Delbert Yip

Delbert Yip

A biologist trying to understand how cells work. Graduate student at the University of British Columbia.

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Analyzing my MCAT data

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There are two datasets that I would like to analyze regarding how I prepared for my most recent MCAT exam on August 13th, 2022. First, a month’s worth of CARS practice. Secondly, how I spent my time in the last week of studying. There’s a chance of one or more subsequent posts about these data, since I haven’t really come to terms yet with how I should/can analyze these data. Read more

(July 2021) Beginning with Stan

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In this post, I will be writing about some initial efforts to use Stan/CmdStan to estimate the posterior probability distribution for linear systems of differential equations, particularly in the context of ion channel gating models. Read more

(June 2021) Custom Voltage Protocols for AxoClamp

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In this post, I will write about my experience working with custom voltage protocols. I will focus on how I create the protocol files for measurement in Clampex, and how I analyze the resulting recordings. Read more

(May 2021) Covariance Matrix Adaptive Evolution Strategy (CMAES).

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This weekend, I wanted to start better understanding some of the computational tools I use most often, such as optimization algorithms or sampling techniques. Some of these are relatively simple, like maximum likelihood estimation, whereas some involve a lot of theory. I decided to start with CMAES, because it’s a well-known and very effective algorithm that I’ve used, and that I’ve seen other people use, many times. I’m considering doing more of these in the future, so stay tuned! As always, these notes are written for my personal use, and can be extremely verbose, since I like to verbalize how I think about things and explain preliminary concepts as I go. Read more

2021: January, February, March

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First post of 2021. Updates on what I’ve been doing for the first quarter of the year, some superficial thoughts on lab things, and an outlook for the near future. Read more

Happy Holidays! 2020 Recap.

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Notes on least squares optimization, some short-term learning goals, and a review of accomplishments in 2020. Finally, some comments about current and upcoming anime. Read more

Reading List August 2020

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Some more ion channel stuff, a brief piece of science-inspired music, and thoughts on the airing anime season. Read more

Reading List March 2020

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This series is meant to share some reading material that I enjoyed; publications, Twitter threads, blogposts, news articles, etc. are all fair game. I will clearly indicate which are scientific or non-scientific, if necessary. Read more

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