Stijn Hawinkel

Statistical tests for bivariate spatial association across multi-omics data with disjoint coordinates

Autocorrelation-aware bivariate Moran's I, bivariate Gaussian process tests and generalized additive models (R package sbivar) test cross-modality colocalisation on disjoint coordinates; many existing permutation tests inflate false positives.

Unified nonparametric analysis of single-molecule spatial omics data using probabilistic indices

The paper introduces smoppix, a nonparametric method for analyzing single-molecule spatial omics data, identifying localization patterns across tissues and cells.

The winner's curse under dependence: repairing empirical Bayes using convoluted densities

The paper addresses the winners curse in statistical estimation under dependence, proposing a density convolution method to improve empirical Bayes approaches and demonstrating its effectiveness through simulations and a real-world application.

Predicting yield traits of individual field-grown Brassica napus plants from rosette-stage leaf gene expression

The paper links rosette-stage gene expression in Brassica napus to field-grown plant yield traits by analyzing individual plants in the field.