Lee Katz

I am the senior bioinformatician in the Enteric Diseases Laboratory Branch at CDC. In my free time, I try to be a good husband and parent, and in my imaginary free time, I podcast with my co-hosts on the Micro Binfie podcast.

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I was cleaning out my office and found a flag that was given to me a few years ago. The legendary Peter Gerner-Smidt had become a citizen and had given some US flags to people in the branch. Peter retired either at the end of 2019 or beginning of 2020 (in hindsight, a great time to retire!).

Here is the transcription:

To LEE,
THE FIRST BIOINFORMATICIAN IN EDLB.
IN GRATITUDE FOR YOUR TIRELESS SERVICE TO THE BRANCH & YOUR COUNTRY
Peter

Obviously I have to keep this flag around forever :)

Signed flag from Peter Gerner-Smidt

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