Data & AI skills

Add p-value brackets, significance asterisks, and effect-size annotations to distribution plots using ggpubr, ggsignif, and statannotations with correct test selection (parametric vs non-parametric vs paired), multiple-testing adjustment, and rendering of negative results. Use when a boxplot/violin/raincloud needs in-figure statistical comparisons between groups.

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Download genome assemblies, gene records, and ortholog data from NCBI using the modern Datasets v2 CLI (replaces assembly_summary.txt scraping and many EFetch workflows). Use when bulk-pulling genome assemblies, gene metadata across species, ortholog sets, or BLAST databases; when E-utilities are too slow for genome-scale work; or when automatic checksum verification, parallel download, and clean accession-driven retrieval are required. Encodes the JSON-lines output format, dataformat conversion, --dehydrated for cloud workflows, and when Datasets is/isn't the right tool.

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Query and download from NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) and EMBL-EBI's BioStudies/ArrayExpress mirror. Use when finding expression datasets, navigating SuperSeries vs SubSeries, choosing between series-matrix (submitter-normalized) and raw supplementary files, downloading via GEOparse (Python) or GEOquery (R/Bioconductor), linking GEO to SRA for raw reads, or distinguishing GSE/GSM/GPL/GDS record types. Encodes the SuperSeries trap, the series-matrix normalization-trust caveat, GEOmetadb deprecation, ArrayExpress migration to BioStudies, and processed-vs-raw decision matrix.

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Build volcano and MA plots from differential-expression / association results with LFC shrinkage, FDR-adjusted thresholds, sensible label placement, and axis-truncation conventions. Covers EnhancedVolcano, ggplot2, matplotlib, and the apeglm/ashr/normal shrinkage decision. Use when visualizing differential-expression results (RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, proteomics) or any per-feature effect-size + p-value table.

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Build OncoPrint and co-mutation matrix plots from somatic-variant cohorts using ComplexHeatmap, maftools, and comut.py with alteration-type stacking, sample ordering by mutational burden, mutual-exclusivity overlays, and clinical annotation tracks. Use when visualizing per-sample mutation patterns across recurrent driver genes, comparing alteration classes, or identifying mutually-exclusive / co-occurring driver pairs.

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Resolve subclonal copy number, whole-genome doubling, and copy-number tumor evolution from bulk sequencing with Battenberg, TITAN, and MEDICC2. Covers clonal versus subclonal copy-number states, haplotype phasing for subclonal resolution, cancer cell fraction, whole-genome-doubling detection and timing relative to mutations, mirrored subclonal allelic imbalance, and copy-number phylogenies. Use when a tumor is heterogeneous and bulk data shows non-integer copy number, when calling subclonal CNAs, detecting or timing whole-genome doubling, reconstructing copy-number evolution, or deciding between Battenberg and TITAN.

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Build Sankey, alluvial, river, and CONSORT-style flow diagrams to visualize cohort transitions, cell-state changes, or pipeline filtering using ggalluvial, networkD3, plotly, and consort. Use when showing how entities move between categories across timepoints (cell states, drug response classes, patient flow through a trial) or filtering pipelines (variants filtered through QC stages).

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Select colormaps and qualitative palettes for scientific figures using perceptual-uniformity, color-vision-deficiency safety, and luminance-monotonicity criteria. Covers Crameri scientific colormaps, viridis/cividis/magma, Okabe-Ito categorical, ColorBrewer, and the rainbow/jet critique. Use when choosing palettes for heatmaps, scatter, networks, or any encoding where color carries quantitative or categorical meaning.

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Designs and analyzes combinatorial CRISPR screens covering paired-Cas9 (Big Papi, Najm 2018), enhanced AsCas12a multiplex (enCas12a, DeWeirdt 2021), in4mer 4-guide-array Cas12a (Esmaeili Anvar N et al 2024 Nat Commun 15:3577) and the Inzolia paralog-pair library, paralog-buffering detection (Dede 2020 Genome Biol; Thompson 2021 Cell Reports 36:109597), genetic-interaction (GI) scoring as observed_double_LFC minus expected_additive_double_LFC, synthetic-lethal and synthetic-rescue interaction interpretation, the half-of-essentiality buffered by paralogs phenomenon, multiplex screen statistical analysis with MAGeCK MLE interaction terms, and the relationship to single-cell combinatorial Perturb-seq. Use when designing a paralog or pathway-pair screen, choosing between paired-Cas9 (Big Papi) and Cas12a multiplex (Inzolia), interpreting genetic interaction scores, identifying synthetic-lethal targets for drug development, or scaling beyond single-gene CRISPR screens.

