Arzu Kirici

About

Arzu Kirici

I am a scientist building user-friendly software that supports real research workflows for the healthcare industry, biotech companies, and academic research groups. My career spans 15 years in biological sciences and software development, creating a unique perspective that bridges wet lab and code.

I began my career in a genetic disease diagnostic laboratory, working on molecular assays and next-generation sequencing workflows. After completing my master's in biotechnology, I moved into cancer research, where I supported multi-omics projects as a data analyst and contributed to data curation, workflow optimization, and research operations.

Somewhere along that journey, I realized that understanding biology wasn't enough I needed to build the tools that could make sense of the data we were generating. So I taught myself software development, then dove into bioinformatics, learning to create solutions that work in real research settings.

Today, I combine my biology background with software development to build tools, pipelines, and interfaces that make complex research tasks easier for scientists who don't write code. I also coordinate projects where biologists, software engineers, and data scientists need to collaborate bridging teams that often struggle to speak the same language.

I'm focusing on bioinformatics software development and research coordination—building tools that sit between experimental biology and practical computation, and facilitating collaboration between teams that span multiple disciplines.

My goal is to bridge the gap between scientists who understand biological problems and the software that needs to support their workflows. Most researchers are not programmers, and they shouldn't need to be.

I help by:

  • Translating biological or clinical questions into tools, pipelines, and interfaces that actually work
  • Coordinating cross-functional teams where wet lab scientists, software engineers, and data analysts need to collaborate
  • Building solutions that allow researchers to organize data, automate tasks, run reproducible analyses, and interact with their data through simple interfaces
  • Managing projects that require both deep biological understanding and technical implementation

When you've worked in both the lab and in code, you know what questions to ask. You know when engineers are proposing something that won't work in a real research setting. You know when scientists are requesting features that are technically impossible. You can facilitate the conversation that moves the project forward.

Technically, here is what I work with:

I use Python for data processing and TypeScript/React for full-stack applications, using frameworks that let me develop clean, reliable interfaces. I work with tools like Scanpy for single-cell and spatial data, and I write both backend and frontend logic depending on what a project requires. I also coordinate technical projects, translating requirements between scientific stakeholders and development teams.

This website collects the projects I'm building at the intersection of biology, data analysis and software. My goal is to create simple, focused applications that make everyday research workflows easier.

  • Internal tools and dashboards for biotech and pharma teams
  • Applications for spatial biology and multi-omics data exploration
  • Small applications that simplify lab or analytics tasks
  • Prototypes that test ideas in healthcare and research software
  • Companies developing single-cell or spatial technologies
  • Biotech and pharma teams working with single-cell or spatial data
  • Research groups and PIs running single-cell or spatial biology projects
  • Cross-functional teams that need coordination between biology, software engineering, and data science
  • Organizations building research infrastructure where multiple disciplines must collaborate

End-to-end development

You explain the biological or clinical problem and I design and build the application from start to finish. This includes data handling, backend logic and the full interface.

Tool development and handover

I build the pipelines or dashboards you need and I provide clean, documented code that your team can maintain or extend.

Done for you

I take responsibility for a clearly defined project and deliver a working product that is ready to use.

Done with you

We work together on your systems. I help implement the core parts of your infrastructure and make sure it runs smoothly in your environment.

Advisory

I review your workflows and help you make better decisions about tools, pipelines and architecture for projects in healthcare, spatial biology and biotech.

Research & Project Coordination

I coordinate cross-functional research projects where biologists, software engineers, and data scientists need to work together. Having worked in both wet lab and software development, I can translate between teams, manage timelines, and ensure that technical solutions actually address the biological questions.

If you work in healthcare, pharma or biotech and you need a tool that doesn't exist yet, you can reach me through the contact page.