I spent some time explaining the philosophy behind much of the lab’s research to excited students at FIU’s Biomedical Engineering Department, where I laid out the case for mixing different…
Author: Zach Danziger
Faculty at Emory University department of rehabilitation medicine - division of physical therapy and biomedical engineering.
Why Bladder Research?
Sometimes, it isn’t obvious why a scientists chooses to study the topic they have, like genetically engineering seeds out of watermelon, for example. Bladder research can sometimes come off that…
DPT Cover: Fusing Traditional Math with AI
The lab’s work on using a hybrid of traditional, concise math and the modern, convoluted math of AI to understand how the urinary tract works (and hopefully how to fix…
What is Science for? This Podcast Explains
Science has a been suffering a bit of a public relations setback in the US since the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the lost trust has come from fierce political fighting…
Research Appreciated
The lab’s work was recognized this year (2025) by Emory School of Medicine as exemplifying the “pursuit of novel and innovative ideas”. Always nice to get a complement! More cool…
Confessions of a Neuro MATLAB Apologist
Many neuroscientists, especially those of the computational persuasion, say MATLAB should be dumped for Python. But, they’re wrong. Here’s my take on the best arguments to use Python in neuroscience,…
Emory Physical Therapy Magazine Feature
Introductory article in Emory’s physical therapy magazine, page 8.
Embrace the Fusion with Neural Technology
I would rather watch the TEDx talk: “Our Neurotechnological Humanity“ Why are the Borg so disturbing? They are an alien race from Star Trek who roam the galaxy fusing hapless…
Making Sense of Softmax
Softmax is supposed to be a function that will tell you, given a list of measurable features about an example (e.g. how red is the picture, how tall is the…
Full Blown Anecdote: One Professor’s Funding Record
I lurk on science social media (X and BlueSky) and the types of posts about metascience I typically see come in either the triumph flavor (e.g., I just published this…