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IEEE SSCS talk: The twilight of digital medicine and the role of engineers

The twilight of digital medicine and the role of engineers

Dr. Hesaam Esfandyarpour

Founder & CEO – GenapSys Inc.

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Venue:

Texas Instruments Silicon Valley Auditorium (previously National Semiconductor), 2900 Semiconductor Dr., Santa Clara, CA 95051

 

Time:

August 15th (Thursday) evening 6pm-8.00pm.

Networking and snacks       :  6 PM- 6:30 PM

Technical Talk                      :  6.30 PM- 8.00 PM

 

Abstract:

The generation and understanding of DNA sequence data is revolutionizing our understanding of biology and has significantly impacted many aspects of medicine and  society at large. However, routine use for personalized medicine is still beyond reach as costs remain high.  Sequencing methods allowing cost effective and accurate de novo and re-sequencing genomes are critical to provide needed insights for human health, disease management and diagnostics at the individual level. Costs still remain too high with inadequate quality, to make sequencing technologies affordable for the routine use of genomics in individual health care.  We need is to develop a system that significantly reduces the cost, while increasing the reliability, throughput and automation of obtaining genomic information.

Bio:

Dr. Hesaam Esfandyarpour, 

Founder & CEO – GenapSys Inc.

Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (Stanford University)

MS Management (Stanford University)

MS Electrical Engineering (Stanford University)

BS Electrical Engineering (Sharif University of Technology)

Dr. Esfandyarpour founded GenapSys Inc in January 2010 to develop this revolutionary technology as a fullyintegrated genetic analyzer product for the improvement of human health care and serves as the CEO and CTO for Hesaam ‘s PhD in electrical engineering and post doctoral (Genome Fellow) effort at Stanford University’s Stanford Genome Technology Center (SGTC), is the foundation of GenapSys’ technology. Dr. Esfandyarpour has several publications and is the inventor or co-inventor of numerous patents and pending patents related to DNA sequencing and protein detection technologies, including the electronic DNA sequencing, method of DNA sequencing based on electronic pH or heat sequencing, emulsion-free amplification and fully-integrated chamber-free GENIUS platform.

Hesaam holds PhD and Master’s degree in electrical engineering and a Master’s degree in management science and engineering from Stanford University (2006, 2008 respectively). He received his BS in electrical engineering with honors from Sharif University of Technology in Iran (2004). He developed the technology during his Ph.D. work, culminating in his thesis entitled “Electronic Gene Sequencing: A novel method for DNA sequencing based on direct heat or pH measurement” at the Stanford Genome Technology Center and the Center for Integrated Systems at Stanford University. This novel label-free and fast electronic sequencing technology holds the potential to dramatically reduce the cost of sequencing, in instrumentation, running and informatics costs, and enable “Bench to Wellness Sequencing”. In the past he has served as President and CEO of SimorghAva, Inc., an Internet Service Provider and computer network company which he co-founded in 2002. In 2001, he founded the professional robotic team of Sharif University and was team leader for RoboDeminer 02, an International Robotic Competition. There, out of 118 international competitors, the Sharif team was awarded the silver Medal and received the United Nations Certificate of Merit from the UN resident coordinator and UNDP resident representative, F.M. Bastagli for the effort toward Peace and Humanity. In 2000, Hesaam entered Sharif University after ranking third among more than 450,000 participants around the nation in the University National Entrance Examination.

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