Some ramblings on (click to filter):
- bioinformatics topics that come up in my research
- my PhD experience and any corny life lessons learned along the way
- literature
- miscellaneous topics
A vim plugin for DNA sequences and sequencing files | bioinformatics
This started as a joke colorscheme for vim where every character is the same color except for ACGT, but then I realized that the colors were actually useful for helping me visually parse DNA sequences.
June 1, 2025
June 1, 2025
Double-stranded De Bruijn graphs | bioinformatics
When I learned about genome assembly in classes and lectures, they usually showed a tidy illustration of how a sequence can be converted into a De Bruijn graph.
March 1, 2025
March 1, 2025
A Short Stay in Hell | literature
If you want to get a taste of Soren's experience for yourself, you can try this website, which simulates the Library of Babel.
April 17, 2024
April 17, 2024
PhD admissions (retrospective) | PhD
In Fall 2022, I applied to PhD programs in computer science, computational biology/bioinformatics, and genetics/genomics.
April 16, 2023
April 16, 2023