Pierre Lecocq
OBJECTIVE
Rue des Hausseurs, 10
4550 Nandrin
+32 (0) 498/532496
admin@ngyx.be
Data Management, Data Analysis,
Knowledge Extraction
(BioIT/BioStat; Project Leader)
PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Personal aptitudes :
Quality
Scientific skills:
 Natural team player and people
person
 Good listening and
communication skills
 Excellent organizational skills
 Very flexible and versatile
 Analysis skills and capacity for
synthesis
 Reliable, result-oriented
 Problem-solving skills
 Document management
GLP, CAP-CLIA, FDA
Submission / PMA, Audits
 Quality Assurance
 Quality Control
 Regulatory affairs
 Design control
 Computer System Validation
 Method/software validation
 Equipment qualification
 Molecular biology techniques:
DNA/RNA extraction, cloning,
mRNA differential display,
DNA sequencing, qPCR,
Southern blotting, Northern
blotting, DNA library
construction and screening
 Lab settings (Sequencing /
Robotics)
Computer skills:
Languages:
Transversal competences:
 Microsoft office (Full package
PRO; Word, Excel, Power
Point, Access)
 Perl Coding+++, GCG & other
Sequences analysis tool +++,
Oracle DB Access (SQL) ++, R
/ Matlab / SAS / Spotfire +,
WEB design / Internet
(HTML/JAVA/Connectivity) +
 IT and Computer
Settings/Components
(CSV)++,
 Interactivity: Telecon,
Videocon, Sharepoint / Erooms
/LifeMeetings ++
 French: Native proficiency
 English: Full professional
proficiency (spoken and
written)
 Dutch: Elementary proficiency
 German: Elementary
proficiency
 Scientific writing / Oral
Presentations
 Project management
 Team management
 Conflict management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Head BioIT for HIV-I drug
resistance prediction system
(Projec t Leader VircoTYPE)
2002-2013
R&D Project Leader for
Promoter Discovery.
(Wheat Resistance To
Fusarium; GMO) 1997-2002
Academic Researcher (Lab.
of Molecular Biology /
Genetic Engineering) 1989 1997
Principal Scientist Janssen
Diagnostics BVBA (JnJ Group),
Mechelen/Beerse BE
Senior Scientist Monsanto PBLC,
Louvain-la-Neuve (BE) / Cambridge
(UK).
University of Liège, J. Martial Lab.
R&D for VircoTYPE development
/ implementation
(Feasibility/Implementation up to
FDA Submission)
Data generation (Lab. Cloning /
(RT)-PCR Sequencing/ Robotics /
Micro/Macro Arrays), Data
management / analysis.
Quality control / Customer
Support, Audits.
Publications, 37 Patents.
Publications, Posters,etc.
Creation of Company NeoGenYX
Ltd.
Data generation
(cloning/Sequencing / Analysis)
of Zinc Finger Krüppel like gene /
protein (expected to be involoved
in Acute Leukemia).
Identification of he KRAB
domain.
Setting & Management of the
"DNA Sequencing Unit".
Development of Mol. Biol. Tools
(I.e. DNA Marker SmartLadder
Eurogentec)
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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Master in Biochemistry Industrial Orientation, University of Liège (1989)
I.R.S.I.A. Submissions for funding Research associated to PhD, Bruxelles (1989 to 1992)
Télévie/FNRS Projects Submissions for funding Research associated to PhD, Bruxelles
(1993-1996).
Bioinformatics methods for DNA and protein sequence analysis University of Liège (1996)
Company Creation Basic / Advanced. SOCRAN Liege Science Park, (1996, 1997)
Several Internal/External courses Mandatory/Optional (e.g. Data Mining for Leads Discovery,
Perl Software Package Basics / Advanced courses, Team Leader expertise, Improving Technical Writing
/ Oral Presentations, Improving English skills, MBTI evaluation & outcomes for relationship, Computer
System Validation, FDA Compliance, etc.) Cambridge UK, Saint-Louis US, Mechelen & Beerse BE
(1997-2013).
Attending several Conferences / Meetings in various locations and work related topics.
US, UK, FR, BE (1997-2013)
REFERENCES
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Theresa Pattery MD PhD,
Director Scientific Affairs, Janssen Diagnostics BVBA,
Turnhoutseweg 30 - B2340 Beerse BELGIUM, Phone: +32 473 317 284, Email:
tpattery@its.jnj.com
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Werner Verbiest, CEO
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Professor Kim Hammond-Kosack, Leader:
Janssen Diagnostics, Janssen Diagnostics BVBA, Turnhoutseweg 30 B2340 Beerse BELGIUM, Phone:+32 (0)14 64 17 85, Email: wverbies@its.jnj.com.
Wheat Pathogenomics Team at Rothamsted
Research Institute, AL5 2JQ Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UNITED KINGDOM, Phone: + 44 (0)
1582 763 133, Email: kim.hammond-kosack@rothamsted.ac.uk.
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Professor Eric Bellefroid, Université
Libre de Bruxelles, Institut de Biologie et de Médecine
Moléculaires Laboratoire de Génétique du Développement, Rue des Profs. Jeener et Brachet,
12, B 6041 Gosselies BELGIUM, Phone: +32 (0) 2 650 97 32, Email: ericebellefr@ulb.ac.be
OTHERS
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Born Liège July 23th 1959, Married to Catherine Bovie (PhD Sciences), 2 children.
Interested in Social Activities (Family, Friends,etc.)
Sports (several but mainly Football: UEFA-B Coaching Licence, Talent Detection UEFA,
ADEPS Foot Monitor Level 1, Standard of Liège Scouting Team).
Computers and Software Packages development (various fields; WEB sites dev. E.g.
www.restn.be ).
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