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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

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

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

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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.

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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.