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GRIGORII ANTONOV

Molecular Biologist
Bioinformatician

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OBJECTIVE

MSc in bioinformatics at École Normale Supérieure – PSL and Qlife Award fellow with hands-on experience in spatial transcriptomics, ML | AI, and 3D genome engineering (Curie Institute, Institute of Gene Biology). Seeking to build mathematical models to understand fundamental biological processes.

RESEARCH

Master's Thesis in the Pierre Bost Laboratory

Jan 2025
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Jun 2025

Curie Institute | Paris, France

Title: "Impact of 2D sampling on the characterization of cellular structures in tissues"

  • Developed spatial statistical models for 3D imaging datasets, revealing sampling-induced biases
  • Worked on mathematical foundations of 2D sampling; built simulations to model several tissue types

Bachelor's Thesis in the Sergey Rasin Laboratory

Apr 2023

Jun 2025

Institute of Gene Biology | Moscow, Russia

Title: "Modification of HoxD locus spatial structure by recruiting a truncated form of CTCF protein"

  • Engineered a dCas9-CTCF fusion construct and targeted it to a predefined genomic locus, modulating both the epigenetic landscape and local 3D genome topology

SKILLS

Programming

  • R language: ggplot2, tidyverse, DeSeq2, dplyr
  • Python language: Numpy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Sklearn, PyTorch
  • Linux, command line (bash, awk, pipelines), git
  • Website layout: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
  • Basics in C++, databases (SQL), algorithms

Machine Learning

Github page: github.com/gregothebyteknight

  • Classical methods: regression, classification, kNN, random forests, tuning, bayesian methods
  • Neural networks: MLP, CNN, RNN, LSTM, Transformers, AE, GNN
  • Knowledge of mathematics, physics and statistics from university and beyond

Bioinformatics

  • Data analysis: bulk & single-cell RNA-seq, spatial transcriptomics, Hi-C, ChIP-seq, NGS
  • Databases: PDB, UniProt, NCBI
  • Command line tools and work on servers
  • Profound biological education (from invertebrates to physiology), to understand the data

Molecular Biology

  • Basic laboratory skills
  • Hi-C, ChIP-seq & qPCR, cell culture management, cell sorting

PUBLICATIONS

International journal of Molecular Sciences

Jul 2025

Ectopic recruitment of the CTCF N-terminal domain with two proximal zinc-finger domains as a tool for 3D genome engineering. DOI: 10.3390/ijms26157446

HONORS

Bioinformatics Olympiad Prize Winner

Jun 2024

Final stage of the All-Russian Olympiad of students in Bioengineering & Bioinformatics. Multiple finalist in Biology and Biotechnology in 2022 and 2023

Biological Olympiad Prize Winner

Mar 2020

Final stage of the All-Siberia Olympiad for Schoolchildren in Biology

Final stage of the The Lomonosov Olympiad for school students in Biology

Jan 2020

Regional stage of the All-Russian School Olympiad in Biology

EDUCATION

MSc in Bioinformatics

Sep 2024
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Jun 2025

École normale supérieure – PSL | Paris, France

QLife Award Fellow. Diploma with High Honors

BSc in Molecular Biology

Sep 2020

Jun 2024

Lomonosov Moscow State University | Moscow, Russia

Diploma with Honors (GPA 4.98/5.0)

  • Deep Learning course (NN & Computer Vision) at MIPT School of Applied Mathematics & CS

LANGUAGES

  • English – C1 (IELTS 7.5, Master’s in English)
  • German – A2 (B1 Deutsche Welle certificate)
  • French – A2 (ENS-PSL courses, 1 year in Paris)