In the Department of Data Science we generate knowledge from data to advance neuroscience and ophthalmology.

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Ahlmann-Eltze, C., Barkmann, F., Lause, J., Boeva, V., & Kobak, D.

Representation learning of single-cell RNA-seq data

Jan 08, 2026 | RNA
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Schmors, L., Gonschorek, D., Böhm, J. N., Qiu, Y., Zhou, N., Kobak, D., ... & Berens, P.

TRACE: Contrastive learning for multi-trial time-series data in neuroscience.

Dec 03, 2025 | NeurIPS 2025
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Zouridis, I. S., Schmors, L., Lecca, S., Congiu, M., Mameli, M., Berens, P., ... & Burgalossi, A.

Aversion Encoding and Behavioral State Modulation of Physiologically Defined Cell Types in the Lateral Habenula.

Nov 24, 2025 | European Journal of Neuroscience
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Deistler, M., Kadhim, K. L., Pals, M., Beck, J., Huang, Z., Gloeckler, M., ... & Macke, J. H.

Jaxley: differentiable simulation enables large-scale training of detailed biophysical models of neural dynamics.

Nov 13, 2025 | Nature Methods, 1-9
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Müller, S., Koch, L. M., Lensch, H. P., & Berens, P.

Disentangling representations of retinal images with generative models

Oct 01, 2025 | Medical Image Analysis, 105
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Schmidt, G., Heidrich, H., Berens, P., & Müller, S.

Learning Disease State from Noisy Ordinal Disease Progression Labels.

Sep 20, 2025 | MICCAI 2025
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Draganov, A., Vadgama, S., Damrich, S., Böhm, J. N., Maes, L., Kobak, D., & Bekkers, E.

On the Importance of Embedding Norms in Self-Supervised Learning.

Jul 23, 2025 | ICML 2025
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Kobak, D., González-Márquez, R., Horvát, E. Á., & Lause, J.

Delving into LLM-assisted writing in biomedical publications through excess vocabulary

Jul 02, 2025 | Science Advances, 11(27)
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Schmors, L., Kotkat, A. H., Bauer, Y., Huang, Z., Crombie, D., Meyerolbersleben, L. S., ... & Busse, L.

Effects of corticothalamic feedback depend on visual responsiveness and stimulus type.

Jun 20, 2025 | iScience, 28(6)
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Ilanchezian, I., Boreiko, V., Kühlewein, L., Huang, Z., Seçkin Ayhan, M., Hein, M., ... & Berens, P.

Development and validation of an AI algorithm to generate realistic and meaningful counterfactuals for retinal imaging based on diffusion models.

May 15, 2025 | PLOS Digital Health
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Djoumessi, K., Huang, Z., Kühlewein, L., Rickmann, A., Simon, N., Koch, L. M., & Berens, P.

An inherently interpretable AI model improves screening speed and accuracy for early diabetic retinopathy

May 12, 2025 | PLOS Digital Health
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Oesterle, J., Ran, Y., Stahr, P., Kerr, J. N., Schubert, T., Berens, P., & Euler, T

Task-specific regional circuit adaptations in distinct mouse retinal ganglion cells

Apr 23, 2025 | Science Advances
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Weis, M. A., Papadopoulos, S., Hansel, L., Lüddecke, T., Celii, B., Fahey, P. G., ... & Ecker, A. S.

An unsupervised map of excitatory neuron dendritic morphology in the mouse visual cortex

Apr 09, 2025 | Nature Communications
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Gervelmeyer, J., Müller, S., Huang, Z., & Berens, P.

Fundus Image Toolbox: A Python package for fundus image processing

Apr 03, 2025 | Journal of Open Source Software