For the last few years I’ve been working a lot on generative models for multimodal data. They have many different and exciting applications, but one thing we’re often asked about …
I usually write about my own “projects” or ideas here, but this time I wanted to do something a bit more educational. Lately, I’ve been working on models that incorporate — or …
At 5:00 a.m. PT on June 28th, 2025, 369 lucky runners will start the Western States 100, one of American ultrarunning’s most iconic races. The 100.2-mile (161 km) course winds from …
Three to four mornings a week, I walk to one of the Genentech shuttle buses, hop on, fall asleep, and wake up slightly disoriented as we arrive on campus. On the other days, I bike …
Every person has their own style of traveling reflecting their interests, prioritize, budget, and physical abilities/limitations. I’ve had the privilege to travel quite a lot …
I built a Python application that checks the availability of specific campsites listed at Recration.gov, and if there is anything available, it sends you an email. The code can be …
You know that feeling when you’re frustrated over something that has absolutely no real importance, but you just can’t let it go. That’s me right now. I’m seriously bothered by the …
On the 18th of March 2022 I defended my PhD thesis: “Computational methods for analysis of spatial transcriptomics data”. About a month before this date, I finalized the actual …
Having covered two somewhat old papers – at least by our field’s standards – in the previous reviews, my idea was to select something a bit more “up to date” this time. The path …
For this bi-weekly paper review, my choice fell upon a paper that I’ve skimmed through multiple times before, but never gave the proper read-through it deserves. It was a definite …
For quite some while now, I’ve carried a slight sensation of guilt within me. Guilt for being so caught up in my own projects and activities that I’ve come to neglect one of the …
I’m thrilled to announce that a collaboration with my good friend and colleague, Franziska Hildebrandt, now has matured to the state of being ready for journal submission, which …
I’ve always found it appealing, or rather enticing, to study biological systems from a more formal and mathematical perspective; with the main objective to somehow be able to …