Benjamin M. Bolker

Design-informed Size Factor Estimation

The paper introduces disize, a normalization method that uses experimental design information to improve size factor estimation in RNA-seq data, showing better accuracy in challenging scenarios.

Fast phylogenetic generalised linear mixed-effects modelling using the glmmTMB R package

The paper compares R packages for phylogenetic generalised linear mixed models and shows glmmTMB is faster and more flexible for fitting PGLMMs with likelihood-based models.

Investigating Statistical Power of Differential Abundance Studies

This study evaluates the statistical power of differential abundance analyses in microbiome studies and finds they are often underpowered for detecting changes in individual taxa.

Reassessing global historical R0 estimates of canine rabies

The paper reassesses global historical R0 estimates of canine rabies using improved statistical methods and finds higher R0 values with wider confidence intervals than previously reported.

Penetrance of polygenic obesity susceptibility loci across the body mass index distribution: an update on scaling effects.

The paper examines how the effects of BMI-associated SNPs vary across BMI percentiles and finds that 9 out of 37 SNPs show increasing effects with higher BMI.

Modeling Zero-Inflated Count Data With glmmTMB

The paper introduces the glmmTMB R package for fitting zero-inflated count models using maximum likelihood, demonstrating its flexibility and speed compared to other methods in ecological studies.