Postdoctoral Position in Bioinformatics (M/F)
Institut Curie is a major player in the research and fight against cancer. It consists of a Hospital group and a Research Center of more than 1000 employees with a strong international representativeness.
The objective of the Research Center is to develop basic research and to use the knowledge produced to improve the diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutics of cancers as part of the continuum between basic research and innovation serving the patient.
Laboratory
The Stress & Cancer team (https://curie.fr/equipe/mechta-grigoriou) headed by Dr. Mechta-Grigoriou is an internationally recognized laboratory investigating the impact of tumor heterogeneity in immunosuppression, metastatic spread and resistance to treatment. In particular, the lab has identified different cancer-associated fibroblast (CAF) populations in several cancer types, such as breast, ovarian and lung cancer and revealed that some specific CAF populations are involved in immunosuppression and resistance to immunotherapies. The lab recently generated an integrative high-resolution map of breast cancer by combining analysis of single-cell data, spatial transcriptomics and functional assays and uncovered spatial organization, plasticity and interactions of CAF populations with neighboring cells, including cancer and immune cells.
The project
In this context, and in collaboration with the Data Science Department of Janssen (a pharmaceutical company of Johnson & Johnson), the lab of Dr. Fatima Mechta-Grigoriou is seeking a talented postdoctoral scientist with strong background in computational biology to analyze cell composition in ovarian cancer using data generated in this collaboration, and develop new methods where required to support this effort.
The project will be stratified in 3 main axes:
- Development of a single-cell atlas representative of the different cell types and states that compose ovarian cancer microenvironment.
- Deconvolution and analysis of bulk RNAseq data generated in the context of the project using the single-cell atlas developed in the first axis and perform compositional analysis of the patient samples with respect to available clinical parameters.
- Characterization of the tissue organization in ovarian tumors from multi-scale data integration (single-cell RNAseq, bulk RNAseq, immunohistochemistry, clinical data)
Candidate Profile
We are looking for a motivated and productive post-doctoral fellow.
Ideal candidate will have:
Training and Skills required
- A PhD in bioinformatics, applied mathematics or similar.
- Strong experience in handling high-dimensional -omics data and a keen interest to analyze complex heterogeneous biological data.
- Good programming skills (R, Python) and experience with good coding practices
- Experience in machine /deep learning methods will be an additive value.
- Background in biology of cancer, immunology will be an additive value.
Abiliites
- Ability to be a team player, organized and curious, and able to drive the dynamics of the project.
- Great communication and writing skills.
All our opportunities are open to people with disabilities
Contract information
- Type of contract: Fixed-term contract.
- Starting date: As soon as possible
- Duration: 24 months / 2 years
- Working time: full time- number of days
- Remuneration: according to the current grids
- Benefits: Collective catering, reimbursement of transportation fees up to 70%, supplementary health insurance
- Location of the position: Paris
- Reference: 2023-11-U830-POSTDOC01
Contact
Please send your CV, cover letter and reference letters to Drs Mechta-Grigoriou (fatima.mechta-grigoriou@curie.fr), Yann Kieffer (yann.kieffer@curie.fr) and Dr. Yann Abraham (ayann@its.jnj.com).
Publication date: November 17th, 2023
Deadline for application: December 31st, 2023
Institut Curie is an inclusive, equal opportunity employer
and is dedicated to the highest standards of research integrity.