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François Michonneau

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👨‍💻 Solutions Engineer @posit.co 🧑‍🏫 Previously Voltron Data, The Carpentries 🌍 Global, remote, inclusive leadership 📈 Empowering others to get the most out of their data 📦 #Rstats developer 🏡 Bed & Breakfast host

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The Carpentries @carpentries.carpentries.org · 21/09/2026
⏰ Could you be our next Carpentries Board Director? We are inviting community members to self-nominate for up to 4 community-elected Board seats. We are looking for expertise in tech, financial sustainability, partnerships, and global contexts. Nominations close on 9 Oct 2026 (AoE)
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Carlos Scheidegger @cscheid.net · 10/09/2026
quarto-hub is really coming together, y'all! I'm so excited to share some of this with you at conf next week. Check out our upcoming collaborative wysiwyg editor working on a fully-styled Quarto 2 page:
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Posit @posit.co · 11/09/2026
Virtual workshop registration for posit::conf(2026) closes tonight at midnight. A three-hour hands-on intro to Positron, Posit's new AI-ready code editor for R and Python. Three time slots, no installation required. $99 add-on to the virtual pass. posit.co/conference
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The Carpentries @carpentries.carpentries.org · 07/09/2026
📣 Want to help shape the future of The Carpentries? Community members can now self-nominate for up to 4 community-elected seats on the Board of Directors. 🗓️ Nominations close on 9 October 2026 (AoE). 👉 carpentries.org/blog/2026/09...
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Nominate Yourself to Join The Carpentries Board of Directors
Carpentries leaders are needed! Do you have: A desire to join Carpentries leaders from around the world in shaping the future of The Carpentries and assuring our continued success? A desire to expand…
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The R Consortium is now accepting submissions for the second 2026 technical grant cycle. We fund projects that strengthen R’s technical and social infrastructure! Applications close Oct 1, 2026 Submit your proposal: r-consortium.org/posts/r-cons... #rstats #opensource #grants
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Posit @posit.co · 31/08/2026
Can't get to Houston? The posit::conf(2026) virtual pass streams every keynote and session Sept 15 - 16, plus talk tracks on the 14th. New this year: live captioning in FR, DE, IT, PT, ES. From $99, free needs-based tickets available. conf.posit.co
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The Carpentries @carpentries.carpentries.org · 14/08/2026
📣 Interested in helping shape the future of The Carpentries? Join us next week to explore what it means to serve on the Board of Directors, why community voices matter in governance, and how board service is an impactful way to contribute to The Carpentries' mission. Details for sessions below.
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Ryan Johnson @ryjohnson09.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Interested in giving Positron a try? 🚀 We just launched a free, self-paced learning path covering: 🔹 UI navigation 🔹 Working with data 🔹 Running & managing code 👉 Start here: academy.posit.co/path/introdu... #DataScience #Positron #RStats #Python
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François Michonneau @francoismichonneau.net · 04/08/2026
Kick-off posit::conf with me. I'm teaching a virtual workshop about Positron on September 14 at 8am UTC. conf.posit.co/2026/sessions/
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posit::conf(2026)
A polyglot community of innovators and transformers. Learn, grow, and connect with a global community of data scientists at our annual data science conference.
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Julia Silge @juliasilge.com · 13/07/2026
The latest release of #Positron went out last week, and I am so pleased to share what's in it! 🥳 Some big features we've been working on for a while (the editor for `.ipynb` notebooks, the Packages pane, Posit Assistant) all came out of preview this month: opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-07...
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Positron July Release Highlights
Highlights from the 2026.07 release of Positron, including the new Notebook editor, Packages pane, and Posit Assistant all reaching general availability.
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isabel z @isabelizimm.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The latest release of Positron leverages `uv` to make getting started with Python as easy as a single click 👾 I wrote up a lil blog post on the places Positron elevates `uv` to help with Python workflows. You can read it here: opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-07...
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Positron + uv: Python setup in one click
Exploring the Positron features that use uv to enable Python installation and management.
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Christophe Dervieux @cderv.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Good news for Europe: posit::conf's virtual pass now includes auto-subtitles in French, Spanish, Portuguese, German & Italian 🎉 Plus a virtual workshop on 9/14, multiple time slots, and recordings within hours — easy to catch afternoon US sessions next morning. Join us virtually!
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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 23/06/2026
Do you love maps? Of course you do! With the latest release of #ggsql we now support spatial plotting directly from your database. As a cherry on top, the release also provides powerful in-layer aggregation. Read all about it on the blog
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ggsql 0.4.1: Spatial plotting and in-layer aggregation
ggsql 0.4.1 adds support for spatial plotting and data aggregation within layers. Read all about the new features in this release post.
