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<div><b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">Title:</font></span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><br></font></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">Post-doc position in the fields of Bioinformatics and Data
Integration in Cancer Evolution</font></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><br></font></span></span></div><div><b><font size="2">Description:</font></b></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;text-align:justify;border:medium none"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">We are
looking for a post-doctoral researcher within the frame of a multidisciplinary
project involving five different Institutions in Italy and UK. This ambitious
project, entitled “<i>Single-cell cancer
evolution in the clinic</i>”, aims at </span><span lang="EN-GB">characterizing<span style="color:black">
the </span>clonal composition and evolution of<span style="color:black">
patient-derived organoids from single-cell multi-omics data, </span>with the
goal of<span style="color:black"> defin</span>ing <span style="color:black">data-driven
personalized therapeutic strategies, and it is funded by a joint Cancer
Research UK (CRUK), Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer (FA-AECC) and
Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC) Accelerator Award.<span></span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;text-align:justify;border:medium none"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">The
candidate will work within the </span><span lang="EN-GB">Data and Computational Biology Lab <span style="color:black">of the Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy
(<a href="http://dcb.disco.unimib.it" target="_blank">http://dcb.disco.unimib.it</a></span>)<span style="color:black">, in tight
collaboration with computer scientists, bioinformaticians and computational
biologists. Her/his tasks will be to develop</span> <span style="color:black">algorithmic
tools for the analysis and integration of data collected from single-cell
experiments.<span></span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;text-align:justify;border:medium none"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">The ideal
candidate will have:<span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt 36pt;text-align:justify;border:medium none"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">PhD in computer science,
data</span><span lang="EN-GB">-<span style="color:black">science, machine learnin</span>g<span style="color:black">,
bioinformatics, computational biology,</span> <span style="color:black">or
related field.<span></span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt 36pt;text-align:justify;border:medium none"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Strong expertise in
programming, </span><span lang="EN-GB">bioinformatics
and<span style="color:black"> (big) data analysis.<span></span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt 36pt;text-align:justify;border:medium none"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Interest in translational
research and biomedical sciences. <span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt 36pt;text-align:justify;border:medium none"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Knowledge of mathematical and statistical software such as R</span><span lang="EN-GB">, <span style="color:black">Python</span> and </span><span id="gmail-m_8988047766248023001gmail--1015452849"><span style="color:black">Matlab™ (or similar)</span></span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB"><span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt 36pt;text-align:justify;border:medium none"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Ability in independent research
and proven aptitude in interaction with </span><span lang="EN-GB">interdisciplinary<span style="color:black"> scientific teams<span></span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt 36pt;text-align:justify;border:medium none"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Excellent fluency in English
and efficiency in technical/scientific writing.<span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;text-align:justify;border:medium none"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Most
desirable are already acquired experiences with </span><span lang="EN-GB">single-cell<span style="color:black"> data handling pipelines; familiarity with the application
of statistical methods to single</span>-<span style="color:black">cell
sequencing analysis is a plus.<span>
</span>Candidates with such background will be given precedence.<span></span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;text-align:justify;border:medium none"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">The
position is funded by the Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca under the
Accelerator Award.<span> </span>The position is for
12 months, possibly renewable until the end of the project in 2023, with a
salary up to 30,000 EUR (gross).<span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;text-align:justify;border:medium none"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">The current
call is <i>informal</i>; information about
the full selection procedure will follow ASAP pending University
regulations.<span> </span>To be given preliminary
consideration please send: <span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">
</span></font><ol style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm" type="1" start="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;text-align:justify;border:medium none"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">a curriculum vitae (with a list of
publications)<span></span></span></span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;text-align:justify;border:medium none"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">a statement of research<span></span></span></span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;text-align:justify;border:medium none"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">a list of two or more references</span></span></font></li></ol><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">to </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:accelerator-jobs-disco@unimib.it" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span>accelerator-jobs-disco@unimib.it</span></a></span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">.<span> </span>Use the same address for all inquiries.</span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB"><br></span></span></font></div><div><b><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Referent:</span></span></font></b></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Marco Antoniotti</span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB"><br></span></span></font></div><div><b><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Location:</span></span></font></b></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.<br><br></span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Application deadline:</span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">April 30, 2021</span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB"><br></span></span></font></div><div><b><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Contact email:</span></span></font></b></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">
<span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:accelerator-jobs-disco@unimib.it" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span>accelerator-jobs-disco@unimib.it</span></a></span></span></span></font></div>
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