Yara Altuwaijri
@yaraaltuwaijri
MSc bioinformatics student skilled in data-driven genomics, machine learning, and scalable pipeline development.
Saudi ArabiaWhat I'm looking for
I am an MSc Applied Bioinformatics student with hands-on experience building scalable data management systems, automated pipelines, and machine learning models for biological and clinical data. My work spans GWAS data harmonization, RNA-seq differential expression, and CNN-based image classification using Python and common bioinformatics tools.
I have professional laboratory experience in public health and food safety, leading projects such as Pathogenic Salmonella Reduction in Poultry and contributing to national One Health initiatives. I combine technical proficiency in Python, R, SQL, Bash, and HPC with practical lab skills from clinical and government laboratory roles.
I pursue roles where I can apply reproducible pipelines, cloud/HPC workflows, and ML techniques to advance genomics and translational research, while collaborating across disciplines to deliver actionable results.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Laboratory Specialist
Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture
Jul 2023 - Aug 2024 (1 year 1 month)
Led the Pathogenic Salmonella Reduction in Poultry initiative, coordinating cross-disciplinary method development and presenting findings to stakeholders to ensure regulatory compliance and support national food safety programs.
Clinical Laboratory Intern
King Khalid University Hospital
Jan 2023 - Mar 2023 (2 months)
Performed diagnostic testing and maintained advanced laboratory instruments to support disease identification and high-quality patient diagnostics in collaboration with clinical teams.
Laboratory Analyst (Volunteer)
Central Veterinary Laboratory
Aug 2020 - Dec 2022 (2 years 4 months)
Supported virology, bacteriology, parasitology, poultry, and genomics departments, contributing to national poultry disease control and One Health initiatives through sample evaluation and laboratory analyses.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
KLKing's College London
Master of Science, Applied Bioinformatics
2024 -
Activities and societies: MSc projects: GWAS summary statistics library, CNN-based retinal disease classification, IMPC SQL database for phenotypic data, RNA-seq differential expression and pathway analysis.
Enrolled in MSc Applied Bioinformatics with modules in AI and Machine Learning, Data Cleaning and Management, Applied Bioinformatics, and Cloud Computing.
KUKing Saud University
Bachelor of Science, Microbiology
2019 - 2023
Grade: GPA 4.71 / 5.00 (Second Class Honours)
Activities and societies: Logistics Support Commander, Microbiology & Botany Club; participant in national research activities.
Bachelor of Science in Microbiology with a GPA of 4.71/5.00 and awarded Dean’s Award — First Place in the College of Science.
MEMassachusetts Institute of Technology Professional Education
Professional Certificate, Applied Data Science
2022 - 2023
Activities and societies: Course project analysing diabetes data with data cleaning, EDA, and visualization.
Completed the Applied Data Science Program course covering neural networks, deep learning, computer vision, statistics, and data science techniques.
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Location
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