by arojitmitra | Aug 20, 2020 | Lab Blog
One of the things that have been consistent in my life for the last 3 years, is my personality type INFP (Introvert–Sensing-Feeling-Perceiving) in the Myers-Briggs test. Thanks to an annual workshop organized by our institution around leadership skills that made...
by gautamsabnis | Aug 16, 2020 | Lab Blog
The biggest perk of working at JAX besides getting to work in a team on exciting research problems is its location. The lab is situated between the Gulf of Maine and the mountains of Acadia National Park. The park offers innumerable outdoor activities. One such...
by briangeuther | Aug 14, 2020 | Lab Blog
Earlier this year, I decided to obtain a new addition to my home: a pet bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps). It’s been awhile since I’ve wanted a pet and finally made the move. While most people think that the pets of choice in america is either a cat or a...
by Vivek | Jul 29, 2020 | Lab Blog, Lab News, Lab Press, Science
The Kumar Lab received a grant from NIDA to build new models of addiction. The press release is here https://www.jax.org/news-and-insights/2020/july/building-better-mouse-models-for-addiction-research The project summary is available here: PROJECT SUMMARY Addiction is...
by Vivek | Jul 14, 2020 | Lab Blog, Lab News
Dr. Yttri, from Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Biological Sciences, presented his lab’s latest work from this paper. The paper uses unsupervised learning to understand the types of behaviors mice carry out. Dr. Yttri met with postdocs, engineers, and...
by keithsheppard | Mar 27, 2020 | Lab Blog
We all know it’s important to use GPU resources efficiently, especially during inference. One easy and highly effective way to achieve this is to reorder some of your inference logic to exploit PyTorch’s asynchronous GPU operations. This becomes especially...
