OMECU | Genomics Analysis Platform

About the team

Omecu Ltd is co-founded and draws on three years of research by Dr Canela-Xandri and Dr Rawlik alongside CEO Les Gaw, an experienced entrepreneur, investor and adviser to early-stage technology companies, who was introduced to the research team by Edinburgh Innovations.

Dr Oriol Canela-Xandri
Chief Technology Officer
Oriol is based at the MRC Genetics Unit at the University of Edinburgh.
Oriol has been working on leading edge problems in the field of genetic data analysis for over 8 years, and the last 3 years developing the Golem prototype.
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Dr Konrad Rawlik
Chief Research Officer
Konrad is based at the Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh. He has extensive experience in the analysis of genetic data and is a specialist in machine learning. He has been working with Oriol for the last 8 years.
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Les Gaw
CEO
Les is an experienced entrepreneur with a computer science background and strong commercial skills.
He led the exit of a technology company to a listed business before becoming an investor, advisor and non-exec director to early-stage technology companies.
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Our research partners are highly-accredited and established intitutions.

The University of Edinburgh

Dr Canela-Xandri and Rawlik have been supported by Edinburgh Innovations since 2019. Omecu received funding from the University’s Data-Driven Entrepreneurship Seed Fund and Fast Track Mentor initiatives, supported by the Scottish Funding Council.

Medical Research Council

MRC funds research at the forefront of science to prevent illness, develop therapies and improve human health. Omecu received funding support from Medical Research Council grants.