M.Sc. Bioinformatics, specialization in Data Science
Freie Universitat Berlin
- Coursework and research interests across genomics, statistical modeling, medical bioinformatics, machine learning, and data systems.
- Expected graduation: Oct 2026.
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My Journey .
Education, research experience, and technical skills in bioinformatics.
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B.S. Bioinformatics
COMSATS University, Islamabad
- Built a foundation in biological sciences, computational methods, statistics, and genomic analysis.
- Shifted toward computational approaches for solving complex biological problems.
Experience
Bioinformatics / Data Work
Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
- Working in an infection biology setting with a focus on computational analysis and reproducible biomedical data workflows.
- Developing stronger research practice around genomics, scientific programming, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Research Assistant
COMSATS University, Department of Biosciences
- Designed a Nextflow-based RNA-seq workflow for detecting polyadenylated reads from raw sequencing data.
- Analyzed large sequencing datasets in Python and produced data quality visualizations.
- Created a Docker image for platform-independent execution.
Skills
Languages Python, R, Bash, C++, SQL/Postgres, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Rust beginner
Workflow Engineering Snakemake, Nextflow, Docker, conda environments, YAML configuration, reproducible reports
Genomics RNA-seq, WGS, metagenomics, transcriptomics, assembly, annotation, QC, variant workflows
Bioinformatics Tools Trimmomatic, fastp, Salmon, SAMtools, DESeq2, Seurat, Biopython, Bowtie2, BWA, BLAST, GATK, VEP, Picard
Infrastructure Linux, Git, GitHub, GitLab, AWS EC2/S3, CI/CD concepts, HPC-oriented resource configuration
Data & AI Statistical analysis, exploratory visualization, machine learning workflows, LLM applications interest