Allain-Thibeault Ferhat Berland
Allain-Thibeault Ferhat Berland

Neurobiologist | Biostatistician

EBMT

Allain-Thibeault is a researcher in neurobiologist with research interest including social behaviour and cognitive aspect of behaviour.

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Interests
  • Neuroscience and Behaviour
  • Statistics
  • Cognition and Psychology
About Me

I received extensive training from world-renowned institutions to lead projects successfully published in international scientific journals. My professional experience has given me the ability to interact with collaborators and to bring everyone’s capacities towards the same objective as well as to be the representative of the project at international meetings. As well, I characterized and quantified heterogeneous datasets where I used my expertise in different statistical tools, (e.g. statistical models, machine learning, Bayesian statistics approach), as well as analyze of large dataset (e.g. RNA sequencing, brain waves, behavior).

Experience

  1. Senior Biostatistician

    EBMT

    Responsibilities include:

    • International project management with MDs
    • Complexe statistical analysis
    • Contributed to several papers
    • Developed approches in Statistics to improve analysis

  2. Senior Research Scientist

    Columbia University | Zuckerman Institut

    Responsibilities include:

    • Characterized cognitive mechanisms and neural basis of hierarchy
    • Led a project with cutting edge technology and international collaboration
    • Mentored undergraduate and graduate students
    • International scientific oral communication
    • Contributed to national grant writing (granted) and scientific papers revisions
    • Worked with Bayesian model of model-free/ model-based reinforcement learning

  3. Research Scientist

    Institut Pasteur Paris
    • Characterized animal models for autism spectrum disorder at behavioral, structural and genetic level for new therapeutic target
    • Led a project with international collaboration
    • Mentored undergraduate and graduate students
    • International scientific oral communication
    • Designed new behavioral tasks to study social interactions in rodents

Education

  1. PhD Neuroscience

    Institut Pasteur | Paris
    Thesis on the neurobiological base and the behaviour in autism model | Supervised by Dr. Elodie Ey
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  2. Master Cell signaling and Neuroscience

    Université Paris-Saclay | France

  3. BSc in Neuroscience

    University of Leeds | UK

  4. Licence in Biology of health

    Université Paris-Saclay| France
Selected Projects

I enjoy making things. Here are a selection of projects that I have worked on over the years.

Bayesian reinforcement learning model
Pet feeder
The connected Fork
Scientifics Skills
Behaviour & Cognition

 - Social interaction 
 - Brain structure
 - Cognitive process

Scientific process

 - Watch
 - Experimental design
 - Collection & Analysis

Teaching & Training
Informatics Skills
Scientific coding

 - R
 - Python
 - Matlab

Statistical modelisation

 - Frequentist
 - Bayesian

Data management

 - Collection
 - Analyse 
 - Visualisation

Management & Communication Skills
Project & Team Leader

 - Adaptability and initiative 
 - International collaboration
 - Teamwork & mentoring

Public and technical communication

 - Technical accreditation
 - International conference

Languages
100%
French
80%
English
Recent Publications
Allain-Thibeault Ferhat, Elisabeth Verpy, Anne Biton, Benoît Forget, Fabrice De Chaumont, Florian Mueller, Anne-Marie Le Sourd, Sabrina Coqueran, Julien Schmitt, Christelle Rochefort, Laure Rondi-Reig, Aziliz Leboucher, Anne Boland, Bertrand Fin, Jean-François Deleuze, Tobias M. Boeckers, Elodie Ey, Thomas Bourgeron (2023). Excessive self-grooming, gene dysregulation and imbalance between the striosome and matrix compartments in the striatum of Shank3 mutant mice. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience.
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Allain-Thibeault Ferhat, Greg Jensen, Herbert S. Terrace, Vincent P. Ferrera (2022). Influence of Rule- and Reward-based Strategies on Inferences of Serial Order by Monkeys. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.
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Elodie Ey, Nicolas Torquet, Fabrice De Chaumont, Julie Lévi-Strauss, Allain-Thibeault Ferhat, Anne-Marie Le Sourd, Tobias M. Boeckers, Thomas Bourgeron (2018). Shank2 Mutant Mice Display Hyperactivity Insensitive to Methylphenidate and Reduced Flexibility in Social Motivation, but Normal Social Recognition. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience.
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Allain-Thibeault Ferhat, Sonja Halbedl, Michael J. Schmeisser, Martien J. Kas, Thomas Bourgeron, Elodie Ey (2017). Behavioural Phenotypes and Neural Circuit Dysfunctions in Mouse Models of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Advances in Anatomy, Embryology, and Cell Biology.
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Allain-Thibeault Ferhat, Nicolas Torquet, Anne-Marie Le Sourd, Fabrice De Chaumont, Jean-Christophe Olivo-Marin, Philippe Faure, Thomas Bourgeron, Elodie Ey (2016). Recording Mouse Ultrasonic Vocalizations to Evaluate Social Communication. Journal of Visualized Experiments: JoVE.
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