may 23, 2014 dkfz-hub p · 2015-11-05 · 10:30-11:00 five top tips for your application, dr....

May 23, 2014 DKFZ-HUB Career Day: Bioinformatics p.1


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

http://bioinfocareers.eventbrite.de/

https://www.eventbrite.de/de.linkedin.com/pub/peter-bewerunge/69/8b6/276

https://www.eventbrite.de/nl.linkedin.com/in/vorcidel

https://www.eventbrite.de/de.linkedin.com/pub/francesca-diella/5a/784/6a0

http://de.linkedin.com/pub/verena-tischler/39/765/67a


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)

http://www.booking.com/

http://www.blue-yonder.com/

http://www.accantec.de/




http://youtu.be/FH0Hvk2tp-M

http://www.blue-yonder.com/unternehmen/karriere.html?st=physiker-mathematik

https://workingatbooking.com/vacancies/senior-systems-engineer-systems-architecture/

https://workingatbooking.com/vacancies/graduate-traineeship-software-developer/

https://workingatbooking.com/vacancies/graduate-traineeship-analytics/

http://www.accantec.de/karriere/stellenangebote/149-software-engineer-life-sciences-m-w

http://www.accantec.de/karriere/stellenangebote/149-software-engineer-life-sciences-m-w


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

http://www.merckgroup.com/

http://www.zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de/Central_Services/Bioinformatics/


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/

https://project.dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl/bmi/


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

http://www.novartispharma.ch/

https://www.eventbrite.de/de.linkedin.com/pub/peter-bewerunge/69/8b6/276


http://www.roche.com/diagnostics


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

https://www.eventbrite.de/nl.linkedin.com/in/vorcidel


https://www.eventbrite.de/de.linkedin.com/pub/francesca-diella/5a/784/6a0

http://www.molecularhealth.com/


http://www.sophiagenetics.com/


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/

Tweet your questions and comments! #bioinfocareers


http://www.nibr.com/

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23bioinfocareers


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,

http://de.linkedin.com/pub/christine-gläßer/76/341/3ba

http://de.linkedin.com/pub/christine-gläßer/76/341/3ba


Job profile: Dr. Oliver Karch

Job/role: Principal Scientist

Employer/Sector: Merck KGaA

PhD obtained in: 1998

Scientific Background: Medical Informatics, Bioinformatics


Helping to integrate all sorts of -omics data for biomarker research in all phases of

drug-discovery and development


Sensing the impact of bioinformatics and biomarker research throughout the entire

drug development


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


Interplay of different disciplines (informatics, statistics, biology, chemistry, medicine)


Curiosity, disrespect for complex systems, sustainability


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

http://de.linkedin.com/in/oliverkarch


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


Leading a research group, teaching biochemistry and bioinformatics.


The combination of research and teaching.


Finding a permanent position.


The prospect of an academic career.


For bioinformatics research: programming skills and knowledge how to use modeling tools;

for teaching: biochemistry knowledge from my biology study.


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,

http://de.linkedin.com/pub/thomas-lütteke/11/831/a74


Job profile: Maik Röder

Job/role: Python Web Application Developer

Employer/Sector: Private Research Institute

Scientific Background: Studies of Computer Science


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.


Working together with scientists to find innovative solutions for data visualization and

data mining.


Keeping a fast pace during iterative development, while still producing a high quality

software.


Working in both a scientific and technical environment.


Data visualization and data mining skills. Skills in content management systems and

Open Source software development.


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

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/maik-röder/0/a5/280


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


Assistant Professor: teaching, research, setting up and writing projects.


The freedom and opportunities to set up my own research line.


The high teaching load.


A great step forward in my scientific career to become an independent

researcher/teacher.


Research skills, teaching experience, international and multidisciplinary experience.


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

l


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


Visualization and Analysis of complex (large number of samples and/or large number

of dimensions) data.


Working on understanding human diseases in collaboration with experts in the field,

with access to cutting edge technology.


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.


The possibility to work on different projects, all related to patients, in an organization

that fosters innovation and collaboration on a large scale


The ability to communicate clearly about new concepts and ideas, data visualization

skills, innovative mindset


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

http://ch.linkedin.com/in/yannabraham/


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


Support biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies in analysis, statistics, Business

Intelligence and software engineering with SAS, JMP and R.


I enjoy most in my job that I work in different projects and do get insights in different

companies.


The big challenge is to stay up to date about trends in Biotechnology and

Bioinformatics and to develop new services for our customers.


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

http://de.linkedin.com/pub/peter-bewerunge/69/8b6/276/

http://de.linkedin.com/pub/peter-bewerunge/69/8b6/276/


Job profile: Dr. Esteban Czwan

Job/role: Application Specialist

Employer/Sector: Roche Diagnostics, Mannheim

PhD obtained in: November 2011

Scientific Background: Bioinformatics


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.


Meeting new colleagues and customers as well as traveling are certainly two aspects I

love about my 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.


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.


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.


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

http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=50187626


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


Hypothesis testing for e-commerce. Search engine development.


Fast pace. Millions of people using my software, every day.


Statistical significance. Scalability of software.


New challenges. International environment. Large scale.


Pragmatism. Adaptability. Responsibility. Statistics. Programming. Customer focus.


Emphasize problem solving, algorithms, practicality.

You could contact me via LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vorcidel and

http://www.linkedin.com/in/vorcidel


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


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.


Development of standard curation procedure and data management processes.


To be always up-to-date with the advances in a wide range of fields from genomics to

cancer treatments.


The opportunity to contribute to the development of the field of personalized cancer

medicine.


Strong attention to details and excellent analytical and organizational skills.

You could contact me via ResearchGate


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)


I develop and manage the customer relationships of Sophia Genetics in Germany,

Austria and the Netherlands.


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.


People can be preoccupied or closed to new ideas and it can be challenging to build

customer relationships.


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.


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.


Talk to people from the field to understand what sets of skills are needed.

You could contact me via LinkedIn:



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


Product owner in a Scrum team developing predictive analytics solutions for customers

from various fields.


The diversified interplay between a scientific topic like machine learning, software

development, and customer projects.


Combine high quality enterprise software with bleeding edge data science.


Team of excellent people, opportunity to take influence and learn a lot about different

areas.


Understanding of statistical methods, ability to work in a team, experience in software

development.


Be always willing to learn new things.

You could contact me via


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


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/audrey-kauffmann/11/87/aa8

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/audrey-kauffmann/11/87/aa8


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


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 [email protected]

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: [email protected] Tel: +496221 42-2146 and 1762

Office H1.06.015b (15b 6th floor main building west)

at the Graduate Program Office M070

DKFZ Career Service: Scientific Life beyond the Lab

http://www.dkfz.de/careers

http://www.facebook.com/phdcareers

http://www.facebook.com/phdcareers.dkfz

http://www.facebook.com/phdcareers

http://www.linkedin.com/groups/DKFZ-Career-Network-4831669

http://tinyurl.com/5wuerfx

http://intracoop/sites/phd-careers

http://listhost/jobs-for-PhD

http://logaportal/maportal

mailto:[email protected]

http://tinyurl.com/5wuerfx

http://www.facebook.com/groups/scisoc.dkfz



For your notes:


Thank you for joining this event!

YOUR FEEDBACK

is important to us!!

Please briefly answer a few questions on

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/G5KNDRD

Use your mobile device to directly access the survey!

Contact us:

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/G5KNDRD




may 23, 2014 dkfz-hub p · 2015-11-05 · 10:30-11:00 five top tips for your application, dr....

Documents