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Posit @posit.co · 16/06/2026
Organizing a community data science event or workshop? Posit wants to help! If you need event funding, awesome swag, social media signal boosts, or guest speakers/mentors, please reach out. Learn more: opensource.posit.co/about/commun...
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Community event and initiative support
Posit is committed to supporting the open-source community through conferences, community events, and educational initiatives. The wide adoption of open-source tools depends on the people who organize...
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Toby Hodges @tobyhodges.carpentries.org · 19/06/2026
Thread of several new things from @carpentries.carpentries.org this week, all related to genAI. 1. We have launched a bonus module to Instructor Training, GenAI in Workshops. carpentries.org/blog/2026/06...
The Carpentries GenAI in Workshops: empowering instructors to engage with learners about AI chatbot use in workshops. 
Impacts of the training:
Understanding genAI's impact: recognise the challenges and opportunities genAI presents to learners.
Facilitating meaningful conversations: engage learners in open, critical discussions about genAI chatbot use.
Support genAI-informed learners: apply effective strategies to maximise learning in the presence of AI tools.

Target audience: the one-day bonus module is designed for certified carpentries instructors and anyone who has completed the Carpentries' Learner-Centered Teaching program, and who are noticing AI chatbot tools such as ChatGPT, Clause, and Gemini appear in their workshops and classrooms.
Through hands-on exercises and expert-led discussions grounded in the foundational principles of Instructor Training, participants leave with practical strategies to maximise learning and confidently guide novice learners in a genAI-present classroom.
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Jesse Casman @jcasman.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Free full workshop video now available. Garrett Grolemund shows how to use AI + R with health data in Positron, including Quarto reports, dashboards, Shiny apps, and QueryChat. r-consortium.org/webinars/use... #rstats @posit.co
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François Michonneau @francoismichonneau.net · 03/06/2026
If you want to learn more Positron, we have some free live training session coming up, including one tomorrow June 4th. In about 90 minutes you'll get to try out the AI features that make data science faster. Register on the new Posit Academy site: academy.posit.co/positron-ai-...
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Positron AI Workshop
Learn the basics of the Positron IDE and get hands-on with its various AI features to seamlessly import, clean, and analyze data.
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Libby Heeren @libbyheeren.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Learn all about PARQUET FILES 😍 on the #DSLab with us! TOMORROW, TUESDAY JUNE 2ND! WITH NIC CRANE! ( @niccrane.bsky.social) 12PM ET / 9AM PT REGISTER: pos.it/dslab #databs #rstats #pydata #CAPSLOCK
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Institute for Research Software @softwaresaved.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
🛠️ The Carpentries is hosting a new series of GenAI + Teaching Discussions, bringing educators together to share their experiences. The first call will take place on Thursday 18 June. Find out more and register at www.software.ac.uk/news/genai-t...
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Posit @posit.co · 01/06/2026
Posit Academy is live. Free courses, hands-on labs, and guided Apprenticeships built for Posit tools. A path for every kind of learner. 👉 academy.posit.co #RStats #PositAcademy
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
R/Medicine 2026 covers R being used across the full health data workflow - from clinical data entry and REDCap pipelines to reproducible reporting, large-scale analysis, and AI-assisted tools. Register today! rconsortium.github.io/RMedicine_we... #rstats #clinicaltrials #healthdata #datascience
R/Medicine 2026, May 5-8, 2026, virtual conference
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Posit @posit.co · 08/04/2026
We are thrilled to announce that Positron Server is now available for academic use via JupyterHub! This gives students a robust #RStats & #Python data science IDE without needing a local install or new infrastructure. Learn more: positron.posit.co/blog/posts/2...
Positron plus JupyterHub logo, with the Posit logo in the corner.
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Carlos Scheidegger @cscheid.net · 06/04/2026
And another Quarto announcement; I've alluded to it before, but we're making it "official". We've started work on Quarto 2. The blog post has an overview: quarto.org/docs/blog/po... We'll share more in future blog posts, but here's what you can expect from the Quarto 2 dev effort: (1/)
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What’s next: Quarto 2 – Quarto
We’ve started working on quarto-dev/q2, a full rewrite of Quarto in Rust.
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Maëlle Salmon @masalmon.eu · 27/02/2026
New post: Zut, Git ! Porting {saperlipopette} to the terminal with Claude masalmon.eu/2026/02/27/z...
