Cris Van Hout

New semester, new bluesky account!
We start this new semester at UNAM welcoming new and current students of the Genomic Sciences Undergraduate Program at UNAM in Juriquilla!

Reviewer notes: That’s a very nice mediation analysis you have there. It would be a shame if something happened to it. Mediation analysis has gotten a lot of flak, including classic titles such as “Yes, but what’s the mechanism? (Don’t expect an easy answer)” (Bullock et al., 2010), “What mediation analysis can (not) ...

New blog post! In which I explain the issue with mediation analysis and sketch out one way to deal with the underlying causal inference problem -- in just a bit over 1,000 words!

If you have never found the time to read up on this, now is your chance.

www.the100.ci/2025/03/20/r...

A silly post about Groundhog Day

La plus ça change...

Apply to be an Opportunity Scholar at posit::conf(2025) - Posit We are excited to announce Posit will provide 40 Opportunity Scholarships so they can attend posit::conf(2025) in Atlanta, Georgia.

We’re thrilled to offer Opportunity Scholarships for posit::conf(2025)!

These aim to support folks typically underrepresented at similar confs.

If you know anyone who'd be a good candidate – perhaps you! – apply by Feb 21: pos.it/opp-scholar-2025

#DataScience #positconf2025 #rstats #pydata

Looking without bias is very hard to do. We want to “let the data do the talking” but data must be interpreted against backgrounds that are not bias-free.
I want to tell you about an experiment showing how when looking at a plot, we come with bias that frames our perception.🧵⬇️

This is superior to the Simpsons paradox example I used to use in my class. ( Gotta update some slides now...)

🐳+R = ❤️
If you want to learn how to dockerize your R development environment, here are some tutorials I created in the past year 🧶👇🏼 1/5

#Docker #RStats #DataScience #MLOps

Woohoo, our paper is live!

This haiku summarizes it best:

Raw model results?
Stop! Hard to understand! Use
{marginaleffects}

Using this website to follow people I didn't realize are on here. Just found @harmitmalik.bsky.social!

bsky-follow-finder.theo.io

We are thrilled to announce that we have a new @posit.co Starter Pack, thanks to @jeremy-data.bsky.social!

Find and follow Posit people here: go.bsky.app/RxAPkGi

I made a starter pack full of statistical genetics (adjacent) scientists. it covers all flavours of behaviour, psychiatric, social science and population genetics people. One click follow all of em! let me know if I missed key people!

Starter Packs feels a bit like making a mixtape to this 80s kid...

I ran into the max number pretty fast so apologies to anyone I missed and I'll have to make a Volume II!: go.bsky.app/2ZUFQtv

Note, 'Subscribing' to a block list does what you want it to do, with the option to mass block or mute.

🚨🪅 Registration is NOW OPEN for our Symposium on Ancient Pathogen Genomics! 🦠🧬 Join us on April 12-13 2025 in Juriquilla, Mexico. Featuring top speakers & great science in a beautiful venue! Plz RT !
liigh.unam.mx/apg/ 🪅🚨

Looks cool, but nah, they were mostly ephemeral anyway.

En vérité, je ne songeais guère à faire ni comme les autres ni autrement qu'eux. Je désirais sincèrement de faire ce qui était bien. -J.J.R.
(Deleting bird footprints and couldn't stand to send it to the abyss. One of my favorites from way back in undergrad.)

Why support platforms that support misinformation and hate? We vote on ballots, with $, our feet, and our posts.

This is why we all set up profiles last year.

Hi everyone!

Here's a starter pack of genomics scientists trained in Mexico 🇲🇽 including from #LCG-UNAM #LCG-EJ-UNAM undergrads, #RMB / #NNB-UNAM / @cdsbmexico.bsky.social workshops, and more

It's in an early stage and I'm trying to get more to join us here at #AcademicSky

go.bsky.app/5bWBN5V

Vea mas: liigh.unam.mx/cvanhout/ind...

Job description for genetic epidemiology post doctoral position at the LIIGH National Autonomous University of Mexico.

Te interesa realizar estancia postdoctoral sobre #epidemiologia #genomica en el
@LIIGH_UNAM

@UNAM_MX
utilizando datos del estudio genómico más grande de México. Contáctanos! #posdoctoral #postdoc #liigh

LOOK AT THIS FIGURE: human cell types by count and biomass.

80% of the cells in your body are Red Blood Cells (RBCs), meaning a statistically "average" human cell contains no DNA. Nuclei are the EXCEPTION, not the rule.

From a biomass perspective, muscle myocytes are half your cellular mass.

How's Your BS Detector? | UW College of Arts & Sciences Frustrated to see misleading information published as fact, professors Carl Bergstrom (Biology) and Jevin West (Information School) created a wildly popular UW course and book, Calling Bullshit."

A very well written story about the Calling Bullshit course I teach with @jevinwest.bsky.social at the UW.

https://artsci.washington.edu/news/2023-09/hows-your-bs-detector

Martin Turpin: ‘Bullshitting is human nature in its honest and naked form’ The cognitive scientist explains the link between intelligence and telling fibs – and why lying is such a common form of communication in fields from art to politics

Martin Turpin: ‘Bullshitting is human nature in its honest and naked form' www.theguardian.com/science/2021...

Mexico's Supreme Court, while slow, is at least headed in the same direction as human rights. 🙄 SCOTUS? 🙄 Minority rule will not last. www.theguardian.com/world/2023/s...

a portrait of Tenochtitlan a 3D reconstruction of the capital of the Aztec Empire

This is so impressive: a 3d rendering of Tenochtitlán based on a year and a half of work

Know an excellent student from a developing country who wishes to do research in the US? The Schlumberger Foundation 2024-2025 Faculty for the Future Fellowships for Women in STEM is open.
Award: $25K-$50K for grad student, $40K for postdoc
#neurogrants
www.facultyforthefuture.net/about-program/

This is absolutely gorgeous and kinda kind-blowing. A reconstruction of the great city of Tenochtitlán. tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl

El Ángel de la Independencia tenía una granja, ee-ay-ee-ay-oo. #CDMX