Georges Khazen

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EDUCATION

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) - Lausanne, Switzerland 2007-Present PhD Candidate in Neuroscience (Blue Brain Project) Thesis: Applying Gene Expression Constraints on Brain Modeling. Advisor: Prof. Henry Markram University Of Oxford, Lincoln College - Oxford, United Kingdom 2004-2007 Master of Science in Bioinformatics (with Distinction) Dissertation (with Distinction): Reconstruction of Gene Regulatory Networks from Microarray Data Using Logic Analysis. Supervisor: Prof. Chris Holmes American University of Beirut (AUB) - Beirut, Lebanon 2000-2004 Bachelor of Engineering in Computer and Communications Final Year Project: MAX-Sense: A Mobile Agent Approach to Active and Adaptive Distributed Monitoring. Lebanese University - Fanar, Lebanon 1998-1999 Certificate in Biology Mont La Salle - Ain Saadé, Lebanon 1998 Lebanese and French Baccalaureate (Diplôme du baccalauréat général en Scientifique)

AWARDS

Deans Award for Excellent Achievement 2008 (CHF3000) Lincoln College Dissertation Distinction Award (£100)

Publications

Infoscience publications

Selected publications

Khazen G, Hill S, Sch�rmann F and Markram H In Preparation.	Physical constraints of ion channels in neocortical neurons.
*Ranjan R, Khazen G, Gambazzi L and Markram H* In Preparation.	ChannelPedia: An integrative starndardized database of ion channels
Khazen G, Hill S, Sch�rmann F and Markram H Submitted to Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in the United States of America (PNAS), 2010	Combinatorial expression rules explain gene expression variability in neocortical neurons.
Khazen G, Hill S, Sch�rmann F and Markram H Front. Neurosci. Conference Abstract: Neuroinformatics 2010 . doi: 10.3389/conf.fnins.2010.13.00051	iSVM: an incremental machine learning approach for recreating ion channel profiles in neocortical neurons.
Alwan A, Youhanna S, Platt D, El-Sibai M, Deeb M, Khazen G, Saade S, Zreik T, El Bayeh H, Maalouf A, Abchee A and Zalloua P. Journal of Community Genetics, 2010. DOI: 10.1007/s12687-010-0015-z	ALOX5AP Gene Variants Show Differential Association with Coronary Artery Disease In Different Populations.
Khazen G, Hill SL, Sch�rmann F and Markram H. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, Chicago, 2009	Predicting single cell ion channel expression using incremental support vector machines.
Mahfouz RA, Sabbagh AS, Shamseddine W, Bazarbachi A, Ibrahim G, Arayssi T, El Hajj N, Rayes R, Zaatari GS, Khazen G and Khalaf RA Genet Test Mol Biomarkers. 2009 Feb;13(1):91-5.	Distribution of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) genotypes in patients with familial Mediterranean fever.
Khazen G, Hill SL, Sh�rmann F, Goodman P and Markram H 6th Forum of European Neuroscience, Geneva, FENS Abstr., vol.4, 154.32, 2008	Recreating the ion channel diversity underlying morpho-electrical subtypes of neocortical neurons
Rayes R, Bazarbachi A, Khazen G, Sabbagh AS, Zaatari GS and Mahfouz RA MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS Volume 35, Number 2, 225-229, DOI: 10.1007/s11033-007-9074-6	Natural Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptors (KIR) Genotypes in two Arab Populations: Will KIR become a genetic landmark between nations?
Riachi I, Mouawad M, Abou-Naccoul N, Khazen G and Artail H IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology 2005. iat, pp. 250-253	MAX-Sense: A Mobile Agent Approach to Active and Adaptive Distributed Monitoring.