Author: Sander Timmer

PhD student in computational genetics at Cambridge University and EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute
Import ggplot2 PDF files into Adobe Illustrator lead to missing fonts complaints…

Import ggplot2 PDF files into Adobe Illustrator lead to missing fonts complaints…

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Import ggplot2 PDF files into Adobe Illustrator lead to missing fonts complaints and non-functional points in plots. Adobe will raise the following message when trying to import a PDF:
The font AdobePiStd is missing. Affected text will be displayed using a substitute font.

Anyone any idea how to get the correct font into Adobe so that I can import ggplot2 PDFs instead of PNGs?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9992275/ggplot2-pdf-import-in-adobe-illustrator-missing-font-adobepistd

ggplot2 pdf import in Adobe Illustrator missing font AdobePiStd
I created several simple ggplot2 plots and saved them to PDF files using the following commands: p <- ggplot(plotobject, aes(x=Pos, y=Pval),res=300) ggsave(plot=p,height=6,width=6,dpi=200, filename...

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Understanding non-coding variation (or as they call Tier 2 variation) is important…

Understanding non-coding variation (or as they call Tier 2 variation) is important…

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Understanding non-coding variation (or as they call Tier 2 variation) is important but still a hard nut to crack.

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Tier 2: Searching for Functional Noncoding Variation
Next-gen sequencing has fundamentally changed the study of human, plant, and animal genetics. For many phenotypes, and inherited diseases in particular, developments in hybridization capture and sequencing technologies have enabled astonishing progress in identifying the variants underlying genetic disorders. Indeed, last year saw dozens of Mendelian diseases solved and numerous cancer types surveyed by exome sequencing.
The authors of some publi…

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Google map mabe by +The Guardian showing where in the UK is already shortage of petrol…

Google map mabe by +The Guardian showing where in the UK is already shortage of petrol…

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Google map mabe by +The Guardian showing where in the UK is already shortage of petrol due to silly "petrol run". Amazing especially if you know that if the strike would start it would there'd be a 7 day notice…

It does explain the massive queue infront of the BP station down the road (which is also mentioned on the map).

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Study show associations between novel mutations in cancer genes and the sensitivity…

Study show associations between novel mutations in cancer genes and the sensitivity…

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Study show associations between novel mutations in cancer genes and the sensitivity of anti cancer drugs. This all should lead to more personalised medice and optimal dosage/usage of current available treatments.

The path to personalised cancer treatment – Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
In the largest study of its kind, researchers have profiled genetic changes in cancer with drug sensitivity in order to develop a personalised approach to cancer treatments. The study is published in …

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+Google introduced a new account activity service that will tell you every month…

+Google introduced a new account activity service that will tell you every month…

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+Google introduced a new account activity service that will tell you every month how much you've been using any of there services. As this is still a beta service you have to opt-in for this on the attached link!

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Google Accounts
Google has more to offer when you sign in to your Google Account. Sign in on the right or create an account for free. Gmail. Chat with friends and never miss an important email. Search, plus Your Worl…

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About me

I am a Lead Data Scientist at Microsoft in the World-Wide Data Insights CTO office focusing on cloud solutions for the Internet-of-Things, Big Data, Deep Learning, and Machine Learning. I obtained my PhD at the University of Cambridge specialising in Big Data Biology while being based at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL).

In my previous "academic life", I was working in Ewan Birney's research group. My main subject was understanding non-coding variation using genome-wide molecular assays, like FAIRE and CTCF, onto Human cell line populations. Another research interest was identification of whole-body phenotypes in Human MRI scans using Machine Learning techniques.

Furthermore, I'm the co-founder of Rijschoolvergelijker. The largest driving school comparison website in the Netherlands with European ambitions.

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