After KAUST Academy
As of October 2026, Maha works at Madinah Regional Municipality.
Summer project
Bioinformatics Specialization · Cohort 2025
Investigating Variable Number Tandem Repeats (VNTRs) Overlapping Coding Regions in the Genome
This project will identify Variable Number Tandem Repeats (VNTRs) that overlap protein-coding regions of the genome, with a focus on a region of chromosome 5 linked to cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease. Using the adotto repeat catalog (v0.0.2) and the MANE release 1.0 (Matched Annotation from NCBI and EMBL-EBI) database, we aim to find VNTRs that may disrupt splicing or protein sequences. The goal is to discover VNTRs that could explain genetic signals seen in CF GWAS studies and improve our understanding of variation in disease severity.
Mentor: Lisa Strug
With KAUST Academy
- Cohort 2025
University of Toronto · Bioinformatics Summer Program
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