PhD Research Fellow: Bioinformatics for 3D Cancer Genomics

University of Oslo; Lørenskog; On-site; NOK 551,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

State-of-the-art labs

International collaboration

Research visits

Job summary

University of Oslo invites applications for a PhD Research Fellow in bioinformatics and computational biology at the EpiGen unit, Ahus Campus, Lørenskog. The three-year fellowship is teaching-free and aims to produce a PhD thesis for submission to UiO.

You will join molecular biologists, bioinformaticians, physicists and pathologists to develop a biophysically interpretable ML model integrating TF-DNA, epigenetics, and 3D genome data in cancer.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in bioinformatics or computational biology or equivalent.
• Strong background in molecular biology, human genetics/genomics and data mining.
• Experience with machine learning and computational programming.
• Good written and oral English proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Develop data mining methods for integrating multi-omics data.
• Build models linking TF-DNA interactions, epigenetic features and 3D genome data.
• Validate predictions in cancer using in vivo and in vitro data.
• Collaborate with UiO, Ahus, OUS and international partners.

Skills

Molecular biology

Genomics

Data mining

Machine learning

Computational programming

Education

Master's degree in bioinformatics or computational biology

Strong background in genetics/genomics

English proficiency

Tools

R

Python

Java/Scala

Job description

University of Oslo invites applications for a PhD Research Fellow in bioinformatics and computational biology at the EpiGen unit, Ahus Campus, Lørenskog. The three-year fellowship is teaching-free and aims to produce a PhD thesis for submission to UiO.

You will join molecular biologists, bioinformaticians, physicists and pathologists to develop a biophysically interpretable ML model integrating TF-DNA, epigenetics, and 3D genome data in cancer.