Yvan Saeys
@YvanSaeys
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Computer scientist with a bias towards machine learning and a high need for variance in application domains. Fond of woodworking and musical instruments.
Ghent University, Belgium
Joined November 2017
What does the future of spatial omics data processing pipelines look like ? Meet Sparrow, our new human-in-the-loop interactive pipeline that facilitates better quality control, improves segmentation and leads to better downstream analysis @LottePollaris.
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RT @VIBConferences: ⬆️Ready to level up your #computational #cytometry skills? Join our hands-on program at #CompCyto2025 and learn advance….
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RT @saeyslab: It's happening again! 🤩.Join us for a hands-on program designed for those interested in advancing their skills in computation….
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RT @saezlab: Post-doc opening to join our lab @emblebi #EMBLEBIresearch to develop/apply #bioinformatics methods to study cellular organiza….
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What a nice @Zytometrie meeting in Berlin, organized by the wonderful team of Henrik Mei. I especially appreciated the product slam ! Highly original !.
What an inspiring 1st day of the DGfZ 2024 conference! Thanx to all the presenters during the tutorials and sessions and to the keynote speaker, Yvan Saeyes, giving insights into AI in cytometry.
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RT @_VIB_AI: We are looking forward to the first edition of the symposium on Nov 20th, bringing together the local….
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What a great edition of MLCSB at ISMB this year. Thanks to all speakers and my wonderful co-chair @mariabrbic .Greatly enjoyed the discussion on trustworthy AI with @pkoo562 @suinleelab and @LabWelch
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Great work by @LottePollaris @berombau Wout Vanhenden and @RuthSeurinck at @saeyslab, @bavovanneste at @MartinGuilliams lab, @KC_DC_01 lab, Arne Defauw, Julien Mortier, Frank Vernaillen and Evelien Van Hamme at the Spatial Catalyst and all collaborators.
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Convinced to try it out, or feel like contributing ? Have a look at We offer an API, a Napari version, and tutorials to get you started !.
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Sparrow facilitates best practices in spatial data processing, offering many QC checks to visualize the results after intermediate steps, offering users insights and control over their data processing pipeline
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Together with the @VIBtechnologies SpatialCatalyst team, we developed Sparrow as a scalable, modular and interactive workflow for large-scale spatial omics data processing. Sparrow supports lazy loading, and is interoperable with SpatialData and Napari
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In collaboration with the labs of @lab_marine and @HildeNelissen we also applied Sparrow to melanoma and Maize shoot apical meristems showing improved cell segmentation results
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In addition, Sparrow is very versatile. It supports multiple technologies, including Vizgen Merscope, 10X Xenium, Resolve Molecular Cartography, MGI STOmics, Nanostring CosMx, SpatialGenomics and Stellaromics and has been tested on various tissue types.
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Together with the labs of @MartinGuilliams and @KC_DC_01 we show that Sparrow significantly improves the interpretation of liver data, recovering more high-quality cells and better detection of cholangiocytes, fibroblasts and other cell types
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Honored to have received a CZI grant for further developing the cell-cell communication models of the future, together with "the other" @saezlab 😀.Really looking forward to this one ! @saeyslab @ChanZuckerberg.
🎉 Congratulations to @YvanSaeys (@saeyslab @InflamResCen @ugent) for being awarded an EOSS grant from @ChanZuckerberg! Get ready for open-source cell-cell communication models.
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RT @MartinGuilliams: @LottePollaris presenting the Sparrow pipeline. Fantastic collaboration between @saeyslab, @KC_DC_01 and our lab. Auto….
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RT @MartinGuilliams: We will match tailored spatial multi-omics protocols to the computational pipelines and go back and forth between wetl….
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Are you interested in trustworthy computational models of cells and tissues ? Then join our interdisciplinary lab within the vibrant VIB ecosystem! We offer 4 open positions at all levels for spatial omics enthusiasts #SpatialOmics24 @VIBLifeSciences.
🚨Spatial enthousiasts wanted 🚨.You have a passion for spatial omics and you want to work in a thriving research environment? .We are looking for a Postdoc, 2 PhD students and a software developer to join our team. Have a look at #SpatialOmics24.
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It was a great pleasure to host this spatial hackathon. Thanks to all participating labs for their nice contributions, further strengthening the development of computational tools to analyse spatial omics data #SpatialOmics2024.
We celebrate the end of our three-day 🚀hackathon🚀 on spatial omics tools and methods in #Ghent #Belgium. A big thanks to all of the researchers across Europe. Check out our final slide deck and code! #SpatialOmics24
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