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Vasant Marur

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A Bionformatician turned into a data scientist. I help scientists analyze fluorescence microscopy images with deep learning to find new new medicines at Merck

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Vasant Marur

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Might be a fun exercise to compare the outputs of each of these

Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 5d

Science in 2025

November 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM

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Kevin Patrick O'Brien

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User! Conference 2026 will take place in Warsaw, Poland 🇵🇱

Provisional dates: Dates Monday 6th July to Thu 9th July 2026.

Hope to see you all there.

#rstats #user2025 #warsaw

Alt text: A vibrant, stylized nighttime cityscape symbolizing Warsaw, Poland, host of the UseR! 2026 Conference. A glowing river winds through the city, bordered by illuminated buildings that blend modern skyscrapers with traditional European architecture. The deep blue sky sparkles with stars and celestial bodies, and a large moon-like orb at the center displays a bold letter "R"—a nod to the R programming language, widely used for statistical computing, data analysis, and visualization. The image’s rich blues and warm yellows evoke both innovation and cultural heritage. The UseR! Conference series is the premier international gathering for R users and developers, fostering collaboration, sharing cutting-edge research, and promoting open-source tools. This artistic depiction captures the excitement and creativity of the global R community coming together in Warsaw for learning, networking, and advancing data science.

August 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM

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Julia Silge

@juliasilge.com

It was such a pleasure to speak today at #PositConf2025 about how BADLY 😱 it went when I tried to learn Python ~10 years ago, and how tooling in the ecosystem has changed (gotten better!) in the intervening decade.

You can check out my slides at:
juliasilge.github.io/get-unstuck-...

How I got unstuck with Python

juliasilge.github.io

September 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM

Vasant Marur

@vasantmarur.bsky.social

At a talk on failures at #positconf2025 by Laura Gast I learnt about how aspartame was discovered accidentally 🤯 read this article to learn more www.saveur.com/artificial-s....