Writing & press

Words can change the world.

Essays on the craft of computational biology, plus the occasional interview about how a kid from Odisha ended up simulating anesthetics at Stanford.

Writing

Things I wrote down.

[04]

Medium

Bioinformatics skills required in 2024

I stumbled on a job description listing what a company actually wanted. Here's the list — and why I think it generalises to any bioinformatician looking for work.

Read →

Nextflow Blog

My Journey with Nextflow: From Exploration to Automation

Nextflow changed how I approach bioinformatics workflows. It has become essential for handling massive genomic datasets while keeping runs repeatable and scalable.

Read →

Sequential — The Skin Microbiome Testing Co.

How Do Chemical Peels Disrupt or Enhance the Skin Microbiome?

Chemical peels exfoliate the top layers of skin to drive cell turnover. Recent research has begun to explore what that does to the skin microbiome.

Read →

Google Scholar

My h-index just hit the big 40

A shoutout to my collaborators, curious readers, and everyone who thought the work was worth citing. Here's to more ideas and more collaboration.

Read →

Press

Things others wrote.

[03]

Global Indian

The defiant dreamer: a bioinformatics expert's journey from Odisha to Europe

Born in Odisha, Pritam overcame a difficult childhood after losing his father early and being raised by his mother, a school teacher. Defying financial constraints and advice to avoid science, he pursued bioinformatics.

Read →

OTV Odisha

Khola Katha — in conversation with Dr Pritam Panda

A chat show that probes its guests on the facts and rumours about themselves, bringing the truth forward for the audience.

Read →

Seqera

Nextflow Ambassador

Promoting the adoption of Nextflow for scalable, reproducible analysis pipelines, and collaborating with the community on best practice in workflow management.

Read →

●AI-driven drug discovery●Molecular dynamics●Free-energy perturbation●AlphaFold3 · Boltz2●Multi-omics●Nextflow · Snakemake●GPU / HPC●Agentic scientific tooling●Protein design●Variant calling