Michael L. Blinov

Department of Mathematics
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot 76100, ISRAEL
Phone: +972-8-934-3154(w)/3171(h)
Fax: +972-8-934-4122
e-mail: blinov@wisdom.weizmann.ac.il
URL: http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~blinov

Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Group,
Los Alamos National Laboratory,
Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA
Phone: +1-505-665-0043 (w)
Fax: +1-505-665-3493
e-mail: mblinov@lanl.gov

PERSONAL

Date/Place of Birth: December 22, 1973, Moscow, Russia
Marital Status: Single
Citizenship: Russia
Languages: English, Russian, Hebrew, some German

HIGHLIGHTS

Extensive web-programming experience (scientific databases and online software systems, commercial web-sites, XML, SSL etc)
Extensive research experience with differential equations and dynamical systems.
Math modeling of complex biological systems, network analysis.
Signal transduction and bioinformatics experience.
Deep background in theoretical mathematics, including Riemann Surfaces, elliptic functions, Hilbert 16th problem and representability and composition of rational functions.

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

June 2001 - present Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Group
        Position: Graduate Research Assistant
        Project leaders: William S. Hlavacek and Byron Goldstein
        Research: 1) Modeling of complex biological systems. Large network analysis.
           2) Databases and XML encodings.
1997 - present The Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Mathematics
        Position: Ph.D. student
        Scientific adviser: Professor Yosef Yomdin
        Research: Center conditions for trigonometric equations. Riemann Surfaces. Elliptic functions.
1995 - 1997 The Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Mathematics
        Degree: M.Sc. (September, 1997)
        Scientific adviser: Professor Yosef Yomdin
        Research: Center conditions for polynomial equations. Polynomial representability.
        GPA:95.44/100.00
1991 - 1995 The Moscow State University, Mechanics and Mathematics Faculty
        Degree: B.Sc. (July, 1995)
        GPA:5/5

CONFERENCES

International Conference on Systems Biology, Pasadena, CA, USA. November 4-7, 2001
Posters: 1) "Database of models for Ligand-Receptor Binding"
2) "A detailed kinetic model of immunoreceptor signaling"
Bridging the Canyon: Biology at LANL", Santa Fe, NM, USA. September 12-13, 2001
Poster: "Analysis of Cell-Signaling Networks: Which reactions in the Network are the Most Important?"
Summer School on Dynamics Systems, CIME, Cetraro, Italy, June 18-26, 2000
Talk: Abel Differential Equations on Rational Curves".
Conference on "Geometrie des equations differentielles", Marseiile, France, October 3-10, 1999
Talk: "Center and Composition Conditions for Abel equation, and Rational Curves".
The National Academy of Sciences Colloquium on Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Irvine, California, January 4-8, 1999

AWARDS

Fellowships of the Weizmann Institute of Sciences, 1995-2002
The National Academy of Sciences Travel Grant, 1999
International Science Foundation Grant #MQO000, 1994-1995
Soros Student Grant for distinguished successes in studies, 1994-1995

PUBLICATIONS: MATHEMATICAL TRACK

"Center and Composition Conditions for Abel Differential Equation, and rational curves" (with Y.Yomdin), Qualitative Theory of Dynamical Systems 2 (2001), 111-127 (Postscript)
"Generalized center conditions and multiplicities for polynomial Abel equations of small degrees" (with Y.Yomdin), Nonlinearity 12 (1999), 1013-1028. (Abstract, postscript).
"Some computations around the Center problem, related to the algebra of univalued polynomials", M.Sc. Thesis, Weizmann Institute of Science, 1997 (Postscript).
"Computer led tour into Number Theory" (with N. Zehavi), submitted. (Postscript).

PUBLICATIONS: BIOLOGICAL TRACK

"Combinatorial Complexity in Immunoreceptor Signaling", by M. L. Blinov, J. R. Faeder, B. Goldstein, W. S. Hlavacek, A. Redondo, C. Wofsy. In preparation
"Modeling the early Signaling events Mediated by FceRI", by B. Goldstein, J. R. Faeder, W. S. Hlavacek, M. L. Blinov, A. Redondo and C. Wofsy. To appear in Molecular Immunology, 2002
"Database of Models for Ligand-Receptor Binding in XML-based formats", in preparation.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Web programming: Perl, PHP, Java, MySQL. Development of
- database of cell-signaling models CellSignaling.lanl.gov and related processing software
- commercial web sites NicHunt.com, Rishoum.com and ConnectHot.com
- different biological applications
Programming languages: Perl, PHP, JAVA, C, FORTRAN, Basic
Math programming: Mathematica, MatLab, Maple, Derive
Operating systems: UNIX/Sun, Linux, Irix/SGI, DOS, Windows, OS/2
Software: all the standard PC and UNIX software.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1999-2000 Lecturer for the course "Mathematical Modeling in Biology" (Prof. Lee Segel, WIS)
1998 Teaching assistant for the course "Computer Algebra Systems" (Dr. N. Zehavi, WIS)
1997-1998 Mentor, Summer Science Institute of the WIS, International and Israeli Camps

PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS

Programming Team leader, 1999-2001. Supervised stuff of 2 programmers. Duties included software and hardware purchase, projects description and negotiations with customers.
Coordinator of Math projects, 1999-2000. Summer Science Institute of the WIS, International Camp. Duties included hiring mentors and selecting students (interviewing and overall assessment), training mentors, preparation of reports, presentations, checking results and considering all the claims.
Mentor, 1997-1998. Supervised 2 preuniversity students working on scientific projects. 1998

ADDITIONAL MATH SKILLS

Vision algorithms and image processing
Bioinformatics
Numerical methods, cryptography
Low dimensional topology, knots and links
Educational methods

HOBBIES

Yachting (Royal Yacht Association Day Skipper Certificate)
Rafting
Catamaran Sailing
Modeling (plastic, wood and cardboard models)