News archive
- Presented PINNOU, physics-informed neural networks for phylogenetic Ornstein–Uhlenbeck inference, at ISMB 2026 (EvolCompGen COSI) in Washington, DC.
- Paper showing that cell-type-specific allometry controls sex differences in Drosophila organ size is out in Genetics and was selected as a GENETICS Featured Article.
- Preprint on Research Square: the evolution of the MAF and OTX families during the emergence and stabilization of rod photoreceptors across Metazoa.
- Single-cell RNA-seq of the aging mouse retina reveals transcriptional heterogeneity in the rod photoreceptor pathway, published in Aging Cell.
- Awarded a FY2025 STRIDES cloud award, as project lead, to train large language models for retinal transcriptome analysis.
- Received the Richard Newton Lolley Memorial Travel Grant to present adaptive expression evolution in nocturnal birds at ARVO 2024.