Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology @ocbe.bsky.social · 7hCéline Cunen of OCBE is on NRK radio's science communication show Abels Tårn. Fun Norwegian-language listening! radio.nrk.no/serie/abels-... 000
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiologypsychometrics, qu'est-ce que c'est? @owenmtthomas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I read Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum by a Foucault's Pendulum in Trondheim, and in the medieval Nidaros cathedral. Here I go into some analytical details about the Jewish numerological traditions explored in the book, also featured in Chaim Potok's The Chosen. owenthomas.no/theoslodispa... 032
Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology @ocbe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Two new posts from OCBE's Matteo D'Alessandro on the newsletter approfondiMente: Freedom and community: two weights on the scales. and What will the economy be like in 2030? approfondimente.substack.com/p/liberta-e-... approfondimente.substack.com/p/come-sara-...approfondimente.substack.comLibertà e comunità: due pesi sulla bilanciaCome possiamo equilibrare il bisogno di comunità, con i vincoli che il condividere ci impone? 001
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiologypsychometrics, qu'est-ce que c'est? @owenmtthomas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026New post from The Oslo Dispatch! Do good books make good film adaptations? I statistically compare ratings between Goodreads and Letterboxd to find out. owenthomas.no/theoslodispa... 012
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyTommi Mäklin @themaklin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I've been working on processing pseudoalignments from different tools to make downstream methods agnostic to the pseudoaligner choice, give it a try if you use themisto / fulgor / etc: docs.rs/ahda Also provides compression, conversion, and set operations.docs.rsahda - Rustahda is a library and a command-line client for: 152
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyBrooke Wolford, PhD @bnwolford.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I’m really honored and excited to serve the ASHG membership on the Board of Directors next year! 061
Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology @ocbe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026OCBE's Are Hugo Pripp is organising a Nordic workshop on AI in statistical advising and analysis on 15 September, i.e. next Tuesday. Look forward to an exciting day full of interesting discussion! www.med.uio.no/imb/english/...med.uio.noNordic workshop on AI in statistical advising and analysis - Institute of Basic Medical SciencesA seminar and workshop on how AI will impact teaching statistics, advising and research methodological in medicine. It is financially supported by incentive funding from Oslo University Hospital. 021
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyOve Øyås 🇺🇦 @oveoyas.bsky.social · 06/09/2026www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comThe evolution of standards in systems biology: From metabolic and multi-scale to whole-cell modelsThe branches of systems biology focusing on mechanistic modeling have worked on standardizing data formats and vocabularies for well over two decades,… 021
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyGerry Tonkin-Hill @gerrythill.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Glad to share StrainSpy, a new method developed by Sudaraka and co which identifies strain-level associations in metagenomics using ANI estimates from tools like Sylph. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgAccurate detection of metagenomic strain-level associations using average nucleotide identity with StrainSpyGenetic variation among microbial strains of the same species can profoundly influence their phenotypes, ecological functions, and impacts on human health. Traditionally, the relative abundance of a s... 12112
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiologypsychometrics, qu'est-ce que c'est? @owenmtthomas.bsky.social · 03/09/2026What can cultural responses to nuclear warfare tell us about how to handle upcoming climate and AI crises? I dwell on that question here, with chief reference to Russell Hoban’s Riddley Walker and Alain Resnais’ Hiroshima, mon Amour. owenthomas.no/theoslodispa... 013
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyOve Øyås 🇺🇦 @oveoyas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comMetaCAT enables reconstruction of high-quality microbial genomes and their association with host traits from metagenomic data - Nature MicrobiologyMetaCAT is a computational framework to assess host–microbiome interaction via a combination of high-accuracy and efficient microbial genome reconstruction and metagenome-wide association studies with... 011