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Build clustered heatmaps for expression matrices and other features-by-samples data with rigorous distance/linkage/scaling choices, robust color mapping, optimal leaf ordering, and ComplexHeatmap/pheatmap/seaborn rendering. Covers the ward.D vs ward.D2 trap, the row-vs-column scaling decision, multi-track annotations, oncoPrint, and raster rendering for large matrices. Use when visualizing expression patterns across samples or identifying co-regulated clusters.

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Build publication-quality figures in R with ggplot2 using the grammar of graphics (data + aesthetics + geometries + scales + facets + themes) with CVD-safe palettes, cairo_pdf TrueType embedding, programmatic aes via tidy evaluation, and the theme_classic publication baseline. Use when producing static figures in R for papers, presentations, or reports.

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Build interactive HTML/web visualizations with plotly (Python/R), bokeh (Python), and gganimate/plotly frames for animation, with awareness of current Kaleido static-export model (post-orca-EOL), HTML file-size bloat, and the limits of interactive-only output for journal submission. Use when producing zoomable/hoverable plots for notebook EDA, supplementary HTML, dashboards, or animated time-course / iteration visualizations.

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Plot per-gene mutation distributions on a protein-domain map (lollipop / needle plots) showing mutation position, recurrence count, and variant classification with maftools, g3-lollipop, trackViewer, and ProteinPaint. Use when visualizing recurrent mutation hotspots on a single gene's protein, marking domain boundaries from UniProt/Pfam, comparing missense vs truncating distributions, or contrasting two cohorts on the same lollipop.

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Computes sample size and power for clinical trials including continuous, binary, and time-to-event endpoints; superiority, non-inferiority, and equivalence designs; FDA 2016 non-inferiority margin selection with M1/M2 framework; Schoenfeld 1981 and Lakatos 1988 for survival; Schuirmann TOST and 80-125% bioequivalence; minimum clinically important difference (MCID) vs δ distinction. Use when justifying trial size in protocol or SAP per CONSORT 2025 item 7.

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Detect single-nucleotide crosslink (CL) sites in CLIP-seq data using truncation patterns (iCLIP/eCLIP CITS), crosslink-induced mutations (HITS-CLIP CIMS deletions, PAR-CLIP T-to-C), or HMM/kernel-density methods (PureCLIP, PARalyzer, CTK). Use when single-nucleotide resolution is required for motif registration (mCross), allele-specific binding (BEAPR), variant-effect prediction, or comparing crosslink chemistry across CLIP variants.

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Map N6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA modifications at single-nucleotide resolution using miCLIP (Linder 2015), miCLIP2 + m6Aboost machine learning (Kortel 2021), GLORI (Liu 2023, antibody-free chemical conversion), DART-seq (Meyer 2019, APOBEC1-YTH fusion), m6Anet (nanopore direct RNA), or MeRIP-seq with calibration. Use when distinguishing antibody-based from antibody-free m6A detection methods, applying the DRACH motif constraint, reconciling cross-method disagreements (DART 44% in DRACH vs GLORI), or detecting m6Am at the cap.

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Prepares statistical reports for clinical trials following CONSORT 2025, SPIRIT 2025, ICH E9(R1) estimands, and FDA 2023 covariate adjustment guidance. Covers Table 1 generation, analysis populations (ITT/FAS/PP/Safety), the 5 ICH E9(R1) intercurrent-event strategies, MMRM under MAR (mmrm), reference-based MI (rbmi J2R/CR/CIR), Permutt tipping-point sensitivity, and Rubin's-rules vs frequentist variance debate. Use when preparing regulatory submissions, defining estimands, or implementing missing-data sensitivity analyses.

