Siddiqa Rani

Completed structured training in next-generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis and machine learning applications in bioinformatics. Implemented sequencing data preprocessing, quality control, and transcriptomic interpretation workflows. Explored applications of high-throughput sequencing technologies in health and disease research.

RNA Sequencing, NGS & Machine Learning Training Intern - SINES–NUST & NextGen Solutions - Online

(2025-08-05 - 2025-10-21)

• Completed structured training in next-generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis and machine learning applications in bioinformatics.
• Implemented sequencing data preprocessing, quality control, and transcriptomic interpretation workflows.
• Explored applications of high-throughput sequencing technologies in health and disease research.

Structural & Functional Bioinformatics Intern - KAIST - Remote

(2024-08-01 - 2024-08-31)

Supervisor: Hamza Arshad Dar (KAIST Researcher)

• Performed protein structure prediction, refinement, and validation analyses.
• Conducted phylogenetic analysis using MEGA and iTOL.
• Validated protein structures using PROCHECK, ERRAT, and ProSA.
• Visualized protein structures using UCSF Chimera.
• Executed functional annotation using PROSITE, DAVID, CDD, and KEGG.
• Independently completed structural and functional analysis of the human FAM26F protein.

Integrative Biology Laboratory (Bioinformatics Databases & Bacterial Genomics Intern) - Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) - Islamabad, Pakistan

(2023-08-26 - 2023-10-12)

Supervisor: Prof. Amjad Ali (Google Scholar)

• Utilized bioinformatics databases, including ARTMIS, for bacterial genome analysis.
• Acquired practical knowledge of whole genome sequencing (WGS) methodologies.
• Performed genome assembly, annotation, and comparative genomics analyses using standard pipelines.
• Constructed and interpreted phylogenetic trees to investigate evolutionary relationships.
• Completed certified training in bacterial bioinformatics and whole genome sequencing tools and applications.

B.S. - Bioinformatics - Pak-Austria Fachhochschule Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (2022-09 - 2026-08)