PostDoc in Computational Biology: Study of the crosstalk between the tumor and immune system in metastatic colorectal cancer — Empa
CHF 57'500 - 87'000
Empa · St. Gallen (SG)
- Location
- St. Gallen
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 60 days ago
SalaryCHF 57'500 - 87'000
Role overview
Materials science and technology are our passion.
With our cutting-edge research, Empa's around 1,100 employees make essential contributions to the well-being of society for a future worth living.
Empa is a research institution of the ETH Domain.
- Materials science and technology are our passion.
- With our cutting-edge research, Empa's around 1,100 employees make essential contributions to the well-being of society for a future worth living.
- The key responsibilities include:
- Working closely with interdisciplinary project partners
- Required
- We are looking for a research-driven and results-oriented team player.
Main responsibilities
- The key responsibilities include:
- Working closely with interdisciplinary project partners
- Integrating newly generated datasets with multi-omics profiles of tumors from previous studies
- Developing new machine learning models through collaboration with the Swiss Data Science Centre
- Establishing data analysis pipelines, writing manuscripts and presenting at scientific conferences
Key requirements
- Required
- We are looking for a research-driven and results-oriented team player.
- Ideal profile includes following competencies and experience:
- Strong programming skills, deep statistical knowledge and a proven track record with machine learning
- Solid knowledge of tumor biology, signaling pathways and the tumor microenvironment Strong publication record
- Fluency in English and excellent communication and writing skills
- Experience in the analysis of single-cell and spatial transcriptomics datasets is desirable Our offer
- This project was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and it allows close collaboration with the team of leading experts in the field as well as access to rich datasets generated on valuable clinical samples.
- The postoctoral fellow will be located in St.
- Gallen at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technologies (Empa) with often visits to collaborators in Zurich.
- The fellow will also be affiliated with the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics.
- We offer outstanding conditions for excelling in the field of computational biology and translational biomedical research.
Application process
- The project is strongly oriented towards clinical applications and identification of new therapeutic avenues.
- We look forward to receiving your complete online application including a letter of motivation, CV, certificates, diplomas and contact details of two reference persons.
- Please submit these exclusively via our job portal.
Contacts
- Applications by e-mail and by post will not be considered.
Additional details
- We work closely with clinical partners and we focus on deep understanding of molecular mechanisms of disease development.
- Solid knowledge of tumor biology, signaling pathways and the tumor microenvironment Strong publication record
- Experience in the analysis of single-cell and spatial transcriptomics datasets is desirable
Notes and original content
- Your tasks
- Your profile
- Solid knowledge of tumor biology, signaling pathways and the tumor microenvironment
- Strong publication record
