Dr. Nachiket Kashikar MBA

I lead a cross-functional team of six and have: - shepherded external and internal stakeholders - set up early-access programmes (across EU and US) to create scientific use cases and publications - fostered customer-centric product development (build-test-learn-iterate loop) - collaborated across all our teams - applications, technology, and bioinformatics - have generated the first revenue stream - have helped to develop and define company strategy

Commercial and Product Strategy for a Digital Health Start-up - BioRICS. The Start-up delivers novel solutions for mental health challenges such as stress, depression, and burn-out. During this project, I performed: - extensive competition analysis - data collection and analysis through interviews with individuals and companies - helped the company develop a value proposition, business model, and product strategy

• Biology team leader of a preclinical target for Alzheimer’s disease • Set up from scratch a new synaptic plasticity technology platform for drug screening; trained team members; currently supporting internal and external projects • Development of a new in vitro Tau aggregation assay for drug screening • Experienced in liaising with the finance, HR, legal, and innovation partners

Investigated an important question in neuroscience – how do we see the world? I studied the computations that neurons and synaptic circuits in the eye perform to process visual information. I used a multidisciplinary approach to study these questions and developing novel methods to this end (e.g. created new transgenic zebrafish lines). - Funded EU Marie-Curie Post-doctoral Fellowship

Investigated an important question in neuroscience – how do we see the world? I studied the computations that neurons and synaptic circuits in the eye perform to process visual information. I used a multidisciplinary approach to study these questions and developing novel methods to this end (e.g. created new transgenic zebrafish lines). - Funded by MRC Career Development Fellowship and EU Marie-Curie Post-doctoral Fellowship

Why do we not hear, smell, or feel the touch during sleep? I investigated the underlying neuronal mechanisms using a worm (C. elegans) as a model system. Technical expertise: PCR, gene cloning and other molecular biology techniques, C. elegans neurobiology. - Funded by Max Planck Stipendium

Corporate Innovation, Finance, Project Management, Team Building and Leadership, Corporate Strategy

How do sperm navigate to find the egg to achieve successful fertilization? I identified the biophysical principles underlying sperm chemotaxis in quantitative details

Pharmacognosy, Plant Tissue Culture, Biochemistry

Industrial Microbiology, Chemistry, Zoology