Irene Gabashvili
Accomplished professional with over 15 years’ experience in biomedical industry and academia. Founder of Aurametrix.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Website: | http://home.comcast.net/~igabashvili/site/ |
| Industries: | Biotech, Computing, Food and Drink, Health, Information Technology, Internet, Lifestyle, Mobile, Nanotech |
| Skills: | AJAX, Business, C/C++, Databases, Django, Editing, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Fiction, HTML / CSS, Java, Javascript, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, Perl, PHP, Python, Rails, Software Engineering, SQL, Web Development, Writing |
| Location: | Silicon Valley, CA |
| Groups: | Women 2.0 |
| Interested in: | Giving back, Helping friends, Investing in projects, Mentoring, Recruiting, Recruiting for my startup, Supporting my investments |
| Tags: | analytics, Biotechnology, decision support systems, dietetics, food allergies and intolerance, gastrointestinal disorders, health 3.0, health 4.0, Health care, knowledge modeling, metabolic deficiencies, metabolomics, metabotyping, molecular diagnostics, nanotechnology, semantic web, visualization, web 3.0 |
| Schools: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of Texas System - Health Science Center-San Antonio |
FEATURED STARTUP
Aurametrix
Aurametrix
Connect the dots to better health!
- Startup type: Company
- Status: Active
- Stage: Growth
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Aurametrix |
| Position: | Founder |
| Time period: | January 2009 - Present |
| Description: | - Next Generation Health Care Solution Shop, facilitated-network; MDx technology, semantic data integration, analytics, market research, patents, business and marketing planning, software and database development, team building. |
| Employer: | San Jose State University, San Jose, CA |
| Position: | Adjunct Professor |
| Time period: | January 2006 - Present |
| Description: | Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, Biotechnology Program (MBT); Software and Database Development Programs and Biomedical Engineering, Engineering Technology (BMET)
- Taught & supervised projects in bioinformatics, biostatistics, machine learning, Unix/Linux, shell scripting, Perl/Bioperl, Java/Biojava, C, Matlab, R/S+, SAS, DBMS, PACS/DICOM, HL7, LIMS, HIPAA, CFR, ICH, QSR, ISO, IND to NDA, regulatory requirements/standards, genomic, proteomic, chemical, databases, software tools, clinical trials, nanotechnology, etc - Developed new courses, labs, quizzes, threaded discussions and other online learning tools. |
| Employer: | Harvard, Ingenuity Systems, etc |
| Position: | Advisor |
| Time period: | January 2006 - December 2008 |
| Description: | - Developed strategies to guide data analysis, pre-clinical and clinical studies, computing and storage solutions, design of studies and platforms, grants, marketing, custom and commercial microarrays, sequence analysis, cDNA libraries, PCR, drug targets, data management
- Created plans for mapping and statistical analysis of IVT and exon expression, ncRNA, genotyping, proteomics, metabolomics, PCR assays, next gen. seq. data, biomarker selection. - Directed agile projects and cross-functional teams for software & DB feature development, product integration with new technology platforms & 3rd party algorithms, workflows, content, ontology, GUI, data mining & visual analytics algorithms, pathway analysis, data exchange formats, refactoring, KB/DB optimization, - Established procedures for test, documentation and verification, agile SDLC, quality measurement, requirements, unit testing, user acceptance testing, test automation (SQA, QC). |
| Employer: | Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, CA |
| Position: | Sr. Res. Scientist & Technical Lead of Computational Biosciences, HP Labs |
| Time period: | January 2003 - December 2006 |
| Description: | - Built teams and directed innovation, developed content for patents.
- As a key member of joint teams, provided technical and scientific expertise that increased customer satisfaction (IT, sequencing, HT tech, data management/storage infrastructures, etc). - Increased HP visibility through interviews, grants, patents, publications and presentations. - Explored investment and sponsorship opportunities with over 25 customers and prospects as part of strategic planning, business development and sales efforts. |
| Employer: | Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA |
| Position: | Visiting Scientist |
| Time period: | January 2001 - December 2003 |
| Description: | Visiting Scientist at Section on Biomedical Informatics, Departments of Medicine and Genetics
- Performed research & development in the area of knowledge management, assesment of biological, technical and method variability, bioinformatics of ncRNA, SNPs, molecular modeling, information integration and visualization, computer simulation; supervised students |
| Employer: | Wadsworth Center, Albany, NY |
| Position: | Research Scientist, NYS Department of Health |
| Time period: | January 1997 - December 2001 |
| Description: | - Research and application of sophisticated imaging techniques, DSP, X-ray/NMR-guided molecular modelling, classification of heterogeneous data, biological variability
- Developed a database of rRNA and proteins, antibiotics, optimized software. |
| Employer: | University of Texas, San Antonio, TX |
| Position: | Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Time period: | January 1995 - December 1997 |
| Description: | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, Health Science Center
- R&D in environmental microbiology, viral infection, state-of-the-art electrophoresis, separations, microscopy and spectroscopy techniques, data analysis. |
| Employer: | Institute of Genetic Ecology, DOH, Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Position: | Lab Director |
| Time period: | January 1992 - December 1995 |
| Description: | Lab Director, Computational biology and medical informatics
- Managed programs in genetic epidemiology, modeling, computer simulation, expert systems |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Texas System - Health Science Center-San Antonio |
| Degree: | Biochemistry, Biophysics, Microbiology |
| University: | Stanford University |
| Degree: | Biomedical informatics, General Internal Medicine |
| University: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Degree: | Physics and Mathematics, Biophysics (http://www.physics.nyu.edu/Grosberg/), PhD |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=gabashvili&hl=en&...
http://www.biomedexperts.com/Profile.bme/433917/Irene_S_G... |
| Papers: | Over 50 PUBLICATIONS: http://home.comcast.net/~igabashvili/pubs.html Impact factor: >600. COURSES: BIOL221T, BMET435, BMI310, BMI315, BMI325, BMI214, BIOL3437, BIOL357, etc
Over 30 Invited talks: http://home.comcast.net/~igabashvili/talks.htm |
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Kringle, A Corporation Sole
Kringle, A Corporation Sole is a cleantech startup changing the world through design and implementation of Earth-scale environmental filtration systems (TerraFilters), using the application of process improvement and change management methodology.
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MedicalPlexus
An interactive web 2.0 professional network exclusively for physicians, researchers, and medical students to share clinical insights and user-generated content that may facilitate collaboration and advance medical knowledge.
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FoodCalc
FoodCalc develops and designs online solutions to food manufacturers, restaurants, dieticians, chefs and various recipe professionals
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Dan Steketee
Entrepeneur with 13+ years of strategic and tactical consulting experience in the financial services, start-up and technology industries (BPM, Business Intelligence, KPI's,, Vendor Management, etc) .
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Sasha Sergeev
Entrepreneur. Innovator. Inventor.
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Keerthi Kadam
Manager of R8click, Inc. seeking investment. R8click is represented by WSGR, a highly reputed legal firm in Palo Alto, California. Dan Tompkins, founder of Novus Ventures is our business advisor.All investment inquiries are invited:)
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Danielle Fong
cofounder and chief scientist of lightsail energy. ecopragmatist. canadian.