Bioinformatician - Lab of Immunobiology of Neurological Disorders

IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan, Italy, is looking for a pre or postdoctoral bioinformatician to join the lab of Immunobiology of Neurological Disorders, and unravel biological processes associated with multiple sclerosis, an inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system.

Main activities :
The projects of interest for this application involve research in translational bioinformatics in complex human neurological disorders. Analysis of RNA-seq datasets will provide fundamentals for the identification of pathological processes (see Grassivaro et al. J. Neurosci. 40, 2020;
Severa et al. J. Autoimmunity 101 : 1, 2019;
Srinivasan et al. Neurology :
Neuroimmunol. Neuroinflamm. 4 (3) : e337, 2017) and machine learning-based biomarker selection for disease diagnosis and prognosis (see Acquaviva et al. Cell Report Medicine 1, 2020).

Who we are looking for :
You have a PhD in Computational Science, Bioinformatics or equivalent, and expertise in analysis and modeling of human RNA-seq data, statistics, data mining and machine learning. Advanced knowledge of R and excellent communication skills in English (written and oral) are a must. Flexibility and willingness to work across multiple projects and technologies in a rapidly evolving scientific context is required.

Work details :
Type of contract :
Collaboration;
Salary will depend on qualification and experience;
Starting date : immediate;

Place of work :
Ospedale San Raffaele, via Olgettina 60, Milano, Italy

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