A reflection on teaching and learning.

The global DataCite community is supported by a fully remote team of 21 members, located in 12 countries and speaking more than 20 languages. Once a year, the team meets somewhere in the world to interact in person, remind one another that we are humans rather than 2-D images on screens, and brainstorm topics of current and strategic importance.

Thanks to the Event Fellowship from Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF), I was privileged to attend the 2025 International Statistical Genetics Workshop (ISG). ISG is an intensive, week-long workshop held annually in Boulder, Colorado that provides hands-on training in the principles and application of over a dozen open-access bioinformatics tools for analysis of genomic data.

Revolutionising Reasoning in Large Language ModelsContinue reading on Medium »

It’s been a decade long journey, but the publication of a completely gapless telomere-to-telomere (T2T) genome assembly finally marks the end of the Bauhinia Genome Project.

System 1 vs. System 2: Bringing Deliberate Thinking to AIContinue reading on Medium »

Converting Data into a Knowledge GraphContinue reading on Medium »

The software that we use to do our work is our academic software stack . I often see requests for advice on which software works well. Since recommendations from labs that have road-tested a few options are quite valuable, I thought I would document what we’re currently using and why. I have tried to note if we’ve switched, tried alternatives and if we’re happy. The lab is Mac-based and we prefer FOSS solutions.

A Beginner’s GuideContinue reading on Medium »

A quick tutorial on creating an AI Calendar AssistantContinue reading on Medium »

Just like the anonymous commenter on a reddit thread or a social media post, I think the anonymous reviewer suffers from the “disinhibition effect” that comes with knowing that they cannot be identified. A reviewer “persona” is created and suddenly gives them the option to be especially harsh (sometimes cruel…). Would they have made the same comment face to face, at a conference, for example?