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# Georgios Kousis Tsampazis Heraklion, Crete, Greece georgekousis6@gmail.com LinkedIn: george-kousis-tsampazis GitHub: geokousis --- Motivated Bioinformatics Master's student with a strong background in bioinformatics, biostatistics and machine learning. Proven experience in academic research, laboratory environments and data analysis. Interested in computational genomics, evolutionary bioinformatics and translational cancer research. --- ## Education - University of Crete, MSc in Bioinformatics (Sept 2024 – Present) - University of Crete, BSc in Biology (Sept 2020 – June 2024) Grade: 8.56/10 (Excellent) --- ## Thesis - MSc Thesis, University of Crete (Mar 2025 – Present) Finding Conserved Motifs in Emerging Viral Genomes for Primer Design in Molecular Diagnostics Supervisors: Prof. Electra Gizeli & Assoc. Prof. Pavlos Pavlidis - BSc Thesis, University of Crete (Nov 2023 – June 2024) Identification of samples and annotation of informative SNPs using machine learning methods in NGS data Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Pavlos Pavlidis | Grade: 10/10 (Excellent) --- ## Research Experience - Research Associate, University of Crete (Sept 2024 – Present) · Finding conserved motifs in emerging viral genomes for primer design · Detection and analysis of key mutations in ILCEM tumor samples · Grape variety project for winemaking (EU – NextGenerationEU) - Member of EvoLab, University of Crete (May 2023 – Present) · Bioinformatics challenges under Prof. Pavlos Pavlidis - Member of The Gizeli Group, University of Crete (Mar 2025 – Present) · Pipelines for primer design and viral genome analysis --- ## Publications, Posters & Seminars - Submitted: Genetic affinities between an ancient Greek colony and its metropolis: the case of Amvrakia in western Greece (Sept 2024) — Psonis et al. - In Preparation: · A Data-Driven Framework for ddRAD Enzyme Selection and Genomic Marker Discovery in Grapevine Cultivars · Invasive lobular carcinoma with extracellular mucin (ILCEM) - Oral Presentations: · Analysing ddRAD Sequences with ML for Vitis Cultivar Identification EMBO 2025 Satellite Workshop on Biodiversity Genomics · Identification of Vitis Cultivars Using ML-Selected SNPs — HAICTA 2024 - Poster: · Good-Wines: Integrative Analysis of Vitis NGS Data — legend2024 (May 2024) - Participant: Molecular Analysis for Precision Cancer Therapy (Feb 2025) --- ## Skills ### Dry Lab samtools · bcftools · Dragen-GATK · Mutect · STAR · Stacks · ipyrad MACS2 · Picard · BWA · Blast · Trimmomatic · Cutadapt · fastp Python · R · Bash · Rust · HTML ML (clustering/classification) · CWL · Snakemake · Git · LaTeX GNU/Linux · Galaxy server · Adobe Creative Suite · Blender / C4D ### Wet Lab PCR · ELISA · DNA hybridization · TLC · Plating · Streaking Plant in vitro culture · Basic surgical anatomy --- ## Languages - English: C2 Proficiency (Michigan State University) - French: DELF A2 --- ## Extracurricular - Sports: Long-distance running · Taekwon-Do ITF Black Belt · Rock climbing - Volunteer: TEDx UoC Speaker Coach · Karteros Run · Tree Planting - Hobbies: Guitar learning and teaching --- ## Additional - Driver's License · Strong public presentation & communication skills