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Az UD-GenoMed Ltd. company review
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UD-GenoMed Limited is an innovative R&D company and service laboratory offering large scale clinical genomics studies, molecular testing and related consulting-, training services for academia and industry.
The company was founded by the University of Debrecen with the ultimate goal of commercializing its genomic technology headquarter and additional services which previously were provided exclusively by the Clinical Genomic Center of UD. In 2010 the company’s capital was increased by the managing individuals who acquired 50 percent of the company.
UD-GenoMed's services:
Our services are based on the unique expertise of collegues of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Institute (University of Debrecen; Medical and Health Science Centre), -who actually represent the management of the company- and of course on the precise and reliable work of our employees. UD-GenoMed is also concerned in biomarker development besides its service activities.
The company's services include complex clinical genomic services like
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patient recruitment and biobanking,
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epigenetic and epigenomic services,
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functional genomic services,
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protein and cell engineering,
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as well as education and training.
Our new service started in 2012 is New Generation Sequencing (NGS) and related data analysis/interpretation.
The management of the company is in the possession of several pieces of 'know-how' on the fields of clinical study coordination, sample collection, biobanking, expression data interpretation, as well as clinical and molecular data integration.
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Management
Gábor Zahuczky – Chief Executive Officer
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He graduated as a chemist and English-Hungarian technical translator in 1998. He received his PhD in Cell- and Molecular Biology in Debrecen in 2003. He has bachelor degree in Business Administration from Budapest (2000) as well. As a market analyst he worked for Richter Gedeon Pharmaceutical Company and as a research fellow in Professor Fesus’s research group at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical and Health Science Centre of University of Debrecen. He has been the project manager of several R&D projects and executive of UD-GenoMed since its foundation in 2007.
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László Nagy – Chief Scientific Officer
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He completed his medical degree Summa cum laude in 1991 and received a PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology in 1995 in Debrecen. He carried out his post-doctoral training in the US between 1992-1999. He became gained his doctorate in 2005 and became a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences from 2007. He is the member of several scientific and academic societies and associations, including EMBO since 2007, won awards and honors including the Boehringer Ingelheim Research Award (1998), and the ESCI Award in 2007, and he was ranked as #5 scientist in the world based on the number of highly cited articles (1999).
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Szilárd Póliska - Technology Officer
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He graduated as a biologist in 2003 and received his PhD in Molecular Biology in the Doctoral School of Molecular Cell and Immune Biology in 2011 in Debrecen. He is technology officer at UD-GenoMed Kft and research associate in the Medical Genomic and Bioinformatic Core Facility of University of Debrecen. He organize the microarray and next generation sequencing projects.
Curriculum Vitae
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Zsolt Keresztessy - Project Coordinator
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Zsolt is Project Coordinator of cell line development and engineering at UD-GenoMed, where he is responsible for designing and directing a number of R&D projects targeting bioassay cell line development and biopharmaceutical production. He graduated as a biologist (BSc) and biotechnologist (MSc) from the former Lajos Kossuth University (now University of Debrecen) in Hungary (1992) and obtained his PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology (1995) from the University Medical School of Debrecen He was supported by Royal Society, British Council, and Soros Foundation fellowships.. He recieved his MBA degree in 2010 specialising in biotechnology business development.
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János Kádas – Analytical Task Leader
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He graduated as biochemists at Lajos Kossuth University, in Debrecen in 1999. He earned his PhD in Cell- and Molecular Biology at University of Debrecen in 2004. He has spent almost 10 years at different companies as head of laboratory, leader scientist, and science and development adviser. From 2015 he is an analytical task leader at UD-GenoMed Ltd. and external consultant and lecturer of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department of Faculty of Medicine, at University of Debrecen.
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