Leighton Turner
Founder & CTO at Juno Bio
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolLeighton Turner is a founder and CTO with 11 years of experience building data-driven bioscience ventures at the intersection of molecular genetics and software engineering. He leads Juno Bio, a London-based startup decoding the vaginal microbiome to close the gender health gap, and is an Illumina-backed founder who emerged from Entrepreneur First and the Illumina Accelerator. Trained as a PhD in Molecular Genetics with a background in biochemistry and computer science, he combines deep wet-lab knowledge with hands-on data science and product engineering from roles at Sandtable and earlier software engineering experience in finance. Leighton’s profile reflects a rare blend of academic research (Oxford fellowship) and startup execution, bringing rigorous experimental thinking to scalable computational solutions for women’s health.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Research Fellowship Evolutionary Biology, Research Fellowship Evolutionary Biology at University of OxfordDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Molecular Genetics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Molecular Genetics at University of Canterbury
Github Skills (34)
pose9
mobilenet9
aiohttp8
http-server8
client-server8
async8
http-client7
keras7
python7
http6
python-interface6
asynchronous6
architectures5
pose-estimation5
deep-learning5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
leighton/ezproxy-helper
Oct 2014 - Mar 2015
Contributions:27 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 5 months
firefoxone-clickezproxyadd-onclick
leighton/gillespie
Jun 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:8 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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