biotechnology undergraduate, islamabad

Saif Ali

From wet lab to command line.

I'm a biotechnology student redirecting toward bioinformatics — trading some bench hours for scripts, sequences, and structure files, without giving up on either.

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Saif Ali
Biotechnology · Bioinformatics-in-progress

Two years at the bench, and increasingly at the terminal

I'm working toward a Bachelor's in Biotechnology at the International Islamic University, Islamabad, with graduation expected in September 2027. Along the way I've picked up the core wet-lab skill set — gel electrophoresis, PCR, DNA extraction — and started layering computational tools on top of it: Python, molecular docking, and the beginnings of a data science foundation.

Two national research internships, at PARC and the NIH, have shown me how much modern biology depends on computation, and that's where I'm pointing my degree next: bioinformatics and computational genomics, using code to make biological data legible.

2027expected graduation
3research placements
2→wet-lab to computational
skills

What I bring to a bench or a notebook

Read left to right, like a gel — each lane is a category, each band a skill.

Benchwet-lab technique
Gel electrophoresis
PCR
DNA extraction
Codeprogramming & data
Python
Data science basics
Scripting for analysis
Modelcomputational & design
AutoDock docking
CAD
Nextcurrently exploring
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Sequence analysis
lane order: bench → code → model → next — the direction I'm moving in, not a ranking.
experience

Where I've worked

August 2026 — Present
Intern current
Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) · Islamabad, Pakistan

Applying lab and analytical skills within a national agricultural research setting.

July 2026 — August 2026
Intern
National Institutes of Health, Pakistan (NIH) · Islamabad

Two months with a national health research institute, working alongside its biotechnology teams.

May 2025 — June 2025
Student
International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI)

A focused academic engagement that sharpened the fundamentals behind everything since.

education

Education

International Islamic University, Islamabad
Bachelor's degree, Biotechnology
Sept 2023 — Sept 2027 (expected)
Fauji Foundation College, Jhelum Cantt
FSc, Pre-Medical Studies
Aug 2020 — Jun 2022
Govt. High School Kala Depot, Jhelum
Matriculation, Biology
Aug 2018 — May 2020
certifications

Certifications

CERT · 01
Python Essentials 1
Al-Faoz Educational Foundation
CERT · 02
Introduction to Data Science
Al-Faoz Educational Foundation
CERT · 03
AutoDock
Al-Faoz Educational Foundation
contact

Let's talk bioinformatics

Open to research collaborations, internships, and anything at the edge of biology and computation. The easiest ways to reach me are below.