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyStortinget @stortinget.no · 28/08/2026Stortinget har med sorg mottatt budskapet om at Hans Majestet Kong Harald V har gått bort. – Vi har mistet vår folkekjære konge, og hele nasjonen er i sorg. Kong Harald regjerte i tråd med valgspråket «Alt for Norge», sier stortingspresident Masud Gharahkhani. 3338
Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology @ocbe.bsky.social · 21/08/2026OCBE's Matteo D’Alessandro discusses Max Fisher's "The Chaos Machine", which some of our members have read together this year in our departmental book club. approfondimente.substack.com/p/adc-la-mac...approfondimente.substack.comAdC: La Macchina del CaosGli algoritmi social e la psiche umana interagiscono in modo deleterio, e le ripercussioni si manifestano nel sistema democratico. 010
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiologypsychometrics, qu'est-ce que c'est? @owenmtthomas.bsky.social · 20/08/2026The second issue of The Oslo Dispatch answers the question: What is the probability of finding a short text randomly embedded within a longer one? Available now here: owenthomas.no/theoslodispa... 001
Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology @ocbe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Woohoo! 🎉 Very proud of our colleague Jukka Corander at OCBE – Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, who won his third major individual ERC Grant in June. The project is - fittingly - called ACES. Huge congratulations to Jukka and his research group! 👏 👏 👏 www.med.uio.no/imb/english/...med.uio.noReceives 28 million to research antibiotic resistance in E. coli - Institute of Basic Medical SciencesAntibiotic resistance is considered one of the ten greatest global health challenges. Jukka Corander is awarded NOK 28 million to continue investigating how strains of E. coli bacteria compete with on... 050
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyLeiv Rønneberg @ltronneberg.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Excited about this new pre-print with colleagues in Oslo, providing 'posterior'-type uncertainty for kernel density estimators via the Martingale posterior framework. 131
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiologypsychometrics, qu'est-ce que c'est? @owenmtthomas.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Newsletter launched! Fortnightly dispatches on statistics/literature/etc. Available at my website owenthomas.no and directly through subscribing! Inaugural post dissecting sketchy quantitative film criticism. owenthomas.no/theoslodispa...owenthomas.noF/X Scorn: Do Larger Budget Films Have Worse Ratings? — Owen ThomasDavid Foster Wallace’s reactionary Gen X film criticism doesn’t stand up to quantitative analysis. 001
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyRebecca A. Gladstone @becctococcus.bsky.social · 23/07/2026EC-K-Typing v4.0.0 is out! 🧬 The E. coli group 2/3 capsule database now includes 109 K-loci (up from 90), updated phenotype assignments, curated annotations, provenance docs, and a reproducible private-DB builder. github.com/rgladstone/E...github.comRelease EC-K-Typing database v4.0.0 · rgladstone/EC-K-typingEC-K-Typing database v4.0.0 This release expands the group 2 and group 3 reference database from 90 to 109 K-locus records. Database changes Added 16 sequence-defined loci assigned EC-K-Typing ide... 051
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyOve Øyås 🇺🇦 @oveoyas.bsky.social · 06/08/2026www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comGetting over ANOVA: estimation graphics for multi-group comparisons - Nature MethodsNature Methods - Getting over ANOVA: estimation graphics for multi-group comparisons 001
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyOve Øyås 🇺🇦 @oveoyas.bsky.social · 11/08/2026www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgThe MiDAS global genome catalog: 53,501 long-read MAGs representing all core prokaryotic genera in the global activated sludge microbiomeWastewater treatment relies on complex microbial communities, yet existing genome-resolved references for this essential engineered ecosystem remain dominated by short-read assemblies, limiting genome... 073
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyManuela Zucknick @manuelazucknick.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Very happy to announce this upcoming course in Applied Meta-Analysis in R, to be held at OCBE by visiting lecturer Dr Maria Giovanna Scarale (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University)! @achaimani.bsky.social @ocbe.bsky.social www.med.uio.no/imb/english/...med.uio.noApplied Meta-Analysis in R - Institute of Basic Medical SciencesWe are happy to announce this 5-day intensive course in Applied Meta-Analysis in R, held by visiting researcher Dr Maria Giovanna Scarale. The course is aimed at biomedical researchers and PhD candida... 053
