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Heena A Shah

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Bioinformatics Assistant Manager at Microcrispr developing CRISPR off-target pipelines and statistical frameworks for genomic analysis.

India
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At Microcrispr, I design bioinformatics pipelines for CRISPR off-target evaluation and quantify editing efficiency across target sites. I also direct Amplicon sequencing and Hybrid Capture processing and lead computational setup and onboarding for SITE-seq.

At Breast Cancer Now, Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), I developed and deployed HPC pipelines for clinical genomics analysis. I analyzed somatic and germline variants across breast and head and neck cancer studies, and profiled biomarkers including TMB, MSI, CNVs, PAM50, and TNBC subtypes.

I integrated multi-omics data, including Nanostring RNA, 10X Single-Cell transcriptomics, TCR-seq, and methylation datasets. I also applied survival modeling and machine learning to identify prognostic molecular patterns and actionable clinical biomarkers.

Earlier, at the National Genomics Core, CDFD, I built automated WGS pipelines for COVID-19 genomic surveillance and GISAID submissions. My work has also included livestock genotyping and imputation at NDDB, cancer genome analysis at Binstech, and cytogenetic screening at Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

MI
Current

Assistant Manager – Bioinformatics

Microcrispr

Jul 2026 - Present (4 months)

Designed bioinformatics pipelines for off-target CRISPR evaluation and quantified editing efficiency across target sites. Led end-to-end processing of Amplicon sequencing and Hybrid Capture assays, and developed custom statistical modeling frameworks.

Off Target Analysis
Amplicon Sequencing
Hybrid Capture Target Enrichment
SITE Seq
Statistical ModelingData NormalizationWorkflow AutomationNextflowPython
R
LinuxHPC
Breast Cancer Now, Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) logoBI

Analytical Scientist Bioinformatics – Molecular Oncology

Breast Cancer Now, Institute of Cancer Research (ICR)

Feb 2023 - Jun 2025 (2 years 4 months)

Developed and deployed scalable HPC pipelines for clinical genomics analysis, analyzing somatic and germline variants in WES, WGS, ctDNA, and FFPE tissue. Applied survival modeling and machine learning to discover prognostic molecular patterns and clinical biomarkers.

Nextflow
GATK Best Practices
SlurmPython
R
WES
WGS
CtDNA
Liquid Biopsy
TMB
MSI Installers
Mutation Signatures
CNV
PAM50
TNBC Subtyping
Nanostring RNA
10X Single Cell
TCR Seq
Methylation
Survival AnalysisMachine Learning
National Genomics Core, Center for DNA Fingerprinting and Di logoND

Technical Associate (Computational)

National Genomics Core, Center for DNA Fingerprinting and Di

Jun 2020 - Feb 2021 (8 months)

Built automated WGS pipelines for COVID-19 genomic surveillance and high-throughput GISAID repository submissions. Analyzed RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, and WGS datasets for variant identification and downstream statistical interpretation.

WGS
Covid 19
GISAID
RNAseq
ChIP Seq
Variant Calling
HPCLinux
Illumina
Oxford Nanopore
National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) logoNN

Trainee Bioinformatics – Animal Breeding

National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)

Jan 2019 - Apr 2020 (1 year 3 months)

Extracted phenotypic and demographic livestock data using SQL and performed SNP chip genotyping with GenomeStudio. Conducted GWAS, genotype imputation, and population structure analysis.

SQL
SNP Genotyping
Genome Studio
PLINK
Beagle
Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS)
Imputation
Admixture
ChromoPainting
PCA
NGS
Hi C
Salsa
BI

Bioinformatics Analyst

Binstech

May 2016 - Jul 2017 (1 year 2 months)

Conducted cancer genome data analysis utilizing pharmacogenomics bioinformatics software.

Cancer Genomics
Pharmacogenomics
Bioinformatics
Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre logoJC

PhD Research Fellow – Genetics and Assisted Reproduction

Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre

May 2013 - Apr 2014 (11 months)

Conducted FISH and karyotyping cytogenetic techniques for aneuploidy screening.

FISH
Karyotyping
Cytogenetics
Prenatal Screening
SC

Lecturer (Biotechnology & Microbiology)

S.S. & L.S. Patkar-Varde College

Jun 2010 - Dec 2013 (3 years 6 months)

Taught biotechnology and microbiology courses to undergraduate students.

VC

Lecturer (Biotechnology)

Viva College

Aug 2009 - Apr 2010 (8 months)

Taught biotechnology courses to undergraduate students.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Mumbai University logoMU

Mumbai University

M.Sc., Biotechnology

Grade: 66.00%

Completed M.Sc. in Biotechnology with 66.00% from Mumbai University in July 2009.

Mumbai University logoMU

Mumbai University

B.Sc., Biotechnology

Grade: 61.72%

Completed B.Sc. in Biotechnology with 61.72% from Mumbai University in June 2007.

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

Availability

Looking for a job

Location

India

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Salary expectations

16600k+ INR

Skills

Bioinformatics
Off Target Analysis
Amplicon Sequencing
Hybrid Capture Target Enrichment
SITE Seq
WES
WGS
CtDNA
Single Cell Transcriptomics
Genomics
Clinical Genomics
Multi omics
Variant Analysis
Genomic Surveillance
Statistical Modeling

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