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David Granjon
Currently: Senior Data Science Expert, Novartis AG
- Founder of RinteRface
- R Shiny advocate
Education
PhD in Life Sciences
Thesis title: ”Modeling of Calcium Homeostasis in the Rat and its Perturbations”. Building of a mathematical model describing calcium homeostasis, including its analysis and simulation of pathologies. Advisors: Dr. Aurélie Edwards and Pr. Olivier Bonny.
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
2013-2016
Master’s Degree in Ecosiences, MIV
Main subjects: Mathematics, Theoretical Ecology and Programming.
Université Claude Bernard (UCBL), Lyon
2011-2013
Licence (3 year degree) in Mathematics and Computer Sciences for the Living (MIV)
Main subjects: Mathematics, Ecology and Computer Sciences.
Université Claude Bernard (UCBL), Lyon
2010-2011
Preparatory School for Engineers
Main subjects: Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Geology.
Lycée Claude Fauriel, Saint Etienne
2008-2010
Professional Experience
Principal Scientist and Consultant
Software development
Novartis AG (Basel)
06/19 - 06/21
Projects overview:
- Support Novartis associates to develop production ready Shiny apps for clinical activities.
- Deliver high quality workshops to promote best practices around Shiny apps.
- Maintain internal tools: R packages, databases, web servers, …
- Represent Novartis at international R conferences (R in Pharma).
Post Doctoral Researcher
Software engineer
The Interface Group, University of Zurich (UZH)
06/17 - 06/19
Two main projects:
- Design user-friendly interfaces of Calcium and Phosphate Homeosta- sis, using the R-Shiny package, javascript and C. Management of linux web servers. Design new interactive tools dedicated to teaching courses.
- Develop a model linking the cardiac and renal functions, to better understand the interplay between chronic kidney disease as well as cardiac failure. Create virtual patient populations using Monte Carlo simulations.
Develop outstanding {shiny} apps for iOS, Android and desktop.
Bootstrap 4 shinydashboard using AdminLTE3.
Post Doctoral Researcher
Improvements to the model developed during my doctoral thesis. Publication of a second article (see publications). Supervisors: Dr. Aurélie Edwards and Pr. Olivier Bonny.
CHUV, Lausanne university hospital, Switzerland.
01/17 - 03/17
Internship in a Team of Theoretical Physiology
Improvements to the model developed during the previous internship. Supervisors: Dr. Moisés Santillan, Pr. Michael Mackey.
Centre for Applied Mathematics in Bioscience and Medicine (CAMBAM), Mc Gill University, Montreal, Canada.
07/13 - 08/13
Internship in a Laboratory of Applied Mathematics
Project title: “Multiscale modeling of Zebrafish Somitogenesis”. Development of a model accounting for the intra-cellular oscillator in each cell during somitogenesis. Supervisors: Dr. Laurent Pujo-menjouet (UCBL), Pr. Michael Mackey (Mc Gill, Canada).
Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique (INRIA), Team Dracula, Lyon.
01/13 - 07/13
Internship in a Laboratory of Applied Mathematics
Project title: “Mathematical modeling of somitogenesis, reaction- diffusion systems”. Analysis of two mathematical models: cell-cycle and clock/wavefront models. Supervisor: Dr. Laurent Pujo-Menjouet (UCBL).
Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique (INRIA), Team Dracula, Lyon.
03/12 - 07/12
Internship in a Laboratory of Theoretical Ecology
Project title: “Ecotoxicology of Daphnia Magna”. Study of the impact of pollution on the growth of Daphnia Magna through mathematical models. Supervisors: Pr. Sandrine Charles (UCBL), Pr. Marie Laure Delignette Muller (Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon).
Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive (LBBE), Team Modélisation et Ecotoxycologie Prédictive (MEPS), Lyon.
06/11 - 08/11
Publications
Coupling between Phosphate and Calcium Homeostasis: A Mathematical Model
American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology, 313(6): F1181-F1199. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00271.2017
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2017
D. Granjon, O. Bonny, A. Edwards.
A Model of Calcium Homeostasis in the Rat
American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology, 311 (5): F1047-F1062. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00230.2016
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2016
D. Granjon, O. Bonny, A. Edwards.
Books
Outstanding User Interfaces with Shiny
This book provides the necessary knowledge to extend Shiny’s layout: https://unleash-shiny.rinterface.com.
CRC Press, R series
2022
D. Granjon
Outstanding Shiny.
Extensions for shinydashboard.
Conferences and Talks
R in Pharma 2022
Workshop: Introduction to {shinyValidator}: https://rinpharma2022.rinterface.com/
Online
02/11/2022
Shiny Conf 2022 by Appsilon
Invited talk: {shinyValidator}: toward a new audit process for Shiny apps quality through CI/CD: https://appsilonconf2022.rinterface.com
Online
29/04/2022
R in Pharma 2021
Talk: Outstanding User Interfaces with Shiny: https://github.com/RinteRface/rinpharma2021
Online
04/11/2021
R in Pharma 2021
Workshop: Unleash Shiny 2021: https://rinpharma2021.rinterface.com
Online
10/10/2021
Beyond DataViz: How to Improve the UI/UX of Your Shiny Apps (Podcast)
Interview: {deminR} a R powered minesweeper: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/shiny-apps-UX-UI-design?__s=81h3pqtq7v4b70zpyfa1
Online
29/09/2021
Rencontres R 2021
Workshop: {shinyMobile} Hands-on: https://github.com/RinteRface/rencontresR2021
Remote (Covid 2019)
07/09/2021
Shiny Developers Series 2021
Podcast interview: “Outstanding User Interfaces with David Granjon: https://shinydevseries.com/post/episode-20-shinyui/.
