Stephen Turner
@stephenturner.us
Associate Professor of Data Science & asst. Dean of Research at UVA School of Data Science, #Rstats enthusiast, dad, runner, guitar noise-maker. Views my own.
Web: https://stephenturner.us/
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Web: https://stephenturner.us/
Newsletter: https://blog.stephenturner.us
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Stephen Turner
@stephenturner.us
· Aug 29
All models are wrong; some are useful.
All LLM outputs are hallucinations. Some are useful.
All LLM outputs are hallucinations. Some are useful.
Rapid Derivation of Cloning-Competent Cells from Peripheral Blood Advances Conservation Biobanking www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧬🖥️🧪 Great work from my former colleagues at Colossal!
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Rapid Derivation of Cloning-Competent Cells from Peripheral Blood Advances Conservation Biobanking www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧬🖥️🧪 Great work from my former colleagues at Colossal!
China rolls out its version of the H-1B visa to attract foreign tech workers apnews.com/article/chin...
China rolls out its version of the H-1B visa to attract foreign tech workers
It coincides with uncertainties over the U.S.'s H-1B program under tightened immigrations policies implemented by President Donald Trump.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
China rolls out its version of the H-1B visa to attract foreign tech workers apnews.com/article/chin...
Cool to see the McIntire School of Commerce at UVA running a Claude for Good Hackathon this weekend
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Cool to see the McIntire School of Commerce at UVA running a Claude for Good Hackathon this weekend
Nextpie: a web-based reporting tool and database for reproducible nextflow pipelines academic.oup.com/bioinformati... 🧬🖥️🧪 github.com/bishwaG/Next...
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Nextpie: a web-based reporting tool and database for reproducible nextflow pipelines academic.oup.com/bioinformati... 🧬🖥️🧪 github.com/bishwaG/Next...
FGeneBERT: function-driven pre-trained gene language model for metagenomics academic.oup.com/bib/article/... 🧬🖥️🧪 github.com/jane-pyc/Ope...
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
FGeneBERT: function-driven pre-trained gene language model for metagenomics academic.oup.com/bib/article/... 🧬🖥️🧪 github.com/jane-pyc/Ope...
Recordings from posit::conf(2025) now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #Rstats
posit::conf(2025) - YouTube
Welcome to the official playlist for posit::conf(2025)! Dive into the latest innovations, cutting-edge techniques, and inspiring insights from the premier op...
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Recordings from posit::conf(2025) now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #Rstats
Multi-agent AI enables evidence-based cell annotation in single-cell transcriptomics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧬🖥️🧪
Python: github.com/NygenAnalyti...
R: github.com/NygenAnalyti... #Rstats
Python: github.com/NygenAnalyti...
R: github.com/NygenAnalyti... #Rstats
November 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Multi-agent AI enables evidence-based cell annotation in single-cell transcriptomics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧬🖥️🧪
Python: github.com/NygenAnalyti...
R: github.com/NygenAnalyti... #Rstats
Python: github.com/NygenAnalyti...
R: github.com/NygenAnalyti... #Rstats
DeNoFo: a file format and toolkit for standardized, comparable de novo gene annotation academic.oup.com/bioinformati... 🧬🖥️🧪 github.com/EDohmen/denofo
November 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
DeNoFo: a file format and toolkit for standardized, comparable de novo gene annotation academic.oup.com/bioinformati... 🧬🖥️🧪 github.com/EDohmen/denofo
Putting “Watson” on my mute words list 🙄
November 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Putting “Watson” on my mute words list 🙄
Site-specific DNA insertion into the human genome with engineered recombinases www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧬🖥️🧪
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Site-specific DNA insertion into the human genome with engineered recombinases www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧬🖥️🧪
A comprehensive review of genomic-scale genetic engineering as a strategy to improve bacterial productivity www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
A comprehensive review of genomic-scale genetic engineering as a strategy to improve bacterial productivity
Bacterial genome engineering has evolved to provide increasingly precise, robust and rapid tools, driving the development and optimization of bacterial production of numerous compounds. The field has…
www.microbiologyresearch.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A comprehensive review of genomic-scale genetic engineering as a strategy to improve bacterial productivity www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
BioWorkflow: Retrieving comprehensive bioinformatics workflows from publications academic.oup.com/bib/article/... 🧬🖥️🧪
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
BioWorkflow: Retrieving comprehensive bioinformatics workflows from publications academic.oup.com/bib/article/... 🧬🖥️🧪
Here's a funny thing. WH propaganda itself links out to archive[dot]ph. Hover over the "up 5%" in bullet 3 www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
www.404media.co
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Here's a funny thing. WH propaganda itself links out to archive[dot]ph. Hover over the "up 5%" in bullet 3 www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
Artificial intelligence in bioinformatics: a survey academic.oup.com/bib/article/...
