Monthly Archives: February 2026

CascadeTorch: a PyTorch version of Cascade for spike inference

I’m glad to share a PyTorch-based implementation of spike inference from calcium imaging data: CascadeTorch, now available on GitHub. The original Cascade repository remains fully supported. This post explains why I re-implemented Cascade in Torch, and what this means for … Continue reading

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A clearing method for large human FFPE tissue blocks

During the lockdown in 2020, I was forced to stop my own experiments in the lab. This is when I turned to computational and analysis side-projects that since then have become quite central to my own work and approach to … Continue reading

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Hippocampal neuron and astrocyte responses to noradrenaline and natural arousal

Over the past few years, I worked with Sian Duss, a very skilled and talented PhD student in the lab of Johannes Bohacek, to dissect the role of noradrenaline release in the hippocampus. I’m very excited that the manuscript describing … Continue reading

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