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Aroon Chande
a.k.a. The Comp Genomics TA
Contact info
Email: arch AT gatech.edu Personal website: https://aroonchande.com
About me
I am a Bioinformatics Scientist with the [Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory](http://abil.ihrc.com), better known as ABiL, and a Ph.D. student in [King Jordan's lab at Georgia Tech](http://jordan.biology.gatech.edu/page/). I graduated with an Msc Bioinformatics from GaTech in 2016, and I've been in the computational biology field now for almost 7 years now. I started out as a protein biochemist and structural biologist, then moved into human pathogens and infectious diseases. As of late I do a lot of human genetics work for my Ph.D. through the [ChocoGen project](https://www.chocogen.com/) and a lot of microbial and microbiome work with ABiL.
I'm passionate about developing new tools, techniques and methods for bioinformatics. I have a strange love for making custom databases for large scale analyses....even if its not requires.
Some of my projects here at GaTech
1. StringMLST:
Fast k-mer based tool for multi locus sequence typing (MLST) stringMLST is a tool for detecting the MLST of an isolate directly from the genome sequencing reads. stringMLST predicts the ST of an isolate in a completely assembly and alignment free manner. The tool is designed in a light-weight, platform-independent fashion with minimum dependencies.
2. Global Distribution of Genetic Traits server
Global Distribution of Genetic Traits (GDGT) is a web-based utility providing users with an intuitive tool for exploring the relationship between worldwide genetic diversity and the genomic architecture underlying a wide variety of human phenotypes (traits).
3. Vibriocholera.com
Secretion system prediction and annotation from whole genomics or prediction protein coding sequences.
4. STing
*coming soon*