About

The longer version

Biochemist by training, sequencing person by trade, tinkerer by temperament.

I studied Biochemistry and Cell Biology at UC San Diego, did a research internship at Scripps Health, and in 2018 joined Ultima Genomics as a research associate. Eight years later I'm an associate director in sequencing operations, still working on the same goal: making it cheaper and faster to read DNA.

I've always liked technology. I learned JavaScript in high school and C++ in community college, then mostly stopped coding until work pulled me back in with Python. These days I'm learning again on purpose: a Godot game, Python projects, and this website, built with my brother.

The rest of my free time goes to the 3D printer and assorted hardware, to anime and games, and to helping with our family winery in Georgia.

Speaker bio

Third person, for event organisers. Feel free to copy it.

Nika Iremadze is Associate Director of Sequencing Operations at Ultima Genomics, where he has worked since 2018 on bringing down the cost of genome sequencing. He has contributed Ultima sequencing to studies with the Broad Institute, NIST, Stanford and others. He holds a B.S. in Biochemistry and Cell Biology from UC San Diego.