AI Scientist: Tumor Fate Prediction & Precision Oncology

IFOM; Lombardia; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

IFOM, the AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology in Milan, seeks an AI scientist to develop and apply machine learning and generative AI to discriminate cancers likely to remain indolent from those with aggressive behavior. You will work across multi-scale data and collaborate with clinical groups to extract biomarkers and therapeutic vulnerabilities.

The role offers access to rich datasets, an established bioinformatics unit, and opportunities to mentor students while contributing to IFOM's

Qualifications

• PhD in computational biology, informatics, computer science or a related field.
• Strong record in AI/ML for biomedicine and multi-omics.
• Experience with deep learning, foundation, multimodal or spatial AI.

Responsibilities

• Develop models that integrate single-cell and spatial omics with multi-omics data.
• Translate model outputs into predictive biomarkers of aggressiveness and therapy response.
• Build and maintain foundation models, pipelines and benchmarks for reproducible research.
• Collaborate with experimental and clinical groups and mentor junior scientists.

Skills

AI/ML biomedicine

Multimodal data integration

Foundation models

Deep learning

Education

PhD in computational biology or related field

Job description

IFOM, the AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology in Milan, seeks an AI scientist to develop and apply machine learning and generative AI to discriminate cancers likely to remain indolent from those with aggressive behavior. You will work across multi-scale data and collaborate with clinical groups to extract biomarkers and therapeutic vulnerabilities.

The role offers access to rich datasets, an established bioinformatics unit, and opportunities to mentor students while contributing to IFOM's