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Building R and/or R packages for Windows
For those who often work with R code, it is convenient to package commonly used functions, data structures, documentations and other helping files into packages. Prior to submission of such packages to CRAN, it is necessary to go through the CRAN policies and the checklist for CRAN submissions to make sure that the package meets the standard of CRAN.
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Disable non-portable compiler flags with ~/.R/Makevars
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R CMD checkcomplains about non-portable compiler settings. To overcome such warning messages, setup a~/.R/Makevarsfile with the following content. -
Talk at *Insight China*
Insight China is an international student project organised by students for students who are interested in China. They are organizing a trip to China for dozens of students. An amazing organisation and a great project in my opinion!
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Molecular Phenotyping in Drug Discovery
Molecular Phenotyping characterizes drug candidates by profiling pathway reporter genes, i.e. pre-selected genes that are modulated specifically by human metabolic and signaling pathways, in cellular systems in order to infer drug-induced modulation of these pathways, which may predict late-onset phenotype in vitro and in vivo.
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On The Process of Becoming A Great Scientist
I found this article, On the Process of Becoming a Great Scientist, published by Morgan C. Giddings on the journal PLOS Computational Biology in almost exactly ten years ago (2008), highly readable and enjoyable.