Anna Foix
@afoix.bsky.social
PhD candidate at EMBL-EBI and the University of Cambridge (Uhlmann Group). Turning bioimages into numbers and finding the stories they hide. Loves math, climbing, and anime
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Anna Foix
@afoix.bsky.social
· Sep 23
Happy to share that ShapeEmbed has been accepted at @neuripsconf.bsky.social 🎉 SE is self-supervised framework to encode 2D contours from microscopy & natural images into a latent representation invariant to translation, scaling, rotation, reflection & point indexing
📄 arxiv.org/pdf/2507.01009 (1/N)
📄 arxiv.org/pdf/2507.01009 (1/N)
Congratulations to @aafkegros.bsky.social for winning the Best Poster Award at #CBIAS2025! 🎉 Their Microscopy Nodes Blender plugin not only makes visualisation easier, but also shines as a brilliant link between computer vision, mathematics, and biology.
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Congratulations to @aafkegros.bsky.social for winning the Best Poster Award at #CBIAS2025! 🎉 Their Microscopy Nodes Blender plugin not only makes visualisation easier, but also shines as a brilliant link between computer vision, mathematics, and biology.
Our very own @teunhuijben.bsky.social from the @loicaroyer.bsky.social lab at the Biohub gave a brilliant overview of their journey to improve tracking and visualisation (and our lives in general 😝) at #CBIAS2025 👩🏻💻🔬👩🏻🔬 #tracking #interdisciplinary #bioimageanalysis
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Our very own @teunhuijben.bsky.social from the @loicaroyer.bsky.social lab at the Biohub gave a brilliant overview of their journey to improve tracking and visualisation (and our lives in general 😝) at #CBIAS2025 👩🏻💻🔬👩🏻🔬 #tracking #interdisciplinary #bioimageanalysis
It’s wonderful when a venue feels like home. Thanks to #CBIAS2025 organisers for welcoming established researchers and supporting so many early-career scientists year after year. Grateful for the amazing bioimage analysis community in the UK, Europe and beyond 🔬👩🏻💻👩🏻🔬. #bioimage #interdisciplinary
Next to @afoix.bsky.social from @virginieuhlmann.bsky.social lab @ebi.embl.org talking about data-driven shape qualification for 2D microscopy Images
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
It’s wonderful when a venue feels like home. Thanks to #CBIAS2025 organisers for welcoming established researchers and supporting so many early-career scientists year after year. Grateful for the amazing bioimage analysis community in the UK, Europe and beyond 🔬👩🏻💻👩🏻🔬. #bioimage #interdisciplinary
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Amazing talk by my dear colleague and friend @albertdm.bsky.social and his supervisor @maweigert.bsky.social showing the cool things you can do with Spotiflow at #CBIAS2025. Look at this beautiful learned spot detection in 3D! 👩🏻💻👩🏻💻🔬 #bioimageanalysis #spotdetection
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Amazing talk by my dear colleague and friend @albertdm.bsky.social and his supervisor @maweigert.bsky.social showing the cool things you can do with Spotiflow at #CBIAS2025. Look at this beautiful learned spot detection in 3D! 👩🏻💻👩🏻💻🔬 #bioimageanalysis #spotdetection
And how cool is it that Albert also shared in his #CBIAS2025 talk our Deep Learning course at Janelia this June, directed by @janfunkey.bsky.social @computingnature.bsky.social and @mattersoflight.bsky.social! 🎉🔬 More info: shorturl.at/j4sgY
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
And how cool is it that Albert also shared in his #CBIAS2025 talk our Deep Learning course at Janelia this June, directed by @janfunkey.bsky.social @computingnature.bsky.social and @mattersoflight.bsky.social! 🎉🔬 More info: shorturl.at/j4sgY
Amazing talk by my dear colleague and friend @albertdm.bsky.social and his supervisor @maweigert.bsky.social showing the cool things you can do with Spotiflow at #CBIAS2025. Look at this beautiful learned spot detection in 3D! 👩🏻💻👩🏻💻🔬 #bioimageanalysis #spotdetection
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Amazing talk by my dear colleague and friend @albertdm.bsky.social and his supervisor @maweigert.bsky.social showing the cool things you can do with Spotiflow at #CBIAS2025. Look at this beautiful learned spot detection in 3D! 👩🏻💻👩🏻💻🔬 #bioimageanalysis #spotdetection
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November 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Thrilled to be speaking at #CBIAS2025! 🥳
CBIAS has been my scientific home since the beginning of my PhD, providing a welcoming space for early-career researchers. This year feels extra special, as I’ll be presenting my work in the final year of my PhD.
