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Wolfgang Huber

Wolfgang Huber

@wkhuber.bsky.social

7.7K followers 2.3K following 550 posts

Statistician, Computational Biologist, R |> Bioconductor
https://www.huber.embl.de

Textbook: Modern Statistics for Modern Biology https://www.huber.embl.de/msmb/ (with @sherlockpholmes.bsky.social)

Wolfgang Huber is a prominent German theologian and ethicist. Huber served as bishop of the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia until November 2009. Huber succeeded Manfred Kock as Chairperson of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) in November 2003 and was succeeded by Bishop Margot Käßmann, the first woman in that position, in October 2009. .. more

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Wolfgang Huber @wkhuber.bsky.social · Aug 24

In July we had the 3rd edition of the Ukrainian Biological Data Science Summer School.
Now a regular, it has created a sense of community: young people eager to learn new topics, network across the country&world. Seeing how science is a positive&optimistic force.

www.huber.embl.de/group/posts/...

Ukrainian Biological Data Science Summer School 2025 – Huber Group @ EMBL

Uzhhorod, 19 July - 1 August 2025: the third edition

www.huber.embl.de

Reposted by Martin McKee, Steve Peers, Wolfgang Huber

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20h

Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...

Reposted by Wolfgang Huber

Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 1d

“Are we the baddies?”

Reposted by Steven Farber, Wolfgang Huber

Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 1d

23 November 1940 | Norwegian Jewish boy Harry Reichwald was born.

He arrived at Auschwitz on 3 March 1943 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

A very young boy smiling and standing in a child's bed.

Reposted by Wolfgang Huber

Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 2d

The entrance to the 3-storey bike parking garage at Utrecht Central holding 12,500 bicycles. It’s free for the first 24 hours, linked to the station, and used by tens of thousands every day. This is what happens when a country treats bikes as real transport infrastructure, not an afterthought.

Reposted by Peter Walkenhorst, Wolfgang Huber

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d

We have a US administration trying to bully Ukrainians into accepting Russia’s proposal that their sovereignty be undone. Aside from the naked injustice of this, there are five basic practical reasons why it would make the world far more dangerous.
(video)
snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...

The Putin-Witkoff Plan Worsens the War

Five Reasons the US should not help Russia subjugate Ukraine

snyder.substack.com

Reposted by Wolfgang Huber

Helena Lucia Crowell @helucro.bsky.social · 3d

Many people hours, calls and messages later: OSTA is now “in (pre)print”, though the real thing lives at bioconductor.org/books/OSTA.

Check it out, get in touch. We welcome any feedback, suggestions, wishes (& contributions).

It’s been a joy working with you @estellayixingdong.bsky.social!

Reposted by Wolfgang Huber

Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 3d

It’s misleading that we refer to crazy diplomatic initiatives as “drug deals”, drug deals tend to be very specific, enforceable and realistic

Reposted by Wolfgang Huber

rainbowR @rainbowr.org · 4d

We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Hadley Wickham @hadley.nz as a keynote speaker for the rainbowR conference!

To find out more about the conference, including how to submit a proposal, and to sign-up for updates, see conference.rainbowr.org

Reposted by Wolfgang Huber

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 4d

a year ago the idea of an artificial intelligence chatbot designed to make the richest man in the world sound like a renaissance man no matter what question it was asked would sound like the setup for a black mirror episode.

now its reality.

Reposted by Wolfgang Huber

caixaresearch.bsky.social @caixaresearch.bsky.social · 4d

1/ Cerebral malaria is a severe form of malaria that causes damage to the blood vessels in the brain.

With a #HealthResearch grant, @mariabernabeu.bsky.social uses analytical techniques and human 3D models of blood vessels to ⬆️ our understanding and test new therapies.

https://tinyurl.com/2vtjnwn6

Wolfgang Huber @wkhuber.bsky.social · 5d

There is only one electron:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-ele...

One-electron universe - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Wolfgang Huber @wkhuber.bsky.social · 5d

...means is a conceptual challenge. It requires deep understanding of (multiple) application domains, plus abstraction and extrapolation.

Wolfgang Huber @wkhuber.bsky.social · 5d

This is wild - an open challenge on 'virtual cell' perturbation prediction falls on its face due to flawed metrics:
gmdbioinformatics.substack.com/p/arc-virtua...

Benchmarking is important. It's also difficult. It's not just an engineering challenge. Figuring out what "good performance"...
⬇️

Reposted by Wolfgang Huber

Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · 5d

The 2026 EMBL symposium 'Reconstructing the human past using ancient and modern genomics' is live with a fantastic invited speaker lineup!

Abstract deadline 9 June. If work is ongoing, plan for Heidelberg in September😉.

Organised by Maanasa Raghavan, @matejahajdi.bsky.social, Choongwon Jeong & me.

