René Böttcher is a Senior Manager in Bioinformatics Consulting at Clarivate, where responsibilities include managing a team of Consultants, providing project-based consulting services, and developing bioinformatics solutions for preclinical and clinical research. Prior roles at Clarivate include Manager and Senior Research Scientist, leading efforts in data management and analysis. Previous experience includes postdoctoral research at Barcelona Supercomputing Center and IRB Barcelona, focusing on COVID-19 gene identification and cellular adaptation to osmostress. René Böttcher holds a PhD in Computational Biology from Erasmus University Rotterdam and has a strong background in biosystem technology and bioinformatics, with early research experiences at various institutions including Ontario Institute for Cancer Research and Philips.