Walden Bjørn-yoshimoto
Founder, CEO at Akasi Pharma
Hvidovre, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
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Top SchoolWalden Bjørn-yoshimoto is a founder and CEO with nine years of research-driven experience translating cone snail venom biology into neuroscientific and biomedical applications. As founder of Akasi Pharma and an Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen, he combines entrepreneurial leadership with hands-on molecular pharmacology and peptide discovery. His postdoctoral work focused on exploiting novel conotoxins as GPCR ligands, blending computational/bioinformatics approaches with in vitro pharmacology to deorphanize peptide–receptor interactions. Walden’s background spans academia and industry—from establishing mammalian cell labs at Evolva to research stays at NIMH and Harvard—giving him rare fluency in both translational science and lab infrastructure. He is particularly skilled at turning natural peptide diversity into targeted tools for neuroscience and drug discovery, often arriving at solutions that bridge computational predictions and bench validation.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Cand.Scient, Biochemistry, Cand.Scient, Biochemistry at Københavns Universitet - University of CopenhagenStx, Stx at Tørring Amts Gymnasium
English, Danish
Github Skills (183)
python10
automation10
home-assistant10
mqtt10
home-automation10
scrum10
garden10
iot10
internet-of-things10
asyncio10
privacy10
raspberry-pi10
polymer9
sensor9
taiga9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
Aephir/ha-electricity-price
Jan 2023 - Dec 2024
Contributions:11 releases, 31 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
Aephir/Tasker_Files
Oct 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:24 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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