Hello Community!
My name is Michel Choudalakis, Im a synthetic chemist (bioinorganic) by original training and now Im finishing my PhD on human methyl-lysine reading domains (protein domains that bind to histone PTMs). That involves intermolecular protein-protein interactions (chemistry), recombinant proteins and characterisation (biochemistry), and ChIP-seq/epigenetics (molecular biology). That means I am a late-comer to proper bioinformatics (past 1 year) and so far my actual programming skils are restricted to the FORTRAN I learned 20 years ago to use specialized large equipement and some bits of UNIX commands. I expect I will get more experience in the future. Until then I am looking forward to getting to read cools news and ideas and get to know at least some of you!!
Cheers,
Michel
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This year’s Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) General Meeting commemorated the 25th anniversary of the event at its original venue on Marco Island, Florida. While this year’s event didn’t include high-profile musical performances, the industry announcements and cutting-edge research still drew the attention of leading scientists.
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