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Anya Korsakova

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Postdoctoral Researcher at Calico Life Sciences
📍 South San Francisco, California, United States

Anya Korsakova is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Calico Life Sciences, focusing on applying machine learning and AI to genomics and biology. With a PhD from Nanyang Technological University, her expertise covers DNA foundation models, AI interpretability, and genetic variant prediction. She has received recommendations for being generous with her expertise.

Outside of work, Anya explores the intersection of neural networks with nonlinear dynamics and chaos theory. She also has stated interests in algorithmic trading and cryptocurrency market making, reflecting a deep engagement with complex, data-driven systems beyond her primary field of bioinformatics and genomics.

She wrote an article for Towards Data Science exploring the temporal behavior of neural network weights through the lens of chaos theory.

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Experience
4 Years
Current Role
Postdoctoral Researcher
Location
South San Francisco, California, United States
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AI for Genomics
Her entire career, current role at Calico, and recent publications focus on using deep learning to predict gene expression and the effects of genetic variants.
AI Interpretability
A recent paper she co-authored for a NeurIPS workshop focuses on interpreting what patterns DNA sequence models have learned.
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Career

Work history

5-2023
Postdoctoral Researcher
Calico Life Sciences
11-2022 - 5-2023
Research Fellow
Cancer Science Institute of Singapore
2-2021 - 6-2021
Research Intern
Genome Institute of Singapore
8-2017
Junior Researcher
P.N.Lebedev Physical Institute
12-2012 - 11-2013
С++ Developer
Engineering Center NRNU MEPHI
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Education
7-2017 - 7-2022
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Nanyang Technological University Singapore
2014 - 2016
MS (Honors)
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
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