GVG Genetic Monitoring
About us
GVG Genetic Monitoring GmbH focuses on molecular genetic testing for animal husbandry and provides support to research-based companies in medicine and biotechnology.
The company has transferred methods from forensic genetics such as "genetic fingerprinting" to laboratory animals by means of STR analysis. The company now has genotyping methods with otherwise unrivaled resolution at its disposal. Our range of services includes molecular genetic services such as background testing, speed congenics and target genotyping. Our Snooplex FastPrep Kit enables uncomplicated and rapid sample collection by mouth swab. This not only simplifies animal transport and logistics as well as sample collection, but also completely eliminates tail tip biopsies.
You will find us in the BIO CITY Leipzig, one of the most modern centers for biotechnology and biomedicine in Germany and at the same time in close proximity to the University of Leipzig.
Our Team
Our biotechnologists, biologists, computer scientists and geneticists as well as our partner companies work to the highest standards and latest scientific findings to provide high-quality laboratory services and products. Our expert team of molecular geneticists is always available to answer your questions and advise you on your specific concerns.
Executive Board
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 overall global business experience in Europe, the USA and Asia in various industrial companies (from start-ups 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 both a masters eight and startups at the SpinLab Accelerator. Further, he volunteers for the preservation of the Leipzig floodplain forest.
In 1995, he moved to the State Criminal Police Office of Saxony, where he was in charge of establishing a high-performance laboratory for DNA analysis and subsequently worked as an expert in biology (genetic fingerprinting) until 2014.
He is one of the founding partners at GVG Genetic Monitoring and has been responsible for Research and Development (Technology & Innovation) since fall 2014. He is also a member of the GV SOLAS Genetics Committee.
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. Further, she 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 the administrative manager of GVG Genetic Monitoring GmbH.
Since September 2018, she has held the position of technical laboratory manager at GVG Genetic Monitoring GmbH and, as QMB, is responsible for quality management.
Jobs and career
Future-oriented: Jobs at GVG Genetic Monitoring
Currently we have no open vacancies. Please check back in the future! Nevertheless, you are welcome to send us an unsolicited application to info@gvg-gm.de.
We look forward to getting to know you!
We value high standards
Laboratory standards
GVG Genetic Monitoring has first-class equipment for highly specialized state-of-the-art molecular genetic laboratory diagnostics.
We work with our own patented procedure for high-resolution genotyping.
To ensure the highest quality standards, the principles of GLP and GMP are consistently followed in all laboratory tests and procedures. In addition, we have certification or accreditation according to DIN EN ISO 9001.