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May 23, 2014 DKFZ-HUB Career Day: Bioinformatics p.1
May 23, 2014 DKFZ-HUB Career Day: Bioinformatics p.2
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Programme http://bioinfocareers.eventbrite.de
9:30 – 10:00 Registration
9:30 – 10:00 Recruiting Company Presentations booking.com, Amsterdam (Leslie Kivit) blue yonder, Karlsruhe (Dr. Philip Sauerland) accantec consulting AG, Heidelberg (Dr. Peter Bewerunge)
10:30 – 12:30 Recruitment workshop with Career Advisor and Recruiters Moderation: Dr. Barbara Janssens
13:30 – 14:00 Registration
14:00 - 16:00 Session I: Bioinformatics in Academia and Core Facilities/Training 14:00 - 15:00 Short presentations 10’ each 15:00 - 16:00 Moderated coffee table discussions A-E Speakers: A. Dr. Christine Gläßer, Core Facility, ZMBH Heidelberg B. Dr. Oliver Karch, Lecturer, Hochschule Mannheim & PI, Merck, Darmstadt C. Prof. Dr. Thomas Lütteke, Junior Prof., Justus-Liebig-University, Gießen D. Maik Röder, Freelance Bioinformatician, Barcelona/Heidelberg E. Dr. Zita Soons, Assistant Prof., Dept. Knowledge Engineering, Maastricht 16:00 - 18:00 Session II: Bioinformatics in Pharmaceuticals, Consulting, or what else?
16:00 - 17:00 Short presentations 10’ each 17:00 - 18:00 Moderated coffee table discussions F-L Speakers: F. Dr. Yann Abraham, Bioinformatics Analyst, Novartis, Basel G. Dr. Peter Bewerunge, Branch Manager, accantec consulting AG, Heidelberg H. Esteban Czwan, Application Specialist, Roche Diagnostics, Mannheim I. Dr. Chad Davis, Software Developer, booking.com, Amsterdam J. Francesca Diella, Biomedical curator, Molecular Health, Heidelberg K. Dr. Verena Tischler, Sales & Business Devt. Manager, Sophia Genetics, Lausanne L. Dr. Felix Wick, Data Scientist, blue yonder, Karlsruhe 18:30 - 21:00 HUB: Heidelberg Unseminar in Bioinformatics on Careers 18:30 - 18:45 Introduction to networking for career development 18:45 - 19:15 Ice Breaker - 1:1 networking 19:15 - 19:45 What do I want from my next job? Introduction to self-assessment 19:45 - 20:30 Peer mentoring; supporting each other in career development 20:30 - 20:50 Skype with Cape (Town) Unseminars in Bioinformatics organizers 21:00 onwards To the pub i.e. Cafe Botanik
This career day is kindly sponsored by Booking.com
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Recruitment workshop at Bioinformatics Career Day
In the Recruitment Workshop with CV checks and (mock) interviews the companies
booking.com, blue yonder and accantec consulting have open positions to fill and aim to
find suitable applicants at the event. Participants should bring a CV and application letter.
10:00 - 10:30 Recruiting Company Presentations booking.com, Amsterdam: Leslie Kivit blue yonder, Karlsruhe: Dr. Philip Sauerland accantec consulting AG, Heidelberg: Dr. Peter Bewerunge
10:30-11:00 Five top tips for your application, Dr. Barbara Janssens, Career Manager http://youtu.be/FH0Hvk2tp-M Job vacancy examples: Data Scientist (m/w), Systems Engineer (m/w), Trainee Software Developer, Trainee Analytics, Software Engineer Life Sciences Analytics (m/w)
11:00-11:30 Panel discussion with recruiters
What is a recruiter looking for in a CV?
What are the criteria for selecting candidates?
How does the recruiter interview?
How can candidates be successful?
What is the role of a recruiter vs manager?
