SNUFA: SNUFA is an online workshop on spiking neural networks. I came up with a spikey mascot for it and the folks seemed to like it and it may become a repeated feature. Find out more here.
Auryn Simulator: You might be familiar with Auryn, the talisman from Micheal Ende’s, book the Neverending story. It also happens to be a network simulator. Friede, my partner, made it during his Ph.D., and when he asked me to make the logo, I designed intertwined neurons, as a nod to the original. Find out more about Auryn here.
Zenke Lab: When Friedemann started his lab, he wanted to have a coat of arms that represents his research interests. So I asked him for his favorite experiment and equation in Neuroscience. His favorite experiments were from Hodgkin and Huxley who probed the inner workings of a giant squid axon. But I took some artistic license because an Octopus makes a better companion for this shield. Spikes, a synapse, and networks adorn the shield. The equation is a leaky integrate-and-fire neuron model. Visit the Zenke lab here.
Lauscher: Lauscher is an artificial cochlear model which was used to create spiking auditory datasets. It was developed by a group of researchers at the University of Heidelberg and FMI. Lauscher in German literally means big ears. When I designed it I made a cuddly big ear creature listening to the digits 1386, the year that the University of Heidelberg was founded. For the dataset go here and for the software here.
Personal Logo: Remember when Prince became a symbol? For giggles, I thought, what would that look like for me. It turns out it is a colorful bird. If you squint and can read Devanagari script, the yellow eye, beak, and turquoise eyebrows resemble the first letter of my name, ‘K’.
Ghosn lab: When Eliver Ghosn, started his lab at Emory University, he had a clear idea of what he wanted his lab to represent. We came up with this fun logo. He works on innate-like B cells and wants his lab to be an open, creative and collaborative environment. We tried to convey this by the rainbow-colored endoplasmic reticulum, the nucleus which is the Adinkra symbol for unity and human relations. I am a sucker for puns, and I like his tagline of B-your cell, representing his research interest in B cells but also encouraging anyone on his team to pursue what interests them. Find out more here.
WIMM Postdoc Association: When the WIMM postdoc association decided to create a logo for itself, Lise Chauveau and I came up with this. Find out more about the WPA here.
MRC WIMM Diversity and Inclusion Committee: Working collaboratively with members of the WIMM diversity and inclusion committee we made this logo. Colorful Giemsa banding makes cheerful chromosomes.
