RSAT - People

The RSAT team

Project leader

Jacques van Helden
Professor Aix-Marseille Université (France) Project leader (1997-now) Development, evaluation and applications of algorithms for the analysis of regulatory sequences and biological networks.

Active Team

Morgane Thomas-Chollier
Associate professor at Ecole normale supérieure de Paris (France) PhD student (2007-2008) + Postdoc (2008-2009) NGS and ChIP-seq methods
Matrix-based pattern matching.
Matrix score distributions.
Detection of cis-regulatory modules.
Renovation of the web site.

Alejandra Medina-Rivera
Associate professor at International Laboratory for the Research on the Human Genome, UNAM (Mexico) PhD Student
(UNAM, Mexico / ULB, Belgium) (2007-2011) Evaluation of PSSM quality.
Evolution of bacterial regulation.
Identification of regulatory variants.

Jaime Castro
PhD student (2014-now) Aix-Marseille Université (France) M2 student (2013-2014) Clustering of motifs.
Methods to measure motif similarity.
Methods to measure motif enrichment.

Olivier Sand
Research Engineer at CNRS (Lille,France)
Postdoc (2004-2009) Implementation and maintenance of the Web services.

Matthieu Defrance
Postdoctoral Fellow at Laboratory of cancer epigenetics, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) Postdoc (2007- 2009) Algorithms for motif discovery.
Matrix-based pattern matching.
Detection of cis-regulatory modules.

Céline Hernandez
Bioinformatic engineer at Ecole normale supérieure de Paris (France) Engineer (2014 - now) Development of new Web services clients in Python.
Virtual machine.

Retired Team

Sylvain Brohée
Postdoctoral Fellow at the Jules Bordet Institute (BCTL - Breast Cancer Translational Research Lab)(Belgium). PhD student (2005-2008) Network analysis tools.
Evaluation of graph-based clustering algorithms.
Protein interaction and regulatory networks.

Didier Croes
Senior Bioinformatician at UZ Brussel (Belgium) PhD student (2001-2006), postdoc (2010-2011). Analysis of metabolic networks.

Karoline Faust
Postdoctoral Fellow at Raes Lab, VIB and KU Leuven, (Belgium) PhD student (2005-2010) Analysis of metabolic networks.

Rekin's Janky
Bioinformatician (Scientist) at the VIB Nucleomics Core (Belgium) PhD student (2004-2007)
Discovery of phylogenetic footprints in bacterial promoters.

Gipsi Lima Mendez
Postdoctoral Fellow at Raes Lab, VIB and KU Leuven. (Belgium)
PhD student (2005-2008) and Postdoc (2008-2009) Algorithms for fuzzy clustering on graphs.

Jean-Valéry Turatsinze
Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Diabetes Research, Faculty of Medecine, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) PhD student (2006-2009) Matrix-based pattern mathing.
Detection of cis-regulatory modules.

Eric Vervisch
Entrepreneur (Singapore) Research fellow (2007-2008) Design of Taverna workflows for the analysis of cis-regulatory elements and molecular networks.

Project leader
	Jacques van Helden Professor Aix-Marseille Université (France)	Project leader (1997-now)	Development, evaluation and applications of algorithms for the analysis of regulatory sequences and biological networks.
Active Team
	Morgane Thomas-Chollier Associate professor at Ecole normale supérieure de Paris (France)	PhD student (2007-2008) + Postdoc (2008-2009)	NGS and ChIP-seq methods Matrix-based pattern matching. Matrix score distributions. Detection of cis-regulatory modules. Renovation of the web site.

	Alejandra Medina-Rivera Associate professor at International Laboratory for the Research on the Human Genome, UNAM (Mexico)	PhD Student (UNAM, Mexico / ULB, Belgium) (2007-2011)	Evaluation of PSSM quality. Evolution of bacterial regulation. Identification of regulatory variants.

	Jaime Castro PhD student (2014-now) Aix-Marseille Université (France)	M2 student (2013-2014)	Clustering of motifs. Methods to measure motif similarity. Methods to measure motif enrichment.

	Olivier Sand Research Engineer at CNRS (Lille,France)	Postdoc (2004-2009)	Implementation and maintenance of the Web services.

	Matthieu Defrance Postdoctoral Fellow at Laboratory of cancer epigenetics, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium)	Postdoc (2007- 2009)	Algorithms for motif discovery. Matrix-based pattern matching. Detection of cis-regulatory modules.

	Céline Hernandez Bioinformatic engineer at Ecole normale supérieure de Paris (France)	Engineer (2014 - now)	Development of new Web services clients in Python. Virtual machine.
Retired Team
	Sylvain Brohée Postdoctoral Fellow at the Jules Bordet Institute (BCTL - Breast Cancer Translational Research Lab)(Belgium).	PhD student (2005-2008)	Network analysis tools. Evaluation of graph-based clustering algorithms. Protein interaction and regulatory networks.

	Didier Croes Senior Bioinformatician at UZ Brussel (Belgium)	PhD student (2001-2006), postdoc (2010-2011).	Analysis of metabolic networks.

	Karoline Faust Postdoctoral Fellow at Raes Lab, VIB and KU Leuven, (Belgium)	PhD student (2005-2010)	Analysis of metabolic networks.

	Rekin's Janky Bioinformatician (Scientist) at the VIB Nucleomics Core (Belgium)	PhD student (2004-2007)	Discovery of phylogenetic footprints in bacterial promoters.

	Gipsi Lima Mendez Postdoctoral Fellow at Raes Lab, VIB and KU Leuven. (Belgium)	PhD student (2005-2008) and Postdoc (2008-2009)	Algorithms for fuzzy clustering on graphs.

	Jean-Valéry Turatsinze Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Diabetes Research, Faculty of Medecine, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium)	PhD student (2006-2009)	Matrix-based pattern mathing. Detection of cis-regulatory modules.

	Eric Vervisch Entrepreneur (Singapore)	Research fellow (2007-2008)	Design of Taverna workflows for the analysis of cis-regulatory elements and molecular networks.