Carlos Roca
Angestellt, Associate Director, Translational Bioinformatics, CSL Behring AG
Bern, Schweiz
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I am very keen on innovation, based on solid science and sound engineering. My main areas of work are: Scientific Leadership in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Data Science. Design of new Algorithms and Methods. Guidance on Statistical Modeling and Analysis. Development and Automation of Analysis Pipelines. Data Analysis for Novel Experimental Platforms. Software Development Best Practices in Scientific R&D.
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Berufserfahrung von Carlos Roca
Bis heute 1 Jahr und 7 Monate, seit Nov. 2022
Associate Director, Translational Bioinformatics
CSL Behring AGLeading the Translational Bioinformatics team in Europe, providing support to drug projects both in the pre-clinical and clinical stage.
2 Jahre und 2 Monate, Sep. 2020 - Okt. 2022
Associate Director, Bioinformatics Data Science
AstraZeneca plc
Biological and Knowledge Analytics Team, Data Science & Artificial Intelligence. Developed new approaches to identify pathways and molecular mechanisms of action. Contributed to drug projects in several therapeutic areas, concerning target discovery, target validation, and biomarker selection. Provided guidance and support in bioinformatics and computational biology.
1 Jahr und 9 Monate, Jan. 2019 - Sep. 2020
Senior Scientist, Bioinformatics Lead
Babraham Institute, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Lymphocyte Signalling and Development Laboratory (Prof. Adrian Liston). Analyzing flow cytometry and single-cell RNA-Seq data, for studies in basic immunology (mouse) and applied immunology (human, clinical trials). Developing algorithms and data analysis methods for flow cytometry and single-cell RNA-Seq data.
1 Jahr und 5 Monate, Nov. 2017 - März 2019
Senior Bioinformatics Scientist
VIB - KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, Belgium
Translational Immunology Laboratory (Prof. Adrian Liston). Analyzed flow cytometry and single-cell RNA-Seq data, for studies in basic immunology (mouse) and applied immunology (human, clinical trials). Developed algorithms for automatic compensation and automatic gating of flow cytometry data.
2 Jahre und 3 Monate, Aug. 2015 - Okt. 2017
Senior Research Associate
Aarhus University, Denmark
Department of Bioscience - Soil Fauna Ecology and Ecotoxicology (Dr. Janeck J. Scott-Fordsmand). Developed statistical methods and algorithms for the analysis of high-throughput expression data, with a focus on the study of variation in gene/protein/metabolite expression and subsequent pathway analyses.
3 Jahre und 8 Monate, Dez. 2011 - Juli 2015
Research Associate
Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Department of Chemical Engineering - BioCenit Research Lab (Profs. Francesc Giralt and Robert Rallo). Responsible for the research line on systems biology. Developed algorithms for the analysis of high-throughput expression data and pathway analysis.
Dept. of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences, Computational Social Science Chair (Prof. Dirk Helbing). Developed computational models of human behavior and analyzed data of behavioral experiments with humans.
1 Jahr und 8 Monate, Juli 2004 - Feb. 2006
Senior Software Engineer
National Center for Biotechnology - CSIC, Spain
Dates Employed Jul 2004 – Feb 2006 Employment Duration 1 yr 8 mos Location Madrid, Spain Biocomputing Unit (Prof. Jose-Maria Carazo). Validated image-processing algorithms for identification of the three-dimensional structure of proteins, from cryo-electron microscopy data.
2 Jahre und 8 Monate, Nov. 2001 - Juni 2004
Senior Software Consultant, Team Leader (Outsourced)
EADS-CASA, Spain
Military Transport Aircraft Division. Designed and implemented communication, visualization, and algorithmic software for the Maritime Patrol Program.
Ausbildung von Carlos Roca
2006 - 2009
Ph.D. Applied mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
M.Sc. Telecommunication Engineering
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
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