Join us if you get the chance! 😃
CBIAS has been my scientific home since the beginning of my PhD, providing a welcoming space for early-career researchers. This year feels extra special, as I’ll be presenting my work in the final year of my PhD.
Join us if you get the chance! 😃
The provisional program for The 6th Crick Bioimage Analysis Symposium (#CBIAS2025) is live!
Join us at the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social in London in November for incredible talks, posters and insightful discussions.
Space is limited - register now!
www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/cri...
Join us at the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social in London in November for incredible talks, posters and insightful discussions.
Space is limited - register now!
www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/cri...
September 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Thrilled to be speaking at #CBIAS2025! 🥳
CBIAS has been my scientific home since the beginning of my PhD, providing a welcoming space for early-career researchers. This year feels extra special, as I’ll be presenting my work in the final year of my PhD.
Join us if you get the chance! 😃
CBIAS has been my scientific home since the beginning of my PhD, providing a welcoming space for early-career researchers. This year feels extra special, as I’ll be presenting my work in the final year of my PhD.
Join us if you get the chance! 😃
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Super grateful to the organisers of
@tlmcambridge.bsky.social for inviting me 🤩 It’s great to see in-person events coming back strong and helping rebuild a solid scientific community around Cambridge. Come have a drink and enjoy some exciting science!👩🔬🔬👩💻 #bioimageanalysis #interdisciplinary #theory
@tlmcambridge.bsky.social for inviting me 🤩 It’s great to see in-person events coming back strong and helping rebuild a solid scientific community around Cambridge. Come have a drink and enjoy some exciting science!👩🔬🔬👩💻 #bioimageanalysis #interdisciplinary #theory
🍻TLM Pub Talks are back! 🍻
Join us for an evening of interesting talks to discuss over a drink in a social environment. All those interested in the intersection of biology and theory are welcome!
Join us for an evening of interesting talks to discuss over a drink in a social environment. All those interested in the intersection of biology and theory are welcome!
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Super grateful to the organisers of
@tlmcambridge.bsky.social for inviting me 🤩 It’s great to see in-person events coming back strong and helping rebuild a solid scientific community around Cambridge. Come have a drink and enjoy some exciting science!👩🔬🔬👩💻 #bioimageanalysis #interdisciplinary #theory
@tlmcambridge.bsky.social for inviting me 🤩 It’s great to see in-person events coming back strong and helping rebuild a solid scientific community around Cambridge. Come have a drink and enjoy some exciting science!👩🔬🔬👩💻 #bioimageanalysis #interdisciplinary #theory
Super grateful to the organisers of
@tlmcambridge.bsky.social for inviting me 🤩 It’s great to see in-person events coming back strong and helping rebuild a solid scientific community around Cambridge. Come have a drink and enjoy some exciting science!👩🔬🔬👩💻 #bioimageanalysis #interdisciplinary #theory
@tlmcambridge.bsky.social for inviting me 🤩 It’s great to see in-person events coming back strong and helping rebuild a solid scientific community around Cambridge. Come have a drink and enjoy some exciting science!👩🔬🔬👩💻 #bioimageanalysis #interdisciplinary #theory
🍻TLM Pub Talks are back! 🍻
Join us for an evening of interesting talks to discuss over a drink in a social environment. All those interested in the intersection of biology and theory are welcome!
Join us for an evening of interesting talks to discuss over a drink in a social environment. All those interested in the intersection of biology and theory are welcome!