Artificial intelligence in bioinformatics: a survey
Abstract. The widespread adoption of high-throughput sequencing technologies and multi-omics approaches has led to rapid accumulation of genomic, transcrip
academic.oup.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Artificial intelligence in bioinformatics: a survey academic.oup.com/bib/article/...
I still give this advice routinely for students looking for career advice. Write and learn in public.
One thing I missed in this post is CONSISTENCY.
As with athletic pursuits, people overestimate what you can accomplish in a week and underestimate what you can do in a year. Writing is the same.
One thing I missed in this post is CONSISTENCY.
As with athletic pursuits, people overestimate what you can accomplish in a week and underestimate what you can do in a year. Writing is the same.
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I still give this advice routinely for students looking for career advice. Write and learn in public.
One thing I missed in this post is CONSISTENCY.
As with athletic pursuits, people overestimate what you can accomplish in a week and underestimate what you can do in a year. Writing is the same.
One thing I missed in this post is CONSISTENCY.
As with athletic pursuits, people overestimate what you can accomplish in a week and underestimate what you can do in a year. Writing is the same.
What's new this week in AI, data science, bioinfo: LLMs for learning to code, #Rstats updates (R Data Scientist, R Weekly), RAG, layoffs & AI, DuckDB for data science, Anthropic+Iceland, AI in science, AI in drug discovery, Nextflow & pathogen surveillance doi.org/10.59350/28g...
Weekly Recap (Nov 7, 2025)
LLMs for learning to code, R updates (R Data Scientist, R Weekly), RAG, layoffs & AI, DuckDB for data science, Anthropic+Iceland, AI in science, AI in drug discovery, Nextflow & pathogen surveillance
doi.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
What's new this week in AI, data science, bioinfo: LLMs for learning to code, #Rstats updates (R Data Scientist, R Weekly), RAG, layoffs & AI, DuckDB for data science, Anthropic+Iceland, AI in science, AI in drug discovery, Nextflow & pathogen surveillance doi.org/10.59350/28g...
What's new this week in AI, data science, bioinfo: LLMs for learning to code, #Rstats updates (R Data Scientist, R Weekly), RAG, layoffs & AI, DuckDB for data science, Anthropic+Iceland, AI in science, AI in drug discovery, Nextflow & pathogen surveillance doi.org/10.59350/28g...
Weekly Recap (Nov 7, 2025)
LLMs for learning to code, R updates (R Data Scientist, R Weekly), RAG, layoffs & AI, DuckDB for data science, Anthropic+Iceland, AI in science, AI in drug discovery, Nextflow & pathogen surveillance
doi.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
What's new this week in AI, data science, bioinfo: LLMs for learning to code, #Rstats updates (R Data Scientist, R Weekly), RAG, layoffs & AI, DuckDB for data science, Anthropic+Iceland, AI in science, AI in drug discovery, Nextflow & pathogen surveillance doi.org/10.59350/28g...
Reposted by Stephen Turner
The reaction to this is fascinating. It's like a microcosm of all discussions around AI: lots of enthusiasm, lots of loathing (much of it reflexive), and some wise 'let's maybe try it and see' responses.
Excited to launch an openRxiv partnership with the scientist-run AI review service qed (@qedscience.bsky.social), the brainchild of @odedrechavi.bsky.social 1/n
openrxiv.org/enabling-rev...
openrxiv.org/enabling-rev...
Enabling options for review: from training and transparency to author-centered AI tools - openRxiv
Peer review is widely viewed as a critical aspect of biomedical communication. Ideally, it provides authors with feedback so they can improve manuscripts and gives readers, particularly nonspecialists...
openrxiv.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The reaction to this is fascinating. It's like a microcosm of all discussions around AI: lots of enthusiasm, lots of loathing (much of it reflexive), and some wise 'let's maybe try it and see' responses.
Genomics of drug target prioritization for complex diseases www.nature.com/articles/s41... (read free: rdcu.be/eONIF) 🧬🖥️🧪
November 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Genomics of drug target prioritization for complex diseases www.nature.com/articles/s41... (read free: rdcu.be/eONIF) 🧬🖥️🧪
This is a troll account, right? (right?)
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
This is a troll account, right? (right?)
Reposted by Stephen Turner
My favorite comment on the FT story
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
My favorite comment on the FT story
Reposted by Stephen Turner
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
No cap hadley.github.io/genzplyr/
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
`genzplyr` is an alternative syntax for `dplyr` that replaces boring old function names with GenZ slang. Your data wrangling is about to hit different.
hadley.github.io
November 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
No cap hadley.github.io/genzplyr/
A pre-trained large generative model for translating single-cell transcriptomes to proteomes www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧬🖥️🧪 github.com/TencentAILab...
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A pre-trained large generative model for translating single-cell transcriptomes to proteomes www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧬🖥️🧪 github.com/TencentAILab...
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM