Genomics Innovation
Management Operations
We build on the innovative capabilities of our people and deliver a benefit to society from Sanger science by engaging with businesses and by creating commercial opportunities. We also develop a unique and vibrant ecosystem to establish and grow innovative genomics and biodata businesses.
Some of our initiatives are:
- Entrepreneurial training, events and networking, such as the Wellcome Genome Startup School;
- Partnering with industrial partners and direct commercialisation of our science;
- Engagement with the innovation ecosystem in Cambridge (and beyond), by representing Sanger science and Innovation, co-developing events and providing opportunities for networking and synergies with the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Cambridge.
Contact the team at genomicsinnovation@sanger.ac.uk
Our people
Group leads
Dr Emmanuelle Astoul
Head of Translation
Emmanuelle works within the translation team whose remit is to maximise the benefits of the institute’s discoveries and scientific resources for human health. Her role encompasses commercialising institute's technologies, sharing its capability with biomedical industries in collaborative partnership and maximising use in research and development of the genomic scale resources the institute produces such as databases, bioinformatic pipelines or scientific models.
Dr Joanna Mills
Head of Entrepreneurship
I’m co-lead of the Genomics Innovation team which involves working collaboratively with the Head of Technology Translation at Sanger (Emmanuelle Astoul) to drive our strategy to achieve impact with our science by using business creation and business engagement to apply our research into new products or services.
Core team
Alexandra Canet Font
Innovation Communications Manager
Dr Mariya Chhatriwala
Business Development Manager
Dr Gary P. Dillon
Business Development Manager
Dr Agnieszka Wabik
Business Development Manager
Anne Wilcockson
Client Relationship Manager
Previous core team members
Ros Cook
Former Technology Transfer Solicitor
Victoria Vladimirovna Lebedeva-Baxter
Marketing Manager, Campus Innovation
Ross Rounsevell
Former Business Development Manager