I'm Jian Wei Tay, a Core Bioinformatics Scientist at the Van Andel Institute. My work within the Optical Imaging Core bridges the gap between raw microscopy and data science, as I develop the software and analytical frameworks required to decode complex datasets in the fight against human disease. Prior to joining VAI, I was the Biological Image Analysis Group Leader at the BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder.

This page lists some of my personal projects, although the majority of my work is available at the following GitHub organizations:

• Bioimage Analysis Group - Image analysis software and packages
• VAI Optical Imaging Core GitHub
• BioFrontiers Advanced Light Microscopy Core

• BioFormats MATLAB - A (re)-implementation of a MATLAB class for the BioFormats library.
• ND2 SDK Wrappers - Python implementation to read ND2 files using the official SDK.

• Tracking Cell Migration - Tracking individual cells in scratch wound assays to develop models to understand the rules of life
• VIABLE Virtual Biology Lab (demo) - Developing full simulations of biological experiments
• Cypose - Fine-tuned cypose models for cyanobacteria segmentation and classification
• Cell Mask Analyzer - Class to analyze masks and identify errors from ML models
• CyAn: Cyanobacteria Image Analysis Toolbox - A collection of code and scripts to study cyanobacteria
• Cell Tracking Toolbox - Written from scratch to track cells and identify division events

• Folio Hugo Theme - A theme for my personal website. Built primarily with Bootstrap.
• Janssen Hugo theme - A theme for a documentation website, built from the ground up.

For more information about my work, please visit my personal website.

I am always on the lookout for collaborations! If you have any biological image analysis questions, please feel free to reach out.