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Sven Bilke

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Director Oncology Bioinformatics at Illumina
📍 San Diego, California, United States

Sven Bilke is a Principal Bioinformatics Scientist at Illumina, where he functions as a creative scientific team leader in computational biology. With a Ph. D. from the University of Bielefeld, he has extensive experience in both academia and the medical device industry, including previous director-level roles at the National Cancer Institute.

He has a particular strength in recognizing and developing talent within his teams, driving innovation and setting high technical standards for his direct reports.

He is a co-developer of "Replicon, " a software that accurately predicts the timing of DNA replication in metazoan cells.

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
Director Oncology Bioinformatics
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Diego, California, United States
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Curious
Assertive

They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They often ask many questions and rely heavily on information and documentation. They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.

Priorities

Topics Sven cares about

Oncology Bioinformatics
His career focus, with current and past director-level roles at Illumina and the National Cancer Institute centered on cancer research.
Genomic Biomarkers
He has a proven track record of implementing genomic biomarkers for both Investigational Use Only (IUO) and In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) environments.
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Career

Work history

7-2021
Director Oncology Bioinformatics
Illumina
2-2017 - 7-2021
Assoc. Director - Oncology Bioinformatics
Illumina
1-2007 - 1-2017
Director of Bioinformatics
National Cancer Institute / Clinical Molecular Profiling Core
7-2002 - 12-2006
Research Fellow
Pediatric Oncology Branch / NCI
12-1999 - 6-2002
Post-Doc
Lund University
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Education
1994 - 1997
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
University of Bielefeld
1988 - 1994
Diploma
Bielefeld University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Calculativeness (C)

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