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Aishwarya Rane

Bengaluru,India

Summary

Passionate about leveraging bioinformatics to drive scientific discovery. Adept at developing and implementing customized NGS pipelines tailored to diverse research needs.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Field Bioinformatics Support Scientist

Illumina
Bengaluru, Karnataka
01.2024 - Current
  • Provided bioinformatics technical support to customers in the AMEA region.
  • Developed customized bioinformatics plugins and scripts for NGS analysis.
  • Assisted customers in building bioinformatic pipelines and workflows.
  • Analyzed customer's NGS data using Illumina's NGS portfolio.

Bioinformatics QA Engineer

Velsera
India
09.2021 - Current
  • Created and optimized automated testing scripts for repetitive tasks using APIs, PostgreSQL databases
  • Performed root cause analysis for detected faults and developed corrective actions to unblock clients
  • Documented technical details of DRAGEN TSO500, TST170 secondary analysis pipeline in both client facing and internal documents
  • Tested functionality, performance and compliance of each product against design specifications to maintain strong development standards and high customer satisfaction
  • Collaborated with other teams to monitor and facilitate bug resolutions to optimize software
  • Worked with project owners and end users to prioritize feature development and enhancements based on critical paths and business needs.

Research Fellow

Tata Memorial Centre Advanced Centre for Treatment
Mumbai
02.2019 - 06.2021
  • Analysed NGS datasets using bioinformatics pipelines to identify variants, and annotate them using different databases (dbSNP, Cosmic, gnomad, gnomAsia)
  • Developed NGS pipelines using Python to analyse genome sequencing dataset
  • R scripting for Filtration, Normalization and Visualization of processed
  • Processed large molecular datasets genomic sequence data such as WGS
  • Used statistical and computational tools to perform genetic analysis, measurement of gene expression, gene function determination and pathway enrichment, mutation analysis
  • Reviewed professional literature to maintain professional knowledge.

Education

Masters of Science (MSc) - Bioinformatics

Guru Nanak Khalsa College of Arts and Commerce
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
09.2018

Bachelors of Science (BSc) - Biotechnology

Vivekanand Education Society's College of Arts Science and Commerce
05.2016

Skills

  • Scripting Skills: Python,Bash scripting
  • AWS: S3,CloudWatch,Step-functions,Batch jobs
  • Bioinformatics data analysis tools: Samtools, GATK, DeSeq2, BWA, Salmon,Bedtools,Hisat2,featureCounts etc
  • Product Assessment,Quality Improvement Strategy,Root Cause Analysis,Strong troubleshooting skills
  • Communication,Critical thinking,Team Collaboration

Publications

  • Fusobacterium nucleatum is associated with inflammation and poor survival in early-stage HPV-negative tongue cancer., NAR Cancer, 03/22, 10.1093/narcan/zcac006, 35252868, PMC8894079
  • IPD 2.0: To derive insights from an evolving SARS-CoV-2 genome., BMC Bioinformatics, 05/21, 10.1186/s12859-021-04172-x, 33985433, PMC8118100
  • An integrated approach to determine the abundance, mutation rate and phylogeny of the SARS-CoV-2 genome., Brief Bioinform, 03/21, 10.1093/bib/bbaa437, 33479725, PMC7929363
  • Role of miR-944/MMP10/AXL- axis in lymph node metastasis in tongue cancer., Commun Biol, 01/23, 10.1038/s42003-023-04437-6, 36650344, PMC9845355

Timeline

Sr. Field Bioinformatics Support Scientist

Illumina
01.2024 - Current

Bioinformatics QA Engineer

Velsera
09.2021 - Current

Research Fellow

Tata Memorial Centre Advanced Centre for Treatment
02.2019 - 06.2021

Masters of Science (MSc) - Bioinformatics

Guru Nanak Khalsa College of Arts and Commerce

Bachelors of Science (BSc) - Biotechnology

Vivekanand Education Society's College of Arts Science and Commerce

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