11:30-12:30 Breakdown in 3 groups of 12 participants
1. Analyze job ads with recruiters 2. Ask recruiters what the priorities are 3. Recruiter offers CV checks 4. Participant(s) can do a short interview for with recruiter
Further practice: present yourself in one minute (elevator pitch), discuss with recruiter how to present skills (What counts most? How important are certificates? How do I show my soft skills? Etc)
May 23, 2014 DKFZ-HUB Career Day: Bioinformatics p.5
Bioinformatics in Academia and Core Facilities/Training
Dr. Christine Gläßer, Head of Bioinformatics Core Facility, University Heidelberg/ZMBH
Dr. Oliver Karch, Lecturer, Hochschule Mannheim & PI, Merck Serono, Darmstadt, Germany
Oliver studied Medical Informatics in Heidelberg (1992). He cofounded a software company to develop a system for pediatric practice on behalf of the German Association of Pediatricians. After transfer of business in 1994 he started his PhD work on modeling and simulation of epithelial tissues at the Medical and Biological Informatics department, DKFZ Heidelberg. While his time at the DKFZ he developed a data management system used in the EPIC study and he contributed to the development of a teleradiology system which was transferred into a spin-off in 1995 (Chili GmbH). In 1998 he joined Merck KGaA in the Bio- and Chemoinformatics department to support preclinical drug discovery. Oliver became involved into clinical biomarker data management as well. He is currently heading the Biomarker data management and Biobanking group. Since a few years he is also a lecturer of Bioinformatics in the faculty of Biotechnology at Hochschule Mannheim. http://www.merckgroup.com
Dr. Thomas Lütteke, Junior Professor, Justus-Liebig-University, Gießen, Germany
Dr. Gläßer is head of the Bioinformatics Core Facility embedded in the DKFZ/ZMBH Alliance. In 2009, she obtained a Diploma in Biology in the field of Genetics at the Technische Universität Darmstadt in cooperation with the Honda Research Institute Europe for modeling the glycolysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae using Evolution Strategies. She got her PhD in 2013 in Bioinformatics from Technische Universität München for analyzing modules of chloroplastidial signals in Arabidopsis thaliana using a variety of bioinformatical techniques. In the same year, she moved on to establish the Bioinformatics Core Facility. http://www.zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de/Central_Services/Bioinformatics/
Dr. Lütteke is Junior professor for Bioinformatics at the Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry at Justus-Liebig-University Giessen since 2008. After obtaining a Diploma in Biology in the field of molecular parasitology at Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf in 2001, he worked on his PhD thesis at DKFZ in the area of glyco-bioinformatics with a focus on carbohydrate 3D structure analysis. In 2005 he obtained his PhD from Heidelberg University. Later that year he moved as a postdoc to the MIT in Boston. From 2006 to 2008 he had further postdoc positions in the glyco-bioinformatics field at the universities of Utrecht and Nijmegen (NL). http://www.glycosciences.de
May 23, 2014 DKFZ-HUB Career Day: Bioinformatics p.6
Maik Röder, Freelance Bioinformatician, Barcelona/Spain, Heidelberg/Germany
Maik Röder is a freelance Python programmer working on content management systems, web applications and data visualization. In 2001, he joined Cenix Bioscience to work on a LIMS for the whole genome C.elegans screen. From 2003 to 2010 he worked for various Open Source content management companies in Paris and Barcelona, working on intranets and web-sites for the public and private sector. Given his background in biology and bioinformatics from computer science studies at the University of Bonn (2000), returned to more scientific work environments in 2010. He worked on the ENCODE project at the CRG in Barcelona until 2012, and since 2013 he works part time for the ZFMK in Bonn on a biodiversity portal of the BiNHum project. As a freelancer he helps a number of Heidelberg, Bordeaux and Barcelona startups in a variety of industry sectors to get started with their web and mobile applications.
Dr. Zita Soons, Assistant Professor, Department of Knowledge Engineering, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands
Zita Soons is Assistant Professor at the BioMathematics and BioInformatics group at the Department of Knowledge Engineering at Maastricht University (The Netherlands). She is a specialist in systems biology of human and microbial metabolism. She obtained her PhD at the Systems and Control Group at Wageningen University in cooperation with the Netherlands Vaccine Institute. From 2009 to 2012, she has been working as a postdoc in Portugal, where she was awarded a fellowship to perform her self-defined project. From 2012 to 2013, she has been working as a postdoc at the Network Modeling group of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) on metabolic modeling of breast cancer metabolism. https://project.dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl/bmi/
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Bioinformatics in Pharma, Consulting, or what else?
