https://mbaffour.github.io/#blog Notes on phage biology, lab life, and building research software. en-us Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0000 baffour@tamu.edu (Michael Baffour Awuah) https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/pfu-calculator.html https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/pfu-calculator.html Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Research software A single-file browser calculator for phage titers: plaque counts to PFU/mL, full plates or spot assays, with replicates, detection limits and a real Excel export. https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/cfu-calculator.html https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/cfu-calculator.html Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Research software A single-file browser calculator for bacterial colony counts: name samples, log replicates at any dilution, get mean ± SD with countable-window flags and detection limits, and export a real Excel workbook. https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/watermark-remover.html https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/watermark-remover.html Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Side build Finds the invisible Unicode, hidden payloads and file metadata marking your text, images, PDFs and Office documents — decodes what was in there, then removes it. Runs entirely in the browser; nothing is uploaded. https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/plaque-toolkit.html https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/plaque-toolkit.html Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Research software Measures bacteriophage plaques straight from a Petri-dish photo — size, turbidity, count and titer — so wild-type and mutant phages compare on the same footing. https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/serwaa-first-paper.html https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/serwaa-first-paper.html Sat, 30 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Notes The story behind my first peer-reviewed publication — a phage named after my grandmother, the undergraduate who made it happen, and seeing my name in print. https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/lifexp.html https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/lifexp.html Thu, 14 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Side build A gamified, local-first life tracker: habits, time, quests and life metrics with XP, levels and streaks. All data stays on your device. https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/number-tug.html https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/number-tug.html Sat, 02 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Side build A same-device arithmetic tug-of-war. Answer fast to pull the rope your way — solo, two-player on one keyboard, or against the computer. Free, in the browser. https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/hmm-discovery-app.html https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/hmm-discovery-app.html Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Research software A no-code web app running the whole profile-HMM discovery pipeline — alignment, HMM build, database search, classification and phylogeny — in your browser. https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/cellmorphr.html https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/cellmorphr.html Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Research software Quantifies single-cell morphology over time and keeps the statistics honest: per-replicate summaries first, then models at the level the design supports. https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/hmm-homologue-finder.html https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/hmm-homologue-finder.html Mon, 02 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Research software A reproducible HMM-based homologue-discovery CLI: six-frame search, ORF validation, iterate-to-convergence, regression tests and a locked environment. https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/cfu-plot-studio.html https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/cfu-plot-studio.html Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Research software An R/Shiny app turning replicate-level CFU data into publication-ready bar plots with log10 statistics, significance annotations, and a reproducible export. https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/genomics-kitchen.html https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/genomics-kitchen.html Thu, 22 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Research software Five browser-based sequence-prep tools: dedup, QC, comparison, ORF finding and HMM-ready protein cleanup. No installs, no server, no data leaving your machine. https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/gibson-assembly-calculator.html https://mbaffour.github.io/blog/gibson-assembly-calculator.html Sun, 30 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000 Research software Enter fragment lengths and concentrations, read off exact pipetting volumes at NEB-recommended molar ratios. A single page, no account, no spreadsheet.