Darvin Yi

Assistant Prof, UIC. Technical Director, Ai-O Center. Forcing AI on clinicians since 2014.

[Huan Edmonds @HuanEdmonds]

Can we use RNA to insert kilobases of DNA into the human genome, opening up a new way to engineer cells or treat disease?

Excited to share our latest work turning a retrotransposon (a “jumping gene” with an RNA intermediate) from songbirds into a genome editing tool. 🧵 (1/7)

[Darvin Yi @DarvinIsTrying]

I actually loved interacting and talking with my committee.... but when I saw the image and opportunity...

[Darvin Yi @DarvinIsTrying]

Those grad school memories.

[Greg Zaharchuk @GregZ_MD]

What's better than sharing data? Sharing 3D multi-contrast MRI of brain metastases with neurorad segmentations! Check out #BrainMetShare, the newest collection at https://t.co/UylKIxdf3C. Thx @Michael_Iv_MD @rubinqilab @DarvinIsTrying @curtlanglotz @mattlungrenMD @StanfordAIMI

[Darvin Yi @DarvinIsTrying]

@gregorymcinnes If you can't see, you can't look back at the terrible life choices you've made.

[Darvin Yi @DarvinIsTrying]

I just found my new favorite gif to explain what co-mentorship is like in academia.

[Darvin Yi @DarvinIsTrying]

AI news is best news: https://t.co/14ma5rdAmW

[Darvin Yi @DarvinIsTrying]

@guhan_rv Thanks man, it really ties the whole thing together.

[Darvin Yi @DarvinIsTrying]

Nothing like working on your CV/resume to absolutely question your self worth. I love it.

[Huan Edmonds @HuanEdmonds]

So excited to share our publication today! Working with the awesome @markwbudde, A. Granados, and other brilliant minds in the @ElowitzLab, Lois Lab, and @LongCai_Lab, we developed a synthetic recording system to image single cell lineage history. https://t.co/NpNhGHFLln

[Darvin Yi @DarvinIsTrying]

@mikegloud @NatureComms Credit where credit is due, they did indeed limit it to 20 co-authors. HOWEVER, they also defined junior/senior scientist by time since first publication. If you got a shit publication in freshman year in undergrad, you may be a senior author before a collaborating postdoc/prof.

[Darvin Yi @DarvinIsTrying]

Finally got through the ridiculous @NatureComms paper. One of my favorite lines:

"Whenever a junior scientist publishes a paper with a senior scientist, we consider the former to be a protégé, and the latter to be a mentor..."

What a warped view of collaboration.

[Curt Langlotz @curtlanglotz]

No joke.

[R.V. Paul Chan @rvpchan]

We are looking forward to our second annual AI in ophthalmology symposium on Saturday, October 24, 2020. @uicovs @uiccom #ophthalmology #AI @MichaelFChiang @jpetercampbell @DanielTing20 @DarvinIsTrying @kalpathy1 @drrishisingh @tedleng https://t.co/behahaOOct

[Darvin Yi @DarvinIsTrying]

@yuhaozhangx Yup yup. I live on the corner apartment of a busy intersection. Surprised no one took it. But how disappointed would you be if you stole something and it was only this piece of paper, haha.

[Darvin Yi @DarvinIsTrying]

Maybe cause pandemic, maybe cause academia is bs, but man, anticlimactic A F...

[Darvin Yi @DarvinIsTrying]

Getting pretty worried about how large these new #MachineLearning algo's are getting...

[Darvin Yi @DarvinIsTrying]

Seeing some of the papers that get into these conferences be like

[Darvin Yi @DarvinIsTrying]

I met a research director who was upset more students were going into industry. Personally, I chose to continue with #Academia after my degree, but could easily see it going another way. Retention is built on respect and kindness, two things academia often lacks. Obligatory meme: