Job Description: three postdoc positions in computational biology are available at the Center for Genomic Science in Milan (Italy):

- Development of computational methods to investigate the interplay between epigenetic and genetic layers and their role in tumor progression, by integrating genomic, epigenomic and transcriptional data. PI: Mattia Pelizzola (http://tiny.cc/comEpi)
- Epigenome and transcriptome analysis in mouse models of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. PI: Bruno Amati - Small and long non-coding RNAs in cancer stem cells. PI: Francesco Nicassio

All projects will benefit from the availability of both in-house and publicly available next-generation sequencing datasets. Familiarity with Linux environment, programming skills (especially in R) and a background in either computational biology, or physics/engineering/math will be advantageous.

Deadline for the application January 6th, to apply: http://genomics.iit.it/resources.html

Start date: March 1st, 2014

Duration: 1+2 years

Contact Person (Referent): Mattia Pelizzola

Ref. E-Mail: mattia.pelizzola@iit.it

Tel: 0039-02-94375058
Group Web Page: http://genomics.iit.it

Salary Negotiable