Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Bioinformatics) / Tutkijatohtori (Bioinformatiikka)
About this role
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Bioinformatics) / Tutkijatohtori (Bioinformatiikka)
Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences create a unique environment for multidisciplinary, inspirational and high-impact research and education. Our university community has its competitive edges in technology, health and society. www.tuni.fi/en .
We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow specializing in bioinformatics to join The Genomic Regulation for Precision Cancer Medicine Lab at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology. The position is full-time and will be filled for a fixed-term period of two years.
The Genomic Regulation for Precision Cancer Medicine Lab is led by Alfonso Urbanucci. The research group focuses on Genomic Regulation for Precision Cancer Medicine with particular emphasis on prostate cancer, and it is part of the Prostate Cancer Research Centre (PCRC).
The Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology (MET) is committed to high quality research and education in the fields of biomedical engineering, biotechnology, medicine, and health technology. We conduct basic, applied, clinical, and translational research in collaboration with Tampere University Hospital (TAYS). Our existing research areas in health research include biomedical engineering fields from biomaterials and microtechnologies to health data science, cell and molecular biology, with applications in areas such as cancer, cardiovascular and celiac diseases, immunology, and ophthalmology.
Job description
We are looking for an ambitious and highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to join our research group.
The selected candidate will contribute to two projects:
Investigation of genetic predisposition to medications-induced side effectsIn this project knowledge of FinnGen study large-scale genomics is considered an advantage
Understanding metastatic potential and tumor immunobiology at the single cell and spatial levelIn this project we use all-things-omics,