Maksim S.

Practicing bioinformatician | LMU Amgen Scholar 2025 | 2nd and 3rd generation NGS | Molecular Dynamics Simulation

Almaty, Kazakhstan

About

I am a practicing bioinformatician with two years of experience in both industry and academic research. My work spans NGS (Metagenomics, 16S, nanopore sequencing, single-cell transcriptomics, CNV, microarray scanners, population genetics, ancient DNA, data interpretation) and Structural biology (Molecular Dynamics Simulation). My track record comprises projects in medical genetics and antimicrobial research where I contributed via active use of data-driven approach and pipeline development. Passionate about combining computational tools with biology, I am proactively developing my skills to uncover insights with meaningful impact on human health.

Experience

  • Thesis student at Shenzhen University
    Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    - Developing a deep learning model to predict endocrine therapy sensitivity from pathology images in a neoadjuvant breast cancer trial.

  • Research bionformatician at Institute of Genetics and Physiology
    Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

    1) Research dedicated to Alzheimer disease genotyping. Responsible for evaluation of SNPs’ significance utilizing statistical methods and interpretation of mutation pathogenesis. Investigated linkage disequilibrium patterns and GO annotations. 2) H12-Based Insights into Genetic Selection. Analyzed ancient and modern Kazakh genomes to detect signals of Natural Selection using H12 and G12 haplotype homozygosity statistics.

  • Genomed (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
    • Bioinformatician
      Sep 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

      - Preimplantation Genetic Testing (PGT) internal platform for clinicians based on microarray and NGS data - Project “Comparative analysis of metagenomic programs for identifying species based on 16S rRNA long-read and short-read data” - Pipeline for shotgun metagenomics data, benchmark of novel classifiers - Implemented pipeline for CNV detection on NGS and microarray scanners - Maintenance of servers and storage infrastructure

    • Bioinformatician
      May 2023 - Aug 2023 · 4 mos

      - Automative reports for optimization of sequencers’ workload

  • Computational biology intern - Amgen Scholar 2025 at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
    Jul 2025 - Sep 2025 · 3 mos

    - Conducted a project investigating post-stroke brain dynamics under inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) treatment using single-cell RNA sequencing analysis in mice model. My responsibilities included data preprocessing, interpretation of cell-type-specific transcriptional programs. - Presented findings at the Amgen Scholars Symposium, University of Cambridge, UK.

  • Intern at the Multiscale Simulation, Modelling and Design (MSMD) group at Bioinformatics Institute, A*STAR
    Jul 2024 - Jan 2025 · 7 mos

    - Project focuses on simulation of antimicrobial peptides (AMP) that can self-assemble into antibacterial trap-and-kill nanonets. - I was primary responsible for creating Molecular Dynamics Simulations for membrane-peptides systems and analyzing the resulting trajectories.