biotechnology student / islamabad

Trained at the bench.
Building toward bioinformatics.

I'm a biotechnology undergraduate at the International Islamic University, Islamabad, with hands-on lab experience in genetics and molecular biology. I'm now teaching myself to bring computational tools — Python, data analysis, sequence analysis — into that work, aiming toward computational genomics.

Saif Ali

About

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My background is wet-lab: gel electrophoresis, PCR, and DNA extraction, sharpened over two internships this year at the National Institutes of Health, Pakistan and the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council. That work is where I first ran into the limits of doing biology by hand — and where the pull toward computational tools started.

I'm currently early in that transition: comfortable with lab technique, still building the programming and data-analysis side. This site tracks that shift honestly — what I've done, and what I'm actively learning next.

Degree
BS Biotechnology, IIU Islamabad
Expected
September 2027
Current focus
Python, data analysis, sequence tools
Based in
Islamabad, Pakistan

Experience

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Aug 2026 — Present
Intern
Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC)
Applying lab technique in an agricultural biotechnology research setting.
Jul 2026 — Aug 2026
Intern
National Institutes of Health, Pakistan (NIH)
Two-month research internship focused on molecular biology technique.
May 2025 — Jun 2025
Academic Engagement
International Islamic University, Islamabad
Two-month hands-on program building foundational biotechnology lab skills.

Skills

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Wet lab

  • Gel Electrophoresis hands-on
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) hands-on
  • DNA Extraction hands-on
  • Computer-Aided Design (CAD) applied

Dry lab — building now

  • Python essentials
  • Data Science fundamentals intro level
  • AutoDock certified
  • Git & GitHub just started

Path to bioinformatics

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Python fundamentals
Syntax, control flow, functions — building past the Essentials-level foundation already in place.
in progress
Data handling with pandas & NumPy
Working with tabular biological data — expression tables, lab datasets — programmatically.
next
Sequence analysis with Biopython
Parsing FASTA files, computing sequence properties, connecting code back to lab-familiar data.
planned
First public project
A small, complete analysis of a public dataset — documented on GitHub, linked here.
planned

Certifications

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Python Essentials 1
Al-Faoz Educational Foundation
Introduction to Data Science
Al-Faoz Educational Foundation
AutoDock
Al-Faoz Educational Foundation

Education

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2023 — 2027
BS Biotechnology
International Islamic University, Islamabad
2020 — 2022
FSc, Pre-Medical
Fauji Foundation College, Jhelum Cantt
2018 — 2020
Matriculation, Biology
Govt. High School Kala Depot, Jhelum

Let's talk bioinformatics.

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Open to internships, research collaboration, or just a conversation with anyone further along this path.