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Enhancing Team Collaboration in MAXQDA

Tonight I watched the MAXDAYS session “Collaborating in MAXQDA: Best Practices for Teams.” Joel Drevlow from iQDAS Consulting. Drevlow noted that this session was based on a chapter they wrote in a publication by MAXQDA Press. Drevlow did a lot of program evaluation and survey analysis. Analyzing collaboratively, Drevlow explained, has several advantages: multiplicity of […]
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MAXQDA 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Qualitative Analysis

Alexis Chavez spoke at MAXDAYS 2025 on “MAXQDA 101: Essentials for new users.” Chavez is a graduate student at the University of Nebraska. Chavez explained that MAXQDA is capable of qualitative and mixed method analyses. The software also has tools for statistical analyses. Chavez noted that a general workflow within MAXQDA starts with organizing the […]
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Exploring MAXQDA Tailwind: AI-Driven Insights for Researchers

I have read and watched a MAXQDA Tailwind webinar. I wanted to learn more! Stefan Radiker spoke at MAXQDA Days 2025 about “MAXQDA Tailwind: AI-driven Analysis for Qualitative Data.” Tailwind, Radiker explained, can summarize documents, identify themes, and soon chat with documents! Radiker used inaugural address speeches to create a project. Radiker noted that the […]
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Plant Genome Assembly Insights from ONT Workshop

Tonight I watched the Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) PAG Industry Workshop session titled “A single-platform solution for plant de novo genome assembly.” Jeannie Mounger, a field applications scientist with ONT, was the presenter. They noted that for plant genome assembly there are several considerations. Plant genome size varies greatly: from Mb to Gb. Polyploidy varies […]
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Genomic Surveillance of H5N1 in Dairy Products

Tonight I watched another PAG Industry Workshop session by Oxford Nanopore Technologies. This one was titled “Pasteurized retail dairy enables genomic surveillance of H5N1 avian influenza in the United States.” Andrew Lail from the University of Wisconsin-Madison was the presenter. Lail explained that influenza is an RNA virus with 8 RNA segments. H5N1 influenza is […]
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Advancements in Nanopore Sequencing: Insights from PAG Workshop

Tonight I watched the PAG Industry Workshop Oxford Nanopore Technologies offered on January 14, 2025. In this session, Aaron Pomerantz presented updates along with Sean Mckenzie that improve assemblies. The title of the session is “New assemblers enable unprecedented de novo genome and metagenome contiguity and completeness…” The series of talks include amplicon to massive […]
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