I'm a PhD researcher in genomics and bioinformatics, jointly enrolled at ULB and KU Leuven in Brussels. I work between Prof. Tarabichi's group at IRIBHM–ULB and Prof. Demeulemeester's group at VIB–KU Leuven.
I trained first as a pharmacist in Thessaloniki, drifted towards computation somewhere around a thesis on RNA editing in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, and stayed there. Since then I've built long-read single-cell multiomics analyses for clear cell sarcoma, co-written an open-source Python package for spatial transcriptomics data, and won a gold medal at iGEM for a urine-based test for pancreatic cancer.
Most people call me Harry.
ULB · KU Leuven joint programme, Faculty of Medicine — Brussels, Belgium
Thesis: A pan-organ single-cell atlas of somatic copy-number variation in human. Conducted at IRIBHM–ULB under Prof. Tarabichi and at VIB–KU Leuven under Prof. Demeulemeester.
KU Leuven, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering — Leuven, Belgium
Thesis: Long-read single-cell multiomics reveals functional insights into tumor heterogeneity and evolutionary dynamics in clear cell sarcoma — Laboratory of Integrative Cancer Genomics, VIB, under Prof. Demeulemeester.
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Health Science — Thessaloniki, Greece
Thesis: Bioinformatics analysis of genes involved in RNA editing for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia — Pharmacology Division, Computational & Bioinformatics. Graded 10/10.
Integrated Bioinformatics Project — KU Leuven
Co-developed an open Python package for processing and analysing NanoString GeoMx spatial profiling data, built as a collaborative team project.
iGEM Thessaloniki 2021
Founded and built a cost-effective, non-invasive diagnostic for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, using toehold switches — synthetic riboswitches — to detect upregulated miRNAs in urine.
Lab of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Pharmacology Division — AUTH
Generated monoclonal antibodies against the CYLD protein using phage display techniques, supervised by Dr. Xanthopoulos.
Among 356 competing teams worldwide
The project went on to attract interest from commercial partners, including RGCC Group (Switzerland).
Student-led nonprofit, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Led the IT division and built and maintained the team's website. Picked up graphic design, video editing and front-end work along the way — and a good deal about running a team.
Thessaloniki, Greece
Developed and maintained the nonprofit's IT resources.
Happy to talk about genomics and bioinformatics or anything in between.
