Protein interaction networks
How molecular relationships change across conditions, and how to measure them at scale.
BIOLOGY · COMPUTATION · IDEAS
Dayag Sheykhkarimli.
I study the relationships that make a cell work, and build experiments to see how those relationships change. A recurring question, in the lab and in my writing, is what separates a useful explanation from a convincing fit.
FROM THE NOTEBOOK · AI
When a good fit
isn’t an explanation.
Two models can agree on everything we’ve measured—and disagree about what happens next. What would tell them apart?
Read the essayQuestions behind the work
BIOLOGY & MEASUREMENTMolecular recording
Sequencing as a way to read the history of biological systems.
Models & explanations
What predictive success tells us—and what it leaves unresolved.