Education
- Master's degree in Bioinformatics — completed. The thesis developed a workflow for genome assembly and repetitive-element annotation, with a focus on transposable elements.
- Biotechnology — Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan (2019–2023).
Professional experience
- National Institute for Genomics and Advanced Biotechnology (NIGAB) — professional experience listed on Talha's LinkedIn profile in Islamabad, Pakistan.
- AGR-114 research group — previous research experience involving transposable-element annotation, connected to the subject of the Master's thesis.
Research and projects
- Genome assembly and transposable-element annotation: a bioinformatics workflow developed for the Master's thesis to assemble genomic data and annotate repetitive elements.
- Antimicrobial-resistance structural mutation analysis: a Python project combining CARD mutation data with UniProt and AlphaFold structures. View the project.
- Breast cancer bone-relapse prediction: machine-learning analysis of gene-expression data from the GSE2034 dataset, comparing Logistic Regression, Linear SVM and Random Forest models.
- Single-cell RNA-seq pipeline: a Scanpy and AnnData workflow for quality control, normalization, clustering, UMAP visualization and marker-gene analysis of PBMC data.
- CellTypist cell-type classification: a project using Python, Scanpy and CellTypist, including checks for gene-symbol compatibility and majority-voting effects.
- Advanced Bioinformatics learning roadmap: an open resource collection for Linux, Python, R, statistics, biological databases, RNA-seq, transcriptomics and single-cell analysis. View the GitHub project.
Publication
- Chloroplast Genetic Engineering in Crop Plants: Techniques and Applications — published in the International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Food Sciences on 14 November 2025.
Professional membership and certifications
- Global Outreach — Contributing Member, American Society for Microbiology (July 2025–present).
- Certificate of Membership, American Society for Microbiology (July 2025).
- Algae Biotechnology, University of California San Diego (June 2025).
- Biomedical Visualisation, University of Glasgow (June 2025).
- Cancer Biology Specialization, Johns Hopkins University (June 2025).
- Genomic Data Science Specialization, Johns Hopkins University (June 2025).
- Industrial Biotechnology, University of Manchester (June 2025).
- Python for Genomic Data Science, Johns Hopkins University (June 2025).
- PCRs and SCHEMAs for Beginners in SAP HCM Payroll and ECP, Udemy (July 2025).
About OopsGene
Talha maintains OopsGene as an independent educational website. He publishes practical articles and learning resources, with a particular interest in making bioinformatics, research and education topics easier to approach.
For professional details and recent work, visit Talha's LinkedIn profile or GitHub profile. For questions about an OopsGene article, use the Contact page.