Niklas Abraham
Simulation Technology Student @ University of Stuttgart
I am a bachelor’s student in Simulation Technology at the University of Stuttgart. As part of my studies, I have taken various modules in mathematics, including Calculus 1, 2, and 3, functional calculus, and numerical mathematics. In physics, I have completed courses in experimental physics and an introduction to quantum physics, among others. For my electives, I have focused on AI and bioinformatics courses.
Currently, I am working as a research student at the Institute of Biochemistry and Technical Biochemistry, under the supervision of Prof. JĂĽrgen Pleiss. My work involves the Python Enzyme Engineering Database (PyEED), a Python package we are developing for protein analysis. PyEED is built on Neo4J and facilitates the creation of networks for proteins, DNA, and ontologies. Currently, I am using PyEED to investigate TEM-Lactamase proteins.
In my future research, I hope to continue studying TEM proteins and further explore the use of graph databases and vector embeddings for ontologies in bioinformatics.
Outside my academic work, I am an indoor climbing instructor at a local climbing gym and enjoy training for upcoming triathlon events, which I am very passionate about. In my remaining free time, I read extensively and try to consume as much non-fiction as possible.
News
| Oct 31, 2024 | Attended “SAM-Enzyme conference” at the University of Stuttgart. Here, I had my first interaction with many experimental biochemists and learned firsthand about the problems of research software development. |
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| Oct 31, 2024 | Attended “Workshop on Large Language Models for Knowledge Engineering” at the University of Stuttgart. Here I was able to learn new and existing things about LLMs and onotlogy vector embeddings. I am looking forward to using hyperbolic geometry and poincaré embeddings in our research in pyeed. |