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyAndrew Morris @ahmorris.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Now accepting workshop proposals for Oslo Bioinformatics Workshop Week 2025, hosted by @uio.no Dec 8–12, 2025. Explore last year's program: www.mn.uio.no/bils/english.... Submit your proposal here: nettskjema.no/a/539526 Supported by @uio.no, UiO: Life Science, @ncmbm.bsky.social, @ocbe.bsky.socialmn.uio.noOslo Bioinformatics Workshop Week 2024 - Bioinformatics in Life Science – BiLSDecember 9th-13th 2024 will see the third edition of the Oslo Bioinformatics Workshop Week at the University of Oslo, Norway. This event is organised by the Student Committee of the Centre for Bioinfo... 054
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyManuela Zucknick @manuelazucknick.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Kate will also be a lecturer at the upcoming PhD summer school PrefStat in Oslo next week. @valeriavitelli.bsky.social www.integreat.no/events/publi...integreat.noPrefStat 2025: Preference Statistics summer school in Oslo - IntegreatAs part of the PrefStat summer school, Integreat organises 2nd International Summer School on Preference Learning at the University of Oslo. Registration deadline: 2 June 2025 (early bird 30 April) 021
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyManuela Zucknick @manuelazucknick.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Wonderful Kate Lee (profiles.auckland.ac.nz/kate-lee) presenting our last OCBE Biostatistical Seminar this semester right now about Generalised Bayesian Inference and how to do more robist inference with model specifications. @ocbe.bsky.social www.med.uio.no/imb/english/... 343
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyMarit B. Veierød @maritbveierod.bsky.social · 19/06/2025The nice weather continues in Oslo - today is the traditional summer party in the research group for occupational/environmental epidemiology Cancer Registry of Norway @ocbe.bsky.social 241
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyMarit B. Veierød @maritbveierod.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Last Epistat group meeting before summer - outdoors! @ocbe.bsky.social 241
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyManuela Zucknick @manuelazucknick.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Huge congratulations, Arnoldo @frigessi.bsky.social! Absolutely great that statistics is so much at the centre of AI research in Norway, already now with Integreat and now even more. Looking forward for our @ocbe.bsky.social to participate in this adventure. 😊 www.titan.uio.no/teknologi/20...titan.uio.noKI-milliarden er delt ut. Arnoldo Frigessis TRUST får 200 millioner kroner - Titan.uio.noStatsminister Jonas Gahr Støre delte ut 1,2 milliarder kroner til seks forskningssentre. To av sentrene skal ledes fra Universitetet i Oslo. 251
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyManuela Zucknick @manuelazucknick.bsky.social · 12/06/2025@ocbe.bsky.social 021
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyJessica Calland @jesscalland.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Overjoyed to have received one of the FRIPRO Young Talent grants from the Norwegian research council to investigate the effects of hospitalisation on Klebsiella colonisation! 🎉🥳 www.med.uio.no/imb/om/aktue...med.uio.noTildelt ti millioner for å forske på Klebsiella - Institutt for medisinske basalfagBakterien Klebsiella kan gi lungebetennelse og blodforgiftning, og mange får den mens de er innlagt på sykehus. Nå får Jessica Calland ti millioner fra NFRs FRIPRO for å forske på den lumske bakterien... 182
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyManuela Zucknick @manuelazucknick.bsky.social · 11/06/2025This is already the second such grant this year (both from Jukka Corander’s group), and the third FRIPRO grant in 2025. 3 out of 3 for @ocbe.bsky.social ! 😊 021
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyManuela Zucknick @manuelazucknick.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Congratulations to our own fantastic Jessica Calland @ocbe.bsky.social for receiving the prestigious FRIPRO Young Talents grant from the Norwegian Research Council! 🎉 She will continue her work identifying drivers of Klebsiella colonisation in critically ill patients. www.med.uio.no/imb/om/aktue...med.uio.noTildelt ti millioner for å forske på Klebsiella - Institutt for medisinske basalfagBakterien Klebsiella kan gi lungebetennelse og blodforgiftning, og mange får den mens de er innlagt på sykehus. Nå får Jessica Calland ti millioner fra NFRs FRIPRO for å forske på den lumske bakterien... 2112
