Devising new methods of next-gen genetic testing with Gene Solutions' Dr. Hoa Giang

About this episode

Dr. Hoa Giang discusses his journey in the biotech field and the innovative methods developed at Gene Solutions for next-gen genetic testing.

Dr. Hoa Giang is the Co-founder and Data Science Lead of Gene Solutions. His background boasts a broad range of experience in the global therapeutics industry. His technical background includes computational biology, bioinformatics analysis and understanding genetic interactions and how they affect the cellular functions. This experience and immense knowledge inform his mindful and robust approach to founding Gene Solutions. Hoa’s experience spans the globe having lived, studied and worked in Vietnam and USA. In this episode, Hoa shares his journey of how he moved to the USA to pursue an advanced degree in computational biology. Starting from having an interest in biotech, he also shares how he was able to work with Professor Jun Hyong Kim at the University of Pennsylvania and broaden his expertise to bioinformatics. This knowledge helped him to develop new methods of combining wet lab protocol and dry lab analysis for next generation sequencing (NGS). He goes on to mention that he is very passionate about making new technology available to all and thus brought these new novel methods of NGS back to Vietnam in the form of Gene Solutions. In this episode, Hoa also shares about the…

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Guest: Dr. Hoa Giang

Topics covered

• genetic testing
• bioinformatics
• computational biology
• next generation sequencing
• reproductive health
• clinical solutions

Keywords

• genetic testing
• bioinformatics
• computational biology
• next generation sequencing
• Gene Solutions
• reproductive health
• clinical solutions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gene Solutions, University of Pennsylvania

Places: Vietnam, USA

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