Ten networking strategies for community managers
The goal of this blog post is to provide community managers with a few strategies for foster relationships within scientific communities to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information.
22 Apr 2019
Open-source style community engagement for the Data Commons Pilot Phase Consortium
This blog post discusses how we are building an open community around a larger goal of making big data more findable and usable to accelerate biomedical discovery. I wrote it at the very beginning of my first postdoctoral scholar position at UC Davis.
29 May 2018
CarpentryCon West 2018
A community gathering of Data, Software, and Library Carpenters in sunny Davis, CA. For details visit: http://ivory.idyll.org/dibsi/CarpentryConWest.html
06 May 2018
Increasing transparency in postdoc hiring and on-boarding
A brief summary of the interview process for my postdoc with Titus Brown. Highlights include: collaborative documents for interview questions, salary negotiations, and science communication
02 May 2018
Timeline for the Data Carpentry & Software Carpentry Reorganization
This is something I wrote about the future of the Carpentries during the merger between Data Carpentry & Software Carpentry. I was a secretary on the board and also involved with instructor training and lesson translations.
17 Jun 2017
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Using recount3 to query public RNA-seq datasets
The recount3 package enables access to a large amount of uniformly processed RNA-seq data from humans and mice. This tool makes it easy to reproduce published analyses or create a meta-analysis from multiple datasets. In this post, I provide the code I used to explore human heart data from the Gene Expression Tissue Database and to reproduce an analysis of mouse hippocampus data from the Sequence Read Archive.
12 Jan 2022
Why aren't there more part-time positions in academia?
I left academia for a year, and it changed how I think about the 'leaky pipeline' in STEM. This blog post is a data-supported rant I wrote right before returning back to a post doc position after a one-year hiatus.
07 Oct 2021
Surviving the post-doc years with part-time jobs
As a post-doctoral scholar, I aimed to work for 40 hours a week on research on projects. I rarely working overtime as is often recommended. Instead, I volunteered and worked seasonal jobs on the side. These part-time jobs have improved my quality of life and been a source of professional development. In this post, I'll talk about some of the things I've learned at what it means for my future career.
11 Dec 2020
Using R to analyze and visualize tweets from SACNAS
This blog post explains how I use R to analyze Twitter data to gain a better understanding of who is tweeting at conferences and how impactful those tweets are. I hope you find this explanation useful and that it inspires you to conduct your own analyses of Twitter data.
07 Nov 2019
Bar plots as Venn diagram alternatives
With this blog post, my goal is to demonstrate how scientists can to use bar charts instead of Venn diagrams to communicate empirical results in an easy-to-reproduce manner.
07 May 2019
Musings and Music about Moving to Californ-i-a
That's right. After living in Austin, Texas for 15-ish years, I'm moving to Davis, California to continue my postdoctoral research. Here are some musings some musings about my move and a playlist.
04 Mar 2019
How my father shaped my career before and after his death
This post is a Father's Day reflection. I read a lot of posts where male academics write about their fathers scholarly influence, so I thought is would be fun to write something from a similar but different experience.
12 Jun 2018
Reproducible Data-Driven Discovery
Report back from the Curriculum Development Hackathon for Reproducible Research using Jupyter Notebooks and the Moore Foundation Early Career Researcher Symposium Control
24 Feb 2017
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Usando R para analizar y visualizar tweets de SACNAS
Esta publicación de blog explica cómo uso R para analizar los datos de Twitter para comprender mejor quién está tuiteando en las conferencias y cuán impactantes son esos tweets. Espero que encuentre útil esta explicación y que lo inspire a realizar sus propios análisis de los datos de Twitter.
08 Nov 2019
Teaching Philosophy
Lake Tahoe Community College (LTCC) has established a Cultural Fluency Teaching Academy (Academy) for faculty to participate in a 9-month (3 quarters) program to deepen their understanding of best practices in culturally responsive pedagogy. Participating faculty will be supported in using qualitative and quantitative research to evaluate the impact of changes on student retention and success,with a specific focus on diverse and traditionally underserved student populations. This is the teaching philosophy statement I wrote as part of my application to participate.
28 Jun 2024
Building computers for remote teaching
When I was young, my dad used our living room to build custom computers for designing off-shore drilling rigs. Now I work from home building computers for scientific discovery and data analysis. How did I get here?
21 Jul 2022
Video tutorial: how to GitHub notifications
Have you ever wondered: I'm missing information, how do I get notified of things? These notifications aren't useful, how do I turn them off? Is so, this video is for you!
17 May 2018
Yoga on the Beach 9 - Balance
The theme of today's class is 'Balance' and included a meditation and asans to bring aware to balance in mind, body, and spirit.
26 Jul 2024
Stand Up Paddle Yoga 4 - Balance
The theme of today's class is 'Balance' and included a meditation and asans to bring aware to balance in mind, body, and spirit.
20 Jul 2024
Yoga on the Beach 8 - Balance
The theme of today's class is 'Balance' and included a meditation and asans to bring aware to balance in mind, body, and spirit.
20 Jul 2024
Stand Up Paddle Yoga 3 - Family
The theme of this class is 'Family' and includes partner poses and glances to build connection to one another.
14 Jul 2024
Yoga on the Beach 7 - Family
The theme of today's class is 'Family' and includes partner poses and glances to build connection to one another.
13 Jul 2024
Mindful Yoga in the Mountains
A mountain top yoga class in Tahoe Meadows, NV designed for a younger audience with a focus on movement, breath, and mindfulness.
12 Jul 2024
Stand Up Paddle Yoga 2 - Hip Opening
The theme of this class is the Sacral Chakra. The sequence includes hip-opening postures such as modified Warrior II and Star poses.
07 Jul 2024
Stand Up Paddle Yoga 1 - SUP Basics
This is my first time teaching SUP yoga! This class provides an introduction to SUP yoga and focuses on grounding poses to build confidence and stability on the water.
30 Jun 2024
Yoga on the Beach 4 - Fire Chakra
This class focuses around the Solar Plexus or Fire Chakra. The sequence is designed to cultivate the fire within you.
22 Jun 2024
Yoga on the Beach 3 - Fire Chakra
This class focuses around the Solar Plexus or Fire Chakra. The sequence is designed to cultivate the fire within you.
15 Jun 2024
Yoga on the Beach 2 - Sacral Chakra
The theme of this class is the the Sacral Chakra. The sequence includes many hip-opening postures such as Warrior II and Godess pose.
08 Jun 2024
Mindful Yoga on the Beach
A beach yoga class in Carnelian Bay designed for a younger audience with a focus on movement, breath, and mindfulness.
06 Jun 2024
Yoga for Joy and Peace
A 30 minute yoga sequence I co-wrote as part of my yoga instructor training certification.
27 Jan 2024
3rd Chakra Fire Yoga
A 15 minute asana sequence to build inner fire and strength. I wrote and taught this sequence as part of my yoga instructor training certification.
04 Dec 2023
Birthday Beach Yoga and Breathwork
For my 40th birthday I organized a beach yoga class. The playlist was designed to bring awareness to the breath and the beauty of nature. It was awesome!
08 Oct 2023
Saturday Lakefront Yoga
A lakefront top yoga class on King's Beach designed for a younger audience with a focus on movement, breath, and mindfulness.
26 Aug 2023
Friday Mountain Top Yoga
A mountain top yoga class in Tahoe Meadows, NV designed for a younger audience with a focus on movement, breath, and mindfulness.
25 Aug 2023