SYMBIOTIC SERVICES
EDUCATIONAL & ADVISORY
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Transition to sustainable & circular
From R&D-driven to business-driven
Exploring & entering new markets
Business channels expansion
TRANSITION TO DURABLE
BIOLOGY & TECHNOLOGY
TO PRODUCT & WORLD
Strategy to powerful action
Creative in what we do for you & how
Always focused on impact
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For startups, scaleups & corporate,
for RTO’s, NGO’s & colleges
Capabilities that upcycle your
processes & strategies.
We’re proud to support your future. Seamlessly. Symbiotically.
ABOUT US
Marina Cools, PhD
Managing Director & Sr Advisor
Current:
Vice-President Clinical Operations (etheRNA)
Country Manager Rwanda (ovo.be)
Co-founder of Progress Pharma
Industry credits:
Advisory Board Member Clinical (Flanders Bio)
Advisor Clinical (KU Leuven IOF Board)
Sr Clinical Development (Barrier Therapeutics & Movetis)
Sr Drug Discovery & Development (Janssen Pharmaceutica)
Academic credits:
PhD Biology - virology (REGA Institute, KU Leuven)
Passions:
Mothering, biking, golf, reading, Aquitaine,...
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Johan Geysen, PhD
Founder & Sr Advisor
Current:
Visiting Professor ‘Startpunt Ondernemen’ (Thomas More University)
Conceiver & Trainer of ‘Sustainable Technology for Africa’ (ovo.be)
Advisor ‘New Venture Management’ (vito.be)
Circular manufacturing of cellulose products (PAPUR.ORG)
Industry credits:
New Venture Management (VITO)
Founder, President & CSO of MAIA SCIENTIFIC nv
Dept Head Cell Biology & Functional Genomics (Janssen Pharmaceutica)
Academic credits:
Paul Janssen Chair Molecular Cell Biology (Visiting Professor - U Antwerpen)
PhD Biology - Zoology (University of Leuven)
Passions:
Fathering, circular economy, Aquitaine, digital art, ...