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyManuela Zucknick @manuelazucknick.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Thanks for a fantastic first day at www.nbbc2025.com here in Oslo organised by my wonderful colleagues @ocbe.bsky.social! Great talks, interesting chats during breaks and wonderful to catch up with old friends and new contacts! Looking forward to tomorrow!nbbc2025.comNordic-Baltic Biometric Conference 2025 (NBBC 2025)The Nordic-Baltic Region of the International Biometric Society welcomes you to the 10th Nordic-Baltic Biometric Conference! The conference will take place June 10-12, 2025, at the University of Oslo... 061
Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology @ocbe.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Don’t miss the May OCBE newsletter with publications about physical activity and cancer, results of rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials and much more www.med.uio.no/imb/english/...med.uio.noOCBE newsletter, May 2025 - Institute of Basic Medical SciencesThis month we showcase recent publications on physical activity in cancer patients, results of rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials and much more. 120
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyValeria Vitelli @valeriavitelli.bsky.social · 27/05/2025JOBS ALERT! PhD position & 3-y postdoc position in statistics within my research group at @ocbe.bsky.social @uio.no Both are linked to a project funded from the Research Council of Norway on Integrative Bayesian clustering for high-dim data in omics Deadline: 13 June 2025 More info & links below! 2109
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyManuela Zucknick @manuelazucknick.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Only 4 days left to the deadline: Become our new colleague as associate professor in biostatistical machine learning at Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology @ocbe.bsky.social and our Centre of Knowledge-driven Machine Learning Integreat! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...jobbnorge.noAssociate Professor at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (276924) | University of OsloJob title: Associate Professor at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (276924), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, May 18, 2025 0118
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyMarit B. Veierød @maritbveierod.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Join us in beautiful Oslo! Associate Professor @ocbe.bsky.social @uio.no Deadline May 18th www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...jobbnorge.noAssociate Professor at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (276924) | University of OsloJob title: Associate Professor at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (276924), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, May 18, 2025 0715
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyManuela Zucknick @manuelazucknick.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Tomorrow last day for early-bird registration to PrefStat 2025, 2nd International Summer School on Preference Learning for Ranking and Ordinal Data (www.prefstat.org)! In Oslo, 30.06 – 04.07. Register here: www.integreat.no/events/publi... @valeriavitelli.bsky.social @ocbe.bsky.social @uio.noprefstat.org 053
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyManuela Zucknick @manuelazucknick.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Find out about new publications from my fantastic colleagues in our new @ocbe.bsky.social newsletter! And follow us all by following our starter pack: go.bsky.app/6bqMnLQbsky.app 021
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyJon Michael Gran @jmgran.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Open permanent position as researcher in causal inference for infectious diseases at the Norwegian Institute for Public Health! Deadline May 16. www.finn.no/job/fulltime...finn.noResearcher with statistical competence in causal inference for infectious disease | FINN.noThe Section for Modelling and Bioinformatics, in the Department of Method Development and Analytics, is recruiting a researcher for a permanent position. In 0134
Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology @ocbe.bsky.social · 25/04/2025We have started a new monthly newsletter, the OCBE newsletter!!! where will be showcasing our recent publications and other relevant news. Check out the first edition here: www.med.uio.no/imb/english/...med.uio.noOCBE newsletter, April 2025 - Institute of Basic Medical SciencesWelcome to the OCBE newsletter! This month we showcase our recent publications on environmental exposures and cancer risk, drug repurposing, bacterial DNA sequencing and much more. 082
