| Research activities will concern the definition and design of a virtual biobank of children's tumours providing storage and tools for sharing data among the main european children's hospitals as well as the analysis and integration of such bioinformatics data with particular attention to data coming from different microarray technologies (cross-platform issues). These activities will be carried out in collaboration with the Giannina Gaslini children's hospital in Genoa (Italy) in the framework of a european research project. The main goals of the joint project concern bioinformatics tools to evaluate therapy induced modifications in patients, seek prognostic markers in children's diseases, and test new drugs. Applicants should have a Master's degree, and have a background in biongineering, computer science, physics or related fields. Programming experience in C/C++ and/or R would be beneficial but ability and desire to learn is essential. Experiences in managing bioinformatics data as well as skills in machine learning algorithms are welcome but not mandatory. The candidate should be able to demonstrate independence and curiosity. Applicants are encouraged to contact Dr Marco Fato (marco.fato@unige.it ) prior to their application by providing a short statement of their research interests and a summary of qualifications. A PhD research proposal will need to be prepared as part of the formal application. Deadline for applications will be on August 2011. |
PhD studentship at the Bioengineering Lab of the University of Genoa (Italy)
