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Building and leading a cross-functional R&D team in neurodegenerative disease diagnostics

Challenge

A biotech startup needed to simultaneously develop a biomarker discovery pipeline, build a functional lab, and coordinate with external CDMOs — with no existing team structure and tight timelines.

Approach

Defined the team architecture, recruited and onboarded scientists and a bioinformatician, established lab workflows, and set up project tracking and documentation systems from day one. Operated as both scientific lead and operational manager throughout.

Outcome

A functional, autonomous R&D team running parallel workstreams across biomarker discovery, assay development, and device prototyping within 18 months.

Skills & Methods

Team FormationRecruitmentLab Build-outBiomarker DiscoveryProject ManagementCDMO Coordination

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