PhD Researcher in Bioinformatics

Job summary

This position involves conducting research in bioinformatics to enhance treatment and prognoses for colorectal cancer patients. The role focuses on integrating phenotypic data with multi-omics data to predict postoperative recurrence of colorectal cancer.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in bioinformatics, computer science, computational biology, data science, biomedical engineering, statistics, or a related quantitative field.
• Proficiency in statistical analysis and machine learning.
• Experience with large-scale biological or health-related datasets.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement machine learning and foundation-model approaches for analyzing large-scale longitudinal health and genomic data.
• Integrate clinical, microbiome, and genomic data to identify factors related to adenoma progression and colorectal cancer.
• Create computational models of patient trajectories and microbial communities using advanced AI and bioinformatics techniques.

Education

• A two-year master's degree (120 ECTS points) or equivalent academic level is required.

Tools

• Familiarity with machine learning frameworks and bioinformatics software is advantageous.