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portfolio
GPU cloud computing with Paperspace
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This is a side-project that I developed because the limitation of training machine learning models in my local computer. As you may know, machine learning models often require a lot of computational power to run 
Analysing twitter sentiment and topics
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A fun tool to grasp the moody mood of the twitter world
The shiny milestone
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Ah, the sweet satisfaction of completing a (mini) project. Today, I publish
Shiny strikes back!
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Shiny strikes back. A little bit over three weeks after publishing my first Shiny app, here comes my new creation freePrism! This app
Building RMarkdown Reports from the CLI: A Tale of Persistence
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R, the good, the bad. I’ve learned that R shines brightest in three areas: statistical analysis, data visualization, and report generation.
publications
The wonders of the indole pulse
Published in Scientific reports, 2015
This paper is the result of some work that I did when I was working in the Summers Lab (Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge). The research is about pH homeostasis in bacteria. They .
Recommended citation: ZARKAN, Ashraf, et al. Indole pulse signalling regulates the cytoplasmic pH of E. coli in a memory-like manner. Scientific Reports, 2019, vol. 9, no 1, p. 1-10. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1038/s41598-019-40560-3.pdf
Indole and the metabolic pathways
Published in New biotechnology, 2016
This work was producing during my time at Summers Lab. In this study, we examined the effect of indole on the anaerobic metabolism of E. coli. We added indole in to the culture medium and compared cell growth, …
Recommended citation: DE LEON-RODRIGUEZ, Antonio, et al. Indole modifies the central carbon flux in the anaerobic metabolism of Escherichia coli: application to the production of hydrogen and other metabolites. New biotechnology, 2016, vol. 33, no 6, p. 868-873. https://www.sciencedirect.com/sdfe/reader/pii/S1871678416322701/pdf
New Approaches and Therapeutic Options for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Dormant State
Published in Journal 1, 2017
We are far away from the days when tuberculosis (TB) accounted for 1 in 4 deaths during the 19th century. However, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) strains are still the leading cause of …
Recommended citation: CAÑO-MUÑIZ, Santiago, et al. New approaches and therapeutic options for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a dormant state. Clinical microbiology reviews, 2018, vol. 31, no 1, p. e00060-17. https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/CMR.00060-17
Persisters and pH
Published in AMS journal, 2021
One of most impressive featatures of bacteria is their ability to develop resistance to antibiotics, rendering these life-saving drugs ineffective. In this study developed in collaboration with some colleagues at the Uni of Exeter
Recommended citation: GOODE, Olivia, et al. Persister Escherichia coli cells have a lower intracellular pH than susceptible cells but maintain their pH in response to antibiotic treatment. MBio, 2021, vol. 12, no 4, p. e00909-21. https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/mBio.00909-21
Ionic control of porin permeability in bacteria.
Published in BioarXiv, 2022
This paper is about the number 1. The number 2 is left for future work.
Recommended citation: CANO MUNIZ, Santiago, et al. Ionic control of porin permeability in bacteria. bioRxiv, 2022, p. 2022.07. 13.499887. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.07.13.499887v1.full
talks
teaching
Teaching Statistics with R in Mexico
Graduate and Post-graduate, Instituto Potosino de Ciencia y Tecnologia, 2019
I consider myself a passionate advocate for R. This programming language is a potent tool. Thus, in the mid of my PhD when I was invited to organise an R-workshop in Mexico by my former colleague Antonio Rodriguez de León, I didn’t think twice. In this post, I will share my experience and the strategies I used to make the material engaging and accessible to the students.
Floto lab bioinformatics, R in lockdonw
Workshop, University of Cambridge, 2020
During spring 2020, we wanted to make the best of our time in lockdown. Thus, along with two of my colleagues, Dr Aaron Weimann and Dr Chris Ruis, we decided to organise a bioinformatics course to train our wet lab mates in R. Moreover, I already had good material from the course I taught the previous year in Mexico. The main thing was to translate it into English. You can read more about it in my previous post. The lessons that I was in charge were introduction to R and statistical analysis. You can find the slides here and here. You can also find the full course here.