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Zarrine Raazi

Bioinformatics Specialist · Requirements Gathering & Process Documentation

Pune, India

@zarrine_raazi

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About

Bioinformatics professional with 6+ years of experience in NGS, genomic data analysis, and clinical/research workflow support. Experienced in requirements gathering, SOP development, stakeholder coordination, and translating technical findings into actionable reports for non-technical audiences.

Experience

  • Bioinformatics Specialist
    MS Clinical Research
    Nov 2024 – Present

    Gathered requirements from clinical and research stakeholders and translated them into structured NGS analysis workflows for microbial community profiling and shotgun metagenomics. Documented process specifications and SOPs for automated RNA-seq QC workflows, coordinated single-cell and spatial transcriptomics deliverables, managed cloud data governance, and presented findings to technical and non-technical teams.

  • Bioinformatics Analyst
    Medgenome Labs Ltd.
    Jun 2022 – Oct 2024

    Coordinated requirements and deliverables across concurrent NGS projects, worked in an Agile/Scrum environment, authored technical specifications and process documentation, implemented workflow automation, translated technical findings into reports, and performed quality checks and validation before sign-off.

  • Junior Bioinformatician
    Datar Cancer Genetics Pvt Ltd
    Feb 2020 – May 2022

    Performed targeted NGS data analysis for oncology patients, developed Python-based pipelines using NumPy and Pandas, collaborated with clinical teams to interpret genetic markers, conducted quality control of sequencing data, and delivered interpretative reports and visualizations.

  • NGS Intern
    Bioinformatics Centre, SPPU
    Nov 2019 – Jan 2020

    Assisted in whole genome sequencing analysis, performing genome assembly and annotation, and contributed to comparative genomics studies to support analysis of potential virulence factors.

Education

  • M.Sc. in Bioinformatics
    Bioinformatics Centre, S.P. Pune University (SPPU)
    Awarded by S.P. Pune University (SPPU)
    Bioinformatics · 2015 – 2017
  • B.Sc. in Biotechnology
    Nowrosjee Wadia College
    Awarded by S.P. Pune University (SPPU)
    Biotechnology · 2012 – 2015
  • Intermediate (12th Grade)
    S.M. Choksey Jr. College
    2011 – 2012
  • Secondary School (10th Grade)
    Rosary High School
    2009 – 2010

Skills

Tools / apps / platforms

2 to 5 years 2 to 5 years Several years of experience.
AWS S3 Microsoft Excel
3 to 6 months 3 to 6 months A few months of practice with it.
Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
<3 months <3 months Just getting started - under three months. This is also what shows when a level has not been set.
Git FastQC GitHub QIIME2 MultiQC Atlassian JIRA Microsoft Azure Atlassian Confluence Amazon Web Services AWS

🏆 Achievements & awards

  • Academic Excellence Award · 2017

    Awarded by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, in recognition of academic excellence during the Master's program in Bioinformatics.

📚 Publications

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