Dr. Yann Abraham, Bioinformatics Analyst, Novartis, Basel, Switzerland
Dr. Abraham is a research investigator at the Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research (NIBR) in the Computational Biology team of the Disease and Molecular Pathways (DMP) department. He moved to industry immediately after getting a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Paris XI. After a few years working as a bench scientist for Cellzome (Heidelberg), he transitioned to bioinformatics where he worked on the analysis of Mass Spectrometry and Screening data. He then joined Novartis where he is now working on multiparametric data visualization and analysis, with a focus on Mass Cytometry and High Content Screening. http://www.novartispharma.ch
Dr. Peter Bewerunge, Head of Life Sciences / Branch Manager, accantec consulting AG, Germany
Peter is Head of Life Sciences and Branch Manager Heidelberg of the accantec consulting AG. He is an expert in the fields of bioinformatics, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. He supports companies in analysis, statistics and Business Intelligence with SAS, JMP and R. As a certified person in the field of validation computerized systems, Peter implements quality and transparency into software systems and processes. He obtained a Diploma in Biotechnology in the field of Microarray Analysis at the Hochschule Mannheim University of Applied Sciences in 2004. In 2009 he got his PhD from the University Heidelberg for bioinformatics research at the DKFZ. www.accantec.de
Dr. Esteban Czwan, Application Specialist, Roche Diagnostics, Mannheim, Germany
Esteban obtained a BS in Computer Science in 2006 from the University of Illinois Springfield, US, and an MS in Bioinformatics from Cardiff University in 2008. During his MS he spent 4 months as a research assistant in Copenhagen and 4 months as Java Developer at I-Sol S.A. Intelligent Solutions. He obtained his PhD at the DKFZ in Heidelberg in 2011 and joined Roche Diagnostics in November of that year, as Application Specialist. http://www.roche.com/diagnostics
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Dr. Chad Davis, Software Developer, booking.com, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Chad Davis received a BSE in Computer Science and Engineering from Northern Arizona University, a MSc in Bioinformatics from the joint program at the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich and the Technical University of Munich. His doctoral work in computational structural biology was carried out at the EMBL in Heidelberg, in the group of Prof. Rob Russell. He is currently software developer and leader of the search engine team at Booking.com which focuses on using online experimentation for improving search engine algorithms. www.booking.com
Francesca Diella, Biomedical curator, Molecular Health, Heidelberg, Germany
Francesca Diella is leading the curation team at MolecularHealth, Heidelberg. She graduated with a degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Turin (Italy). Trained as biochemist and molecular biologist, she has worked for many years in cancer and development biology areas both at NIH (USA) and at EMBL, Heidelberg. In 2001 she joined the Biocomputing Unit at EMBL where she has developed several resources for investigating protein motifs involved in the regulation of cellular signaling. In collaboration with ELLS at EMBL, she has taught in training courses for both scientists and teachers. In the current position she organizes molecular and clinical data in support of the personalized treatments of cancer patients. http://www.molecularhealth.com/
Dr. Verena Tischler, Sales and Business Development Manager, Sophia Genetics, Lausanne, Switzerland
Verena Tischler works as Sales and Business Development Manager for Germany, Austria and the Netherlands at Sophia Genetics SA. She received an MSc in Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics from the University of Applied Sciences in Gelsenkirchen in 2010. During her PhD with Jan Korbel at the EMBL in Heidelberg she studied the evolution of structural variation in non-human primates using Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) methods. After finishing her PhD in May 2014, she moved to industry and started working with Sophia Genetics, a start-up company based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Sophia Genetics provides a clinical NGS dry lab service for diagnostic labs and hospitals. www.sophiagenetics.com
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Dr. Felix Wick, Data Scientist, blue yonder
Felix Wick obtained his diploma (2008) and PhD (2011) in physics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The topic of his research was experimental particle physics with a focus on statistical data analysis. Afterwards he took the step to industry and joined the company Blue Yonder in 2011 to work as a Data Scientist. blue yonder, established in Karlsruhe und Hamburg in 2008, is the leading software provider for predictive analytics in Europe. Blue Yonder's intelligence lies in its self-learning and dynamic software, which identifies previously unrecognized relationships and patterns in structured and unstructured data. This results in precise predictions, which provide future-oriented answers to company-strategic and operative questions. http://www.blue-yonder.com/
Dr. Audrey Kauffmann, Group leader, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
Dr. Kauffmann is leading the bioinformatics group in the Oncology department at Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR) in Basel. She obtained a Master’s degree in cellular biology and genome analysis at the Denis Diderot University in Paris in 2003. In 2006 she completed her PhD at the Gustave Roussy Cancer Institute in Villejuif where her research focused on the analysis and interpretation of large-scale molecular profiling data in cancer. Afterwards, she worked at the EBI to develop Bioconductor packages for microarray analysis and applied the methods to a large number of studies. In 2009 she started a bioinformatics support group at the Bergonie Cancer Institute in Bordeaux and in 2010 she joined NIBR as an investigator and leads the group since 2013. http://www.nibr.com/
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May 23, 2014 DKFZ-HUB Career Day: Bioinformatics p.10
Job profile: Dr. Christine Gläßer
Job/role: Head of Bioinformatics Core Facility
Employer/Sector: University Heidelberg/ZMBH
PhD obtained in: April 2013
Scientific Background: Biology/Bioinformatics
What do you do in your current role?
