Eric Kernfeld
@ekernf01.bsky.social
Statistician and computational biologist; uw alum; jhu student. He/him. http://ekernf01.github.io
Thanks to everyone who has supported me in large and small ways during this uncertain interval.
August 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Thanks to everyone who has supported me in large and small ways during this uncertain interval.
4) I (constructively) peer-reviewed two papers; I wrote ten blog posts; I conducted about 30 informational interviews; and I applied to about 65 jobs. It's tough out there.
August 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
4) I (constructively) peer-reviewed two papers; I wrote ten blog posts; I conducted about 30 informational interviews; and I applied to about 65 jobs. It's tough out there.
3) I rode my bike from Washington, DC to Pittsburgh and back, through rain, mud, stiff headwinds, dozens of downed trees, and a couple of sub-freezing nights.
August 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
3) I rode my bike from Washington, DC to Pittsburgh and back, through rain, mud, stiff headwinds, dozens of downed trees, and a couple of sub-freezing nights.
2) I defended my PhD. Ask me if you want the slides and the recording! I somehow lost track of the cute photo I was going to show. :[ Will post in replies if I can find it.
August 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
2) I defended my PhD. Ask me if you want the slides and the recording! I somehow lost track of the cute photo I was going to show. :[ Will post in replies if I can find it.
1) I have accepted a job at Alden Scientific working to improve the world's best methods for predicting long-term health.
August 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
1) I have accepted a job at Alden Scientific working to improve the world's best methods for predicting long-term health.
i hope you can keep your cool through this.
July 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
i hope you can keep your cool through this.
I definitely think everyone working on virtual cells would be happy with more training data. What do you mean when you say the cell should be smaller?
July 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I definitely think everyone working on virtual cells would be happy with more training data. What do you mean when you say the cell should be smaller?
Fuck, I'm so sorry.
June 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Fuck, I'm so sorry.
What it felt like to write this series:
![Classic "midwit meme" with dummy expanding (a+b)^2 as a^2 + b^2, midwit (superimposed ekernf01 profile pic) crying and expanding (a+b)^2 as a^2 + 2ab + b^2, and wizard (superimposed Sasha Gusev profile pic) expanding E[(a+b)^2] as E[a^2] + E[b^2] because E[ab]=0.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5ftexbig72jeep64y6wzkj4z/bafkreigdbntjdhd7vc7grzqv3eakvs7x4tgajvyf6q6ce2q2cu7fqidvlm@jpeg)
June 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
What it felt like to write this series:
June 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Thank you. It seems this doesn't quite work to define the genetic association parameters it's supposed to define, so I will substitute another thing that makes sense to me.
June 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Thank you. It seems this doesn't quite work to define the genetic association parameters it's supposed to define, so I will substitute another thing that makes sense to me.