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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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πŸŽ‰Happy International Day of Women and Girls in STEM πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» I’m a woman in science today because my wonderful female mentors, @virginieuhlmann.bsky.social and @malloryfreeberg.bsky.social, believed in me even when I felt I couldn’t do it. πŸ™ #womenInScience #womenInSTEM

11.02.2026 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Scientist in a white lab coat and blue gloves examining samples through a microscope in a laboratory setting.

Scientist in a white lab coat and blue gloves examining samples through a microscope in a laboratory setting.

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! #WomenInScience πŸŒπŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ”¬

We're dedicated to supporting equality in #microscopy, #imaging and #FlowCytometry - including maintaining a positive gender balance for speakers attending international events.

Find out more: https://ow.ly/VbVw50YcIL4

11.02.2026 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸŽ‰Happy International Day of Women and Girls in STEM πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» I’m a woman in science today because my wonderful female mentors, @virginieuhlmann.bsky.social and @malloryfreeberg.bsky.social, believed in me even when I felt I couldn’t do it. πŸ™ #womenInScience #womenInSTEM

11.02.2026 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Last call! This is a great opportunity for those interested in learning and applying SOTA ML/DL models to microscopy data with the leading experts in the field.

Personally super excited to be a lead TA along with the amazing @afoix.bsky.social and @edhirata.bsky.social!

Hope to see you there :)

15.01.2026 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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All the tiredness and travel are worth it if it means showing the world what D’Arcy taught us. Thanks to @aibio-uk.bsky.social and the local organisers for yesterday’s event in Bristol. It was a pleasure to engage in such stimulating discussions πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’»πŸ¦‡. #AI #Morphology #ResearchCommunity #EarlyCareer

14.01.2026 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You gave such a great talk @markbasham.bsky.social I particularly enjoyed the part where you said, β€œIf you have to talk to people, you’d better know what you’re talking about.” Saying β€œthere’s a bunch of stuff inside some other stuff” doesn’t inspire much trust on the other end! πŸ‘πŸ»

13.01.2026 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Crick BioImage Analysis Symposium (2025) - a review - FocalPlane Crick BioImage Analysis Symposium (2025) - a review - News

Jacqueline Chalakova, @afoix.bsky.social and @denzibubs.bsky.social share their highlights from #CBIAS2025 @cbias.bsky.social, with all three emphasising the welcoming atmosphere.
Check out the reasons that #CBIAS2026 should be in your calendar‡️
focalplane.biologists.com/2026/01/12/c...

13.01.2026 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Very much looking forward to this tomorrow πŸŽ‰ I’ll be sharing my journey from pure CS to tackling multidisciplinary challenges in biology using AI, and how crossing disciplines opens up cool scientific questions. Grateful to @aibio-uk.bsky.social πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’»πŸ”¬βœ¨
#interdisciplinary #AIinBiology #AIforLifeSciences

12.01.2026 10:03 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Deep Learning for Microscopy Image Analysis Topics The following will be covered extensively during lectures, exercises, and project work: Image denoising and restoration (fully supervised and self-supervised) Image translation (e.g.,

🚨 Alarm!!! 🚨
AI/ML course for microscopy image analysis!!! 🧐
In 2026 at Janelia (@hhmijanelia.bsky.social), no tuition, housing and meals provided! Isn’t that borderline unbelievable?!?

20 students, ~14 TAs and lecturers
πŸ—“οΈ June 4-18 2026

✍️ Jan 15 2026 ✍️

πŸ” pls!!

www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...

28.12.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 78    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
27.12.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We’ll be at @neuripsconf.bsky.social on Wednesday, 3 December, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (San Diego time). Come and chat with us about why distance matrices and invariances are cool! πŸŽ‰ #InterdisciplinaryML #neurips2025 #bioimageanalysis #shapequantification

01.12.2025 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Maria gave such an excellent and much-needed talk linking transcriptomic data with morphology at @neuripsconf.bsky.social πŸ”¬πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» and showing how AI shapes biomedical discovery, and vice versa. @wimlworkshop.bsky.social always brings brilliant speakers! πŸ‘©β€πŸ’»πŸ‘ #InterdisciplinaryML

02.12.2025 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much for your lovely comment @voigtvision.bsky.social! We’re on it, so stay tuned as 3D is coming! The difference between ShapeEmbed and ShapeEmbedLite is that Lite is slightly faster and a bit better at detecting high-frequency details πŸ™‚πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’»πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’»πŸ”¬

02.12.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you are attending @neuripsconf.bsky.social in San Diego, go check out Anna's beautiful work on learning shape representations!

02.12.2025 06:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We’ll be at @neuripsconf.bsky.social on Wednesday, 3 December, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (San Diego time). Come and chat with us about why distance matrices and invariances are cool! πŸŽ‰ #InterdisciplinaryML #neurips2025 #bioimageanalysis #shapequantification

01.12.2025 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Next to @afoix.bsky.social from @virginieuhlmann.bsky.social lab @ebi.embl.org talking about data-driven shape qualification for 2D microscopy Images

25.11.2025 10:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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#CBIAS2025
ShapeEmbedLite stay tuned for a new preprint coming out soon.

25.11.2025 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Day two of #CBIAS2025 kicked off by @lankylaste.bsky.social from @crick.ac.uk and the first session is on physical and mathematical modelling chaired by @natalieah.bsky.social , with the first presenter Ewa Paluch from @cam.bsky.social

25.11.2025 09:40 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Had a blast at #CBIAS2025! Great science (like the incredible ShapeEmbed talk from @afoix.bsky.social), amazing people and obviously tons of beautiful images :) Already looking forward to coming back next year!

25.11.2025 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So true 😭

25.11.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Congratulations to @aafkegros.bsky.social for winning the Best Poster Award at #CBIAS2025! πŸŽ‰ Their Microscopy Nodes Blender plugin not only makes visualisation easier, but also shines as a brilliant link between computer vision, mathematics, and biology.

25.11.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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 πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’»πŸ”¬πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ”¬ #tracking #interdisciplinary #bioimageanalysis

25.11.2025 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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 πŸ”¬πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’»πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ”¬. #bioimage #interdisciplinary

25.11.2025 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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! πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’»πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’»πŸ”¬ #bioimageanalysis #spotdetection

24.11.2025 11:31 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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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! πŸŽ‰πŸ”¬ More info: shorturl.at/j4sgY

24.11.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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! πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’»πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’»πŸ”¬ #bioimageanalysis #spotdetection

24.11.2025 11:31 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Henry Welcome Auditorium just before CBIAS 2025

Henry Welcome Auditorium just before CBIAS 2025

T-minus 1 hour

#CBIAS2025

24.11.2025 09:12 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Thrilled to be speaking at #CBIAS2025! πŸ₯³
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! πŸ˜ƒ

23.09.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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!πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ”¬πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» #bioimageanalysis #interdisciplinary #theory

21.11.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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!πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ”¬πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» #bioimageanalysis #interdisciplinary #theory

21.11.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0