Maintaining infrastructures for the facility, supporting researches with bioinformatical
analyses and giving advice for planning projects with significant bioinformatical output.
What do you enjoy most about the job?
I'm involved in many different projects and meet lots of interesting people.
What are the challenges you face in your job?
Organizing all projects in a way that everybody will get the results contemporary.
What attracted you to this position?
I like supporting researchers and being involved in different projects – this position is a
perfect combination of both.
What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job?
I'm very open-minded to learn new techniques. Also, I'm enthusiastic at the idea of
analyzing biological phenomenons with information theory driven approaches. Another
plus is and was my skill to organize many different projects and my preference to
support researchers with bioinformatical analyses.
What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector?
The most important thing in running a Core Facility is the ability to organize different
tasks satisfactory for you and your customers – therefore, good time management
skills are mandatory and it's a good idea to participate in workshops training those
skills.
You could contact me via LinkedIn: http://de.linkedin.com/pub/christine-
gläßer/76/341/3ba, ResearchGate, Xing,
May 23, 2014 DKFZ-HUB Career Day: Bioinformatics p.11
Job profile: Dr. Oliver Karch
Job/role: Principal Scientist
Employer/Sector: Merck KGaA
PhD obtained in: 1998
Scientific Background: Medical Informatics, Bioinformatics
What do you do in your current role?
Helping to integrate all sorts of -omics data for biomarker research in all phases of
drug-discovery and development
What do you enjoy most about the job?
Sensing the impact of bioinformatics and biomarker research throughout the entire
drug development
What are the challenges you face in your job?
Operational: Moving projects forward with many different internal and external
partners, many different standards / national ethical guidance (particularly affecting
Biobank operations)
Scientific: High dynamics of the biomarker field especially in cancer research
Computational: High volume of data – analysis and interpretation is becoming the
bottleneck
What attracted you to this position?
Interplay of different disciplines (informatics, statistics, biology, chemistry, medicine)
What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job?
Curiosity, disrespect for complex systems, sustainability
What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector?
Build on your networks. Do not reinvent the wheel (it’s fun though…)
You could contact me via LinkedIn: http://de.linkedin.com/in/oliverkarch, Xing
and
May 23, 2014 DKFZ-HUB Career Day: Bioinformatics p.12
Job profile: Prof. Dr. Thomas Lütteke
Job/role: Junior Professor for Bioinformatics
Employer/Sector: Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Faculty of Veterinary
Medicine
PhD obtained in: January 2005
Scientific Background: Biologist (main areas: Bioinformatics, Glycobiology,
Structural Biology)
Postdoc experience: 9 years
What do you do in your current role?
Leading a research group, teaching biochemistry and bioinformatics.
What do you enjoy most about the job?
The combination of research and teaching.
What are the challenges you face in your job?
Finding a permanent position.
What attracted you to this position?
The prospect of an academic career.
What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job?
For bioinformatics research: programming skills and knowledge how to use modeling tools;
for teaching: biochemistry knowledge from my biology study.
What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector?
Acquire as much grant funding as possible.
You could contact me via LinkedIn: http://de.linkedin.com/pub/thomas-lütteke/11/831/a74,
ResearchGate, Xing,
May 23, 2014 DKFZ-HUB Career Day: Bioinformatics p.13
Job profile: Maik Röder
Job/role: Python Web Application Developer
Employer/Sector: Private Research Institute
Scientific Background: Studies of Computer Science
What do you do in your current role?
Python development for the Zoologische Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig in
Bonn (ZFMK). Development of a joint web portal for data mining the collection data of
five natural history museums and research collections representing the Humboldt-Ring.
