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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 mainly | + | 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. |
+ | I studied this in the context of the gene [[regulatory network of the shade avoidance]] mechanism in the model plant Arabidopsis Thaliana and in cell size determination in the fission yeast. | ||
− | I | + | 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 | + | 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]. | ||
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Revision as of 14:56, 6 March 2015
Post-doc
- email: micha.hersch at unil.ch
- personal web page: http://wwwpeople.unil.ch/micha.hersch/
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 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
- 2009: Phd in cognitive robotics, LASA, EPFL
- 2004: Master in cognitive science, Université Paris VI
- 2003: Master in computer science, EPFL
Publications
Look here
Teaching and outreach
- I am coordinating the UNIL BSc course: "Solving Biological Problems that require Math"
- I also visit schools and tell them about medical genetics as part of the gene days