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Super grateful to the organisers of
@tlmcambridge.bsky.social for inviting me 🤩 It’s great to see in-person events coming back strong and helping rebuild a solid scientific community around Cambridge. Come have a drink and enjoy some exciting science!👩🔬🔬👩💻 #bioimageanalysis #interdisciplinary #theory
@tlmcambridge.bsky.social for inviting me 🤩 It’s great to see in-person events coming back strong and helping rebuild a solid scientific community around Cambridge. Come have a drink and enjoy some exciting science!👩🔬🔬👩💻 #bioimageanalysis #interdisciplinary #theory
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📢 Apply now for the first DL@Janelia Bootcamp (June 4–18, 2026)! 2 weeks of hands-on deep learning for microscopy: train models on your own data, Python needed (no ML experience), housing + meals included, no registration fee
📍 Janelia Research Campus, VA
🗓️ Apply by Jan 15, 2026
🔗 shorturl.at/j4sgY
📍 Janelia Research Campus, VA
🗓️ Apply by Jan 15, 2026
🔗 shorturl.at/j4sgY
November 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
📢 Apply now for the first DL@Janelia Bootcamp (June 4–18, 2026)! 2 weeks of hands-on deep learning for microscopy: train models on your own data, Python needed (no ML experience), housing + meals included, no registration fee
📍 Janelia Research Campus, VA
🗓️ Apply by Jan 15, 2026
🔗 shorturl.at/j4sgY
📍 Janelia Research Campus, VA
🗓️ Apply by Jan 15, 2026
🔗 shorturl.at/j4sgY
Here a cool student who became a cool TA and master of Infrastructure 😃
November 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Here a cool student who became a cool TA and master of Infrastructure 😃
📢 Apply now for the first DL@Janelia Bootcamp (June 4–18, 2026)! 2 weeks of hands-on deep learning for microscopy: train models on your own data, Python needed (no ML experience), housing + meals included, no registration fee
📍 Janelia Research Campus, VA
🗓️ Apply by Jan 15, 2026
🔗 shorturl.at/j4sgY
📍 Janelia Research Campus, VA
🗓️ Apply by Jan 15, 2026
🔗 shorturl.at/j4sgY
November 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
📢 Apply now for the first DL@Janelia Bootcamp (June 4–18, 2026)! 2 weeks of hands-on deep learning for microscopy: train models on your own data, Python needed (no ML experience), housing + meals included, no registration fee
📍 Janelia Research Campus, VA
🗓️ Apply by Jan 15, 2026
🔗 shorturl.at/j4sgY
📍 Janelia Research Campus, VA
🗓️ Apply by Jan 15, 2026
🔗 shorturl.at/j4sgY
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My take: Engineering *is* important. Ideas are cheap. Novelty is overrated. "Hyperparameter tuning" is a cynically dismissive term for something that is in fact the real, difficult problem.
Sometimes I’ll see a paper that implements an idea I’ve had but implements it poorly for engineering reasons. But then it’s hard to write a follow up paper because it’s not “novel” anymore
October 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
My take: Engineering *is* important. Ideas are cheap. Novelty is overrated. "Hyperparameter tuning" is a cynically dismissive term for something that is in fact the real, difficult problem.
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Don’t miss Elena’s (from @ilastik-team.bsky.social lab) brilliant work @ #ICCV2025 with @anwaiarchit.bsky.social & @cppape.bsky.social poster 292 @ 11:15AM 🔬They tackle segmentation of massive 3D microscopy images & show how BatchRenorm removes tiling artifacts boosting transferability and clarity🌺
October 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Don’t miss Elena’s (from @ilastik-team.bsky.social lab) brilliant work @ #ICCV2025 with @anwaiarchit.bsky.social & @cppape.bsky.social poster 292 @ 11:15AM 🔬They tackle segmentation of massive 3D microscopy images & show how BatchRenorm removes tiling artifacts boosting transferability and clarity🌺
Don’t miss Elena’s (from @ilastik-team.bsky.social lab) brilliant work @ #ICCV2025 with @anwaiarchit.bsky.social & @cppape.bsky.social poster 292 @ 11:15AM 🔬They tackle segmentation of massive 3D microscopy images & show how BatchRenorm removes tiling artifacts boosting transferability and clarity🌺
October 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Don’t miss Elena’s (from @ilastik-team.bsky.social lab) brilliant work @ #ICCV2025 with @anwaiarchit.bsky.social & @cppape.bsky.social poster 292 @ 11:15AM 🔬They tackle segmentation of massive 3D microscopy images & show how BatchRenorm removes tiling artifacts boosting transferability and clarity🌺
Attending BISCUIT workshop at #ICCV2025 🌺 — the first talk by @mariavak.bsky.social on quantifying biases in foundation models was fantastic! Exciting to see interdisciplinary efforts focused not just on prediction but on understanding why — and ViTs seem to be the trend in biomedical vision 👩💻
October 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Attending BISCUIT workshop at #ICCV2025 🌺 — the first talk by @mariavak.bsky.social on quantifying biases in foundation models was fantastic! Exciting to see interdisciplinary efforts focused not just on prediction but on understanding why — and ViTs seem to be the trend in biomedical vision 👩💻
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We’ll be presenting at the #BIC workshop at @iccv.bsky.social! This year’s BIC has amazing speakers 🌺 — join us on 19 October at the Honolulu Convention Center to explore cutting-edge methods at the intersection of computer vision and biology 🔬 #ICCV2025 More details: www.bioimagecomputing.com
BioImage Computing
a truly interdisciplinary workshop
www.bioimagecomputing.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
We’ll be presenting at the #BIC workshop at @iccv.bsky.social! This year’s BIC has amazing speakers 🌺 — join us on 19 October at the Honolulu Convention Center to explore cutting-edge methods at the intersection of computer vision and biology 🔬 #ICCV2025 More details: www.bioimagecomputing.com
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We’ve upgraded ShapeEmbed 🎉 ShapeEmbedLite decodes latent codes via an MLP to guarantee valid EDMs, making it lighter and ideal for small microscopy datasets or limited compute. Hear more at my BIC workshop talk or poster at #ICCV2025! Try it out at github.com/uhlmanngroup...
