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+# Display name
+name: Arun H Patil
+
+# Username (this should match the folder name)
+authors:
+- apatil
+
+# Is this the primary user of the site?
+superuser: false
+
+# Role/position
+role: Postdoctoral Fellow
+
+# Organizations/Affiliations
+organizations:
+- name: Johns Hopkins University
+  # url: "http://labs.pathology.jhu.edu/halushka/"
+
+# Short bio (displayed in user profile at end of posts)
+bio: My research interests include genomics, Mendelian genetics and proteomics.
+
+interests:
+
+- Bioinformatics 
+- Genomics and proteomics 
+- Development of biological databases
+- Transcriptomic
+- Creating biological Illustrations
+
+education:
+  courses:
+  - course: PhD in Biotechnology
+    institution: KIIT School of Biotechnology and Institute of Bioinformatics
+    year: 2019
+  - course: MSc in Bioinformatics
+    institution: Sikkim manipal University
+    year: 2012
+  - course: Post-Graduate Diploma in Bioinformatics
+    institution: Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology 
+	year: 2010
+  - course: BSc in Microbiology
+    institution: Bangalore University 
+    year: 2009
+
+# Social/Academic Networking
+# For available icons, see: https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/widgets/#icons
+#   For an email link, use "fas" icon pack, "envelope" icon, and a link in the
+#   form "mailto:your-email@example.com" or "#contact" for contact widget.
+social:
+- icon: envelope
+  icon_pack: fas
+  link: '#contact'  # For a direct email link, use "mailto:test@example.org".
+- icon: twitter
+  icon_pack: fab
+  link: https://twitter.com/arun26feb
+- icon: google-scholar
+  icon_pack: ai
+  link: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=qubfVSkAAAAJ&hl
+- icon: github
+  icon_pack: fab
+  link: https://github.com/arunhpatil
+# Link to a PDF of your resume/CV from the About widget.
+# To enable, copy your resume/CV to `static/files/cv.pdf` and uncomment the lines below.  
+# - icon: cv
+#   icon_pack: ai
+#   link: files/cv.pdf
+
+# Enter email to display Gravatar (if Gravatar enabled in Config)
+email: ""
+  
+# Organizational groups that you belong to (for People widget)
+#   Set this to `[]` or comment out if you are not using People widget.  
+user_groups:
+- Organizers
+---
+
+Bioinformatics oriented research on genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and integrated data analysis. As part of Ph.D. developed user friendly tools for analyzing post-translational modifications of proteins and tools for integrated omics data analysis for genome refinement. I am keen to work in collaborations for enhancing my skills in data analysis and deploy tools to benifit scientific community. 
+
+### My tools
+
+| Tool           | Downloads                    |
+| ------------------| ------------------------------ |
+| [PTM-Pro](https://github.com/arunhpatil/PTM-Pro) : Post translational modifications - profiling |
+| [CatGenEx](https://github.com/arunhpatil/CatGenEx) :CatGenEx - Categorization of Gene Expression |
+| [GenoART](https://github.com/arunhpatil/GenoART) : Genome Annotation and Refinement Tool | 
+| [iBAQ](https://github.com/arunhpatil/iBAQ) : Label free quantitation | 
+
+### Hobbies
+
+#* [My photo gallary](https://ljadventures.exposure.co)
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