We, at PML, are back to work in full swing since June 1, 2020. Right before the whole country went into lockdown we were in the middle of acquiring new talent for the lab through a selection conference on a national level. Almost over a hundred people were interviewed after short listing which [...]
The PML hosted around 30 Bachelor and Master students from IIB ,CECOS University on 17th January 2020. Technical Lead Dr. Habib Jan welcomed the students and gave an overview of the Lab's purpose, goals and the importance of precision medicine in general. Dr Habib went on to introduce the entire team of PML and [...]
Precision Medicine Lab attended the annual the workshop on Big Data and Cloud Computing (BigC 2019) at Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE) at LUMS. The objective of the workshop was to provide a platform to researchers, students, and practitioners to discuss the cutting edge research and state-of-the-art industry solutions in the [...]
The 18th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium was held from the 1st to the 3rd of November, 2019 in collaboration with the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. This symposium was the largest oncology meeting in Pakistan, attracting more than 3000 delegates and over a hundred guest speakers. It was a gathering of experts, researchers and practitioners involved in delivering [...]
The Digital Youth Summit (DYS) is a technology focused conference that takes place annually in Peshawar, Pakistan. Since its inception in 2014, DYS has quickly become one of the premier tech conferences in Pakistan—differentiated by its focus on youth empowerment; its ability to attract high-profile domestic and international attendees and speakers and its unique [...]
Google DevFest Peshawar 2019 is a celebration of Peshawar’s innovation with the help of technology gathering speakers, trainers, and attendees from all around the globe. It has been happening globally for years but is Peshawar's first event. PI Dr. Faisal Khan was part of the panel on 4th Industrial Revolution in Peshawar and gave an overview [...]
Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved the establishment of the National Youth Council (NYC) for development of the youth of the country. The council which consists of 33 young professionals from diverse backgrounds are expected to play an active role in uplifting the youth of the country for their role in national development. The [...]
The Government of Pakistan has decided to set up a task force to constitute technology driven knowledge economy in the country. Our Co-PI, Dr. Johar Ali has been selected as National Core Group member of the “Prime Minister’s task force on technology driven knowledge economy” to lead Omics. The Task Force is [...]
Dr Faisal Khan, Principal Investigator, Precision medicine Lab attended the Global Surgery Conference 2019 at the Agha Khan University last weekend where he was invited as a mentor for the GlobalSurgery Hackathon organised during the conference by the CCIT, a unit of creative and innovative medics, techies and artists that is trying to stitch together [...]
New Positions Open! 5 reasons why you should join the Precision Medicine Lab The Precision Medicine is recruiting fulltime technical and non-technical staff including young scientists in the area of computer science (applied statistics, data science and machine learning), biology (molecular biology, cell culture and genomics) [...]
