Marco Meer

ORCID: 0000-0003-4501-6121

Github profile: macromeer

Bluesky profile: @macromeer.github.io

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I am an early-career postdoctoral researcher focused on the quantitative analysis of the behavior of biological cells, with expertise in computational modeling of cellular mechanisms of tissue remodeling and advanced digital image analysis of microscopy data. Currently, I am analyzing cellular dynamics in damaged cardiac tissue to uncover cellular mechanisms of zebrafish heart regeneration 🐟❤️

Experience

• Postdoc (2023 - Present) at University of Bern, Institute of Anatomy, Developmental Biology and Regeneration Unit

  • Studying cell behavior in injured zebrafish hearts (live imaging) 🫀📹
  • Developing automated image analysis pipelines for microscopy data 📸🤖

• PhD Student (2017 - 2022) at ETH Zurich, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering

  • Developed computational model of mesenchymal cell migration during early kidney morphogenesis 🦠🔍
  • Created a mechanical tissue model of epithelial organization ⚙️

Education

• Doctor of Science (Computational Biology) at ETH Zürich ‘22
• Master of Science (Physics) at Heidelberg University ‘16
• Bachelor of Science (Biophysics) at Goethe University Frankfurt ‘13

Skills

Skill	Language	Proof
Computational Modeling	C++	work
Data Analysis	Julia, Python, R	Julia certification, Python work, R certification
Deep Learning	Python (PyTorch)	certification
Data Visualization	R	R work, R certification

Recent Work

Achievement	Publication
Developed a computational model elucidating the mechanistic role of FGF8 signaling in nephron progenitor cell behavior.	Sharma, A. and Meer, M. et al. (2022). Development, 149(21).
Created image analysis pipelines to study subcellular structures in zebrafish hearts. This helped to uncover the role of lysosomes in valvular heart development and regeneration-promoting metabolic profiles related to Cox7a1-driven complex IV dimerization.	Chavez, M. N., et al. (2024), iScience; García-Poyatos, C., et al. (2024), Developmental Cell, 59(14).
Developed image analysis pipelines for subcellular structure analysis in zebrafish hearts.	Meer, M. (2024). MercaderLabAnatomy/T-MIDAS: v0.1.9-beta. Zenodo.
Established methods for the investigation of cellular behaviour in the cardiac injury microenvironment.	UniBe Initiator Grant 2024 🏆