Reposted by Wolfgang Huber

Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 5d

Day 3 at #BiocInBenin is going strong! 💪🏽
We kicked off with hands-on R/Bioconductor sessions on data handling and reproducible genomics
Today and tomorrow, we dive into the RNA-seq workflow.
Later in the week: “Bring Your Own Data” Day, where participants apply their new skills to their own datasets

Reposted by Wolfgang Huber

EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 5d

Abstract deadline extension alert! 🚨 You now have until 25 November to submit your abstract and be one of 22 selected short talk speakers for #EESCollectivity ➡️ s.embl.org/ees26-01-bl

Explore how collective behaviours arise from fundamental principles across biological systems. 🦠🐒🧬

Reposted by Wolfgang Huber

Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 6d

Just finished 5 days of a work-hard-play-hard event and now find myself physically wrecked but mentally buzzing, just in time for a 2 day project meeting which will reverse this state. This is also an explanation as to why I'm not answering your email.

Reposted by Wolfgang Huber

Giles @gdeejay.bsky.social · 6d

"Did you guys know that during the Trojan war the Greeks noticed that their soldiers would return with wounds to the areas around their shield. At first the Greeks wanted to reinforce the areas around their shield until a brilliant mathematician pointed out that it was wounds of soldiers that MADE IT HOME, so the Greeks should armor the area where they didn't suffer wounds, ie the shield."

Reposted by Wolfgang Huber

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 7d

"Still democracy appears to be safer and less liable to revolution than oligarchy. For in oligarchies there is the double danger of the oligarchs falling out among themselves and also with the people..."

Aristotle, The Politics, Book 5

Reposted by Mary Feeney, Rosemary A. Joyce, Alan Richardson , and 7 more Mary Feeney, Rosemary A. Joyce, Alan Richardson, Margot C. Finn, Wolfgang Huber, Ann Bartow, Joanna L. Grossman, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Melinda Baldwin, Steven H. Seggie

Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 7d

Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”

He will continue teaching.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Reposted by Wolfgang Huber

R Ladies St. Louis @r-ladies-stl.bsky.social · 7d

Hello #rstats! 👋 Do you have an #rstats package or skill or strategy you love and would be willing to share with the @rladies.org community? We are looking 👀 for a couple more speakers 🔊 for the 2025–2026 R-Ladies St. Louis season. Reply here and we will contact you to find a date! 💜 💜 💜

Meme that says "add a small function to working code" "everything completely breaks" "remove all your changes" "code is still broken"

Wolfgang Huber @wkhuber.bsky.social · 8d

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N. Heinzelmann @nheinzelmann.bsky.social · 8d

Please spread the word and/or apply: PhD position in Philosophy, 4 years, fully funded. Deadline: 5 December. More details at www.imseam.uni-heidelberg.de/en/phd-stude...

PhD Student (f/m/d) in Philosophy - Institute for Molecular Systems Engineering and Advanced Materials

PhD Student (f/m/d) in Philosophy

www.imseam.uni-heidelberg.de

Reposted by Wolfgang Huber

N. Heinzelmann @nheinzelmann.bsky.social · 8d

Please spread the word and/or apply: PhD position in Philosophy, 4 years, fully funded. Deadline: 5 December. More details at www.imseam.uni-heidelberg.de/en/phd-stude...

PhD Student (f/m/d) in Philosophy - Institute for Molecular Systems Engineering and Advanced Materials

PhD Student (f/m/d) in Philosophy

www.imseam.uni-heidelberg.de

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Jonathan Hopkin, Adrian Daub , and 2 more Rosemary A. Joyce, Jonathan Hopkin, Adrian Daub, Wolfgang Huber, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

Micah @rincewind.run · 10d

I am well aware that they are and will continue to do massive damage to this country

but does it feel like they’re on a glide path to successful authoritarian consolidation anymore? I submit that it does not

Wolfgang Huber @wkhuber.bsky.social · 10d

This is a case were Costly Signaling Theory applies*:
readers will learn not to pay attention to the literal content, but whether the referee seems to have spent a genuine effort.

*: "high costs to convey information make signals reliable, as only those with quality can afford to signal"

Reposted by Wolfgang Huber

Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 10d

📣 Calling Bioconductor users and developers! 🧬 ✨

Join our new quarterly online seminar series featuring contributor innovations and discussions on package integration. Enjoy 30 minutes of insights, 15 minutes of guided discussion, and 15 minutes of open Q&A. Share questions live or in chat!

Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 10d

Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...

Reposted by Wolfgang Huber

Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 11d

Un gruyère suisse « parfait et inoubliable » sacré champion du monde des fromages

Un gruyère suisse « parfait et inoubliable » sacré champion du monde des fromages

Ce fromage provient de la fromagerie de montagne Vorderfultigen, en Suisse alémanique, spécialisée dans la production de gruyère AOP.

Wolfgang Huber @wkhuber.bsky.social · 12d

The Wikipedia page on Simpson's paradox contains a really nice visualisation of it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson...

Reposted by Wolfgang Huber

Benjamin Haibe-Kains @bhaibeka.bsky.social · 13d

I am honoured to step into the role of @uhn.ca
Executive AI Scientific Director and Co-Director of the
@uhnaihub.bsky.social

This is a major opportunity to accelerate how we bring responsible, transparent and effective AI into patient care, research, education and operations across UHN.