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  "id": 444986,
  "title": "Info Session 1 - Recording and notes",
  "url": "/competitions/open-problems-single-cell-perturbations/discussion/444986",
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  "post_date": "2023-10-04T15:37:40.049327800Z",
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  "content": "<p>Hi all, thanks for coming to our first info session yesterday. You can find a recording of the session on YouTube here: <a href=\"https://youtu.be/MaHQkT59oEs\" target=\"_blank\">https://youtu.be/MaHQkT59oEs</a> The recording isn't trimmed yet, apparently that can take a few hours after upload, but I wanted to share it for everyone's reference.</p>\n<p>Some notes from the session:</p>\n<ol>\n<li><p>To find the notebooks and scripts for running the DE analysis, please check the GitHub repo here: <a href=\"https://github.com/openproblems-bio/neurips-2023-scripts\" target=\"_blank\">https://github.com/openproblems-bio/neurips-2023-scripts</a>. This is also downloaded into new Saturn Cloud resources started with the recipe linked to in the Saturn Cloud thread.</p></li>\n<li><p>For details about how the p-value is calculated in Limma, please consult the user guide <a href=\"https://bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/vignettes/limma/inst/doc/usersguide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">https://bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/vignettes/limma/inst/doc/usersguide.pdf</a></p></li>\n<li><p>For a guide to multiome data analysis, please consult <a href=\"https://www.sc-best-practices.org/chromatin_accessibility/introduction.html\" target=\"_blank\">the Single-Cell Best Practices book</a> or the <a href=\"https://github.com/scverse/muon-tutorials/tree/master/single-cell-rna-atac/pbmc10k\" target=\"_blank\">Muon Tutorials</a>. For more details on the technology and biological context, consult <a href=\"https://www.10xgenomics.com/videos/cloiq73tpm\" target=\"_blank\">the 10x Genomics training module for Multiome</a>.</p></li>\n</ol>\n<p>Is there anything else I'm missing here? Please feel free to leave a note in the comments.</p>",
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    {
      "id": "2467481",
      "postDate": "10/04/2023 15:37:40",
      "content": "<p>Hi all, thanks for coming to our first info session yesterday. You can find a recording of the session on YouTube here: <a href=\"https://youtu.be/MaHQkT59oEs\" target=\"_blank\">https://youtu.be/MaHQkT59oEs</a> The recording isn't trimmed yet, apparently that can take a few hours after upload, but I wanted to share it for everyone's reference.</p>\n<p>Some notes from the session:</p>\n<ol>\n<li><p>To find the notebooks and scripts for running the DE analysis, please check the GitHub repo here: <a href=\"https://github.com/openproblems-bio/neurips-2023-scripts\" target=\"_blank\">https://github.com/openproblems-bio/neurips-2023-scripts</a>. This is also downloaded into new Saturn Cloud resources started with the recipe linked to in the Saturn Cloud thread.</p></li>\n<li><p>For details about how the p-value is calculated in Limma, please consult the user guide <a href=\"https://bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/vignettes/limma/inst/doc/usersguide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">https://bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/vignettes/limma/inst/doc/usersguide.pdf</a></p></li>\n<li><p>For a guide to multiome data analysis, please consult <a href=\"https://www.sc-best-practices.org/chromatin_accessibility/introduction.html\" target=\"_blank\">the Single-Cell Best Practices book</a> or the <a href=\"https://github.com/scverse/muon-tutorials/tree/master/single-cell-rna-atac/pbmc10k\" target=\"_blank\">Muon Tutorials</a>. For more details on the technology and biological context, consult <a href=\"https://www.10xgenomics.com/videos/cloiq73tpm\" target=\"_blank\">the 10x Genomics training module for Multiome</a>.</p></li>\n</ol>\n<p>Is there anything else I'm missing here? Please feel free to leave a note in the comments.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi all, thanks for coming to our first info session yesterday. You can find a recording of the session on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/MaHQkT59oEs The recording isn't trimmed yet, apparently that can take a few hours after upload, but I wanted to share it for everyone's reference.\n\nSome notes from the session:\n\n1. To find the notebooks and scripts for running the DE analysis, please check the GitHub repo here: https://github.com/openproblems-bio/neurips-2023-scripts. This is also downloaded into new Saturn Cloud resources started with the recipe linked to in the Saturn Cloud thread.\n\n2. For details about how the p-value is calculated in Limma, please consult the user guide https://bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/vignettes/limma/inst/doc/usersguide.pdf\n\n3. For a guide to multiome data analysis, please consult [the Single-Cell Best Practices book](https://www.sc-best-practices.org/chromatin_accessibility/introduction.html) or the [Muon Tutorials](https://github.com/scverse/muon-tutorials/tree/master/single-cell-rna-atac/pbmc10k). For more details on the technology and biological context, consult [the 10x Genomics training module for Multiome](https://www.10xgenomics.com/videos/cloiq73tpm).\n\nIs there anything else I'm missing here? Please feel free to leave a note in the comments.",
