The tutorial was brilliant! Thank you for making it easy to follow. The recording will be a resource that I will revisit again and again. I learned so much even though I've played around with Positron previously! @libbyheeren.bsky.social @ivelasq3.bsky.social @rladiesmelb.bsky.social

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A huge thank you from @ivelasq3.bsky.social and I to @kylieainslie.bsky.social for inviting us to visit the R-Ladie's Melbourne chapter for an hour tonight 😍 We had sooo much fun meeting everyone and answering all the questions we could about #rstats in Positron! (Which we're always here to answer)

📢 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻: 𝗔 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 📅 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 30th July, 2026 ⏰ 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 11 AM 📍 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: Online - www.meetup.com/rladies-melb...
 Join @libbyheeren.bsky.social and Isabella Velásquez to explore the next generation of data science development in a relaxed, beginner-friendly environment!

This week, we had our 2025–26 AGM and are excited to announce the 2026–27 R-Ladies+ Melbourne leadership team! 🥳 President: @kirstymccann.bsky.social Vice-President: Mansi Aggarwal Secretary: Harriet Mason Treasurer: @dionnecargy.bsky.social We look forward to another year of great events! 💜

Unlocked every Pokopia habitat, then taught myself web-scraping to build the guide I needed to maximise every Pokémon’s comfort. 🔗 dionnecargy.github.io/codebook/pok... “Let’s get this place HUMID.” #rstats #rladies #pokopia

We listened. We reflected. We evolved. Meet RLadies+. A more inclusive identity for our global community. Because belonging matters. 🔗 Read more about the rebrand: rladies.org/news/2026/re...

Super excited to get this at my door today! Ursula Laa and my book on exploring high-d data and models is in print! Book website is www.routledge.com/Interactivel... if interested I think my 30% discount code might work for you - msg me. Time to update dicook.github.io/mulgar_book/ too! #rstats

‼️ Upcoming Event ‼️ Join us for a session on Deep Probabilistic and Generative Modelling covering diffusion models, variational inference, generative AI, and biomedical applications — plus a short hands-on PyTorch demo! 📆 20 May, 6-7 PM 📍 Online 🎟️ Register now - www.meetup.com/rladies-melb...

Excited to be participating in the graduate researcher supervisor training today to start deeply reflecting and learning about my own philosophy in teaching 🥰 #STEM #Teaching #Supervision

👋 Say hello to the 2026 WEHI Postdoctoral Association - their work strengthens our research culture and helps ensure WEHI remains a supportive and collaborative environment for researchers.

Reminder: Event This Wednesday! Register now.

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‼️ Upcoming Event ‼️ Join us and Dr Kate Saunders who will present on “Data driven decision making for fantasy basketball.” Interested in turning data into decisions? Sports analytics or forecasting? Register now on meetup! shorturl.at/CECCC 📆 18 Mar, 5.30-7.30pm 📍DiUS, Level 3, 31 Queen St Melbourne

‼️ Upcoming Event ‼️ Join us and Dr Kate Saunders who will present on “Data driven decision making for fantasy basketball.” Interested in turning data into decisions? Sports analytics or forecasting? Register now on meetup! shorturl.at/CECCC 📆 18 Mar, 5.30-7.30pm 📍DiUS, Level 3, 31 Queen St Melbourne

We’re back for 2026! 💜 R-Ladies+ Melbourne is gearing up for a big year of events, learning, and community. Stay tuned and see you soon! 👩‍💻📊 #RLadies #RStats #WomeninSTEM

Risk 2026 · Full schedule available! R is used to calculate, measure, report, or mitigate risk. Find out the latest techniques, ask your questions directly to speakers, connect with other R users. Reproducibility, AI, Security, risk visuals... rconsortium.github.io/Risk_website... #rstats

We’ve released two new tidymodels #rstats packages for feature selection: filter and important. tidyverse.org/blog/2025/11...

Two New tidymodels Packages

Two new tidymodels packages focus on supervised feature selection.

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Join us Thu 11 Dec, 5:30pm at The Clyde rooftop (Carlton) for the R-Ladies+ Melbourne end-of-year meetup! 🌟 Celebrate 2025 highlights, connect with the community, and hear from 5 inspiring mentors across public health, genomics, bioinformatics & software. Register on Meetup! buff.ly/McL9fs1

End of Year Networking Event 2025 - In Person Only! , Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 5:30 PM | Meetup

🎉 **R-Ladies End-of-Year Celebration!** 🎉 Please join us on Thursday 11th December 2025 on the **rooftop** at The Clyde Hotel in Carlton from 5.30pm. This is a networkin

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📣 ‼️ This week we’re hosting Dr Heather Turner! 📣 ‼️ She’ll share insights from R Dev Days, collaborative efforts contributing to #Rstats, documentation, translations & more, including great work from the R-Ladies community! 🔗 Sign up: buff.ly/F2qikpO 📆 12 Nov, 5.30-7.30pm 📍 Monash City Campus

R-Ladies at R Dev Days with Dr Heather Turner, Wed, Nov 12, 2025, 5:30 PM | Meetup

Rladies Melbourne will be hosting Dr Heather Turner who is a leading R developer and statistician with over two decades of experience. **R-Ladies at R Dev Days** Under my

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Wrap up the ABACBS Conference 2025 with us at the BioCAsia × R-Ladies Melbourne Networking Event! 🎉 An evening of connection, community & conversation before the BioCAsia workshops kick off. 📅 Wed 26 Nov 2025 🕓 After ABACBS Closing (~4:30 pm) 📍Malt Shovel Taphouse 💸 Free Register: buff.ly/fxoH0VT

Great talk at #MalariaInMelbourne2025 from Dr Gerry Ryan at the Kids Institute on the amazing Vector Atlas! Keen to see it live on the map website. I think it's safe to say he nailed the crux of why we're meeting today!

