DTLPartnerAdvisoryCommitteemeetingNov23rd2017
Shortresumeofspeakers
ChristineDurinx
ChristineDurinxhasaPharmacydegreeandaPhDinPharmaceuticalSciencesfromtheUniversityofAntwerp,Belgium.SheistheAssociateDirectorofSIBSwissInstituteofBioinformaticssince2014.AtSIB,ChristineisresponsiblefortheCorporateCommunicationsandTrainingdepartments,theDirector'sOffice,andtheLegal&TechnologyTransferOffice.Christineisco-leadoftheELIXIRDataplatform.Inthiscontext,sheworksonindicatorsforlifesciencedatabasesandfundingmodelstoimprovethelongtermsustainabilityofthedatascienceinfrastructure.BeforejoiningSIB,Christineworkedinthepharmaceuticalindustryforover10years.
HermanvanVlijmen
HermanvanVlijmengraduatedwithaMaster’sdegreeinBio-PharmaceuticalSciencesatLeidenUniversityinTheNetherlandsandaPhDdegreeinPhysicalChemistryatHarvardUniversity
Heworked9yearsatthebiotechcompanyBiogenintheBostonarea,ultimatelyasSeniorScientist,inthecomputationaldesignofsmallmoleculedrugsandproteintherapeutics.
In2005hejoinedTibotec,aJohnsonandJohnsoncompanyfocusingoninfectiousdiseases,asDirectorofComputationalDrugDesign.HeisnowHeadofComputationalChemistryintheDiscoverySciencesorganizationatJanssen,PharmaceuticalcompaniesofJohnson&Johnson,locatedinBelgium.
Since2008heisalsoAdjunctProfessorofComputationalDrugDiscoveryatLeidenUniversity.Hermanhasmorethan60publicationsandisinventoron8patents