We’ve returned from another successful year at ASHG and had an incredible time. I find the conference to be a terrific opportunity to connect with our customers, partners, and friends in the industry.
This year’s Presidential Symposium was a true delight featuring a discussion of global health and genomics between two absolute legends in the health and science world: Bill Gates, Co-chair and Trustee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Francis Collins, MD, Ph.D., Director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Bill gave a speech about the work of his foundation. He is working among other things on systematically eradicating entire diseases from this planet. Small pox has been already eliminated. The next target is Polio with only a couple known outbreaks left globally.
(L) Bill Gates, Co-Chair, and Trustee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | (R) Francis Collins, MD, Ph.D., Director of NIH
We had over 400 visitors stopping by our booth, expressing interest in our clinical stack. We gave numerous demos on our latest CNV capabilities, clinical reporting and data warehouse (pictured below). I also enjoyed the opportunity to meet with Golden Helix partners at the event. We have a few updates for you in the coming months.
Demo at ASGH 2017
It is no surprise that our t-shirts were a huge hit again this year. We always have new designs based on our annual t-shirt competition in the summer. In particular, our tiger t-shirt which has gathered a firm fan base (like this family below). It seems we never can bring enough of those! 🙂
Check out this great 99% Tiger family!
I’d like to thank all of our clients and partners that joined us in Orlando. We look forward to connecting again during ASHG 2018 in San Diego!
Dr. Andreas Scherer is CEO of Golden Helix. The company has been delivering industry leading bioinformatics solutions for the advancement of life science research and translational medicine for over a decade. Its innovative technologies and analytic services empower scientists and healthcare professionals at all levels to derive meaning from the rapidly increasing volumes of genomic data produced from next-generation sequencing. With its solutions, hundreds of the world’s hospitals and testing labs are able to harness the full potential of genomics to identify the cause of disease, develop genomic diagnostics, and advance the quest for personalized medicine. Golden Helix products and services have been cited in thousands of peer-reviewed publications. Golden Helix is also on the Inc 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the US.
He is also Managing Partner of Salto Partners, Inc, a management consulting firm headquartered in Nevada. He has extensive experience successfully managing growth as well as orchestrating complex turnaround situations. His company, Salto Partners, advises on business strategy, financing, sales, and operations. Clients are operating in the high-tech and life sciences space.
Dr. Scherer holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Hagen, Germany, and a Master of Computer Science from the University of Dortmund, Germany. He is author and co- author of over 20 international publications and has written books on project management, the Internet, and artificial intelligence. His latest book, “Be Fast Or Be Gone”, is a prizewinner in the 2012 Eric Hoffer Book Awards competition, and has been named a finalist in the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards!