Really looking forward to hearing from Dr Heather Turner at R-Ladies Melbourne next month! Her work on R Dev Days and community sustainability is incredible. 👇 See our meetup below to register! #RStats #WomenInSTEM #Rladies

R-Ladies Melbourne@rladiesmelb.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Excited to host Dr Heather Turner, leading #RStats developer & statistician! 🎉 She’ll share insights from #RDevDays: collaborative events where contributors, including women & gender minorities, work on base #R, dashboards & more. 🔗 Sign up: buff.ly/F2qikpO 📆 12 Nov, 5.30-7.30pm 📍 TBA

Join us tomorrow for a drink and a chat with SSA Victoria at Father's Office! Be there by 5pm to make it for Happy Hour 🍻💜

R-Ladies Melbourne@rladiesmelb.bsky.social · 11mo ago

It's our 9th birthday and you're all invited to celebrate with us! 💜 We are partnering up with the Statistical Society of Australia to host a Social Night! 🔗 Register: www.meetup.com/rladies-melb... 📅 Thu 16 Oct, 5-7pm 📌 Father's Office #StatSocAus #rladies #stats #rstats

Join us tomorrow for the International Day of Women in Statistics & Data Science conference in a panel "More Than Code: The People, Purpose, and Power of R-Ladies+" with Dionne & Felicia (Melb), Kristy & Giorgia (Syd), organised by Hunna Watson! 🔗 www.idwsds.org 🕓 12-1pm AEDT #rstats #rladies

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It's our 9th birthday and you're all invited to celebrate with us! 💜 We are partnering up with the Statistical Society of Australia to host a Social Night! 🔗 Register: www.meetup.com/rladies-melb... 📅 Thu 16 Oct, 5-7pm 📌 Father's Office #StatSocAus #rladies #stats #rstats

R-Ladies & SSA Melbourne Social Night: Happy 9th Birthday R-Ladies, Thu, Oct 16, 2025, 5:00 PM | Meetup

**Happy 9th Birthday R-Ladies Melbourne 🎉** Come unwind and connect with like-minded people at a joint event with R-Ladies Melbourne and the Statistical Society of Austra

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Big news: R-Ladies Melbourne turns 9 on October 18th! 🥳💜 We’re so proud of this amazing community of R users, learners, and enthusiasts who have been building, sharing, and supporting each other since 2015. Stay tuned: we’ll be celebrating soon! ✨ #RLadies #RStats #Melbourne

Thank you to everyone who joined us last week for ✨ Plot Twist: Bringing Your ggplot2 Visuals to Life with ggplotly with Dr. Kirsty McCann! We loved seeing the community come together to explore interactive data viz. 🚀📊 #rstats #ggplot2 #ggplotly

✨ Transform your ggplot2 plots into interactive stories! Join our workshop, Plot Twist: Bringing Your ggplot2 Visuals to Life with ggplotly, and make your data clickable and unforgettable. 🔗 Sign up: www.meetup.com/rladies-melb... 📅 18 Sept 🕒 5:30-7:30pm (includes networking & food) 📍 DiUS

Plot Twist: Bringing Your ggplot2 Visuals to Life with ggplotly, Thu, Sep 18, 2025, 5:30 PM | Meetup

Transform your static R plots into interactive, engaging visual stories! In this hands-on workshop, we’ll take pre-organised ggplot2 code and show you how to enhance it wit

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Our friends at @rladiessydney.bsky.social hosted Olivia Angelin-Bonnet earlier this year who gave a fabulous tutorial on {targets} which I am still re-visiting!! #rstats #rladies youtu.be/bMzM8e7E_K0?...

Reproducible analysis pipelines with {targets}

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R-Ladies Melbourne@rladiesmelb.bsky.social · last yr.

Tired of rerunning everything every time you change a line of code? 😩 The {targets} package automates your #Rstats workflow—only running what’s needed, tracking dependencies, keeping your analysis reproducible & efficient. ⏩ books.ropensci.org/targets/ #RStats #ReproducibleResearch #DataPipelines

It's THIS THURSDAY! Be sure to join us this week to meet up with other members of the #RLadiesMelb #Rstats community! We look forward to seeing you all there :) 💜

R-Ladies Melbourne@rladiesmelb.bsky.social · last yr.

🎉 Join us for the first R-Ladies Social Night! Whether you're new or a regular, come connect, unwind, and build community. #Rstats #Rladies 📍 Father’s Office 🕕 August 14, 6pm 🍻 Arrive on time for happy hour! www.meetup.com/rladies-melb...

This weekend I graduated from my PhD program at the @thedohertyinst.bsky.social and Bio21 Institute, a culmination of 9+ years of tertiary studies. My PhD explored the #genetic #epidemiology of Plasmodium #falciparum #malaria in high burden settings in Africa.

Missed a past R-Ladies Melbourne talk? We've got you covered! 🎥✨ Our video archive is packed with inspiring talks from past speakers—covering everything from R tips and packages to data science journeys & community insights. Catch up here 👉 r-ladiesmelbourne.github.io/videos.html #RLadies #RStats

🎉 Join us for the first R-Ladies Social Night! Whether you're new or a regular, come connect, unwind, and build community. #Rstats #Rladies 📍 Father’s Office 🕕 August 14, 6pm 🍻 Arrive on time for happy hour! www.meetup.com/rladies-melb...

R-Ladies Social Night, Thu, Aug 14, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Come unwind and connect with like-minded people at our first R-Ladies Social Night! Whether you’ve been to one of our events in the past or you’re just starting out, this e

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