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      "id": "2469600",
      "postDate": "10/06/2023 13:18:13",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for the YouTube of the first info session.  </p>\n<p>I think I understand that the goal of the competition is to predict how confident you can be that a compound has an effect on a gene.   Your experience has indicated to you that the p-value is the most robust indicator that you have found that indicates that two distributions are different.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for the YouTube of the first info session.  \n\nI think I understand that the goal of the competition is to predict how confident you can be that a compound has an effect on a gene.   Your experience has indicated to you that the p-value is the most robust indicator that you have found that indicates that two distributions are different.",
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      "id": "2471831",
      "postDate": "10/06/2023 16:57:41",
      "content": "<p>My understanding is similar,<br>\nhowever I am still confused - since LIMMA is linear model its p-values basically the same as measuring log-fold change,<br>\nthey cannot capture real differences between the distributions - as KS or chi2 or any other concordance criteria would in theory be able. <br>\nSo despite , Daniel, comments here <a href=\"https://youtu.be/MaHQkT59oEs?si=591xRPvEGuRaeovQ&amp;t=956\" target=\"_blank\">https://youtu.be/MaHQkT59oEs?si=591xRPvEGuRaeovQ&amp;t=956</a><br>\nare quite inspiring and clarifying,<br>\nI am still confused whether the p-values from linear model like LIMMA are really able to catch  difference in distributions, not just means.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "My understanding is similar,\nhowever I am still confused - since LIMMA is linear model its p-values basically the same as measuring log-fold change,\nthey cannot capture real differences between the distributions - as KS or chi2 or any other concordance criteria would in theory be able. \nSo despite , Daniel, comments here https://youtu.be/MaHQkT59oEs?si=591xRPvEGuRaeovQ&t=956\nare quite inspiring and clarifying,\nI am still confused whether the p-values from linear model like LIMMA are really able to catch  difference in distributions, not just means.",
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    {
      "id": "2475559",
      "postDate": "10/10/2023 02:26:44",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/danielburkhardt\" target=\"_blank\">@danielburkhardt</a>! When will the fixed RNA expression AnnData be uploaded to Kaggle?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi @danielburkhardt! When will the fixed RNA expression AnnData be uploaded to Kaggle?",
      "votes": null
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      "id": "2476365",
      "postDate": "10/10/2023 14:45:20",
      "content": "<p>To the best of my knowledge, in limma, the LFC estimates are only adjusted by shrinkage. The p-values are adjusted accounting for other covariates, like library or donor.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "To the best of my knowledge, in limma, the LFC estimates are only adjusted by shrinkage. The p-values are adjusted accounting for other covariates, like library or donor.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2478796",
      "postDate": "10/12/2023 08:04:01",
      "content": "<p>thank you for these invaluable resources. I am gaining more insights about the data </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "thank you for these invaluable resources. I am gaining more insights about the data",
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  "comments": [
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      "id": 2469600,
      "author_name": "pcjimmmy",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "10/06/2023 13:18:13",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for the YouTube of the first info session.  </p>\n<p>I think I understand that the goal of the competition is to predict how confident you can be that a compound has an effect on a gene.   Your experience has indicated to you that the p-value is the most robust indicator that you have found that indicates that two distributions are different.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
