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[[File:micha.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Micha Hersch]]
 
email: micha.hersch at unil.ch
 
personal web page: http://wwwpeople.unil.ch/micha.hersch/
 
phone: 021 692 52 46
 
building: Bugnon 27
 
room: cme 113
 
  
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[[File:micha.jpg|100px|thumb|left|Micha Hersch]]
  
I am post-doc at CBG. I am involved in the [http://www.systemsx.ch/index.php?id=150 Plant Growth] project from [http://www.Systemsx.ch SystemsX.ch]. I mainly try to model the gene regulatory network of the shade avoidance mechanism in the model plant Arabidopsis Thaliana.
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'''Post-doc'''
I also work on a pharmacogenetics project trying to identify genes involved in the cardio-vascular response to beta-adrenergic stimulation in mice.  
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* email: micha.hersch at unil.ch
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* personal web page: http://wwwpeople.unil.ch/micha.hersch/
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=== Research ===
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I am involved in the [http://www.systemsx.ch/index.php?id=150 Plant Growth] project from [http://www.Systemsx.ch SystemsX.ch]. I am mainly interested in understanding, through a combination of mathematical modeling and experiments, how biological systems can robustly self-regulate their behavior.
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I studied this in the context of the gene [[regulatory network of the shade avoidance]] mechanism in the model plant Arabidopsis Thaliana and in the context of [[robust gradient formation]]  for cell size determination in the fission yeast.
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I developed [[HypoPhen]], an image analysis software for the semi-automatic phenotyping of Arabidopsis seedlings and [[Cellophane]], an ImageJ plugin for the semi-automatic extraction of flourescent-tagged protein profiles along the cell membrane.  
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I also did some genome-wide data analysis related to human genetics, for example [[Genome Wide Association Studies]], and another one showing the [[gender bias in neurodevelopmental disorders | higher resilience of females to mutations in genes involved in neuro-developmental disorders]] such as autism.
  
 
My scientific interests include dynamical systems theory, self-organization, statistical learning theory and large-scale biological data analysis. For additional information, you can consult my [http://wwwpeople.unil.ch/micha.hersch/ web page].
 
My scientific interests include dynamical systems theory, self-organization, statistical learning theory and large-scale biological data analysis. For additional information, you can consult my [http://wwwpeople.unil.ch/micha.hersch/ web page].
  
 
I did my ph.D at the [http://lasa.epfl.ch lasa (EPFL)], where I worked on bio-inspired motor control and artificial cognition for humanoid robots. See [http:///wwwpeople.unil.ch/micha.hersch/phd.php this page] for more details on this.
 
I did my ph.D at the [http://lasa.epfl.ch lasa (EPFL)], where I worked on bio-inspired motor control and artificial cognition for humanoid robots. See [http:///wwwpeople.unil.ch/micha.hersch/phd.php this page] for more details on this.
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And before this, I worked on automatic speech recognition at the [http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/ International Computer Science Institute] in Berkeley.
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=== Academic titles ===
 
=== Academic titles ===
  
* 2009 Phd in cognitive robotics, LASA, EPFL
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* 2009: [http://library.epfl.ch/en/theses/?nr=4289 Phd in cognitive robotics], [http://lasa.epfl.ch LASA], EPFL
* 2004 Master in cognitive science, Université Paris V
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* 2004: [http://lumiere.ens.fr/~cogmaster/www/ Master in cognitive science], [http://www.upmc.fr Université Paris VI]
* 2003 Master in computer science, EPFL
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* 2003: Master in computer science, [http://www.epfl.ch EPFL]
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=== Publications ===
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Look [http://wwwpeople.unil.ch/micha.hersch/publications.php here]
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=== Teaching and outreach ===
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* I am coordinating the [[UNIL BSc course: "Solving Biological Problems that require Math"]]
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* I also visit schools and tell them about medical genetics as part of the [http://www.gensuisse.ch/fr/projets/schul-und-laborbesuche-f/region-vaudoise gene days]

Revision as of 16:34, 13 July 2015

Micha Hersch

Post-doc

  • email: micha.hersch at unil.ch

Research

I am involved in the Plant Growth project from SystemsX.ch. I am mainly interested in understanding, through a combination of mathematical modeling and experiments, how biological systems can robustly self-regulate their behavior. I studied this in the context of the gene regulatory network of the shade avoidance mechanism in the model plant Arabidopsis Thaliana and in the context of robust gradient formation for cell size determination in the fission yeast.

I developed HypoPhen, an image analysis software for the semi-automatic phenotyping of Arabidopsis seedlings and Cellophane, an ImageJ plugin for the semi-automatic extraction of flourescent-tagged protein profiles along the cell membrane.

I also did some genome-wide data analysis related to human genetics, for example Genome Wide Association Studies, and another one showing the higher resilience of females to mutations in genes involved in neuro-developmental disorders such as autism.

My scientific interests include dynamical systems theory, self-organization, statistical learning theory and large-scale biological data analysis. For additional information, you can consult my web page.

I did my ph.D at the lasa (EPFL), where I worked on bio-inspired motor control and artificial cognition for humanoid robots. See this page for more details on this.

And before this, I worked on automatic speech recognition at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley.

Academic titles

Publications

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Teaching and outreach

  • I also visit schools and tell them about medical genetics as part of the gene days