Oct 18 2026
Hi all! I am so bad at running a blog. Here is a guide to what you're looking at, though:
- It'll be mostly me (Amy), but you might sometimes hear from lab members and collaborators, too.
- I generally prioritize getting something out there, and later I might try to make it beautiful/interlinked.
- If you have these skillz and want to help, please get in touch!
- Target audience is microbial ecologists, and others studying biodiversity using genomics. There's technical underpinnings to all of this work, but I believe everyone can understand the most important concepts if they're explained well. So, that's on me! I'll try to keep the math at maximum intuition and minimum technical details. I want to bring you along with me!
I hope you enjoy the StatDivLab blog!
Amy Willis, PhD
Principal Investigator, Statistical Diversity Lab
Associate Professor of Biostatistics, University of Washington
Selected blog posts (you can see the full list under "Articles"):
- EBAME tutorials: pangenomics testing in anvi'o, pangenomics testing in R and differential abundance
- Papers Need Friends: Extension Spaces
- Papers Need Friends: radEmu
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