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About Us
GVG Diagnostics GmbH stands for quality, innovation and trust. The company was founded in 2012 as a spin-off of the veterinary faculty of the University of Leipzig. Today, our team of specialists from veterinary medicine and biotechnology works in the state-of-the-art laboratories of the "BioCity" in Leipzig under perfect conditions to meet the wishes and requirements of our customers.
Our team of veterinary experts is always available to answer your questions and to advise you on your specific concerns.
Our Team
This combination of different competences guarantees high-quality laboratory services and products based on experience, trust and state-of-the-art technology. Our team will be happy to answer any and all of your questions about our services or to provide individual advice on any animal health monitoring issue.
Company Management
After studying physics at the University of Würzburg, Olaf Gelsen earned his PhD at the University of Cambridge (UK) from 1989 to 1993. Olaf Gelsen completed additional studies at the University of Bradford (UK) in the field of Business Administration with an MBA in 1999.
Subsequently, Olaf Gelsen gained fundamental and comprehensive knowledge in the establishment and operation of a wide variety of laboratories, in the organization and management of international R&D projects, and generally worldwide business experience in Europe, the USA and Asia in various industrial companies (from start-up to large-scale industry).
He has been Managing Director of GVG Diagnostics GmbH in Leipzig since May 2012 and also Managing Director of GVG Genetic Monitoring GmbH since February 2014. In his spare time, Olaf Gelsen, a passionate runner and rower, coaches not only a Masters eight but also startups at the SpinLab Accelerator. He volunteers for the preservation of the Leipzig floodplain forest.
In the following years, Frank Götz worked for international companies (from corporate groups to start-ups) in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical technology sectors. During this time, he gained extensive experience in the areas of laboratory organization, automation, IT/bioinformatics, business development and the management of international projects, among others.
From 2004 to 2018, Frank Götz served as Managing Director of Qualitype GmbH, based in Dresden (Germany), a global bioinformatics company with 50 employees.
Since June 2019, he has been managing director of GVG Diagnostics GmbH in Leipzig.
Birgit Hendrich worked as an interpreter and freelance translator in Leipzig for several years after graduating as a language mediator from the University of Leipzig.
Later, she worked as a freelance journalist mainly in the cultural field for the local press in Leipzig and the surrounding area as well as for national magazines and took on parental leave replacements in the press office of the Leipzig University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" as well as in the project management of the Leipzig Schumann House.
At the same time, she acquired qualifications and experience in accounting in Leipzig and Dresden from 1997. Since 2015, Birgit Hendrich has been working as the administrative manager of GVG Diagnostics GmbH.
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Research & Development
To address complex issues, we cooperate closely with the institutes of the University of Leipzig, like the Institut für Bioanalytik and specialized institutes of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. For example, we were able to develop highly specific and sensitive ELISA tests based on recombinant proteins with our partners.
As a practical partner of the BA Riesa, we also use our development projects for the education of our students. Thus, we can jointly pursue exciting projects and provide the students with state-of-the-art knowledge for their professional training.
Currently, we focus our research & development activities on the development of innovative sequencing technologies such as NGS (Next Generation Sequencing) in laboratory animal diagnostics. Based on this technology, we have just established a method for microbiome analysis. In the second quarter of 2022, we will introduce our NGS-based multi-pathogen panel PathoScreen, which will allow us to detect over 70 laboratory animal relevant pathogens (viruses, bacteria, parasites) in a single analysis.
Publications:
- Identification of a large repetitive RTX immunogen in a highly virulent Rodentibacter heylii strain
- Differentiation of Rodentibacter pneumotropicus, Rodentibacter heylii and Muribacter muris by MALDI-TOF MS
- Highly sensitive ELISA for the serological detection of murine rotavirus EDIM based on its major immunogen VP6
- Detection of mammalian orthoreovirus type-3 (Reo-3) infections in mice based on serotype-specific hemagglutination protein sigma-1
- Comparative analysis of clinics, pathologies and immune responses in BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice infected with Streptobacillus moniliformis
Highest standards
Laboratory standards
Our laboratory is certified to ISO 9001:2015 standards, and we are already working to ISO 17025 guidelines and plan to achieve accreditation during 2022.