Julien Bellis

Bioinformatic/Computational Biologist | Omics and data analysis | siRNA/ASO design for therapeutic programs | Targeted protein degradation

Vienna, Vienna, Austria

About

Team leader in Bioinformatics currently leading a R&D team focused on designing the next generation of antisense oligotherapeutics through ASO/siRNA design and data analysis/bioinformatic support. Cell biologist by training, I contributed to the fields of cell division in oncology using imaging and data analysis tools. Over 10 years experience in academic and industry environment.

Experience

  • Evotec (10 yrs 1 mo)
    • Senior Research Scientist
      Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

    • Team leader in bioinformatics
      Sep 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 11 mos

      Leading a team dedicated to Antisense Oligonucleotide (ASO) and siRNA design in the field of Oligotherapeutics for external customers or internal R&D programs. Various disease and modality outcome including CNS, oncology, muscle related disease; target downregulation, target upregulation, splicing modulation, isoform specific downregulation.

    • Cell biology and image analysis expert, High Throughput Screening departement
      Jul 2016 - Sep 2020 · 4 yrs 3 mos

      Performing various large image-based screening campaigns to help customers identify promising hits. Several field covered: infectious diseases, oncology, CNS, targeted protein degradation. Developing and applying Cell Painting assays on several cell lines in a large collaboration aiming at characterizing a dedicated compound collection focused on targeted protein degradation.

  • Ingénieur de Recherche at CRBM - CNRS UMR 5237
    Feb 2013 - May 2016 · 3 yrs 4 mos

    Head of the screening facility at CRBM, part of the MRI Imaging platform, I help users in the miniaturization of their assays, assist them in image acquisition and perform image analysis for high content screening.

  • Research Associate at MRC - Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology
    Apr 2011 - Feb 2013 · 1 yr 11 mos

    Role of forces in epithelial mitotic divisions

  • Postdoc at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau, Thomas Laux lab
    Jan 2009 - Feb 2011 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Analysis of zygote polarity establishment

  • PhD thesis at Ecole Supérieure de Biotechnologie Strasbourg, Jan De Mey - Jean Noël Freund labs
    Jan 2005 - Nov 2008 · 3 yrs 11 mos

    Analysis of APC function in colon epithelial cell divisions