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Ifra Saifi

Ifra Saifi

Exploring the intersection of AI, Nature and Human Health

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Joined February 2025
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Summary

Ifra Saifi is a research intelligence analyst with expertise in medicinal plants, computational biology, and data science. She applies advanced computational approaches, including AI and machine learning, to explore therapeutic compounds from natural products for drug discovery. Her work emphasizes the intersection of AI, nature, and human health. neovarsity+3
She is actively involved in academic and volunteer work, serving as a Remote Data Science Volunteer at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where she contributes to the 'Plants for Health' project. Her background includes a Master's and Bachelor's degree in Botany/Plant Biology from Chaudhary Charan Singh University. researchgate+2
Ifra Saifi has a strong interest in cheminformatics and its applications in the biopharma industry, authoring several blog posts for Neovarsity on topics such as the importance of cheminformatics for organic chemists, its use in drug discovery, and widely used cheminformatics databases. She also discusses genomic data science and machine learning applications in pharmaceuticals. neovarsity+3

Work

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Why Cheminformatics is Important for Organic Chemists in 2025?

April 9, 2025

Blog post discussing the importance of cheminformatics for organic chemists, authored by Ifra Saifi for Neovarsity.

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10 Most-used Cheminformatics Databases for the Biopharma Industry [2025]

March 21, 2025

Blog post outlining key cheminformatics databases, authored by Ifra Saifi for Neovarsity.

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How Cheminformatics is Used in Drug Discovery in 2025?

March 17, 2025

Blog post discussing the application of cheminformatics in drug discovery, authored by Ifra Saifi for Neovarsity.

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Scope of natural products in AI for drug discovery

January 22, 2025

A discussion post by Ifra Saifi exploring the role of medicinal plants and natural products in AI-driven drug discovery.

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Artificial intelligence and cheminformatics tools: a contribution to the drug development and chemical science

July 11, 2023

This paper explores the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) with cheminformatics to accelerate drug discovery, highlighting databases, models, and web platforms launched between 2021 and 2022.

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Exploring the tumor immune microenvironment in ovarian cancer: a way-out to the therapeutic roadmap

January 1, 2023

A co-authored publication focusing on the tumor immune microenvironment in ovarian cancer.

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The SistematX Web Portal of Natural Products: An Update

January 1, 2021

A co-authored publication related to natural products and cheminformatics.

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S.media (chickweed) botanical monograph

A botanical monograph written by Ifra Saifi on the S.media (chickweed) plant, designed for both professionals and laypeople.

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