Dr. Nissan has rich leadership experience with R&D and clinical teams in pharmaceutical and agro companies. Olga used to lead the R&D and business aspects; commenced collaborations with academia and commercial companies, including strategic partnerships with VCs and accelerators. Microbiology: Developing and validating QC protocols for Pharmaceutical companies. Protocol development for existing and new pharmaceutical products according to GMP/GLP standards. MDR writing and manufacture/laboratory investigation management. Fermentation processes: Anaerobic and aerobic batch fermentations. Developing fermentation setups for wild-type bacteria and working in an anaerobic chamber. Scale up process development for manufacturing. Molecular biology, protein production, and purification, biochemistry: Various PCR methods, cloning, and protein expression. Gene knockout and mutagenesis methods. Protein purification using FPLC (affinity chromatography, size exclusion, ion exchange). Biochemistry (including kinetics), analysis by GC-MS, ELISA.Massive comparative Mass-spectrometry: Analysis and normalization of proteomic data.RNA-sequencing: RNA purification, gene expression measurements, and analysis.Imaging techniques: Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Fluorescent imaging of proteins. She participated in TEVA Management graduate program. Highly dedicated and motivated, good social skills. Scientific writing of manuscripts, protocols, and grants.