{"id":217,"date":"2026-06-04T08:55:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T08:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nplab.gr\/?page_id=217"},"modified":"2026-06-04T14:27:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:27:40","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nplab.gr\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"217\" class=\"elementor elementor-217\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4449594 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4449594\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-866e684 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"866e684\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0de6de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0de6de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The NP Lab Group is a research-oriented team centered at the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications (di.uoa.gr) of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Our research focuses on the complexity of the genome, with particular emphasis on gene regulation and the functional interpretation of non-coding regions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f668d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7f668d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"424\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/nplab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-179\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nplab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image.png 424w, https:\/\/nplab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-251x300.png 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Research Lead<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c5a5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12c5a5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dr. Nikos Perdikopanis<\/strong><br><em>Laboratory Teaching Staff<\/em><br><em>Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Nikos Perdikopanis is the coordinator of the&nbsp;<strong>NPLab Team<\/strong>. He holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence, with a research focus on&nbsp;<strong>Bioinformatics, Machine Learning, and Computational Genomics<\/strong>. His work combines data-driven approaches with biological insights to develop computational tools for genomic analysis, gene regulation studies, and functional interpretation of variants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has extensive experience in&nbsp;<strong>academic teaching and student supervision<\/strong>, leading courses in systems programming, object-oriented programming, Pattern recognition and Machine Learning, while also supervising multiple undergraduate and postgraduate theses in bioinformatics.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About The NP Lab Group is a research-oriented team centered at the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications (di.uoa.gr) of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. 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