What do you enjoy most about the job?
Working together with scientists to find innovative solutions for data visualization and
data mining.
What are the challenges you face in your job?
Keeping a fast pace during iterative development, while still producing a high quality
software.
What attracted you to this position?
Working in both a scientific and technical environment.
What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job?
Data visualization and data mining skills. Skills in content management systems and
Open Source software development.
What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector?
Use the Python language and its many useful libraries. Get involved as a developer in
an Open Source Python project like SciPy.
You could contact me via LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/maik-röder/0/a5/280
and
May 23, 2014 DKFZ-HUB Career Day: Bioinformatics p.14
Job profile: Dr. Zita Soons
Job/role: Assistant Professor
Employer/Sector: Maastricht University, The Netherlands
PhD obtained in: June 2008
Scientific Background: Systems Biology, Bioinformatics, Systems Engineering
Postdoc experience: 4.5 years
What do you do in your current role?
Assistant Professor: teaching, research, setting up and writing projects.
What do you enjoy most about the job?
The freedom and opportunities to set up my own research line.
What are the challenges you face in your job?
The high teaching load.
What attracted you to this position?
A great step forward in my scientific career to become an independent
researcher/teacher.
What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job?
Research skills, teaching experience, international and multidisciplinary experience.
What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector?
It’s a great step forward compared with postdoc, but you also have much less time for
research and personal life.
You could contact me via ResearchGate and
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May 23, 2014 DKFZ-HUB Career Day: Bioinformatics p.15
Job profile: Dr. Yann Abraham
Job/role: Research Investigator
Employer/Sector: Novartis Pharma AG (pharmaceuticals)
PhD obtained in: 12/2001
Scientific Background: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology
What do you do in your current role?
Visualization and Analysis of complex (large number of samples and/or large number
of dimensions) data.
What do you enjoy most about the job?
Working on understanding human diseases in collaboration with experts in the field,
with access to cutting edge technology.
What are the challenges you face in your job?
Recent technologies enable unprecedented look into the biology of disease, yet new
analytical methods are required to make sense of the data being generated;
identifying, implementing and communicating about these new methods are the key
challenges I face every day.
What attracted you to this position?
The possibility to work on different projects, all related to patients, in an organization
that fosters innovation and collaboration on a large scale
What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job?
The ability to communicate clearly about new concepts and ideas, data visualization
skills, innovative mindset
What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector?
Enthusiasm and resilience are key to success as a scientist in industry; enthusiasm will
drive people towards you, while resilience is required to survive the shifting priorities
one has to expect in such a challenging environment
You could contact me via LinkedIn: http://ch.linkedin.com/in/yannabraham/ and
May 23, 2014 DKFZ-HUB Career Day: Bioinformatics p.16
Job profile: Dr. Peter Bewerunge
Job/role: Head of Life Sciences and Branch Manager Heidelberg
Employer/Sector: accantec consulting AG
PhD obtained in: July 2009
Scientific Background: Bioinformatics
What do you do in your current role?
Support biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies in analysis, statistics, Business
Intelligence and software engineering with SAS, JMP and R.
What do you enjoy most about the job?
I enjoy most in my job that I work in different projects and do get insights in different
companies.
What are the challenges you face in your job?
The big challenge is to stay up to date about trends in Biotechnology and
Bioinformatics and to develop new services for our customers.
What attracted you to this position?
I think it is a big challenge to build up a Branch in Heidelberg in the Life Sciences
sector. For me it´s very motivating to establish services, to build up a team of experts
and to become a good partner for our customers.
You could contact me via LinkedIn: http://de.linkedin.com/pub/peter-
bewerunge/69/8b6/276/ and
May 23, 2014 DKFZ-HUB Career Day: Bioinformatics p.17
Job profile: Dr. Esteban Czwan
Job/role: Application Specialist
Employer/Sector: Roche Diagnostics, Mannheim
PhD obtained in: November 2011
Scientific Background: Bioinformatics
What do you do in your current role?
At the EMEA-LATAM Roche Applied Science Customer Support Center I am in charge
of pre-sales and post-sales bioinformatics support for our sequencing solutions
portfolio. This means providing training and troubleshooting sessions, presenting our
products in user meetings and conferences, and answering e-mail and phone inquiries.
What do you enjoy most about the job?
