Bianca Dumitrascu @bimidu.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Science grows through conversation and by widening who gets to shape it. Join us in Sydney to explore the opportunities and roadblocks for AI in Bio, and how we build foundations for knowledge that is transparent, diverse, and robust. Benchmarks, failure modes, and surprisingly tough tasks welcome! 000
Bianca Dumitrascu @bimidu.bsky.social · 03/07/2026My grad student Oz and I are very excited to share our new work, Differentiable Design for Morphogenesis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... (waxMorph)biorxiv.org 1122
Bianca Dumitrascu @bimidu.bsky.social · 12/06/2026How are two embryos alike? As we collect spatio-temporal microscopy data, we want to quantify variability in the timing of key developmental events. Alignment of multiple recordings is a core engineering challenge here and we suggest a solution; read about it: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgA quantitative coordinate system for developmental dynamicsQuantitative comparison of morphogenesis across individuals remains a fundamental challenge, as developing embryos vary in shape, orientation and developmental tempo. Moreover, real-time three-dimensi... 14313
Bianca Dumitrascu @bimidu.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Leaving my office v happy this Friday. This thesis was hand delivered by the author (Mari) who visited our lab before there even was a proper lab. The visit led to nice science, recently published, and more importantly ongoing science and friendship 😊 thanks @kuba-sedzinski.bsky.social and team! 130
Bianca Dumitrascu @bimidu.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Excited to present our framework for interpretable disentanglement in multi condition data at ICML' 26 arxiv.org/abs/2506.17182 . While useful for different types of data, we think it's particularly useful if you have omics collected across distinct covariates like age or perturbations! Try it out!arxiv.orgVariational Learning of Disentangled RepresentationsDisentangled representations enable models to separate factors of variation that are shared across experimental conditions from those that are condition-specific. This separation is essential in domai... 010
Bianca Dumitrascu @bimidu.bsky.social · 24/02/2026We're looking for two postdocs to join us! Topic 1: interpretable diffusion models for multi-scale morphology + genomics data! Topic 2: generation and control of biomaterials! If interested, send me CV + 3 recommendation letters over email! 000
Bianca Dumitrascu @bimidu.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Our fantastic postdoc Lambda talking about her adventure to find multi-scale signals in spatial transcriptomics at CSHL Single Cell Analysis. Preprint coming out soon! 😊 🚀 🚲 040
Bianca Dumitrascu @bimidu.bsky.social · 22/09/2025An exciting collaboration with a wonderful team! Check out Kuba's tutorial! 141
Reposted by Bianca DumitrascuBerta Verd @bertaverd.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Latest from the lab: a review led by @jamesehammond.bsky.social on the evolvability of vertebral counts and the developmental processes that make it possible. 0259
Reposted by Bianca DumitrascuKristina Stapornwongkul @kstapornwongkul.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Thrilled to announce that I am looking for a Research Technician/Assistant to join my lab @imbavienna.bsky.social. Please consider applying if you’re enthusiastic about #devbio #stemcells #teamwork and excited to help shaping a new lab! Thankful for any retweet! 🫶 imba.onlyfy.jobs/job/l6u2m980imba.onlyfy.jobsResearch TechnicianIMBA - Institute of Molecular Biotechnology is one of the leading biomedical research institutes in Europe focusing on cutting-edge functional genomics and stem cell technologies. IMBA is located at t... 15041
Bianca Dumitrascu @bimidu.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Congratulations Kristina and happy for those lucky to join your group! 110
Bianca Dumitrascu @bimidu.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Thank you so much for the highlight and for the nice summary of our recent work! 0103
Reposted by Bianca DumitrascuIrving Institute for Cancer Dynamics @cancerdynamics.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Dr. Bianca Dumitrascu (bimidu.bsky.social) led a new study published in naturemethods.bsky.social on a computational pipeline linking spatial transcriptomics + mechanical forces in tissue development. Read more: bit.ly/4kCgT1q #CancerResearch #Mechanobiology #SpatialTranscriptomics #IICDColumbiabit.lyBridging Biology and Biomechanics: The Dumitrascu Lab’s New Computational Framework Illuminates Tissue Development | Columbia University 081
Bianca Dumitrascu @bimidu.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Some light yesterday at Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's new book reading. 020
Bianca Dumitrascu @bimidu.bsky.social · 10/03/2025What a treat to be part of this effort! Congratulations @jcornwallscoones.bsky.social and team! 0122
Bianca Dumitrascu @bimidu.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Check out our newest preprint on #bioxiv. We developed Patches, a tool for extracting joint and condition specific signatures from scRNA-seq data in complex experimental designs like wound healing: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... GitHub: github.com/Computationa...biorxiv.orgPatches: A Representation Learning framework for Decoding Shared and Condition-Specific Transcriptional Programs in Wound HealingSingle-cell genomics enables the study of cell states and cell state transitions across biological conditions like aging, drug treatment, or injury. However, existing computational methods often strug... 1102
Bianca Dumitrascu @bimidu.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Very excited about this first adventure in looking at regeneration! Thank you Maria and @smeetonlab.bsky.social for a fantastic first collaborative project :) 020