Job Description: Positions for two PhD students and one PostDoc are available in the lab of evolutionary genomics of cancer at the IFOM-IEO-Campus in Milan, led by Dr Francesca Ciccarelli.

The lab applies a combination of experimental and computational tools to investigate the properties of cancer genomes. :

1- Analysis of cancer genomes using next generation sequencing technology;
2- Systems biology of cancer genes in the context of genomic and network properties.

Recent publications include:

Systems Biology:
- Ciccarelli FD: The (r)evolution of cancer genetics (2010) BMC Biology 8: 74
- Syed A, D\'Antonio M, et al: Network of Cancer Genes: a Web Resource to Analyze Duplicability, Orthology and Network Properties of Cancer Genes. (2010) Nucleic Acids Res 38: D670-5
- Rambaldi D, et al.: Low Duplicability and Network Fragility of Cancer Genes (2008) Trends in Genetics 24:427

Cancer genomics:
- De Grassi A et al.: Ultra-deep Sequencing of a Human Ultraconserved Region Reveals Somatic and Constitutional Genomic Instability (2010) PLoS Biology 8(1): e1000275
- De Grassi A et al.: Tandem repeats modify the structure of human genes hosted in segmental duplications (2009) Genome Biology 10(12):R13

PhD Student Positions (Deadline Sep 26th): The IFOM-IEO campus hosts an International PhD Programme in Molecular Medicine of a four-year duration within the framework of the European School of Molecular Medicine (SEMM). Starting from 2010, a specific program in computational biology has been launched. More information at: http://www-test.semm.it/phd_computationalbiology.php

PostDoc Position: The candidate should have a PhD in molecular biology or alike, as well as be independent in programming. Knowledge in statistics is favourable. The duration of the fellowship is two years with possibility of renewal. If eligible, the candidate can apply to the structured International Post Doc program hosted in the Campus and co-funded in the context of the FP7 Marie Curie Actions - People. More information at: http://www.semm.it/PostDoc.php.

Advanced Computing Solutions for Health Care and Medicine, Special Issue of the Journal of Computational Science, Elsevier, Web: http://bioingegneria.unicz.it/HealthCareComputing/ Submission deadline: September 30, 2010, Submission web site: http://ees.elsevier.com/jocs/ Guest Editors: M. Cannataro, J. Sundnes, P. Veltri, R. Weber dos Santos,

Location: Machine Learning Group, ULB, Brussels
Date: October 2010
Contact: gbonte@ulb.ac.be
Link: http://dev.ulb.ac.be/mlg/files/MLG_PhD.pdf

Location: Dobbiaco, BZ, Italy
Date: September 20-24, 2010
Early registration deadline: July 15, 2010
Late registration deadline: August 31,2010
Link: http://www.dmi.units.it/bci2010/