Meeting new colleagues and customers as well as traveling are certainly two aspects I
love about my job.
What are the challenges you face in your job?
Next-gen sequencing is a fast evolving market and being constantly under pressure to
provide customers with a best in class product and service can be very challenging.
Leveraging knowledge and expertise within an on-the-road team can also be very
difficult.
What attracted you to this position?
Being part of an international team of scientists and being able to continue developing
my skills in a “hot” technology were very important facts that attracted me to this
position.
What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job?
Oddly enough it was not my bioinformatics expertise that got me the job, but my
language skills. On the job being open-minded and accepting learning as a lifelong
process helped me considerably.
What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector?
Consider positions outside R&D. There are many other interesting options for scientists
outside research, such as marketing, sales, and support functions.
You could contact me via LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=50187626
and
May 23, 2014 DKFZ-HUB Career Day: Bioinformatics p.18
Job profile: Dr. Chad Davis
Job/role: Software Developer
Employer/Sector: Booking.com
PhD obtained in: November 2010
Scientific Background: Computational structural biology
Postdoc experience: 1 year
What do you do in your current role?
Hypothesis testing for e-commerce. Search engine development.
What do you enjoy most about the job?
Fast pace. Millions of people using my software, every day.
What are the challenges you face in your job?
Statistical significance. Scalability of software.
What attracted you to this position?
New challenges. International environment. Large scale.
What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job?
Pragmatism. Adaptability. Responsibility. Statistics. Programming. Customer focus.
What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector?
Emphasize problem solving, algorithms, practicality.
You could contact me via LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vorcidel and
May 23, 2014 DKFZ-HUB Career Day: Bioinformatics p.19
Job profile: Francesca Diella
Job/role: Biomedical Curator
Employer/Sector: MolecularHealth.GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany
MSc obtained in: November 1989
Scientific Background: Master in Biological Science
What do you do in your current role?
My main duty is the extraction and management of published clinical and molecular
information relevant for the interpretation of cancer patient responsiveness to drug
treatments.
What do you enjoy most about the job?
Development of standard curation procedure and data management processes.
What are the challenges you face in your job?
To be always up-to-date with the advances in a wide range of fields from genomics to
cancer treatments.
What attracted you to this position?
The opportunity to contribute to the development of the field of personalized cancer
medicine.
What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job?
Strong attention to details and excellent analytical and organizational skills.
You could contact me via ResearchGate
May 23, 2014 DKFZ-HUB Career Day: Bioinformatics p.20
Job profile: Dr. Verena Tischler
Job/role: Sales and Business Development Manager
Employer/Sector: Sophia Genetics / Bioinformatics Diagnostic Services
PhD obtained in: May 2014
Scientific Background: Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics (Genomics, NGS)
What do you do in your current role?
I develop and manage the customer relationships of Sophia Genetics in Germany,
Austria and the Netherlands.
What do you enjoy most about the job?
I travel a lot and get to know interesting people. Seeing that scientists are happy and
more productive with the services we offer is very rewarding.
What are the challenges you face in your job?
People can be preoccupied or closed to new ideas and it can be challenging to build
customer relationships.
What attracted you to this position?
I was attracted by the opportunity to stay close to science and research but to be
challenged by new tasks that require me to learn different skills.
What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job?
It is a key to have a nice, open and self-confident appearance as well as strong
communication skills. My scientific background is very helpful. Also, self-motivation and
self-organization is very important.
What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector?
Talk to people from the field to understand what sets of skills are needed.
You could contact me via LinkedIn:
http://de.linkedin.com/pub/verena-tischler/39/765/67a
May 23, 2014 DKFZ-HUB Career Day: Bioinformatics p.21
Job profile: Dr. Felix Wick
Job/role: Senior Data Scientist
Employer/Sector: Blue Yonder GmbH
PhD obtained in: October 2011
Scientific Background: Experimental Particle Physics
What do you do in your current role?
Product owner in a Scrum team developing predictive analytics solutions for customers
from various fields.
What do you enjoy most about the job?
The diversified interplay between a scientific topic like machine learning, software
development, and customer projects.
What are the challenges you face in your job?
Combine high quality enterprise software with bleeding edge data science.
What attracted you to this position?
Team of excellent people, opportunity to take influence and learn a lot about different
areas.
What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job?
Understanding of statistical methods, ability to work in a team, experience in software
development.
