoint!
Valuable reporting here from @cathleenogrady.bsky.social for @science.org, adding context and other important voices to our perspective piece (linked further below, with @wiringthebrain.bsky.social and @deevybee.bsky.social)
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
November 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Wellcome LEAP spokesperson says there’s little debate that more research is needed.
Actually, we do query that viewpoint!
Actually, we do query that viewpoint!
Reposted by Susan Holmes🎲🖥️🧬
Valuable reporting here from @cathleenogrady.bsky.social for @science.org, adding context and other important voices to our perspective piece (linked further below, with @wiringthebrain.bsky.social and @deevybee.bsky.social)
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Valuable reporting here from @cathleenogrady.bsky.social for @science.org, adding context and other important voices to our perspective piece (linked further below, with @wiringthebrain.bsky.social and @deevybee.bsky.social)
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Open position at the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics:
We are looking for a Director of the Center of Pathogen Bioinformatics
apply.refline.ch/499599/0346/...
I am in the Center's steering board together with fantastic colleagues (Emma Hodcroft @firefoxx66.bsky.social, Richard Neher @neher.io, and
We are looking for a Director of the Center of Pathogen Bioinformatics
apply.refline.ch/499599/0346/...
I am in the Center's steering board together with fantastic colleagues (Emma Hodcroft @firefoxx66.bsky.social, Richard Neher @neher.io, and
Director, Center for Pathogen Bioinformatics
The Centre for Pathogen Bioinformatics (CPB) is a unit of SIB which offers expertise and services in pathogen bioinformatics, computational molecular epidemiology and related multi-site project manage...
apply.refline.ch
October 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Open position at the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics:
We are looking for a Director of the Center of Pathogen Bioinformatics
apply.refline.ch/499599/0346/...
I am in the Center's steering board together with fantastic colleagues (Emma Hodcroft @firefoxx66.bsky.social, Richard Neher @neher.io, and
We are looking for a Director of the Center of Pathogen Bioinformatics
apply.refline.ch/499599/0346/...
I am in the Center's steering board together with fantastic colleagues (Emma Hodcroft @firefoxx66.bsky.social, Richard Neher @neher.io, and
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Hi! Florence Hommais, @nicolasparisot.bsky.social , and I are looking for a postdoctoral candidate to investigate the molecular dialogue between three weevil species and their endosymbiotic bacteria #symbiosis! Please see the #post-doc offer for more information. #SymbioSky #Bioinformatics
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Hi! Florence Hommais, @nicolasparisot.bsky.social , and I are looking for a postdoctoral candidate to investigate the molecular dialogue between three weevil species and their endosymbiotic bacteria #symbiosis! Please see the #post-doc offer for more information. #SymbioSky #Bioinformatics
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6 hours 30 mins they could do from this December, with one change in Badajoz or Elvas - but they're likely not going to do though
So 🤷♂️
Whenever I hear about these long term plans for ES-PT rail, I wonder why they're not doing the basics with what they have right now?
#CrossBorderRail
So 🤷♂️
Whenever I hear about these long term plans for ES-PT rail, I wonder why they're not doing the basics with what they have right now?
#CrossBorderRail
🇵🇹🚉🇪🇸 “Five-hour Lisbon-Madrid rail link to go ahead by 2030, say Portuguese and Spanish governments and the European Commission.”
www.euronews.com/travel/2025/...
www.euronews.com/travel/2025/...
Five-hour Lisbon-Madrid rail link to go ahead by 2030, officials say
The agreement between the Portuguese and Spanish governments and the European Commission also foresees, among other goals, a high-speed connection between the two capitals by 2034.
www.euronews.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
6 hours 30 mins they could do from this December, with one change in Badajoz or Elvas - but they're likely not going to do though
So 🤷♂️
Whenever I hear about these long term plans for ES-PT rail, I wonder why they're not doing the basics with what they have right now?
#CrossBorderRail
So 🤷♂️
Whenever I hear about these long term plans for ES-PT rail, I wonder why they're not doing the basics with what they have right now?
#CrossBorderRail