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Zut, Git ! Porting {saperlipopette} to the terminal with Claude · Maëlle's R Blog
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Posit @posit.co · 27/02/2026
The future of #DataScience is at #positconf 2026. Check out our keynote lineup: Wes McKinney: Future of high-performance computing Christine Zhang: Data storytelling at NY Times Emily Riederer: Scaling open-source at Capital One Sara Altman & Simon Couch: AI-driven workflows Register: pos.it/conf
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Matheus Januario @mjanuario.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
🚨New paper + software Folks I want to introduce #evolved —our R package for teaching evolutionary biology through inquiry-based learning. For undergrad + grad courses. 🧬💻 Paper link: doi.org/10.21105/jos... #RStats #Evolution #STEMEducation #activelearning
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evolved: open software for teaching evolutionary biology through virtual inquiries
Januario et al., (2026). evolved: open software for teaching evolutionary biology through virtual inquiries. Journal of Open Source Education, 9(96), 300, https://doi.org/10.21105/jose.00300
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rainbowR @rainbowr.org · 02/02/2026
📣 registration for the rainbowR conference is now live 🎉 The conference is for anyone interested in R and/or analysing data to understand LGBTQ+ issues. The majority of speakers and workshop leaders are LGBTQ+, but you do not have to be LGBTQ+ to attend. pretix.eu/rainbowr/con... #RStats #LGBTQ
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rainbowR Conference 2026
Feb. 25 – 26, 2026
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Sara Altman @sara-altman.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
In this week's newsletter, @simonpcouch.com and I share some interesting tidbits from Claude's constitution, an estimate of the electricity use of coding agents, and an update on our plot interpretation work.
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François Michonneau @francoismichonneau.net · 11/12/2025
The Advent of SQL has started 🎄 This year it's hosted by "Database School" and requires signing up: databaseschool.com/series/adven... I'll be solving the challenges using #DuckDB and my solutions for the first two days are up on my website: francoismichonneau.net/2025/12/adve...
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 24/09/2025
Did you know there are two contests happening right now? ✨ 📊 Table Contest: use any #RStats or #Python package. 📈 Plotnine Contest: use the Plotnine #Python package. Show off your skills, share your work, and earn some well-deserved open-source cred! Learn more: posit.co/blog/announc...
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rainbowR @rainbowr.org · 22/09/2025
📣We're hosting a rainbowR conference, to connect and promote LGBTQ+ people in the #RStats community and to showcase examples of working with LGBTQ+ data 🌈🎉 To help us plan, if you'd be interested in attending or speaking, please fill in this very short form (1-2 mins) docs.google.com/forms/d/1Tx0...
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Interested in a rainbowR Conference?
rainbowR (https://rainbowr.org) is hosting a virtual conference (tentative date: February 26, 2026). The aim of the conference is to connect and promote LGBTQ+ people in the R community, and to showca...
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Renata Avila @avilarenata.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
At @okfn.bsky.social we are looking for a short-term R Developer. The work is exciting and important, advancing a humanitarian mission! Apply or share with others!
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Senior R Developer – Jobs & Opportunities – Open Knowledge Foundation
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Charlie Gao @shikokuchuo.net · 02/09/2025
tidyverse blog: Breaking down language barriers in data science nanonext is a messaging and concurrency toolkit, connecting R to polyglot data science pipelines involving modules written in Python, Rust, Go and C++ etc. www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/09... #RStats #tidyverse
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nanonext 1.7.0
nanonext is a communications and concurrency toolbox that facilitates fast, powerful and reliable data exchange in polyglot data science workflows.
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Christophe Dervieux @cderv.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
I’ve been working on an update to the #quarto R package for weeks. I hope it improves your #rstats workflow with Quarto. Lots of new helpers and tooling beyond the usual CLI wrappers. I believe some functions will be really useful! Looking forward to your feedback! github.com/quarto-dev/q...
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GitHub - quarto-dev/quarto-r: R interface to quarto-cli
R interface to quarto-cli. Contribute to quarto-dev/quarto-r development by creating an account on GitHub.
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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 22/07/2025
🎉 Big news! After 5+ years of consulting work under the R for the Rest of Us name, I'm launching Clarity Data Studio. The name confusion was real – people thought we only did courses, not knowing about our consulting work building reports, websites, and more.
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Hadley Wickham @hadley.nz · 14/07/2025
orbital is such a cool idea — convert your tidymodels or (now) scikit learn model predictions to SQL so you can run them in the database
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 21/04/2025
📢 We're looking for more curators for the second half of 2025! Want to share your voice or know someone who should? 📝 Sign up to curate: rladies.org/form/rocur-s... 📖 Learn what curating involves: guide.rladies.org/rocur/guide/ 💌 Nominate someone you admire: rladies.org/form/rocur-n...
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R-Ladies Rotating Curator Sign-Up - R-Ladies Global
R-Ladies is a world-wide organization to promote gender diversity in the R community
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Lydia Gibson @lydz-gibby.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
@dslc.io will be hosting an “Introduction to Positron for Python” workshop on Monday, April 14 @ 2 pm Eastern. To register, check out the “workshop_positron-python” channel in the DSLC Slack (dslc.io/join).
