from bioinformatics scientist to entrepreneur
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Fiona Nielsen28 Maj - 2016
SDU Alumni Dag
Tweet me @glyn_dk
From Bioinformatics
Scientist to
entrepreneur
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Now I am an entrepreneur
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How did I end up here?
• Masters in bioinformatics, Odense, Denmark• Masters project in Nijmegen, CMBI, The Netherlands• Continued as Phd student (junior onderzoeker) with
CMBI and Molecular biology
Then my mother got cancer
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The frustrated researcher!
How did this happen?
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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Genomes Sequenced
~400k genomes produced
Barrier to data access
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It has taken a while…
DNAdigest was founded in March 2013
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Working out what to do
Making data discoverable and shareable
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We founded Repositive
To make genomic data accessible for research
Adrian Alexa CTO & Data Scientist
Fiona NielsenFounder & CEO
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A portal to search for data
Interested? Sign up for our beta at repositive.io
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But we are not done yet
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The future is always uncertain
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I am just doing what it takes
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Team effort
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Presenting to the world
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Reaching out
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ConsultingFundraisingMarketingBrandingPublic EngagementFinancial forecastsPlanningSoftware developmentScienceLong daysLittle financial returnBig satisfaction
Questions? I would love to hear from you , drop me a line at [email protected]
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Life as an entrepreneur
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Read more at http://repositive.io and http://DNAdigest.org
Thanks for listening!
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repositive [ re-poz-i-tiv ], noun; 1. a positive experience of accessing
genomic data repositories
Read more at http://repositive.io and tweet us @repositiveio