Anne-Florence Bitbol

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Biography

I was trained in physics, and always had a strong interest in biology. I am broadly interested in understanding biological phenomena in a quantitative way, through physical concepts and mathematical and computational tools. I investigate the relative impacts of optimization and historical contingency in biological evolution, both at the scale of protein sequences and at the scale of microbial populations.

Professional course

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor

Institute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences

EPFL, Switzerland

Since 2020

CNRS Researcher (tenured)

Laboratoire Jean Perrin

Sorbonne Université, France

2016-2020

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Biophysics Theory Group (PIs: Ned Wingreen, William Bialek, Curtis Callan)

Princeton University, USA

2012-2016

Education

PhD in Physics

Statistics and dynamics of complex biological membranes, advised by Jean-Baptiste Fournier, summa cum laude

Université Paris-Cité (Paris-Diderot), France

2012

MSc in Physics

Fundamental physics, summa cum laude

ENS, Paris, France

2009

BSc in Physics

Summa cum laude

ENS Lyon, France

2007

Awards

2023 : Young Scientist Prize in Biological Physics : International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)

2023 : Best teacher award : Life Sciences Engineering teaching section, EPFL

2014 : Michelin Young Researcher (PhD) Prize : French Physical Society

2013 : Louis Forest PhD Prize in the Life Sciences : Chancellery of the Universities of Paris

Teaching & PhD

Teaching

Life Sciences Engineering

PhD Students

Bredel Agathe Marie-Jeanne Joëlle, Fruet Cecilia, Littiere Alexandre Didier Nicolas, Samant Anamay Ashwin, Sgarbossa Damiano,

Past EPFL PhD Students

Dietler Nicola , Servajean Richard Marie ,

Courses

Randomness and information in biological data

Genomics and bioinformatics

This course covers various data analysis approaches associated with applications of DNA sequencing technologies, from genome sequencing to quantifying gene evolution, gene expression, transcription factor binding and chromosome conformation.

EDCB seminar series

The EDCB seminar series provides EDCB students the opportunity to share their research and learn from their peers. Students can freely exchange, present data, ideas and get useful feedback on ongoing research and improve communication skills.

Lecture series on scientific machine learning

This lecture presents ongoing work on how scientific questions can be tackled using machine learning. Machine learning enables extracting knowledge from data computationally and in an automatized way. We will learn on examples how this is influencing the very scientific method.