Nicolas Guex, Ph.D.
Nicolas Guex studied plant biology and biochemistry at the University of Lausanne. In the early nineties, during the course of his PhD, he pioneered the use of molecular biology in the Institute of Plant Biology, isolated and sequenced two genes of the glyoxylate cycle, built a molecular model for one of them and initiated the development of Swiss-PdbViewer. He obtained his PhD in 1995 and joined the group of Manuel Peitsch at GlaxoWellcome, where he contributed to the development of Swiss-Model. From 1996-2002, he also taught postgrade Structural Biology modules at the University of Geneva, EPFL and for the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics.
During his 12 years at GlaxoSmithKline, he occupied positions of increasing responsibilities, led a group specialized in Evolutionary and Structural Bioinformatics and contributed to several drug discovery research programs.
Nicolas has been developing and optimizing computer software since 1979. In 2008, he moved back to Switzerland to join the Vital-IT team where he continues the development of Swiss-PdbViewer, contributes his bioinformatics and biology expertise to research groups and develops specialized software to support research projects that necessitate high performance computing.