Marcelle Kaufman#
| Membership Number: | 3645 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2013 |
| Main Country of Residence: | BELGIUM |
| Homepage(s): | http://homepages.ulb.ac.be/~mkaufman |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2010 Professeur de l’Université, Université libre de Bruxelles
- 2005-2010 Research Director, Université libre de Bruxelles
- 2004-2007 Chargée de cours at the Université libre de Bruxelles
- 2003-2004 Part time lecturer at the Université libre de Bruxelles
- 1997-2005 Senior Research Associate, Université libre de Bruxelles
- 1973-1996 Research Associate, Université libre de Bruxelles
Fields of Scholarship
- Computational and Systems biology
- Theory and mathematical modelling of chemical and biological systems
- Spatial and temporal organization in chemical, biochemical and biological systems
- Modelling and analysis of the dynamics of biological regulatory networks, in particular, immunological and gene networks
- Modelling cell differentiation, decision making and memory processes
- Generic properties of feedback circuits and other regulatory motifs
- Link between the topology of regulatory networks and their dynamic properties
- Functional role of combinations of regulatory patterns
- Development of deterministic and stochastic logical tools for the integration and modelling of biological systems
Honours and Awards
- 2005 Elected Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium (Class of Science)
- Since 2000 Member of the Board of Directors of the Société Francophone de Biologie Théorique (SFBT)
- 2000-2005 Member of the Board of Directors of the European Society of Mathematical and Theoretical Biology
- 1996 Adolphe Wetrems prize of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium
- 1973 Jean Stas prize of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium
