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Two Master's degree student scholarships in the project "Integrative analysis of single-cell genomics data" funded by the National Science Centre, Poland (2020/39/D/NZ2/03461). Successful candidates will work on the development of computational methods for analysis of experimental data from single-cell sequencing.

Project description

The objective of the project is to better understand the process of regulation of gene expression by integrating genomics data from experimental methods at the single-cell level (single-cell sequencing) and at the population level (bulk sequencing). The tasks include development of computational methods for the following problems:

using single-cell sequencing data to determine in which cell types interactions between enhancers and promoters occur,
identification of transcription factors responsible for transcription activation or repression in particular cell types.

More information: https://projekty.ncn.gov.pl/index.php?projekt_id=498486

Requirements

The successful candidate is expected to:

be a Master's student in bioinformatics, computer science, mathematics or a related field,
show interest in solving biological problems using computational methods,
be proficient in programming in R or Python,
have good knowledge of English.

Additionally, knowledge of topics related to the subject of the project, in particular the analysis of DNA and RNA sequencing data, will be appreciated.

Conditions

scholarship 1,500 PLN per month from November 2024, for a period of 9 months or shorter (to be determined),
possibility of preparing a Master's thesis covering the obtained results,
possibility of presenting the obtained results at scientific conferences.

Entries for the competition

Applications containing CV, transcript of grades and a short cover letter should be sent to aleksander.jankowski@uw.edu.pl by October 22, 2024. Any additional information can be obtained from the project principal investigator, Aleksander Jankowski (aleksander.jankowski@uw.edu.pl).