Author: Matt Perisin

Matt Perisin is a PhD candidate in Joy Bergelson's lab at the University of Chicago.

Behind the paper: 16Stimator

By Matt Perisin   Posted in .Featured Bioinformatics Methods and Tools Research Scholarly Literature (Journals, Books, Reports)
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In scientific manuscripts, we tell stories of our research, generally in straight-line fashion with clear motivations and results. This type of research is rare (in my experience), with stories, motivations, and applications only realized post hoc. This is the nature of science, and our recent ISMEJ publication is no different. With “16Stimator: statistical estimation of …

Introducing the cross-disciplinary uBio Club at UChicago

By Matt Perisin   Posted in Knowledge, Teaching, and Communication Meetings and Talks
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I probably do not have to remind readers of this blog of the widespread impact of microbial life on our world, but what I would like to propose (and reinforce in some cases) is the idea of leveraging the ubiquity of microbiology across academic fields to unite seemingly disparate departments within a university. Here, at …