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MethylCal: Results published in FASEB Journal

Posted on 18/08/2017 by Tom

New results from our interdisciplinary work are now online. The recently published article, entitled “Transcriptomic and epigenetic regulation of disuse atrophy and return to activity in skeletal muscle“, by Dr. Andrew Fisher, Dr. Robert Seaborne, et al., investigates the transcriptome … Read more →

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[NII] 205 μm line emission as an SFR tracer

Posted on 07/01/2016 by Tom

My paper presenting the [NII] 205 – 24 μm correlation is now on arxiv. My original aim for this work was just to produce a short research note to support part of the methodology in my recent paper on the … Read more →

Posted in Astronomy, Data Analysis, Research | Tagged [NII], Herschel, observations | Comments Off on [NII] 205 μm line emission as an SFR tracer

Stacking optical spectra of galaxies

Posted on 30/10/2014 by Tom

Here’s a short animation showing the effects of stacking up spectra. Measuring the intensities and equivalent widths of emission lines can be tricky in galaxy spectra where the signal-to-noise (S/N) is low, mostly due to difficulty in determining the baseline … Read more →

Posted in Code, Data Analysis | Tagged python, spectroscopy | Comments Off on Stacking optical spectra of galaxies

MethylCal: Results presented in Switzerland

Posted on 28/09/2013 by Tom

My new data analysis tool has been helping produce science results! I recently blogged about writing the MethylCal program to aid the analysis of experiments in epigenetics, where studies are designed to shed light on the various intrinsic or environmental … Read more →

Posted in Data Analysis, Research, Science | Tagged epigenetics, interdisciplinary, poster | 1 Comment

MethylCal: A Python project for Windows

Posted on 29/08/2013 by Tom

This week, I jumped on the opportunity to apply my skills to a different field of research. On Tuesday, researchers working in the Stem Cells, Ageing and Molecular Physiology Unit at the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool … Read more →

Posted in Data Analysis, Programming, Research | Tagged cross-platform programming, DNA methylation, epigenetics, interdisciplinary, python | Leave a comment

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