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The Carpentries @carpentries.carpentries.org · 10/04/2025
🔊Applications to join as a Carpentries Maintainer close tomorrow, 11 April at midnight (anywhere on Earth). This is a great opportunity to join a supportive and experienced community, and to get involved in maintaining and improving The Carpentries’ official lessons: carpentries.org/blog/2025/04...
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Join the 2025 Maintainer Onboarding Cohort!
The Carpentries is preparing to onboard the next cohort of Maintainers. We are delighted that 83 of 111 current Maintainers have chosen to continue in their role for another year, meaning that our nee...
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Toby Hodges @tobyhodges.carpentries.org · 12/03/2025
The recommendations of the Lesson Setup Instructions Task Force were published today. carpentries.org/blog/2025/03... The task force was established to modernise the instructions we ask learners to follow to prepare for a @carpentries.carpentries.org workshop. Thread about its recommendations [1/19]
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Updating our Lesson Setup Instructions
The Lesson Setup Instructions Task Force was established in August 2024 to review existing setup instructions for Data Carpentry, Library Carpentry, and Software Carpentry lessons and decide where and...
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Kevin Patrick O'Brien @kobriendublin.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
🚨 Final Call for Proposals: Deadline Today! 🚨 📢 Attention R users and developers—today, Monday 10th March 2025, is the last chance to submit your proposals for useR! 2025. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to share your expertise and insights with the global R community. 🌍✨ #Rstats
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Simon P. Couch @simonpcouch.com · 04/03/2025
odbc 1.6.0 is now on #rstats CRAN! Includes a new helper for Redshift, a hex sticker (finally!), and many QOL improvements for Databricks, Snowflake, MSSQL, etc. Read more: odbc.r-dbi.org/news/index.h...
A hexagonal sticker with an all black background and "odbc" written in layered shades of blue.
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Kevin Patrick O'Brien @kobriendublin.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
🚀 Become a Sponsor of useR! 2025 🚀 UseR! 2025 are seeking sponsors to join us in making this year’s conference unforgettable! 📩 Reach out at useR2025@duke.edu to find the perfect package for you! 🔗 Check out more details here: user2025.r-project.org #Rstats #opensource #datascience
useR! Sponsorship infographic with tht title "Tiered Sponsorship Opportunities
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UseR! 2025 are seeking sponsors to join us in making this year’s conference unforgettable! With sponsorship tiers to suit any budget, you can connect with the vibrant Rstats community while meeting your organization’s goals.

✨ Platinum ($25K): Gain prime exposure, a 10-min session, 5 registrations, and more! 
✨ Gold ($15K): Large logo placement, 5-min session, 4 registrations, and added perks! 
✨ Silver ($10K): Mid-tier benefits, including 3 registrations and social media shoutouts. 
✨ Bronze ($5K): An exhibit booth, 2 registrations, and essential recognition perks. 
✨ Violet ($1K - for Small Businesses): Affordable access to the R community with 1 registration, a booth, and more!

Let’s make useR! 2025 your organization’s next big success!
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Big Book of R @bigbookofr.com · 21/02/2025
Scaling Up With R and Arrow by Nic Crane, Jonathan Keane and Neal Richardson #RStats bigbookofr.com/chapters/packages.ht…
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Gabor Csardi @gaborcsardi.org · 17/02/2025
Which of these features would you like us to implement first in the nanoparquet R package? See options below. #RStats #parquet nanoparquet.r-lib.org
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Read and Write Parquet Files
Self-sufficient reader and writer for flat Parquet files. Can read most Parquet data types. Can write many R data types, including factors and temporal types. See docs for limitations.
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Elaine Houskeeper @ehouskee.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I’m hiring for a Senior Data Scientist / Data Developer role at EvE Bio, a non-profit! It requires substantial #rstats experience, including #Shiny. It’s a hybrid role located in Durham, NC. If you are interested and qualified, please apply or reach out to me w Qs. jobs.lever.co/convergentre...
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Convergent Research - Senior Data Scientist / Data Developer
Durham NC’s EvE Bio is seeking a Senior Data Scientist/Developer to join our data science team as its second member. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience with R and Shiny programming, ...
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Mine Doğucu @minedogucu.com · 10/02/2025
Why does @weare.rladies.org have less than 1000 followers? We can do better than this #rstats folks. It is a terrific account to follow because every week not only we get to know a new member of the #RLadies community but we also get to read their R favorites, tips, and jokes.
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Sri Kosuri @srikosuri.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
It’s been a tough few weeks. My 10yo daughter was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive cancer called interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS). I’m reaching out to identify clinicians/patients who have encountered pediatric IDCS or other (non-LCH) dendritic or histiocytic sarcomas cases.
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