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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Galapagos is a clinical-stage biotechnology company, specialized in the discovery and development of small molecule medicines with novel modes of action.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Our ambition is to become a leading global biotechnology company, focused on the development and commercialization of novel medicines that will improve people's lives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">For our site in Mechelen, we are looking for a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Scientist Bioinformatics</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> (MEC335)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Job description<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">As a member of the bioinformatics team you will participate in bioinformatics efforts supporting the drug discovery projects at Galapagos. By carrying out functional analyses,
data integration, and implementing and executing data analysis methodologies, you work with the multidisciplinary disease biology and drug discovery teams in acquiring scientific insights to direct the research strategy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">You will play a key role in implementing bioinformatics tools and methods supporting a wide range of activities, from research projects to proof-of-concept studies. In collaboration
with the Information Systems (IS) team, these tools will be incorporated into Galapagos’ informatics infrastructure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">This position offers an exciting opportunity to develop and deploy bioinformatics-driven solutions to the scientific community at Galapagos.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Requirements<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">* Scientific Master Degree with at least 3 years of relevant work experience or PhD with a demonstrated track record in bioinformatics, preferably in a pharma/biotech setting;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">* Knowledge of expression data analysis, micro-arrays and/or sequencing-based, and experience in developing analysis strategies and workflows in transcriptomics;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">* Experience in data-science techniques (regression, machine learning); experience with data structures and data-interchange formats (e.g. JSON) and experience with document
databases (such as MongoDB or Cassandra) and/or relational databases;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">* Working knowledge of Linux and programming expertise (e.g., C#, Java, Perl or Python)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">* Strong problem-solving ability, and the aptitude and zeal to acquire new skills necessary for the job<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">* Rigorous and well organized; good verbal and written English communication skills;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">* Team player able to work and communicate effectively in a multidisciplinary environment with people with different professional backgrounds (biology, chemistry, molecular
modelling, IS, IT);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Desirable skills<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">* Good knowledge of R (and the BioConductor libraries) and experience with reporting in R (sweave/knitr) and interactive web-interfaces (R/shiny);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">* Demonstrated experience in working out proof of concept workflows, analysis tools or visualizations;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">* Broadly applicable general bioinformatics skills (pathway analysis, data and text mining, querying databases and repositories in the public domain);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">* Knowledge of disease-related pathways and systems biology approaches in relation to drug target discovery;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#004D43;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE">Maté Ongenaert,
<i>PhD</i></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE"><br>
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