Cancer Bioinformatics - PhD

Posted by: Unife

Posted date: Jun-26-2018

Location: Ferrara, Italy

The laboratory of Cancer Systems seeks a highly motivated undergraduate willing to obtain his/her PhD in molecular biology of cancer (3-years) . The lab's mission is to benefit patients with cancer through the discovery and development of novel therapeutic and prognostic technologies and has a translational focus on non-coding RNA in cancer. A fellowship will be issued for three years in pursue of the PhD thesis (Dottorato).

Highlights:

Translational research within an academic biomedical center.

Validation and discovery-based translational research.

Potential to partner in development of intellectual property with application in molecular oncology.

The Candidate:

Hands-on expertise in the following (at least one required):

- Next generation sequencing (wet or in-silico)

- Programming – R, python.

Responsibilities:

Programming/Data analysis
in vitro cellular and molecular studies
Manuscript and PhD thesis preparation

Qualifications:

Successful applicants will have a degree (5- years, or MSc level) in molecular biology, bioinformatics, molecular oncology, computational biology, or comparable.