leo blondel
short-term fellow
leo.blondel@learningplanetinstitute.org
With a Ph.D. in Computational Biology from Harvard University and a Master from the Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS) ULM I research different computational methods around developmental biology. I Co-Founded the Non Profit organization Just One Giant Lab to promote Open Science across the world and try to make the planet a little bit better and fairer. JOGL is the first research and innovation laboratory accessible to anybody, operating as a distributed, open and massive mobilisation platform for volunteer-based, IP free task solving. With an expertise in Data Science and Machine Learning I focused my studies on sequence data and image analysis. I am an advocate of interdisciplinary projects and believe in collective inteligence as the key to solving complex problems. I have been involved with the european union parliament on science policy surrounding green energy transition. Finally, I am an Open Science and Open Source advocate through participation in multiple projects. Child of the cypherpunk hacker subculture.
leo's Bio

Life abstract

  • PhD in Computational Biology at Harvard University on computational biology to study diverse topics around the Evo-Devo of Arthropods. Master at the Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS) ULM.
  • Co-Founded the Non Profit organization Just One Giant Lab to promote Open Science across the world and try to make the planet a little bit better and fairer.
  • Expertise in Data Science and Machine Learning with a focus on sequence data and image analysis.
  • Participates to interdisciplinary projects, recently with a collaboration with Marc Santolini on the extraction and analysis the iGEM competition.
  • Worked with the European union parliament on science policy surrounding green energy transition.
  • Open Science and Open Source advocate through participation in multiple projects since childhood. Child of the cypherpunk hacker subculture.

Major publications

  • Evolution of a cytoplasmic determinant: evidence for the biochemical basis of functional evolution of a novel germ line regulator. Leo Blondel, Savandara Besse, Cassandra G. Extavour (2021), MBE, https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.26.441385
  • Topology-driven analysis of protein-protein interaction networks detects functional genetic modules regulating reproductive capacity. Leo Blondel, Tarun Kumar, Cassandra G. Extavour (2020), Elife, https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.54082
  • Bacterial contribution to genesis of the novel germ line determinant oskar. Leo Blondel, Tamsin E. M. Jones, Cassandra G. Extavour (2019), Elife, https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.45539.sa2

I am a multi-faceted weird persona. Here's a quick list of current hobbies: Climbing - Photography - Music - DIY & Making - Traveling. I've been called a renaissance man by friends due to being an hyper-curious person who's been developing a knowledge base on many different topics. You can find some of my projects on my website: http://leo.blondel.ninja

[SCORE 2022] Diving Into The 4th Dimension
Researching the impact of Virtual Reality on the analysis of 4d datasets