RSAT - People

The RSAT team

Project leaders

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.

Morgane Thomas-Chollier
Associate professor at Ecole normale supérieure de Paris (France) RSAT developper since 2007 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) RSAT developper since 2008 RSAT developper since 2008 NGS and ChIP-seq methods
Evaluation of PSSM quality.
Evolution of bacterial regulation.
Identification of regulatory variants.

Bruno Contreras-Moreira
Zaragoza, Spain Deployment of RSAT Plant server
Maintenance of plant genomes
Developer of FootprintDB
RSAT developer

Active developpers

Jaime A Castro-Mondragon
Post-doc Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway (NCMM) (Norway) RSAT developper since 2013 Clustering of motifs.
Methods to measure motif similarity and motif enrichment.
Mantainer of motif databases.

Nga Thi Thuy NGUYEN
Ingénieure d'étude at CNRS (IFB contract) (IBENS,Paris,France)
Since 2016

Walter Santana
Bachelor student at Genomic sciences (UNAM, Mexico)
Since 2016 Web site maintenance
Virtual machine
Implementation and maintenance of the Web services.
RSATicus

Walter Santana Garcia
Ingénieure d\'étude at IBENS (France)
Since 2016 Identification of regulatory variants
NGS and ChIP-seq methods

Matthieu Defrance
Associate professor, Computer Science Department, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) Since 2007 Algorithms for motif discovery.
Matrix-based pattern matching.
Detection of cis-regulatory modules.

Former Developpers

Former Developpers

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

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

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
Principal investigator, 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 leaders
	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.

	Morgane Thomas-Chollier Associate professor at Ecole normale supérieure de Paris (France)	RSAT developper since 2007	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)	RSAT developper since 2008	RSAT developper since 2008	NGS and ChIP-seq methods Evaluation of PSSM quality. Evolution of bacterial regulation. Identification of regulatory variants.

	Bruno Contreras-Moreira Zaragoza, Spain		Deployment of RSAT Plant server Maintenance of plant genomes Developer of FootprintDB RSAT developer

Active developpers
	Jaime A Castro-Mondragon Post-doc Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway (NCMM) (Norway)	RSAT developper since 2013	Clustering of motifs. Methods to measure motif similarity and motif enrichment. Mantainer of motif databases.

	Nga Thi Thuy NGUYEN Ingénieure d'étude at CNRS (IFB contract) (IBENS,Paris,France)	Since 2016

	Walter Santana Bachelor student at Genomic sciences (UNAM, Mexico)	Since 2016	Web site maintenance Virtual machine Implementation and maintenance of the Web services. RSATicus

	Walter Santana Garcia Ingénieure d\'étude at IBENS (France)	Since 2016	Identification of regulatory variants NGS and ChIP-seq methods

	Matthieu Defrance Associate professor, Computer Science Department, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium)	Since 2007	Algorithms for motif discovery. Matrix-based pattern matching. Detection of cis-regulatory modules.
Former Developpers
Former Developpers
	Céline Hernandez Bioinformatic engineer at Ecole normale supérieure de Paris (France)	Engineer (2014 - now)	Development of new Web services clients in Python. Virtual machine.

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

	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 Principal investigator, 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.