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          "id": 2471831,
          "author_name": "alexandervc",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "10/06/2023 16:57:41",
          "content": "<p>My understanding is similar,<br>\nhowever I am still confused - since LIMMA is linear model its p-values basically the same as measuring log-fold change,<br>\nthey cannot capture real differences between the distributions - as KS or chi2 or any other concordance criteria would in theory be able. <br>\nSo despite , Daniel, comments here <a href=\"https://youtu.be/MaHQkT59oEs?si=591xRPvEGuRaeovQ&amp;t=956\" target=\"_blank\">https://youtu.be/MaHQkT59oEs?si=591xRPvEGuRaeovQ&amp;t=956</a><br>\nare quite inspiring and clarifying,<br>\nI am still confused whether the p-values from linear model like LIMMA are really able to catch  difference in distributions, not just means.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 2476365,
              "author_name": "danielburkhardt",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "10/10/2023 14:45:20",
              "content": "<p>To the best of my knowledge, in limma, the LFC estimates are only adjusted by shrinkage. The p-values are adjusted accounting for other covariates, like library or donor.</p>",
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      "id": 2475559,
      "author_name": "songqizhou",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "10/10/2023 02:26:44",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/danielburkhardt\" target=\"_blank\">@danielburkhardt</a>! When will the fixed RNA expression AnnData be uploaded to Kaggle?</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2478796,
      "author_name": "bonfaceonyango",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "10/12/2023 08:04:01",
      "content": "<p>thank you for these invaluable resources. I am gaining more insights about the data </p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
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    "2467481": "Hi all, thanks for coming to our first info session yesterday. You can find a recording of the session on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/MaHQkT59oEs The recording isn't trimmed yet, apparently that can take a few hours after upload, but I wanted to share it for everyone's reference.\n\nSome notes from the session:\n\n1. To find the notebooks and scripts for running the DE analysis, please check the GitHub repo here: https://github.com/openproblems-bio/neurips-2023-scripts. This is also downloaded into new Saturn Cloud resources started with the recipe linked to in the Saturn Cloud thread.\n\n2. For details about how the p-value is calculated in Limma, please consult the user guide https://bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/vignettes/limma/inst/doc/usersguide.pdf\n\n3. For a guide to multiome data analysis, please consult [the Single-Cell Best Practices book](https://www.sc-best-practices.org/chromatin_accessibility/introduction.html) or the [Muon Tutorials](https://github.com/scverse/muon-tutorials/tree/master/single-cell-rna-atac/pbmc10k). For more details on the technology and biological context, consult [the 10x Genomics training module for Multiome](https://www.10xgenomics.com/videos/cloiq73tpm).\n\nIs there anything else I'm missing here? Please feel free to leave a note in the comments.",
    "2469600": "Thanks for the YouTube of the first info session.  \n\nI think I understand that the goal of the competition is to predict how confident you can be that a compound has an effect on a gene.   Your experience has indicated to you that the p-value is the most robust indicator that you have found that indicates that two distributions are different.",
    "2471831": "My understanding is similar,\nhowever I am still confused - since LIMMA is linear model its p-values basically the same as measuring log-fold change,\nthey cannot capture real differences between the distributions - as KS or chi2 or any other concordance criteria would in theory be able. \nSo despite , Daniel, comments here https://youtu.be/MaHQkT59oEs?si=591xRPvEGuRaeovQ&t=956\nare quite inspiring and clarifying,\nI am still confused whether the p-values from linear model like LIMMA are really able to catch  difference in distributions, not just means.",
    "2475559": "Hi @danielburkhardt! When will the fixed RNA expression AnnData be uploaded to Kaggle?",
    "2476365": "To the best of my knowledge, in limma, the LFC estimates are only adjusted by shrinkage. The p-values are adjusted accounting for other covariates, like library or donor.",
    "2478796": "thank you for these invaluable resources. I am gaining more insights about the data"
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