Two PhD positions in Functional and Structural Genomics at SISSA in the newly established Computational Genomics Lab.
Principal Investigator: Prof. Remo Sanges
The newly established Computational Laboratory, in the Neuroscience department at SISSA, is seeking two candidates interested in studying the evolution of genome architecture, complexity of the nervous system and the activity of transposable elements. We are looking for someone who understands basic biological and evolutionary problems and is able to independently accomplish bioinformatics tasks.
REQUIREMENTS
Candidates are expected to have knowledge of biology, functional genomics and programming in a UNIX/Linux environment. Previous experience with comparative genomics and genomics databases is a desirable asset. The selected students will become familiar with at least a scripting language (e.g. Python, Perl), a database system (e.g. MySQL) and a statistical programming environment (e.g. R) in order to build bioinformatics pipelines to answer scientific questions. Wet lab work might be required during the PhD.
HOW TO APPLY
Candidates should first register at the following address
After registration, they can login and apply at the following address
Interested candidates must apply to the “Functional and Structural Genomics” PhD.
The closing date for applications is 19 August 2018.
Candidates passing the evaluation of the submitted documents will undergo written and eventually oral examination in person at SISSA on the 13 and 14 September 2018. Travel expenses will not be reimbursed.
The PhD program will start in November 2018.
For any information please send an email to remo.sanges@gmail.com
LOCALE
SISSA, the International School for Advanced Studies is a scientific center of excellence located in Italy, in the city of Trieste. It features 71 professors, 115 post-docs, 280 PhD students and 100 technical administrative staff. The three main research areas of SISSA are Physics, Neuroscience and Mathematics. SISSA runs twelve PhD courses covering the three main research areas and a Master course in High Performance Computing.
At SISSA we run one among the biggest high performance computing cluster in Italy composed of more than 300 nodes for a total of 7040 cores.
