I am a Data Scientist at Edpuzzle, a company that creates interactive learning tools to help educators transform any video into a lesson.
My journey into data science began in an unconventional way. Initially studying to become a pharmacist, my curiosity led me towards structural bioinformatics, statistics, and software development. This interest ultimately led me to pursue a Ph.D. in bioinformatics. During my doctoral work, I explored the impact of aging on gene expression, employing techniques such as graph analysis, Bayesian time-series modeling, machine learning, and generalized linear models.
After my Ph.D., I joined NTT DATA in Barcelona as a Data Scientist focused on healthcare applications. There, I worked on predicting chronic kidney disease progression, building predictive analytics modules for a clinical trials platform, and helping anticipate institutionalization in elderly individuals.
In addition, I’ve applied machine learning to predict adverse chemotherapy responses using genetic markers, conducted kinetic metabolic modeling, and performed pharmacokinetics simulations.
In addition to my professional work, I have a passion for languages. I am fluent in French, Portuguese, English, Spanish, and Catalan, and can also hold conversations in Occitan and Russian.
Software
zebu: R package for estimating local association measures like chi-squared residuals, Lewontin’s D, pointwise mutual information, and Ducher’s Z. It also incorporates permutation tests for statistical significance assessment coded in C++. Available on CRAN with a detailed usage vignette.trobalècte: Currently developing an algorithm in Python for detecting Occitan dialects from text samples using NLP.isotela: R package for normalizing and differentially analyzing single-individual RNA-seq data while accounting for tissue size differences. Requires spike-ins.wpbd: Transforms Wiktionary data into a PocketBook compatible dictionnary.poète-mécanique: Reads a random poem aloud when the Raspberry Pi motion sensor detects movement.
Peer-reviewed Publications
Similarities and differences in the gene expression signatures of physiological age versus future lifespan. Mosley, Matthew C., Holly E. Kinser, Olivier MF Martin, Nicholas Stroustrup, Tim Schedl, Kerry Kornfeld, Zachary Pincus. Aging Cell (2024).
Systematic mapping of organism-scale gene-regulatory networks in aging using population asynchrony. Eder, Matthias, Olivier MF Martin, Natasha Oswal, Lucia Sedlackova, Cátia Moutinho, Andrea Del Carmen-Fabregat, Simon Menendez Bravo, Arnau Sebé-Pedrós, Holger Heyn, Nicholas Stroustrup. Cell (2024).
The unusual kinetics of lactate dehydrogenase of Schistosoma mansoni and their role in the rapid metabolic switch after penetration of the mammalian host. Bexkens, Michiel L, Olivier MF Martin, Jos M van den Heuvel, Marion GJ Schmitz, Bas Teusink, Barbara M Bakker, Jaap J van Hellemond, Jurgen R Haanstra, Malcolm D Walkinshaw, Aloysius GM Tielens. International Journal for Parasitology (2024).
Neuronal Temperature Perception Induces Specific Defenses That Enable C. elegans to Cope with the Enhanced Reactivity of Hydrogen Peroxide at High Temperature. Servello, Francesco A, Rute Fernandes, Matthias Eder, Nathan Harris, Olivier MF Martin, Natasha Oswal, Anders Lindberg, et al. eLife 11 (2022).
A Hierarchical Process Model Links Behavioral Aging and Lifespan in C. elegans.Oswal, Natasha, Olivier MF Martin, Sofia Stroustrup, Monika Anna Matusiak Bruckner, and Nicholas Stroustrup. PLOS Computational Biology 18, no. 9 (2022).
Caenorhabditis elegans Processes Sensory Information to Choose between Freeloading and Self-Defense Strategies. Schiffer, Jodie A, Francesco A Servello, William R Heath, Francis Raj Gandhi Amrit, Stephanie V Stumbur, Matthias Eder, Olivier MF Martin, et al. eLife 9 (2020).
Implication of Terminal Residues at Protein-Protein and Protein-DNA Interfaces. Martin, Olivier MF, Loïc Etheve, Guillaume Launay, and Juliette Martin. PLOS ONE 11, no. 9 (2016).
Are Ciprofloxacin Dosage Regimens Adequate for Antimicrobial Efficacy and Prevention of Resistance? Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bloodstream Infection in Elderly Patients as a Simulation Case Study. Cazaubon, Yoann, Laurent Bourguignon, Sylvain Goutelle, Olivier MF Martin, Pascal Maire, and Michel Ducher. Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology 29, no. 6 (2015).