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyAlvaro Köhn-Luque @alvarokohn.bsky.social · 09/04/2025On my way to @princetonupress.bsky.social to speak in a workshop on Machine learning for Clinical Research hosted by Olga Troyanskaya and Vessela Kristensen at Princeton Precision Health pph.princeton.edu/events/2025/... pph.princeton.edu/events/2025/... @ocbe.bsky.socialpph.princeton.eduMachine Learning In Clinical Research Workshop - Day 2PPH Visiting Faculty Scholar Vessela Kristensen is hosting a workshop on Machine Learning in Clinical Research on Thursday, April 10 and Friday, April 11, in Carl Icahn Lab and at 252 Nassau Street. F... 041
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyELLIS @ellis.eu · 04/04/2025🏹 Job alert: Associate Professor in Machine Learning for Biomedical Application The @ocbe.bsky.social seeks experts in statistical machine learning with a strong interest in medical applications. This is a permanent, tenured position. 📍 Oslo 🔗 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... ➡️ by May 18jobbnorge.noAssociate Professor at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (276924) | University of OsloJob title: Associate Professor at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (276924), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, May 18, 2025 043
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyAlvaro Köhn-Luque @alvarokohn.bsky.social · 02/04/2025I am very excited to start my new roles as associate professor @uio.no @ocbe.bsky.social and group leader at the Oslo University Hospital (Departmemt of Medical Genetics). This would have not been possible without the support and help of all my mentors, colleagues and collaborators. Thank you all! 161
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyMarit B. Veierød @maritbveierod.bsky.social · 28/03/20253-year PhD position @ocbe.bsky.social in beautiful Oslo. We are looking for a highly motivated PhD candidate interested in statistial applications and occupational epidemiological research Join our team! Deadline: April 21 More information: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...jobbnorge.noPhD Research Fellow in Epidemiology (278150) | University of OsloJob title: PhD Research Fellow in Epidemiology (278150), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, April 21, 2025 093
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyManuela Zucknick @manuelazucknick.bsky.social · 28/03/2025This is interesting! @ocbe.bsky.social 072
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyMarit B. Veierød @maritbveierod.bsky.social · 24/03/2025A Bayesian Belief Network model to predict CVD in subjects with T1D, from our Horizon 2020 collaboration Ornella Moro Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Norwegian Centre for E-Health Research UiT The Arctic University of Norway @ocbe.bsky.social IUIBS www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comA Bayesian Belief Network model for the estimation of risk of cardiovascular events in subjects with type 1 diabetesCardiovascular diseases (CVDs) represent a major risk for people with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Our aim here is to develop a new methodology that overcom… 031
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyAlvaro Köhn-Luque @alvarokohn.bsky.social · 21/03/2025What is the difference between PINNs, Universal PINNs, Neural Differential Equations (DEs) and Universal DEs? Don’t miss this blog post that I wrote with a bunch of amazing colleagues from a #MechanisticLearning workshop in Canada mathematical-oncology.org/blog/learnin... @ocbe.bsky.socialmathematical-oncology.orgLearning Dynamics with Neural Networksmathematical-oncology.org 1164
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyManuela Zucknick @manuelazucknick.bsky.social · 20/03/2025My fantastic colleagues! 💪 @ocbe.bsky.social reseacher Niki Marjerrison is studying cancer risks for firemen. 071
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyMarit B. Veierød @maritbveierod.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Kreftregisteret @ocbe.bsky.social www.med.uio.no/imb/english/...med.uio.noDo firefighters get prostate cancer because of their work? - Institute of Basic Medical SciencesWhen it comes to lung cancer, we know of more than 30 substances that are carcinogenic. But when researchers began investigating why there is a higher incidence of prostate cancer in firefighters, the... 061
Reposted by Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and EpidemiologyManuela Zucknick @manuelazucknick.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Welcome to BlueSky from @ocbe.bsky.social ! 📊🧬🧑💻 031