Veda Khadka

Grad student-worker @ MIT studying bugs at the bench & in my code 👩‍🔬👩‍💻

[Joachim Schork @JoachimSchork]

I recently stumbled over the tmap R package and was amazed by its capabilities! With tmap, you can craft dynamic, interactive maps with ease. The package offers a flexible syntax similar to ggplot2, but with a dedicated focus on maps.

Key Features:

🌟 Interactive Maps: Switch between plot and view modes for static or interactive experiences.
🛤 Multiple Shapes & Layers: Combine various spatial objects and layers for intricate map designs.
��� Facets: Segment your data visually with facets, enhancing comparison and analysis.
🏞 Basemaps & Overlay Tile Maps: Integrate beautiful basemaps and overlay tiles to enrich your maps.
🎨 Customizable Options & Styles: Tailor your maps with numerous styling and layout options.
🔄 Shiny Integration: Seamlessly embed maps in Shiny applications for interactive web apps.
📊 Quick Thematic Maps: Generate thematic maps swiftly with a single function call.
📝 Exporting Maps: Easily save your creations as images or interactive HTML files.

For those interested in delving deeper, there's a comprehensive guide to get started, available at CRAN: https://t.co/ryaAHWq9Aj

I've also learned from a recent post by Jakub Nowosad, one of the contributors to this package, that the development version of tmap now supports adding various charts to the maps (see image of this post).

Thanks to Martijn Tennekes and the other contributors for their great work on this package!

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#statstab #112 Mixed Models with R

Thoughts: A very nice overview of what mixed models are, how to use them, and how to interpret the results (even mentions issues with p-values).

#rstats #r #lmer #mixedeffects

https://t.co/3KjmmuCgB0

[Veda Khadka @vedomics]

Proud to be representing @ASMicrobiology at this year's @MITMbiomeClub symposium as young ambassador to MA! (Peep that agar art behind me! 👀). If you're around, come talk to me about all the ways ASM can help expand your scientific community!

[Veda Khadka @vedomics]

Bonus: Neither E. coli nor L. reuteri delayed healing, indicating this phenotype is limited to skin commensals!
HUGE thanks to co-first Laura Markey, and co-author Magalie Boucher, PI @contaminatedsci, and Lieberman Lab for feedback! [3/3]

[Veda Khadka @vedomics]

Excited to announce a new preprint from the Lieberman Lab @conTaminatedsci . We use a mouse model to ask: can we use commensal skin bacteria as topical probiotics?

https://t.co/CmTgSIpDUZ [1/3]

[Veda Khadka @vedomics]

The answer: not when the skin is damaged! We tested multiple bacterial species, including mouse commensal S. xylosus, C. accolens, and 3 different isolates of S. epidermidis.All delayed healing when applied to abraded mouse flank skin. [2/3]

[Veda Khadka @vedomics]

Our happy symposium co-organizers! Chris and Alexa put on such a wonderful event, and the MIT Microbiome Club is proud of them!!!!!!!

[Veda Khadka @vedomics]

Our afternoon keynote speaker, Dr. Paul Turner closes down our symposium with an outstanding talk on the many possibilities for phage therapy -and it's boggling efficacy ! #mbiome23

[Veda Khadka @vedomics]

Kathryn Atherton joins us virtually to discuss the stress of urbanization on the connectivity in the soil microbiome .....and has us all friending one another on fungibook! #mbiome23

[Veda Khadka @vedomics]

Kicking off our afternoon session is Tess Brunner, telling us all about interactions between lactobacilli in the vaginal microbiome! #mbiome23

[Veda Khadka @vedomics]

Aman Kumar talks to us about how non-antimicrobrial drugs like Digoxin can influence colonization resistance and how SFB in the gut can influence outcomes #mbiome23

[Veda Khadka @vedomics]

Fascinating flash talk by Gavin Kuziel about mechanisms of plant glycoside utilisation by bacteriodales in the gut #mbiome23

[Veda Khadka @vedomics]

Our first keynote speaker today is Dr. Shipra Vaishnava of Brown U., talking to us about the influence of diet on vitamin A metabolism by the gut microbiome! #mbiome23

[Veda Khadka @vedomics]

So excited for our annual MIT Microbiome Symposium today!! First up, we're hearing opening remarks from @ejalm #mbiome23

[Veda Khadka @vedomics]

MIT's claim that  “graduate workers are compensated $126k a year to work 20 hours/week.” is not only farcical, it belies how deeply entrenched the exploitation of trainees is in academia. Absolutely shameful.

[Veda Khadka @vedomics]

So excited for the MIT Microbiome Club and @AeronautBrewing to be running this event tonight!

[MIT Microbiome Club @MITMbiomeClub]

No Monday night plans yet? No fear! We'll see you tonight at 6.30p at Aeronaut Brewing 🍻🍄 Register at the eventbrite link below!

[Veda Khadka @vedomics]

Can't wait to see the fun-guys (and people!) turn out for this super cool event from the MIT Microbiome Club!

[MIT Microbiome Club @MITMbiomeClub]

Like microbes? Like brews?

Join us for our informal talk series, Microbes Brew: The Fungus Among Us at Aeronaut Brewing!

First 25 in the door get a FREE refreshment (21+ ONLY)

Monday, Dec 5 at 6.30p, register on eventbrite 👇

https://t.co/q6TyZmcQ5L

[Veda Khadka @vedomics]

@MITMbiomeClub 👀good things coming this semester👀

[Veda Khadka @vedomics]

So honoured to have presented my first-ever talk at BBM this year -- wonderful questions and great energy all around! Thank you so much @BostonBacteria ! 🦠

[Boston Bacterial Meeting (BBM) @BostonBacteria]

And it begins! We cannot wait to hear about your exciting science! First of we are going to hear from @vedomics #bostonbacterial22

[Veda Khadka @vedomics]

And......that's a wrap!!!!!! Your symposium team taking a break after an exciting, grueling day! Looking forward to seeing everyone at #mbiome23!