I am associate professor in computer science in the National Institute of
Applied Science (INSA-Lyon).
Research interests
My research interests are centred on computational approaches to study intra-cellular mechanisms. I am particularly interested in the comprehension of gene expression regulation. I work on two different approaches to achieve this goal:
- Local patterns computation from gene expression data: by this approach we try to isolate putative transcription module from experimental genomic data (slides)
- Simulation of protein movements and interactions in an artificial cell: our goal is to simulate gene expression regulation networks.
Main projects:
- MoCeME: Multiscale cellular modeling (in French)
- IQ IST-FET: Inductive Queries for mining patterns and models
Currently I work in collaboartion with:
- the sic team of CGMC lab (Center for Molecular and Cellular Genetics) which is composed of biologists who develop experimental genomic approaches to study the self renewal phenomenon.
- the BSMC (Systems Biology and Cellular Modeling) team which gathers mathematical, biological and computer scientists from the campus of Doua-Lyon. All the members of this group work together to develop cellular models.
- the data mining and inductive databases team of LIRIS lab (Lyon Research Center for Images and Intelligent Information Systems) which develops tools dedicated to the study of the gene expression data.
Collaborations in the past: