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MsEE Lab @mseelab.org · 19/09/2026

As the world grapples with the question of how to incorporate (or entirely avoid) GenAI into the education of future generations, we at MsEE Lab are faced with the same challenge. open.substack.com/pub/mseelab/...

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Larger Language Models Without Shrinking Our Worlds

GenAI in science and our guiding principles for its use—for now

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MsEE Lab @mseelab.org · 17/07/2026

A year on from our inaugural State of the Lab post, the lab is revving up and getting ready to go. Now it’s time to do some research! mseelab.substack.com/p/brewing-re...

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Brewing "Research Project" Soup

State of the Lab — Summer 2026

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C. Brandon Ogbunu @cbo.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

A study I regularly circle back 2 from Dr. Pablo Cardenas-Ramirez, PI of @mseelab.org. Just now making use of the amazing computational tool (Opqua) that it introduces. With it, 1 can model fitness landscape scale ?s (e.g. valley crossing) @ the host-parasite scale www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Genomic epidemiological models describe pathogen evolution across fitness valleys

A software tool creates flexible epidemiological simulations of evolving pathogens and shows how competition limits evolution.

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MsEE Lab @mseelab.org · 25/02/2026

Distilled from ≈100 hours of exit interviews and 1-1 coaching of PhD students, Pablo shares thoughts on the structure of a PhD in STEM and how students, advisors, and program directors can bring out the best of the experience. mseelab.substack.com/p/what-does-...

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What does a PhD look like?

Anatomy of the arc of grad school.

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MsEE Lab @mseelab.org · 11/02/2026

Where does the idea of a PhD come from? What from its history can we return to as we attempt to define or redefine it? Notes from Pablo on the MsEE Lab substack as graduate school admissions season rolls along. open.substack.com/pub/mseelab/...

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What is a PhD?

Why should "teacher" mark the pinnacle of knowledge?

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MsEE Lab @mseelab.org · 26/05/2025

I [Pablo] am fortunate, grateful, and bewildered to have this opportunity in our present moment in history. 3/3

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MsEE Lab @mseelab.org · 26/05/2025

Inspired by the intriguing and heartfelt writing of many others such as @cbo.bsky.social, I [Pablo] have begun writing too. I'm opening with a roadmap for science in these troubled times. I'd love you to join us for the journey, there is much to do. 2/3 mseelab.substack.com/p/state-of-t...

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How do you prepare to set sail in a storm?

State of the Lab — Summer 2025

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MsEE Lab @mseelab.org · 26/05/2025

The Multiscale Evolutionary Engineering Laboratory will open its doors in the summer of 2026 at the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering in Cornell University, led by @pcr-guy.bsky.social. We will make frameworks for quantifying evolutionary outcomes in bioengineering. 1/3 mseelab.org

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