Joe Healey
Founder at Zephyr Venturecraft
Coventry, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJoe Healey is a founder and life-science entrepreneur with nine years’ experience translating interdisciplinary academic research into a venture-backed synthetic biology company. He founded and led NanoSyrinx from its university spinout, raising ~£17M to develop novel biomacromolecular “nanosyringes” for therapeutic delivery and remains actively involved in the technology’s development. Combining a PhD from the University of Warwick with hands-on research and commercialization experience, he bridges deep technical expertise in molecular assembly with investor and industry engagement. He also serves on the UK Government’s Engineering Biology Steering Panel, helping shape deployment of national funding for the field. Notably, he describes himself wryly as “not really a bioinformatician, I just play one on the internet,” reflecting a practical, curious approach to computational tools alongside wet-lab innovation.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Biology, BSc Biology at Prifysgol Aberystwyth UniversityMasters and Ph.D Interdisciplinary Science, Masters and Ph.D Interdisciplinary Science at University of WarwickA Levels & GCSEs Biology, A Levels & GCSEs Biology at Bewdley High School & Sixth Form Centre
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (106)
python10
telegram10
automation10
genomics10
ftp-server10
ncbi10
pokemongo10
biology10
sequence-alignment10
slack10
genbank10
docker10
script10
phylogenetics10
command-line10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
MicroInfect/bioinfx
Sep 2016 - Jun 2017
Contributions:42 commits, 1 PR, 38 pushes in 9 months
pythonunitbioinformatics-scriptswarwickbioinformatics
jrjhealey/jrjhealey.github.io
Jan 2019 - Jul 2026
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Contributions:17 pushes in 7 years 6 months
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