Waqas Awan

Current

Senior Scientist & General Manager at Genseq
Senior Scientist & Manager at Genseq Sdn. Bhd. & RMG Technology Sdn. Bhd.

Past

Bioinformatics Consultant at Lumophore Ltd
Senior Bioinformatician at Malaysia Genome Institute
Bioinformatics Specialist at Medical Research Council

Bioinformatics Researcher at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
Bioinformatics Analyst at SmithKline Beecham

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Education

University of Cambridge
University of Leeds
Imperial College London

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Connections

44 connections

Industry

Biotechnology

Websites

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Waqas Awan’s Summary

Molecular biologist with extensive experience in bioinformatics and genomics, especially the analysis of protein 3D structure. My current interests are in the application of computational and genomics technologies in personalised medicine and healthcare.

Waqas Awan’s Specialties:

Bioinformatics, Structural Bioinformatics, Genomics, Personalised Genomics, Personalised Medicine, Web 2.0, Health 2.0, Software Development

Waqas Awan’s Experience

Senior Scientist & General Manager

Genseq

(Biotechnology industry)

July 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)

- Helped to raise more than GBP 1 Million in venture capital funding to start the company.
- Successfully implemented strategy for recruiting talented software developers, bioinformaticians, geneticists, biostatisticians and graphics designers to the company.
- Management of an interdisciplinary team of 16-20 people.
Implementing Scrum Management and eXtreme Programming (XP) practices within the company.
- Driving the design, content and usability of the company’s Direct-to-Consumer and Business-to-Business website (www.ReportMyHealth.com) and overseeing its implementation.
- Supporting Business Development and Marketing.
- Direct involvement in making key business decisions.
Senior Scientist & Manager

Genseq Sdn. Bhd. & RMG Technology Sdn. Bhd.

(Biotechnology industry)

2007 — Present (2 years)
Bioinformatics Consultant

Lumophore Ltd

(Biotechnology industry)

2005 — 2008 (3 years)

- Providing expertise to Lumophore’s clients and its projects, including bioinformatics research and technologies, writing proposals, papers, presentations, staff training, recruitment and management.
- Business development in relation to Lumophore’s intellectual property portfolio.
Senior Bioinformatician

Malaysia Genome Institute

(Biotechnology industry)

2006 — 2007 (1 year)

- Bioinformatics and genomics research and development for multi-institutional research projects.
- Worked with local and international partners to successfully apply for USD 3 million funding for two major research projects.
- Evaluating grant applications for the Malaysian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI).
- Supervising and training students.
Bioinformatics Specialist

Medical Research Council

(Government Agency; Research industry)

2000 — 2005 (5 years)

- Core developer for the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite (EMBOSS), a major bioinformatics Open Source software project.
- Responsible for extending EMBOSS for protein secondary and tertiary protein structure analysis.
Bioinformatics Researcher

Pfizer Pharmaceuticals

(Public Company; PFE; Pharmaceuticals industry)

May 2000 — July 2000 (3 months)

Successfully tested and validated the use of Hidden Markov Models for identifying genes of therapeutic interest.
Bioinformatics Analyst

SmithKline Beecham

(Public Company; GSK; Pharmaceuticals industry)

1997 — 1998 (1 year)

Bioinformatics research, development and training in one of the foremost bioinformatics groups in industry.

Waqas Awan’s Education

University of Cambridge

PhD , Bioinformatics , 2000 — 2005

Thesis: Structure-based Characterisation and Prediction of Protein Molecular Function
University of Leeds

MRes , Bioinformatics , 1999 — 2000

Dissertation: Gene Family Sequence Analysis Using Hidden Markov Models.
Imperial College London

BSc , Applied Biology , 1995 — 1999

Final Year Project: Phylogenetic Analysis of the HERV-L family of Human Endogenous Retroviruses (HERVs)

Activities and Societies:

Imperial College 1st Cricket Team