Announcement of the Bioinformatics Workshop Series and Bioinformatics Summer Workshop!

I am pleased to announce that we will have two bioinformatics workshop events for this academic year.

The first is the Bioinformatics Workshop Series 2025/26 that will run from May 2025 until May 2026. Please click here for more details!

The second is the 2nd Bioinformatics Summer Workshop that will be held from June 15-June26 (2 weeks). Please click here for more details!

Call for Biomedical Sciences Master’s and Undergraduates Students: Join My Bioinformatics Research Group!

I am currently seeking motivated and dedicated Master’s students (research track preferred) and undergraduates in Biomedical Sciences to join my bioinformatics research projects.

For Master’s Students: If you plan to graduate in Fall 2025 or later (Spring 2026, Fall 2026, Spring 2027, etc), you must join my group starting this semester (Fall 2025). Due to the intensive nature of the work, I cannot accept students with less than three semesters remaining. All projects are open to both Research and Capstone track students. If you are a Certificate student and plans to do Masters later, you are also welcome..

For Undergraduate Students: If you intend to undertake your Final Project (BIOM497) in Fall 2025 or later (Spring 2026, Fall 2026, Spring 2027 etc) you are also welcome to join my lab this semester (Fall 2025). This will ensure that you are well-prepared and integrated into the research before your project begins.

Don’t worry if you have no experience in Linux or programming or bioinformatics before. I will personally teach and guide you through the research, and in return, I expect you to be hardworking, independent, and eager to take on challenges.

For more details on my ongoing projects, please refer to the CURRENT RESEARCH page. I look forward to working with students who are ready to commit to a challenging and rewarding research experience.

About Rozaimi Razali

Rozaimi Razali is currently an Assistant Professor at Qatar University. He received his PhD from the Imperial College London, United Kingdom. Previously, he was a Senior Post-Doctoral Fellow at Sidra Medicine, Qatar working on population genetics, transcriptomics and genome assembly of the Qatar population. Prior to that, a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, where he led the de-novo genome assembly project of the tomato genome and metagenomics and antimicrobial bioprospecting of the Red Sea. Before joining academia, he was a Bioinformatics Manager of a biotechnology company, Sengenics, where he led the bioinformatics team in the analysis of next-generation sequencing (NGS) data. Currently, at Qatar University, he is leading key research to study the genetics of diseases where he uses ancient DNA and population genetics to improve precision medicine efforts.

10/2021-CURRENT: QATAR UNIVERSITY, QATAR : ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

• Ancient DNA of the Middle Eastern population
• Population genetics of the Qatar population
• Microbiome of the Qatar population
• De-novo genome assembly of important mammalian in Qatar
• Applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in healthcare

01/2018-10/2021: SIDRA MEDICINE, QATAR : SENIOR POST DOCTORAL FELLOW

• Population genetics of Qatari population
• Transcriptomics profile of Qatari population
• De-novo genome assembly of Qatari population specific reference genome.
• Identification of sequence and structural variations of neurodevelopmental disorders in Qatari patients..

07/2015- Current : KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (KAUST): POST DOCTORAL FELLOW

• Metagenome assembly – Sediment metagenome of the Red Sea
• Bioinformatics – Development of bacterial promoter prediction
• Genome assembly – De-novo assembly of S. pimpinellifolium
• Genome assembly – Re-assembly of rice genome project from the
• 3000 rice genome project
• Human Variation – Development of novel pathogenic variation
• using combination of phenotypic and genotype data
• Identification of putative transmembrane proteins involved in salinity tolerance in Chenopodium quinoa
• Solanum Knowledgebase System

01/2013-02/2015 : SENGENICS : BIOINFORMATICS MANAGER

• Genome assembly – De-novo genome assembly of Angiostrongylus cantonensis
• Genome assembly – De-novo genome assembly of Brugia pahangi
• Protein array – Autoantibody profile of patients infected with knowlesi malaria
• Bioinformatics – Meta-analysis of oral carcinogenesis
• Array comparative genomic hybridization – Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
• Human Variation Analysis – A whole genome analyses of genetic variants in two Kelantan Malay individuals
• Exome sequencing – Non-Syndromic Pheochromocytoma
• Exome sequencing – Analysed over 600 exome sequencing data using an in-house pipeline that I developed myself
• Genome assembly – De-novo Aedes albopictus
• RNA Seq assembly – Prostate cancer
• RNA Seq assembly – Breast cancer
• Protein array – Oral cancer
• Protein array – Obesity

08/2007-11/2008 : GENSEQ : BIOINFORMATICIAN

• Developed algorithms for health risk predictions, disease risk predictions and ancestry predictions for MyFamilyHealth.com.
• Developed and maintained the genetic database that runs MyFamilyHealth.com.

03/2006-08/2007 : INFOVALLEY : BIOINFORMATICIAN

• Performed SNPs data curation/mining and SNPs selection/prioritization
• Involved in the administration side of the project