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Adrien

Postdoctoral researcher, microbiologist and bioinformatician mining datasets available on the world wide web.

AnnouncementPresentation

Houston Science Café on the gut Microbiome

I've been invited to give a short presentation about the gut microbiome during one of the Science Café organized by the Houston French Consulate and France Connect on April 29th. The event is an hour-long event where a couple of scientists present their science to a general audience and answer…
Adrien
April 22, 2024
Fun

Friday Music to work to – IV

Repent with barber beats! Macro Blank is the perfect mix of chilled beats or so-called barber beats as it is apparently classified to enjoy a nice coding afternoon. Check the rest of their music on Bandcamp or with the integrated player below!JTNDcCUyMGFsaWduJTNEJTIyY2VudGVyJTIyJTNFJTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3R5bGUlM0QlMjJib3JkZXIlM0ElMjAwJTNCJTIwd2lkdGglM0ElMjAxMDAlMjUlM0IlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0ElMjAxMjBweCUzQiUyMiUyMHNyYyUzRCUyMmh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGYmFuZGNhbXAuY29tJTJGRW1iZWRkZWRQbGF5ZXIlMkZhbGJ1bSUzRDEyNzM4MTMzNzAlMkZzaXplJTNEbGFyZ2UlMkZiZ2NvbCUzRDMzMzMzMyUyRmxpbmtjb2wlM0RlOTk3MDglMkZ0cmFja2xpc3QlM0RmYWxzZSUyRmFydHdvcmslM0RzbWFsbCUyRnRyYW5zcGFyZW50JTNEdHJ1ZSUyRiUyMiUyMHNlYW1sZXNzJTNFJTNDYSUyMGhyZWYlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRm1hY3JvYmxhbmsuYmFuZGNhbXAuY29tJTJGYWxidW0lMkYtLTE4JTIyJTNFJUUzJTgzJUE5JUUzJTgyJUI5JUUzJTgzJTg4JUUzJTgzJTgxJUUzJTgzJUEzJUUzJTgzJUIzJUUzJTgyJUI5JTIwYnklMjBNYWNyb2JsYW5rJTNDJTJGYSUzRSUzQyUyRmlmcmFtZSUzRSUzQyUyRnAlM0U=
Adrien
March 4, 2022
Fun

Friday Music to Work to – III

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7zaUceGCmY&ab_channel=JazzEssential Trumpet aficionados get ready! This recent (2020) digital remaster of Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk should be on everyone's playlist!
Adrien
February 25, 2022
FunOpinion

Shadok Bacteria

I pump therefore I am. For the small digression: I cannot think of bacteria transporter and other molecular pumps, without thinking of the "Shadok" (Wikipedia). An apparently very french show depicting weird blob birds who are characterized by ruthlessness and stupidity and inhabited in a nonsense world. They are known…
Adrien
February 22, 2022
Fun

Friday Music to Work to – II

Sublunar Express, Original artwork by Joan Llopis Doménech This week's album is the self-titled Sublunar Express, a Montreal-based trio formed that blending genres such as krautrock, stoner, and atmospheric rock, reuniting broad influences: an always moving psychedelic locomotive. You can find them on their Bandcamp page. Sublunar Express by Sublunar…
Adrien
February 18, 2022
Bio-informaticFun

Facepalm Thursdays…

I was trying to build a Cazy reference database to explore the carbohydrate profiles of the genomes in our microbial laboratory collection. I have a parallel script downloading the proteins sequences from NCBI then aligning and creating a hmm profile for later use. This morning I am looking through the…
Adrien
February 17, 2022
Fun

Friday Music to Work to

Sesje album Lastryko, Artwork by Piotr Domagalski. I will be trying to do a new format on this blog, in an attempt to keep this place alive and share some music I usually listen to while working. The first one will be Lastryko, a Polish band that could be placed…
Adrien
February 11, 2022
Announcement

COVID-19 Seminars

The TMC chapter of the ASM is joining forces with taste of science Houston to host two talks sessions about the basics of COVID19 and the path forward. Here’s your chance to talk to professionals live about COVID. We will discuss the basic biology and the creation of cutting edge vaccines and…
Adrien
April 30, 2020
AnnouncementPaper

CeMbio, a Microbiome in a kit ! A New Paper out

I am happy to announce that the first  paper out of my Postdoc in Houston is out! This project was an intense collaborative paper that defines a simple 12-member C. elegans microbiome resource (#CeMbio) for the community. The collaboration was between the Christian-Albrechts University (Kiel, Germany), the Ecole Normale Supérieure, (Paris, France),…
Adrien
April 29, 2020