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My random thoughts on science, math, and occassionally the places and animals I encounter.
Happy 2025! A Signaling and Mechanical Role for Folate in Neural Tube Closure
Happy 2025! May it be filled with happiness and exciting science. In this blog post, I discuss a paper I read earlier today on a signaling and mechanical role for folate in neural tube closure. Read More
Generalization is Hard
I have been thinking a lot about generalization in AI, and why it is so hard. Read More
Domain expertise matters, especially in fields that want to use AI
There seems to be this feeling in Silicon Valley that you can just throw a bunch of MLEs at a biology problem and it will get solved. I argue that this is a mistake. Read More
Trip to the Amazon
A brief recount of my first trip to the Amazon Read More
Miracle Hunter
A short anecdote I wrote for a storytelling slam Read More
2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes half to David Baker
David Baker won the Nobel today, and the news brought me back to my time in his lab. Congratulations, David! Read More