Sarah Williams
swbioinf.bsky.social
Sarah Williams
@swbioinf.bsky.social
Bioinformatician. Brisbane based.
Reposted by Sarah Williams
🧵 PCA is everywhere in bioinformatics—but did you know it’s just SVD in disguise?

1/ If you've done bioinformatics, you've likely used PCA. But did you know Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) is at its core? Let’s break it down. 👇
April 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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🔥New Night Science paper!!
Discovery happens when your initial plans fall apart but it requires you to have a particular mindset: it's not extraverted, orderly, neurotic or agreeable that's the most important – discovery requires an OPENNESS to new ideas and unexpected insights.
April 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Your lab scissors are actually a parafilmase - a highly specialized enzyme that catalyzes the precise cutting of parafilm through a metal-dependent mechanism
February 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM