Portrait of Tendai Sibanda

An interdisciplinary route into computational biology.

My background crosses liberal arts and sciences, molecular-biology research, education and data science. The common thread is an interest in complex problems that demand both analytical structure and domain understanding.

I am now pursuing an MSc in Bioinformatics & Computational Genomics, developing the statistical, computational and genomic foundations to work more deeply with biological data.

Different disciplines, one analytical thread.

Now

MSc Bioinformatics & Computational Genomics

University of Milan. Building depth in statistics, programming, genomics and computational methods.

Research

MRes Tissue Engineering for Regenerative Medicine

University of Manchester. Molecular-biology research and gene-therapy modelling around a genetic muscle-wasting disease.

Foundation

BSc Liberal Arts & Sciences

Maastricht University. Interdisciplinary research, critical thinking and problem framing.

Applied

Science coordination & education

Experience designing national examinations and later experimenting with generative-AI tools in education.

Skills are grouped by how I use them.

Programming

Python · R · SQL · Bash · Rust

Statistics & ML

Regression · Classification · Clustering · PCA · Model evaluation

Data & engineering

Pandas · NumPy · Git · Unix · Docker · Reproducible pipelines

Scientific direction

Bioinformatics · Computational genomics · Graph modelling · Biological data analysis

Cell-mediated exon skipping normalizes dystrophin expression and muscle function in a new mouse model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

This co-authored publication provides biological context for the graph cross-correction modelling project.

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