Pieter Moris - ITM:
A HPC survival guide for bioinformaticians
Kasper Engelen/Regina Manansala - UAntwerp:
Finding cost-effective influenza vaccination strategies using Python JAX
Date: 24/04/2026
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Location: Campus Middelheim, Building G, room G.015
(Middelheimlaan 1, 2020 Antwerp)
Registration: is required and free of charge for researchers affiliated with the University of Antwerp (see below).
A HPC survival guide for bioinformaticians
After obtaining Msc degrees in Biology at the KU Leuven and Statistics (specialisation Bioinformatics) at the University of Hasselt, Pieter Moris pursued a PhD in Bioinformatics at the University of Antwerp in the Adrem Data Lab and the Biomina Research Network under supervision of Prof. Kris Laukens and Dr. Pieter Meysman. There, he leveraged machine learning and data mining methods to study molecular host-pathogen interactions and T-cell mediated immunity.
Afterwards, he worked as a Data Scientist in the Bioinformatics Unit at Galapagos, with a focus on scientific reproducibility, pipelines, cloud computing and RNA-seq analyses in the context of drug target discovery.
Currently, he is a Research Fellow Bioinformatics in the Unit of Malariology led by Prof. Anna Rosanas-Urgell at the Institute of Tropical Medicine,where he is working on the molecular surveillance of malaria in travelers using whole-genome sequencing methods and machine learning approaches for predicting parasite origin.
Finding cost-effective influenza vaccination strategies using Python JAX
The Biomina Lunch Talks are an initiative of a number of young researchers in the biomina network and is sponsored by the Flemish Government.
We aim to stimulate the interaction between researchers from different disciplines who encounter bioinformatics and computational biology, and consequently we focus on a broad and multidisciplinary public. With this informal medium we would like to provide a platform where knowledge and experience can be presented and exchanged, across partners from both academia and industry.
In this manner we have had the pleasure to welcome speakers from various institutes in and outside Antwerp, such as VIB, UZA, KULeuven, Johnson & Johnson. Even international speakers, from Ethiopia, USA, South-Africa, ... have been presenting their expertise!
These sessions provide a great opportunity for young researchers to acquaint themselves with new ideas and methods in the field of bioinformatics and medical informatics!.
Are you interested in giving a talk yourself? Let us know!
