EMBL-Rome, EMBL-EBI and the Italian Institute of Technology are jointly offering a postdoctoral programme that builds on the collaborative relationship of the institutes and furthers the understanding of molecular biology and disease and bioinformatics.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Successful REBIT-POD postdocs will be awarded a 3-year fellowship to work on a joint project between a group at IIT and a group either at EMBL-Rome or EMBL-EBI.
- Projects may be selected from pre-defined areas or proposed by the applicant.
- The postdoctoral fellowships will be awarded in 2019, to start as soon as possible.
- Fellowships typically begin before the end of the year, but the start date may be delayed with the agreement of the group leaders.
- All REBIT-POD fellowships must be undertaken within 12 months of the fellowship being awarded.
- The initial contract is for a period of 3 years with the possibility of a fixed-term extension.
The Pre-defined projects:
Project 1: Cross-sensory modulation in the mouse visual thalamus (Rompani & Fellin)
Project 2: Perinatal microglia-neuron crosstalk in circuit development (Gross & Papaleo)
Project 3: Functional connectivity inference for feedforward and feedback signal integration in the mouse superior colliculus (Asari & Panzeri)
Project 4: Determining the genetic mechanisms of cognitive responses to antipsychotic drugs (Zerbino & Papaleo)
Project 5: CD44-hyaluronic acid binding and signaling dynamics; understanding a key mechanism in homeostasis, cancer and targeted drug delivery (Petsalaki, Tirelli, Grimaldi & Vicidomini)
Project 6: A computational framework to assess the transcriptional effects of lncRNA perturbations on breast cancer cells (Brazma, Papatheodorou & Nicassio)
Project 7: Integrating single-cell transcriptional and epigenetic data to analyse plasticity in cancer (Marioni & Nicassio)
Project 8: Detection and quantification of RNA modifications from nanopore direct RNA sequencing data (Birney, Nicassio & Leonardi)
Project 9: Leveraging human genetics to understand brain connectivity (Zerbino, Gozzi & Gross)
Application:
Apply via online system and applications must consist of the following:
- A cover letter specifying the project you are applying for;
- Your curriculum vitae;
- Two recent letters of reference.
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| Organization | European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) |
| Country | Italy |
| Fellowship Level | Postdoctoral |
| Subject areas | Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics |
| Fellowship amount | Varies |
| Eligibility | Open to all nationalities |
| Deadline | 31 July 2019 |
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