Juha-Pekka Pursiheimo

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Chief Technology Officer at Genomill

Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland

Overview

Juha-Pekka Pursiheimo is the Chief Technology Officer at Genomill, leveraging nearly 20 years of expertise in genomics, next-generation sequencing (NGS), and molecular diagnostics. An accomplished innovator and holder of a PhD from the University of Turku, he leads R&D strategy, driving the commercialization and scalability of the companys proprietary DNA sequencing workflows.

He is the Principal Inventor on multiple international patents for novel methods in nucleic acid quantification and sequencing, foundational to Genomills core technology.

Personality Overview

Example Seeker

Curious

Value Driven

They often ask many questions and rely heavily on information and documentation.  They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.

Topics They Care About

Genomic Innovation
As a Principal Inventor on multiple patents, he has a proven track record of creating and commercializing novel genomic technologies for nucleic acid analysis.
NGS Technology
His career includes establishing advanced sequencing laboratories and working hands-on with a wide variety of Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) instruments.
Technology Commercialization
In his CTO role, he is focused on the industrialization and global scaling of Genomill's proprietary Geno1® technologies, moving them from R&D to commercial execution.

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Work History

3-2025
Chief Technology Officer at Genomill
1-2020 - 9-2025
Head of Laboratory & Innovations at Genomill
7-2018 - 1-2020
Laboratory Supervisor/Head of laboratory at Joint Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory of University of Turku and Turku University Central Hospital
6-2013 - 5-2018
Head of Clinical sequencing laboratory (Turku Clinical Sequencing Laboratory, TCSL) at University of Turku, Institute for Biomedicine
8-2010 - 10-2013
Head of NGS-laboratory and clinical assay development at Finnish Microarray and Sequencing Centre, FMSC

Education

Adjunct professor from Turun yliopisto - University of Turku
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Turun yliopisto - University of Turku

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