PhD Candidate in Genomics for Predictive Medicine

University of Helsinki; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PhD position in a newly established bi

Hands-on supervision by Professor Barr

Job summary

The Barrett lab at the University of Helsinki invites applications for a doctoral researcher (PhD student) in computational genomics for predictive medicine. This role is affiliated with ELLIS Institute Finland, FIMM, and the Faculty of Medicine, Helsinki.

You will design and conduct a PhD project using multiomic data to identify molecular endotypes and improve disease prediction and treatment. You will work under hands-on supervision from Professor Jeffrey Barrett, with access to biobank

Qualifications

• Master's degree in computational biology, data science, bioinformatics, or related discipline (exceptional candidates may be considered coming straight from a bachelor's).
• Proficiency in programming for data analysis in Python or R.
• Research experience in computational biology and/or data science.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a PhD research project on a topic related to computational genomics for predictive medicine.
• Carry out the research project: propose hypotheses, write code, think about and discuss results, and interpret findings.
• Collaborate closely with other members of the team, other researchers at the ELLIS Institute and University of Helsinki, and international partners.
• Share scientific results via publications and presentations at local and international conferences, and contribute to open science (e.g. via pre-prints and open source software).
• Contribute to mentoring and training the next generation of scientists.

Skills

Python

R

Team collaboration

English proficiency

Education

Master's degree in computational biology, data science, bioinformatics, or related discipline

Tools

High-performance computing

Cloud compute environments

Git

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

The Barrett lab at the University of Helsinki invites applications for a doctoral researcher (PhD student) in computational genomics for predictive medicine. This role is affiliated with ELLIS Institute Finland, FIMM, and the Faculty of Medicine, Helsinki.

You will design and conduct a PhD project using multiomic data to identify molecular endotypes and improve disease prediction and treatment. You will work under hands-on supervision from Professor Jeffrey Barrett, with access to biobank