PhD position in Development of statistical methods and computational tools for the integration of multi-omic data

The Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo (IAC-CNR) seeks applicants for a 3 year PhD position for the project Development of statistical methods and computational tools for the integration of  multi-omic data. The position is funded by the HORIZON 2020/Marie Sklodowska Curie Action INCIPIT.

This is the second call for candidates  (Second Round Calls) and we are seeking for candidates.

The student will develop novel statistical methods for the integration of multi-omic data such as those obtained using NGS techniques. Particular focus will be given to the integration of RNA-seq, ChIP-Seq and BS-seq data. The development of novel computational tools as open-source software constitutes part of the project. The project will be carried out under the supervision of Dr. Claudia Angelini at the Laboratory of Statistics and Computational Tools for Bioinformatics.

The application deadline is 31 August 2017.

Detailed project description: http://www.igb.cnr.it/incipit

Call Information: http://www.igb.cnr.it/incipit/files/2017/bandi/Angelini_call2.pdf

Application form: http://www.igb.cnr.it/incipit/call-for-applicants/public-forms/online-application/view