Dr. Frieder Haenisch

Advisory role to the general manager

In my role as project manager I am jointly responsible for process optimization and financial planning. I have an active role in lead strategic projects like the merge of two analytical departments as well as the efforts on automation and digitalisation. Furthermore, I am involved in internal expert discussion groups for infectious diseases, molecular diagnostics and NGS. On a regular basis I serve as a lecturer for the local medical trainees at Leopoldina hospital.

In my role as Director I was involved in the mid term GBR business development and acted as a mentor for the GapSummit 2016 team in the UK as well as the GapSummit team in the USA. Further, I was responsible for public relations and maintaining the GBR community blog.

As COO, I was responsible for tasks associated with the logistics of the GapSummit 2014, which involved planning and executing of tasks to deliver a high class three day summit. The role involved a high responsibility for budget planning, team coordination and working with subcontractors. During my time as COO fund raising and regular reports to the advisory board were also part of my position. The GapSummit 2014 was the first international and inter-generational leadership summit in biotechnology.

At my position in the Business Development department at Limbach Gruppe SE, the largest laboratory network in Germany, I was responsible for the evaluation of novel diagnostic tests and technologies and the development of in house clinical standards.

My role involved fund raising for the GapSummit 2014, the first international leadership summit in biotechnology and business network development.

As marketing assistant for Europe's leading contract manufacturer for plasmid DNA I was responsible for the company representation at national and international conferences, market research activities and product marketing such as information leaflet design.

My first tasks at Bio OWL e.V involved reprogramming the society’s website. After that I was responsible for writing the annual invoices for all members and subsequently dealing with accounting tasks. Keeping record of the finances is a trustful task I learned to overlook. During that time I also improved my communication skills further by writing and sending out newsletters. My presentation skills got improved by preparing activity reports for the society.

Proteomics, clinical trails, biomarker discovery, bio statistics

Genome based Systems Biology, Omics techniques, Modeling, Bioinformatics

Biotechnology, bacterial genomics, fermentation