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Britta Velten

@brittavelten.bsky.social

Tenure-Track-Professor for Multifactorial Data Analysis and Machine Learning in the Life Sciences @UniHeidelberg https://velten-group.org/

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Comparison of Interventional Causal Structure Learning Algorithms for Gene Regulatory Network Inference Background: Causal structure learning offers a promising approach to studying gene regulation in cells, aiming to provide deeper mechanistic insights than purely association-based methods. Theoretical...

A new lab preprint is up: Work led by our MSc student Jan Sprengel comparing Interventional Causal Structure Learning Algorithms for Gene Regulatory Network Inference from single cell CRISPR perturbation screens πŸ‘‡ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

10.12.2025 07:33 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CRISPRi + scRNA-seq + HIPSCI Large-scale CRISPRi screens with scRNA-seq read-out in iPSCs

Take a look at the data yourself in our interactive browser www.sanger.ac.uk/tool/crispri... and read our paper for lessons learnt on the design of population- and genome scale CRISPR screens

03.12.2025 09:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

With @leopoldparts.bsky.social and @oliverstegle.bsky.social we comprehensively mapped CRISPRi responses in iPSCs identifying protein complexes as nexus for transcriptional changes and made a first step towards population-scale CRISPR screens to dissect genetic modulation of perturbation responses

03.12.2025 09:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A genome-scale single-cell CRISPRi map of trans gene regulation across human pluripotent stem cell lines Feng et al. present the first genome-scale CRISPR interference perturbation map with scRNA-seq readout across many genetic backgrounds in human pluripotent cells, pioneering population-scale CRISPR pe...

Happy to see this out now in Cell Genomics: A genome-scale single-cell CRISPRi map of trans gene regulation across human pluripotent stem cell lines: www.cell.com/cell-genomic...

03.12.2025 09:17 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
Yes, this is where you would work (the round building, not the boat)

Yes, this is where you would work (the round building, not the boat)

We are looking for a postdoc to join our team! If you're interested in translating a cutting edge genomics technology (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) to real-life applications in hematology, this is for you. We offer a unique working environment ON THE BEACH: recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs...

20.11.2025 09:36 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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Auszeichnung fΓΌr Heidelberger Datenwissenschaftlerin: Britta Velten wird fΓΌr innovative Verfahren fΓΌr die Analyse von komplexen DatensΓ€tzen aus den Lebenswissenschaften mit dem Early Excellence in Science Award ausgezeichnet www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/...
#uniheidelberg #lifescience

16.10.2025 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Extremely honoured to receive the Bayer foundation early excellence in science award. Thanks to all my team, colleagues, collaborators and mentors for making this possible!

16.10.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Was fun to be part of this!

08.10.2025 06:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very nice framework to handle missing values in proteomics data by combining probabilistic factor models (alike MOFA) and suitable likelihood functions to account for values missing not at random. Take a look πŸ‘‡

08.10.2025 06:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do you like theoretical biology, mathematical&conceptual modelling and want to apply yourself to cutting-edge research at all levels of biology, from molecules to ecosystems?

Come to EMBL! Scope includes physics-based models, emergence, statistics, ML/AI
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

29.09.2025 07:03 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Group Leader – AI in Biology Are you ready to lead groundbreaking research in AI for Biology? Join us at EMBL! We are seeking a visionary scientist to establish their own independent research group bridging innovations in machine...

Are you an AI expert who wants to stay in academia and change the world by understanding the most complex things we know - living organisms? Want to lead your own group, based in Heidelberg DE, working language English? @embl.org is hiring in AI embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

08.09.2025 11:43 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome to day 4 of #EMBOBioImage πŸ–₯️
πŸ‘‰Happening right now: practical session 5, spatial statistics and omics integration, led by @brittavelten.bsky.social, assisted by Anna Klemm.

17.09.2025 10:15 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Anna Klemm presents Britta Velten (from Heidelberg University) before Practical session 5 (Spatial statistics and omics integration) in the presence of Nikolai KΓΆhler and Wangjun Hu.

Anna Klemm presents Britta Velten (from Heidelberg University) before Practical session 5 (Spatial statistics and omics integration) in the presence of Nikolai KΓΆhler and Wangjun Hu.

Britta Velten on stage addressing the course students.

Britta Velten on stage addressing the course students.

Panoramic view of the classroom full of students attending the practical session by Britta Velten, Nikolai KΓΆhler and Wangjun Hu.

Panoramic view of the classroom full of students attending the practical session by Britta Velten, Nikolai KΓΆhler and Wangjun Hu.

And here we go again with Day 4️⃣ of the @embo.org course on "Advanced methods in bioimage analysis"! πŸ”¬πŸ–₯οΈπŸ“Š

We just started "Pratical session 5: Spatial statistics and omics integration" with @brittavelten.bsky.social and her team πŸ’ͺ from @uniheidelberg.bsky.social ...

17.09.2025 07:24 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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PhD Student Bioinformatics, Computational Biology (m/f/d) Analyze bulk and single-cell multi-omics data generated from in vivo AML models Curate and integrate public datasets (eg scRNA-seq) to derive prior knowledge on AML dormancy Develop and apply integrat...

πŸ”¬ PhD Position in Bioinformatics!
Join my group at Heidelberg University (lu-group-ukhd.github.io) to study AML dormancy & therapy resistance using multi-omics & single-cell data.
πŸ‘‰Apply or share: www.jobvector.de/job/bioinfor...

22.07.2025 08:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exciting kick-off meeting for our spatial omics seminar in and around Heidelberg organised with @tanevski.bsky.social and @denisschapiro.bsky.social. Was fun to see all the cool research happening here and connect. Reach out to us if you missed out and would like to join the next meetings!

03.07.2025 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bioinformatics Software Engineer Post a job in 3min, or find thousands of job offers like this one at jobRxiv!

πŸš€ Job opportunity: Bioinformatics Software Engineer
Join a young and passionate team at Heidelberg University to advance bioinformatics software that drive biological discovery.
Learn more & apply πŸ‘‰ shorturl.at/GCpg7

25.06.2025 13:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to meeting up with the spatial biology community in October! Join us in Heidelberg :-)

29.04.2025 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Scientific Software Developer Post a job in 3min, or find thousands of job offers like this one at jobRxiv!

Do you want to advance scientific software for the life sciences? Join us now in Heidelberg as a scientific software developer. Details can be found here: shorturl.at/vqpEA

15.04.2025 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Scientific programmer Post a job in 3min, or find thousands of job offers like this one at jobRxiv!

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Join us as a scientific programmer to advance tools for multi-omics data at Heidelberg University. Details can be found at shorturl.at/OcnOa and please spread the word!

31.01.2025 08:12 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

CompBio method developers: software that only runs on your computer and is not available via a repository like CRAN, PyPI, Bioconductor, is not a proper research output β€”
just like a set of scribbled notes on your desktop is not the same as a preprint or a paper.
Finish the job.

24.01.2025 09:36 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

My first post here on BlueSky to share our recent work with Claudia Feng and @leopoldparts.bsky.social - a large-scale single cell CRISPR screen to chart out gene regulation and the role of genomic background in iPSCs. Check out the data here: www.sanger.ac.uk/tool/crispri...

14.01.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0