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Revision as of 13:52, 14 August 2006
Andrew and Stephanie, Banff, Alberta, January 2006
Background
I received my MSc. in bacterial genomics from the University of Calgary in 1995. I immediately joined the Amgen Institute, a 120 person research facility located in Toronto, Canada, as a bioinformaticist. Eventually, I assumed the portfolio of research operations manager. Working as a bridge between the Institute, Amgen Inc., and Amgen Canada, I facilitated dozens of advanced research projects, many involving microarrays, genetic sequence analysis, and data mining. Today, the Institute, no longer affiliated with Amgen, is known as the Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research. In 2002, I was a co-founder of Miikana Therapeutics and helped create the virtual business model they successfully used. Miikana was sold to Entremed in December, 2005 for $21 million plus milestones.
Synthetic Biology and Open Source
Since 2004, I have turned my attention exclusively to two areas: Synthetic Biology and Open Source. I strongly believe both will have major impact on the biotechnology over the next twenty years. Synthetic Biology will replace classical genetic engineering as surely as the word processor replaced typewriters, for similar reasons. And I believe Open Source will provide new avenues for biotechnology to expand as an industry.
Current Work
I am currently working with Randy Rettberg to help evolve the iGEM program, a practical application of open source synthetic biology.
Contact Information
email: ahessel (at) gmail (dot) com (the best way to contact me)
IM: sailingandrew (at) hotmail (dot) com or google chat.
Skype: search for "Andrew Hessel", ahessel (at) gmail (dot) com, or 'beakerandrew'
home: 416.848.1725 (Toronto, eastern standard time)
