π¦ "Dinosaurs ruled for 165 million years β not because they were the strongest, but because they adapted. Their extinction reminds us: no legacy survives without openness to change. That's why I build tools that are open, free, and built to evolve."
class AyehBolouki:
def __init__(self):
self.name = "Ayeh Bolouki"
self.title = "Computational Biologist & Bioinformatician"
self.base = "Belgium π§πͺ"
self.motto = "Making free science for everybody around the world π"
self.background = {
"PhD": "Clinical Biochemistry",
"postdoc_years": 6,
"papers": 11, # 7 first-author
"dual_expertise": ["wet-lab π§«", "dry-lab π»"]
}
def research_domains(self):
return [
"π§ Neurodegeneration (Tauopathy, Alzheimer's)",
"π₯ NF-ΞΊB Signal Transduction",
"𧬠Epigenetics & Multi-omics Integration",
"π¬ Structural Biology & Protein Interactions",
"π« NAFLD / Liver Biology"
]
def philosophy(self):
return """
Dinosaurs didn't vanish because they were weak β
they vanished because they couldn't adapt.
I build tools for my own research and for every
researcher who refuses to go extinct.
"""
I name my tools after prehistoric creatures β because good bioinformatics should have teeth.
|
RNA-seq Analysis Pipeline Testing & Optimization Resource 
10-module interactive dashboard for RNA-seq from raw reads to results |
Proteomics Tool for Exploration, Refinement & Organization 
New data container & infrastructure for handling complex 4D MS/MS data |
Protein Interaction Analysis Toolkit 
20+ interaction types detected via custom algorithms & PyMOL |
π More Open-Source Projects
| Project | Description |
|---|---|
| practical-MS-MS-PLS-DA-analysis-pipeline | PLS-DA optimized for small sample proteomics/metabolomics |
| PLSDA-MSMS-Analysis | Practical MS/MS analysis pipeline with statistical classification |
| Complete Protein-Protein Interaction Workflow | End-to-end PPI workflow: AlphaFold3, PyMOL, Arpeggio, validation |
graph LR
A["π PhD<br>Embryogenesis<br><i>From two cells to blastocyst β<br>the first arrival to this world</i>"] --> B["π§ Postdoc<br>Brain, Immune System<br>Multi-omics & Structural Biology"]
B --> C["π€ The Frustration<br>Broken tools, paywalled software,<br>pipelines that don't exist yet"]
C --> D["π¦ The Fix<br>If the tools don't exist,<br>I'll build them myself"]
D --> E["π Open Science<br>RAPTOR Β· PTERO Β· BondForge<br>Free for every researcher"]
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