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Performs subgroup and heterogeneous treatment effect (HTE) analyses for clinical trials. Covers Mantel-Haenszel pooling, Breslow-Day, interaction tests in regression, RERI for additive interaction, modern data-adaptive HTE methods (STEPP, SIDES, causal forests, X/R-learners), Bayesian shrinkage (Dixon-Simon, MAP, EXNEX), graphical multiplicity (Bretz-Maurer), and credibility frameworks (Sun BMJ, EMA 2019). Use when analyzing treatment effects across patient subgroups for regulatory submissions or precision-medicine claims.

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Performs time-to-event analysis for clinical trials including Cox proportional hazards regression with PH diagnostics, restricted mean survival time (RMST) under non-PH, competing risks via Fine-Gray vs cause-specific Cox, weighted log-rank and MaxCombo for non-proportional hazards, recurrent events (Andersen-Gill, PWP, WLW), and interval-censored data. Use when analyzing time-to-event endpoints (OS, PFS, DOR, TTR, TTNT) in oncology or other clinical trials.

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Reconcile gene trees against a species tree under probabilistic models of duplication, transfer, and loss (DTL) using ALE (Szöllősi 2013 amalgamated likelihood), GeneRax (Morel 2020 ML reconciliation), AleRax (Morel 2024 co-estimation), Whale.jl (Bayesian DTL+WGD), RANGER-DTL 2 parsimony, NOTUNG, ecceTERA, and Treerecs. Use when inferring ancestral gene-family content, distinguishing duplication from horizontal transfer from differential loss, rooting deep species trees from gene-content signals (STRIDE / Williams 2017 ALE-rooting), counting DTL events per branch, refining noisy gene trees against a species tree, modeling WGD events jointly with DTL, or producing publication-grade gene-family histories for phylogenomic / comparative analyses.

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Implements missing-data sensitivity analyses for confirmatory clinical trials including MMRM under MAR (with Kenward-Roger correction), reference-based multiple imputation (J2R, CR, CIR, LMCF per Carpenter-Roger 2013), Permutt delta-adjustment / tipping-point analysis, pattern-mixture identifying restrictions (CCMV, NCMV, ACMV), and the Cro vs Bartlett variance debate. Use when handling missing primary or secondary endpoint data in regulatory submissions following NRC 2010 and ICH E9(R1).

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Reads, validates, and prepares CDISC SDTM and ADaM clinical trial data for analysis. Covers SDTM domain joins (DM, AE, EX, VS, LB, DS), ADaM architecture (ADSL, BDS, OCCDS, ADTTE) with traceability, treatment-emergent AE conventions, baseline derivation, SUPPQUAL/NSV handling, Define-XML 2.1, and Pinnacle 21 / CORE validation. Use when working with clinical trial datasets in CDISC SDTM/ADaM format, preparing analysis-ready data, or validating for regulatory submission.

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Designs adaptive clinical trials including group-sequential (O'Brien-Fleming, Pocock, Lan-DeMets spending), sample-size re-estimation (blinded Friede-Kieser, unblinded Cui-Hung-Wang, Mehta-Pocock promising zone), seamless Phase 2/3 with treatment-arm selection, population enrichment, and response-adaptive randomisation. Covers FDA 2019 Final Adaptive Designs Guidance, FDA 2022 Master Protocols, and ICH E20 Step 2b/3 draft (June 2025, NOT final). Use when planning interim analyses, sample-size re-estimation, or master/platform-trial designs.

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Visualizes ChIP-seq data using deepTools (computeMatrix, plotHeatmap, plotProfile, bamCoverage, bamCompare), pyGenomeTracks (modern INI-driven track plots), Gviz (R browser-style), EnrichedHeatmap (ComplexHeatmap-based), ChIPseeker tag heatmaps, and IGV batch screenshots. Handles bigWig normalization choices (CPM, BPM, RPGC, spike-in scaled), bamCompare operations (log2 ratio, subtract, SES), k-means clustering of heatmaps for biological subgrouping, and spike-in-scaled tracks for global-shift experiments. Use when generating publication-quality ChIP-seq signal heatmaps, profile plots, genome-browser tracks, or comparing samples visually.

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