Online
05/2021
R in Pharma 2020
Workshop: Unleash Shiny: https://github.com/RinteRface/Unleash-Shiny
Remote (Covid 2019)
09/10/2020
eRum 2020
Workshop: Advanced User Interfaces for Shiny Developers: https://github.com/Novartis/Advanced-User-Interfaces-for-Shiny-Developers, https://rinterface.com/shiny/talks/eRum2020/dg/#slide=1
Remote (Covid 2019)
May 2020
satRdayNeuch 2020
Oral presentation: An introduction to shinyMobile: https://github.com/DivadNojnarg/satRdayNeuch2020.
Remote (Covid 2019)
14/03/2020
Tools to develop Shiny extensions.
Zurich R User Group
Oral presentation: “shinyMobile: Build Native Looking Shiny Apps: https://rinterface.com/shiny/talks/zurichR2020/index.html#slide=1.
Zurich
29/01/2020
BaselR
Oral presentation: “Development of a web application to represent models of calcium and phosphate homeostasis using R.
Basel
05/12/2019
Shiny Developers Series 2019
Podcast interview: “Production-ready UIs for Shiny: https://shinydevseries.com/post/episode-4-rinterface/.
Online
08/2019
useR 2019
Poster presentation: “A Shiny Powered Virtual Patient: https://github.com/DivadNojnarg/userR2019.
Toulouse
09/07/19 - 12/07/19
Zurich R User Group
Oral presentation: “RinteRface, Production-ready UIs for Shiny: https://rinterface.com/shiny/talks/zurichR2019/index.html#slide=1.
Zurich
27/05/19
NCCR Kidney.CH Retreat 2019
Oral presentation: ”Web applications for physiology: bridge the gap between research and teaching”.
Murten, Switzerland
31/01/19 - 01/02/19
NCCR Kidney.CH Summer School 2018
Poster first author: ”Web-based e-learning tools of Calcium and Phosphate Homeostasis”.
Zurich, Switzerland
09/09/18 - 12/09/18
World Congress of Biomechanics 2018
Poster first author: ”Addressing biomedical diversity via eLearning, an example from a physiology curriculum”.
Dublin, Ireland
08/07/18 - 12/07/18
NCCR Kidney.CH Retreat 2018
Poster first author: ”A web-based application of Calcium and Phosphate Homeostasis”.
Murten, Switzerland
01/02/18 - 02/02/18
Bachelor–Themenworkshops 5. Semester HS 2017
Oral presentation: Computational Physiology.
Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland
17/10/17
Meeting of the Federation of Physiological Societies and the French Physiological Society
Poster presentation: ”Role of the rapidly exchangeable calcium pool in bone in calcium homeostasis”.
Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris
29/06/16 - 1/07/16
Annual Franco-Swiss Meeting on Electrolytes Metabolism and Renal Physiology
Oral presentation: ”A model of Ca/Pi homeostasis in the Rat”.
Inselspital, Bern
23/03/16 - 24/03/16
NCCR Kidney.CH Retreat 2016
Poster first author: ”Role of the bone rapidly exchangeable calcium pool in calcium homeostasis”.
Murten, Switzerland
25/02/16 - 27/02/16
Société Francophone de Dialyse/Société de Néphrologie
Poster first author: ”Consequences of primary hyperparathyroidism on renal calcium excretion”.
Lyon, France
29/09/15 - 02/10/15
Annual Franco-Swiss Meeting on Electrolytes Metabolism and Renal Physiology
Oral presentation: ”A Model of Calcium Homeostasis in the Rat”.
Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris
19/03/15 - 20/03/15
Annual Franco-Swiss Meeting on Electrolytes Metabolism and Renal Physiology
Oral presentation: ”A Simplified Model of Plasma Calcium Regulation by PTH”.
CHUV, Lausanne
19/03/14 - 20/03/14
Conference ” In honour of Michael Mackey’s 70th birthday
Oral presentation: ”Oscillatory dynamic during zebrafish somitogenesis”.
Lyon, France
3/06/13 - 6/06/13
Awards
2021 RStudio Shiny Contest Judge
- Judge of the 2021 Shiny Contest.
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Link: https://community.rstudio.com/t/commute-explorer-shiny-contest-submission/104651
2021
2020 RStudio Shiny Contest
- Runner-Up price:
{deminR}a minesweeper for R.
N/A
Link: https://community.rstudio.com/t/deminr-a-minesweeper-for-r-2020-shiny-contest-submission/56356
2020
2019 RStudio Shiny Contest
- Runner-Up price: A Virtual Lab for Teaching Physiology.
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Link: https://community.rstudio.com/t/shiny-contest-submission-a-virtual-lab-for-teaching-physiology/25348
2019
NCCR Kidney.CH Retreat 2018
- Best Poster Award, 2nd price: A web-based application of Calcium and Phosphate Homeostasis.
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2019
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Last updated on 2022-11-10.