Panagiotis Alexiou
ERA Chair at University of Malta
Msida, Central Region, Malta
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Top SchoolPanagiotis Alexiou is an ERA Chair in Bioinformatics for Genomics at the University of Malta with 15 years of interdisciplinary experience at the intersection of genomics and computer science. He has led and built bioinformatics core capabilities at institutions across Europe and the US, including CEITEC and the University of Pennsylvania, translating complex -omics data into scientifically actionable insights. Skilled at communicating across clinical, genetic and computational teams, he excels at finding the “needles” in large biological data haystacks and turning them into research impact. His background combines a PhD in Bioinformatics with hands-on leadership of core facilities and research groups, enabling both technical depth and program-level strategy. Notably, he focuses on creating institutional capacity for genomics analysis rather than just individual tools, positioning teams to deliver sustained, reproducible science.
15 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Genetics, 2:1, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Genetics, 2:1 at University of AberdeenDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bioinformatics, 10/10, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bioinformatics, 10/10 at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)Master of Science (M.Sc.), Bioinformatics, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Bioinformatics at University of Amsterdam
Github Skills (12)
seq9
sequencing8
perl7
throughput7
clip6
datasets5
bioinformatics4
model-building2
genomics2
neural-network1
deep-learning1
gitlab1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
palexiou/palexiou.github.io
Feb 2025 - Feb 2025
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
palexiou/CLIP-chimaeric
Nov 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:1 PR, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 5 days
clippython
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