What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector?
Be always willing to learn new things.
You could contact me via
May 23, 2014 DKFZ-HUB Career Day: Bioinformatics p.22
Job profile: Dr. Audrey Kauffmann
Job/role: Group leader
Employer/Sector: Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
PhD obtained in: July 2006
Scientific Background: Cellular biology and bioinformatics
Postdoc experience: 3 years
What do you do in your current role?
The NIBR Oncology Bioinformatics team provides expertise in the analysis of high-
throughput genomics data and compound profiling data and their application to target
discovery, drug discovery, resistance mechanism and clinical stratification projects. I
lead the part of the group located in Basel, which consists of 5 data analysts and 1
software engineer. The other part of the group is located in Cambridge, MA.
What do you enjoy most about the job?
The variety of scientific projects. I like that we work on many different types of cancers
with many different types of data and that I can increase my knowledge in all these
areas, no two days at work are the same.
What are the challenges you face in your job?
Working in a large organization (NIBR is about 6000 scientists around the world), it is
sometimes challenging to be aware of all that is happening and identify people with
similar interest to collaborate.
What attracted you to this position?
I wanted to contribute to finding cures for cancer patients. My scientific projects now
are not that different to what I was doing in the two academic cancer institutes I worked
at before. However, the end goal before was a publication whereas now the output is
more directly used in the clinic. You can see the impact you have.
What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job?
In addition to the scientific and technical skills required for the role, good
communication skills are essential to be at the interface between the biologists in the
lab, the IT department and the management team.
What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector?
Doing a postdoc in pharma may be a good entry point to see if you like the
environment (you can check the NIBR presidential postdoc program).
You could contact me via LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/audrey-
kauffmann/11/87/aa8 and
May 23, 2014 DKFZ-HUB Career Day: Bioinformatics p.23
The organizing team
DKFZ Postdoc Network:
Dr. Thomas Wolf
Dr. Rosario Piro
Dr. Timo Kehl
Heidelberg Unseminars in Bioinformatics (HUB)
DKFZ Career Service:
Dr. Barbara Janssens
Marion Gürth
Tatiana Golea
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www.dkfz.de/careers
Career Service for Masters/PhD students/PostDocs
INFO on FACEBOOK: To receive updates with links to interesting events and
pages (about 3 per week) please LIKE the page Dfkz PhD Careers. To join groups become a FRIEND
www.facebook.com/phdcareers
NETWORK on LinkedIn
For optimal career development connect to scientists with interesting jobs. Current and former dkfz scientists are warmly invited to join, as well as collaborators and other interested scientists. http://www.linkedin.com/groups/DKFZ-Career-Network-4831669
CALENDAR of all events in Heidelberg http://tinyurl.com/5wuerfx
INTRANET http://intracoop/sites/phd-careers
E-MAIL DISTRIBUTION LIST jobs-for-PhD: To receive job relevant job ads, information and events register on intranet http://listhost/jobs-for-PhD (externals can be added on request)
WORKSHOPS AND COURSES
DKFZ PhD students and postdocs can participate in workshops on e.g. application skills, CV writing, “Career Plan B/Life Work Planning”, soft skills, business for scientists etc. Register on http://logaportal/maportal or
per email to careers@dkfz.de
THURSDAY 1 pm – OPEN CAREER LUNCH
For all interested scientists to discuss with a guest about his/her career moves we have “career lunch” (see calendar)
SCIENCE & SOCIETY: Discuss your role as a Scientist, Science & Ethics, Talking to the Public, and Volunteering -> Interest – Engagement – Experience on your CV
JOIN http://www.facebook.com/groups/scisoc.dkfz
APPOINTMENTS (doodle) Coaching on Wednesdays 45’ in TP4 CV checks on Fridays after workshops
DKFZ Career Manager since 2011: Dr. Barbara Janssens. She is Belgian (PhD in molecular and cell biology from Ghent University), and after a postdoc in Paris she worked for five years as an Editor at Wiley-Blackwell.
DKFZ Career Project Coordinator since July 2013: Marion Gürth studied Biology at the TU Darmstadt and did her Diploma in Heidelberg in 2005. Marion will support all projects and focus on building up the dkfz Career Network.
E-mail: careers@dkfz.de Tel: +496221 42-2146 and 1762
Office H1.06.015b (15b 6th floor main building west)
at the Graduate Program Office M070
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