M2 Internship: Metabolic Analysis of Single-Cell Data in Ataxia

SFBI; Marseille; On-site; EUR 8,900 - 12,000; Part time

Job summary

SFBI invites a motivated M2 student to join the Computational Biology team in Marseille for an internship focused on single-cell transcriptomics and metabolic modeling in Ataxia-telangiectasia. Work will involve processing Lai et al. data, constructing metacells, and applying metabolic activity inference methods.

Supervision by local researchers will support autonomous analysis and scientific contribution. The internship emphasizes Python programming, UNIX workflow, and data interpretation

Qualifications

• M2 in bioinformatics/computational biology or related field required.
• Strong Python coding skills and experience with UNIX systems.
• Experience with single-cell transcriptomics and metacell/metabolic analyses is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Analyze Lai et al. single-nucleus dataset from a metabolic perspective across cell types.
• Infer metabolic activity for metacells using approaches like COMPASS.
• Identify/differentially active metabolic reactions between A-T and controls across cell types.

Skills

Python

UNIX

Single-cell data analysis

Supercomputing cluster

English communication

Education

M2 in Bioinformatics or related field

Job description

SFBI invites a motivated M2 student to join the Computational Biology team in Marseille for an internship focused on single-cell transcriptomics and metabolic modeling in Ataxia-telangiectasia. Work will involve processing Lai et al. data, constructing metacells, and applying metabolic activity inference methods.

Supervision by local researchers will support autonomous analysis and scientific contribution. The internship emphasizes Python programming, UNIX workflow, and data interpretation