Akshay Jain

About Akshay Jain

I am a Data Scientist & Computational Biologist with over 5 years of experience in NGS pipeline development, multi-omics data integration, machine learning for genomics, and biomarker discovery. My expertise lies in bioinformatics, AI-driven analytics, and high-performance computing (HPC) to extract insights from large-scale biological datasets.Technical Skills: Programming & Data Science: Python, R, Bash, SQL, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, XGBoost Machine Learning & AI: Deep Learning (Keras, TensorFlow, PyTorch), Random Forest, SHAP, LSTMs, Transformers NLP in Genomics: BERT, BioBERT, GPT models, Named Entity Recognition (NER) for biomedical literature mining NGS Workflow Management: Nextflow, Snakemake, WDL, Cromwell Cloud Computing & HPC: AWS EC2/S3, DUG McCloud, SLURM Bioinformatics & Multi-Omics Analysis: RNA-seq, WGS/WES, Metagenomics, Proteomics, Pathway Enrichment NGS Tools: FastQC, BWA, HISAT2, STAR, GATK, Picard, SAMtools, PLINK, VEP, ANNOVAR, CNVnator, ExomeDepth Databases & Resources: ClinVar, COSMIC, gnomAD, TCGA, dbSNP, GEO, UK Biobank, PubMedData Science, Deep Learning & Bioinformatics Applications: Genomic Data Science: Predictive modeling, feature selection, dimensionality reduction (PCA, t-SNE, UMAP)🧬 Multi-Omics Analysis: Integrating genomics, transcriptomics (RNA-seq), and clinical metadata for disease research Variant Calling & Interpretation: CNV, SNV, and structural variant detection with AI-driven classification NLP in Bioinformatics: Automating literature review, extracting gene-disease associations, clinical report analysis Metagenomics & Microbiome Research: QIIME2, DADA2, phyloseq Cancer Genomics & Precision Medicine: AI-based biomarker discovery, drug target identificationI am passionate about leveraging data science, deep learning, and NLP to drive precision medicine, rare disease research, and clinical genomics. Always open to collaborations and discussions—let’s connect!

Experience

1. Senior Scientific Bioinformatician

   Excelra

   May 2025 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

Education

• Jaypee Institute Of Information Technology

  Master of Technology - MTech, Biotechnology

  2017 — 2019

• AVB Public School

  High School , Medicine

  2011 — 2013

• IILM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Biotechnology

  2013 — 2017