Yakub Islamov

I study biochemistry and math at Nebraska and write software for cancer research, plant genomics and a used-car dealership.

Looking for a Summer 2027 software internship

yakubislamov@gmail.com

yo, check out this kid

4 Photos

Yakub holding a Nebraska 'first day of class' frame on campus

Salvage estimator results for photo 10 of a damaged Tesla Model Y: the front bumper cover and right headlight outlined on the photo, and the headlight marked probably needs replacing, with used and new prices and three eBay listings.

The viewer showing an abdominal CT in axial, coronal and sagittal planes, the pancreas contour filled yellow in each, beside the structure, window and study panels.

MEPDB home page with the microexon search box and the list of conserved cluster IDs.

Work

Salvage estimator

10 min to 30 sper auction appraisal

5 to 16 of 21part numbers matched a real dealer quote

RBC Motors, Omaha · May 2024 – present

Gave a small Omaha dealership a parts list, price range and risk tier for any auction car in 30 seconds, by pairing one AI photo read with deterministic pricing rules.

What I'd bring

Python
FastAPI
Claude API
Monte Carlo
Testing against real data
Turning a voice memo into a spec
Explaining risk plainly

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Client-side DICOM viewer

12,877files cross-checked against an independent reader

Zeropatient scans uploaded, across a 73-patient cohort

Holland Computing Center, University of Nebraska–Lincoln · July 2023 – present

Let researchers read scans from a 73-patient pancreatic-cancer cohort next to tumor variant data from 26 sequenced samples, by parsing and rendering DICOM entirely in the browser.

What I'd bring

JavaScript
React 18
Python
JBrowse 2
Designing around a privacy rule
Checking against a second reader

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MEPDB

20,224microexons, searchable across 132 plant genomes

New Phytologistpeer-reviewed, 2025, co-first author

Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska–Lincoln · February 2024 – present

Made 20,224 microexons across 132 plant genomes searchable and downloadable for outside labs, by building the MySQL database and PHP web app behind a peer-reviewed resource.

What I'd bring

SQL
PHP
JavaScript
JBrowse 2
Working inside a research group's method
Building for users outside the lab

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What it took

Select a skill to see what it did in each project.

Skills by project
Languages
	Salvage estimator	Client-side DICOM viewer	MEPDB
	Used	Used	Used
Salvage estimator: one-box page with parts grouped by photo Client-side DICOM viewer: DICOM parser and three-plane renderer, no imaging library MEPDB: JBrowse 2 tracks placing each microexon in context
	Used	Used	Not used
Salvage estimator: FastAPI service, parts rules and pricing pipeline Client-side DICOM viewer: pydicom reader that cross-checked 12,877 files
	Not used	Not used	Used
MEPDB: back end for search and batch download
	Not used	Not used	Used
MEPDB: MySQL schema for 20,224 microexons across 132 genomes
Tools and libraries
	Not used	Used	Used
Client-side DICOM viewer: genome view that follows the selected mutation MEPDB: genome browser integration
	Used	Not used	Not used
Salvage estimator: one structured photo read per car
	Used	Not used	Not used
Salvage estimator: local API serving estimates
	Used	Not used	Not used
Salvage estimator: 10,000-draw repair-cost range
	Not used	Not used	Used
MEPDB: the database behind every search
	Not used	Used	Not used
Client-side DICOM viewer: React 18 UI syncing a 1,283 × 26 variant matrix to the scan

About

Biochemistry taught me to enjoy the slow part. A metabolic pathway only clicks after you've worked through every step, and a math proof is the same. Code gave me that feeling with faster feedback: I try something, watch it fail, and know why within the hour. That's what pulled me into a computer science minor.

I think software should work for everyone who has to use it, not only people who are good with computers. So before I write anything, I find out what the person using it actually wants. The salvage estimator started as a voice memo from the dealership's owner, and its main page has a single input box because the owner wanted it to work for anyone from 12 to 81. A researcher shouldn't have to upload a patient's scan to look at it, and a small lot shouldn't lose a bid because a bigger one has ten appraisers.

On a team I treat leading as a service job: take the unglamorous task, write things down, make sure nobody is stuck. In my labs I'm one of the newest people in the room, so I listen first and learn how the group works. Coaching debate and tennis is the opposite. There I'm the one talking, and the job is to keep explaining until it makes sense to the person in front of me.

University of Nebraska–Lincoln · B.S. Biochemistry and Mathematics, minor in Computer Science · May 2028 · 3.95 GPA

Ask me about these

Book cover for The Iliac Crest by Cristina Rivera Garza, translated by Sarah Booker. A blue anatomical drawing of a pelvis on a grey ground. — Favorite book: *The Iliac Crest*, Cristina Rivera Garza.

Don't be sad because it's over, smile because it happened

Nicholas "Jynxzi" Stewart

Nine members of a college pickleball team standing on an indoor court, holding a large DUPR 'Nationals Bid Winner' sign. — Our team the day we won a DUPR nationals bid.