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
https://www.flickr.com/photos/blackzack00/10205948476/
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
The frustrated researcher!
How did this happen?
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
Working out what to do
Making data discoverable and shareable
We founded Repositive
To make genomic data accessible for research
Adrian Alexa CTO & Data Scientist
Fiona NielsenFounder & CEO
A portal to search for data
Interested? Sign up for our beta at repositive.io
But we are not done yet
The future is always uncertain
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I am just doing what it takes
Team effort
Presenting to the world
Reaching out
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
Read more at http://repositive.io and http://DNAdigest.org
Thanks for listening!
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