Data & AI skills

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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Build Manhattan, Miami, QQ, and locuszoom-style regional plots from GWAS, TWAS, PWAS, and QTL summary statistics with correct genomic-inflation diagnostics, multi-trait overlays, lead-SNP labeling, and LD-aware regional rendering. Use when visualizing association results across the genome, comparing two traits, computing genomic inflation lambda, or zooming into a locus with LD coloring.

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Build publication-quality figures with matplotlib using the object-oriented Figure/Axes API, constrained_layout, rcParams customization, TrueType (Type-42) font embedding for journal submission, and CVD-safe palettes. Covers seaborn integration, common chart types, axis formatting, and the small gotchas that distinguish reproducible matplotlib from notebook scratch. Use when producing publication figures in Python — RNA-seq scatter, single-cell embeddings, generic biological plotting.

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Compose multi-panel publication figures with patchwork, cowplot, gridExtra (R), or matplotlib GridSpec/subfigures (Python) including shared axes/legends/guides collection, panel labels in Nature/Cell convention, and journal-spec sizing. Covers patchwork ≥1.2.0 axes='collect' feature, Type-42 font embedding, and the cairo_pdf save path. Use when composing 2+ subpanels into a single figure for journal submission.

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Visualize biological networks (PPI, gene-regulatory, co-expression, pathway) with layout algorithm choice (ForceAtlas2, Fruchterman-Reingold, Kamada-Kawai, hive plots), edge bundling, community-based coloring, and reproducible seeds using NetworkX, PyVis, igraph, and Cytoscape automation. Use when rendering biological networks for static publication, interactive HTML exploration, or Cytoscape-format export.

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Build sequence logos from aligned DNA, RNA, or protein motifs using ggseqlogo (R), Logomaker (Python), or WebLogo with explicit bits vs probability encoding, background-frequency correction, custom alphabets, and multi-logo stacking. Use when visualizing motif PWMs (TF binding, splice sites, CRISPR spacers), aligned-position composition, or comparing two motif sets.

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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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Build UpSet plots to visualize set intersections beyond 4 sets (where Venn fails) using ComplexUpset (modern, ggplot2-grammar) or the unmaintained UpSetR, with explicit cardinality vs degree sorting, attribute panels, and query highlighting. Use when comparing overlap across many gene sets, peak sets, variant lists, or any set membership matrix where Venn diagrams become illegible.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Performs gene-level association from GWAS summary statistics via genetically predicted tissue expression using FUSION, PrediXcan, S-PrediXcan, S-MultiXcan, UTMOST, MOSTWAS, kTWAS, EpiXcan, TIGAR-V2, and probabilistic fine-mapping with FOCUS and MA-FOCUS. Use when running TWAS from GWAS sumstats, prioritising candidate causal genes from a GWAS lead locus, picking single-tissue vs cross-tissue models, identifying LD-induced TWAS false positives, choosing ancestry-matched prediction weights, fine-mapping co-regulated TWAS hits, or triangulating TWAS with cis-eQTL Mendelian randomization and colocalization to nominate a causal gene.

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Estimate SNP heritability and partition it across functional annotations, cell types, and loci from GWAS summary statistics or individual-level genotypes. Implements LDSC, stratified LDSC with the baseline-LD model, Finucane 2018 cell-type prioritization, LDAK SumHer, HDL, HESS local heritability, BOLT-REML, GCTA-GREML, graphREML, and Popcorn cross-population genetic correlation. Use when computing total h2_SNP from summary stats, partitioning heritability across functional categories, prioritizing trait-relevant tissues or cell types from ENCODE/Roadmap chromatin marks, reconciling LDSC vs LDAK enrichment estimates, computing local heritability with HESS, estimating genetic correlation between traits, or producing publication-grade enrichment with calibrated sensitivity to model assumptions.

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Designs Bayesian clinical trials including Phase I dose-finding (BOIN, CRM, EWOC, mTPI-2), meta-analytic-predictive (MAP) priors with robust mixtures for external data borrowing, EXNEX for basket trials, hierarchical models for safety AE (Berry-Berry), Bayesian platform trials (I-SPY 2, GBM AGILE, REMAP-CAP), and posterior probability stopping rules. Covers FDA Bayesian Devices Guidance (2010), FDA Bayesian Methodology in Drugs Draft (January 2026), BOIN Fit-for-Purpose qualification (December 2021), and Project Optimus dose-optimisation. Use when designing dose-finding studies, platform trials, or sensitivity analyses with informative priors.

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Performs alchemical free-energy calculations including relative binding free energy (RBFE / FEP+) and absolute binding free energy (ABFE) via OpenFE, FEP+, GROMACS, AMBER pmemd, and OpenMM with explicit lambda window scheduling, soft-core potentials, REST2 enhanced sampling, MBAR/BAR analysis, and cycle closure validation. Compares ML alternatives (Boltz-2 affinity, DeepDock). Use when ranking analogs by binding affinity beyond docking accuracy, performing prospective lead optimization, or validating SAR predictions.

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Performs ML-based protein-ligand pose prediction and scoring using DiffDock-L (diffusion-based), Boltz-1 / Boltz-2 (foundation model with affinity), Chai-1, AlphaFold3 ligand, EquiBind, TANKBind, NeuralPLexer, and hybrid workflows (DiffDock pose + GNINA rescore + PoseBusters QC). Explicit handling of when ML beats classical docking, when classical beats ML, the PB-invalid pose problem, and rescoring as the standard production hybrid. Use when modern docking is needed: foundation-model ligand-pose prediction, AI rescoring of classical poses, or scaffold-hopping in cross-docking scenarios.

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