October 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
We’ve upgraded ShapeEmbed 🎉 ShapeEmbedLite decodes latent codes via an MLP to guarantee valid EDMs, making it lighter and ideal for small microscopy datasets or limited compute. Hear more at my BIC workshop talk or poster at #ICCV2025! Try it out at github.com/uhlmanngroup...
Thanks to @alex-krull.bsky.social and @unibirmingham.bsky.social for supporting the interdisciplinary workshop between computer vision and biology, and for helping us secure a space in computer science venues 🔬👩💻 Looking forward to hearing all the contributors and seeing their posters! #ICCV25
October 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Thanks to @alex-krull.bsky.social and @unibirmingham.bsky.social for supporting the interdisciplinary workshop between computer vision and biology, and for helping us secure a space in computer science venues 🔬👩💻 Looking forward to hearing all the contributors and seeing their posters! #ICCV25
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Thank you, @afoix.bsky.social!
I am really happy I could be part of this one. Everybody, please enjoy the new ShapeEmbeding goodness!
I am really happy I could be part of this one. Everybody, please enjoy the new ShapeEmbeding goodness!
We’ve upgraded ShapeEmbed 🎉 ShapeEmbedLite decodes latent codes via an MLP to guarantee valid EDMs, making it lighter and ideal for small microscopy datasets or limited compute. Hear more at my BIC workshop talk or poster at #ICCV2025! Try it out at github.com/uhlmanngroup...
October 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Thank you, @afoix.bsky.social!
I am really happy I could be part of this one. Everybody, please enjoy the new ShapeEmbeding goodness!
I am really happy I could be part of this one. Everybody, please enjoy the new ShapeEmbeding goodness!
We’ll be presenting at the #BIC workshop at @iccv.bsky.social! This year’s BIC has amazing speakers 🌺 — join us on 19 October at the Honolulu Convention Center to explore cutting-edge methods at the intersection of computer vision and biology 🔬 #ICCV2025 More details: www.bioimagecomputing.com
BioImage Computing
a truly interdisciplinary workshop
www.bioimagecomputing.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
We’ll be presenting at the #BIC workshop at @iccv.bsky.social! This year’s BIC has amazing speakers 🌺 — join us on 19 October at the Honolulu Convention Center to explore cutting-edge methods at the intersection of computer vision and biology 🔬 #ICCV2025 More details: www.bioimagecomputing.com
We’ve upgraded ShapeEmbed 🎉 ShapeEmbedLite decodes latent codes via an MLP to guarantee valid EDMs, making it lighter and ideal for small microscopy datasets or limited compute. Hear more at my BIC workshop talk or poster at #ICCV2025! Try it out at github.com/uhlmanngroup...
October 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
We’ve upgraded ShapeEmbed 🎉 ShapeEmbedLite decodes latent codes via an MLP to guarantee valid EDMs, making it lighter and ideal for small microscopy datasets or limited compute. Hear more at my BIC workshop talk or poster at #ICCV2025! Try it out at github.com/uhlmanngroup...
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Also don’t miss:
🧬👯 @epetsalaki.bsky.social’s talk “From Data to Digital Twins” (Wed, Digital Twin Models)
📊🧬 My poster P03.14 – Towards Data-Driven Executable Models (Wed)
🧩🤖 @alussana.bsky.social’s poster P18.13 – Data-Driven Inference of Functionally Coherent Gene Modules (Mon)
🧬👯 @epetsalaki.bsky.social’s talk “From Data to Digital Twins” (Wed, Digital Twin Models)
📊🧬 My poster P03.14 – Towards Data-Driven Executable Models (Wed)
🧩🤖 @alussana.bsky.social’s poster P18.13 – Data-Driven Inference of Functionally Coherent Gene Modules (Mon)
October 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Also don’t miss:
🧬👯 @epetsalaki.bsky.social’s talk “From Data to Digital Twins” (Wed, Digital Twin Models)
📊🧬 My poster P03.14 – Towards Data-Driven Executable Models (Wed)
🧩🤖 @alussana.bsky.social’s poster P18.13 – Data-Driven Inference of Functionally Coherent Gene Modules (Mon)
🧬👯 @epetsalaki.bsky.social’s talk “From Data to Digital Twins” (Wed, Digital Twin Models)
📊🧬 My poster P03.14 – Towards Data-Driven Executable Models (Wed)
🧩🤖 @alussana.bsky.social’s poster P18.13 – Data-Driven Inference of Functionally Coherent Gene Modules (Mon)