Summary

Proudly Zimbabwean Molecular Biology and Genetics undergraduate at Uludağ University focused on cancer genomics, transcriptomics, and bioinformatics.

Education

• Molecular Biology and Genetics, B.Sc.

  2027-07-01
  Uludağ University

  GPA: 3.1/4

  Courses: Fully Funded Turkish Government Scholarship

Work Experience

• Undergraduate Researcher

  2024-10-01 - Present
  Uludağ University

  Characterizing tumor microenvironment transcriptome variations in NASH and viral hepatocellular carcinomas for targeted therapy.

  • Proposed and secured a grant for cross-species scRNA-seq integration and differential analysis.
  • Validated findings in vitro using an FFA-induced HCC model.
  • Preliminary poster received the honor prize at a bioinformatics symposium.
• Bioinformatics Intern

  2026-01-01 - 2026-02-01
  Middle East Technical University

  Worked with Nextflow pipelines for large-scale cancer genomics and multi-omics analysis.

  • Supported WES/WGS somatic variant calling and mutational signature analysis.
  • Processed ChIP-seq, Methyl-seq, and Bulk RNA-seq data at scale.
• Undergraduate Researcher

  2025-07-01 - 2025-10-01
  Karolinska Institutet

  Developed and validated a regression-based method for cancer cell plasticity scoring using CITE-seq data.

  • Decoded gene signatures associated with cancer cell plasticity in hepatocellular carcinoma.
  • Validated the signature in TCGA-LIHC with Cox regression analysis.
• Research Intern

  2024-07-01 - 2024-09-01
  Izmir Institute of Technology

  Performed bioinformatics analyses in tumor immunology using bulk/single-cell RNA-seq, TCR-seq, and microarray data.

  • Investigated immune-related lncRNAs.
  • Assisted with lentiviral transduction, cell culture passaging, mouse xenograft modeling, and flow cytometry.
• Undergraduate Researcher & Intern

  2023-05-01 - 2024-07-01
  Uludağ University

  Worked on the comprehensive analysis of GPRC5A promoter methylation across cancer types.

  • Presented a methyl-seq pilot study poster at a bioinformatics symposium.
  • Performed DNA isolation, PCR, and agarose gel electrophoresis.

Skills

Interests

• Research interests

  Cancer genomics, Single-cell transcriptomics, Immunoinformatics, Open-source bioinformatics, Scientific outreach and translation, Biotech robotics