Hi, my name is Sami, final year BS Biotechnology student based in Pakistan. I am an early-stage biotech founder operating at the intersection of Synthetic Biology, Generative AI, and Viral Therapeutics, with a long-term focus on building globally competitive biotech ventures from emerging-market ecosystems. Currently, I am building 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗔𝗜, a venture focused on accelerating and improving the efficiency of therapies targeting viral diseases, through the 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗛𝗦𝗜𝗟 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 and 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗯 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 by 𝗶𝗚𝗘𝗠. Alongside this, I contribute across the global synthetic biology ecosystem through: • 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 — Accessibility in SynBio Labs & Entrepreneurship 101 at the iGEM Community • 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 — iGEM Toronto 2026, Human Practices Subdivision • 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱 — ISCB Student Council RSG Pakistan • 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁 — How to Grow (Almost) Anything, where my final project explored a cold-active biocatalyst proof of concept