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Antonio Marco
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Evolutionary Biologist. Passionate about science, history of science, squares and polynomials. Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor at the University of Essex.
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"A Pen and Paper Introduction to Statistics". Or how to do and understand statistical tests without using formulas.
www.routledge.com/A-Pen-and-Pa...
A Pen and Paper Introduction to Statistics
Statistics is central in the biosciences, social sciences and other disciplines, yet many students often struggle to learn how to perform statistical tests, and to understand how and why statistical t...
www.routledge.com
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Congratulations to Amishasingh Beeharry for successfully passing the MSD viva! You are the best, Amisha! Thank you very much to the examiners, Abdenour Soufi and Toni Marco!
November 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Biologist, stop putting UMAP plots in papers!

Blogpost here: simplystatistics.org/posts/2024-1...
Simply Statistics: Biologists, stop putting UMAP plots in your papers
UMAP is a powerful tool for exploratory data analysis, but without a clear understanding of how it works, it can easily lead to confusion and misinterpretation.
simplystatistics.org
December 23, 2024 at 1:38 PM
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My book, An Intuitive Primer on Effective Functional Genomics Study Design, is published! I’d really appreciate it if you could help spread the word, and I’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback. I hope people will find it useful.

It’s available on Amazon: tinyurl.com/mx2hewen
January 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Invigilating for the next three hours, feeling like...
a dark tower with a glowing eye on top
ALT: a dark tower with a glowing eye on top
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Well, I finished my first year statistics classes. Glad to hear a student saying at the end "this is the least traumatizing experience I ever had with mathematics". I understand it's a compliment?🤔
November 28, 2024 at 10:58 AM
That was my first computer ever! But with the green screen.
We’ve been to the National Museum of Computing today and I saw this old treasure, which we had in the 1980s. Broke the joystick thanks to Daley Thompson’s Decathlon.
November 25, 2024 at 9:03 AM
Three more weeks of intense teaching. Sorry to those I don't even respond to emails. Getting there...
November 24, 2024 at 11:16 PM
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Since @markhamillofficial.bsky.social has joined Bluesky I think it totally appropriate to call ourselves Skywalkers instead of Twitterati
November 19, 2024 at 4:27 AM
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There's one in every Starter Pack
November 19, 2024 at 4:52 AM
Well, I finally landed in Bluesky. I hope it last longer than Mastodon.🙂
November 18, 2024 at 7:58 PM
"A Pen and Paper Introduction to Statistics". Or how to do and understand statistical tests without using formulas.
www.routledge.com/A-Pen-and-Pa...
A Pen and Paper Introduction to Statistics
Statistics is central in the biosciences, social sciences and other disciplines, yet many students often struggle to learn how to perform statistical tests, and to understand how and why statistical t...
www.routledge.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:56 PM