Bioinformatician Bienko Group

**APPLICATION CLOSING DATE: February 18th, 2024**

**Human Technopole (HT) **is an interdisciplinary life science research institute, created and supported by the Italian Government, with the aim of developing innovative strategies to improve human health. HT is composed of five Centers: Neurogenomics, Computational Biology, Structural Biology, Genomics, and Health Data Science. The Centers work together to enable interdisciplinary research and to create an open, collaborative environment that will help promote life science research both nationally and internationally.

**About the lab**:
**See previous work on the research topics of this call**:
Here’s a list of sequencing methods that we have developed over the years:
**Key tasks and responsibilities**:
NGS assays routinely deployed in the Bienko Lab include: (i) whole-genome sequencing (WGS, both short

Specific tasks include:

- Use rigorous statistical methods to study the relationship between linear genome sequence, 3D genome structure, epigenome, and transcriptome.
- Propose and implement innovative ways of analysing and/or visualizing the available rich datasets.
- Curate the deposition of the datasets in public repositories, such as ENA or SRA.
- Work closely with the experimentalists in the group who generate the data analysed, advising on experimental design, providing feedback on data quality, and offering internal workshops to explain the analytical tools used and the obtained results.

**Essential requirements**:

- Fluency in at least one of the following programming languages: Phyton; R; Bash; MATLAB.
- Problem-solving and forward-looking personality.
- Strong collaborative attitude.
- Willingness to work alongside experimentalists who do not necessarily have a strong background in bioinformatics and statistics, providing an explanation of the computational methods used and analytical results obtained that can be understood by them.
- Fluency in oral and written English.

**Preferential requirements**:
**Application Instructions**

To apply, please send the following:

- An updated CV.
- A 1-page motivation letter in English relating your track record to the specifics of the call.
- Names and contacts of 2 referees.

**Why Human Technopole**:
HT seeks scientific excellence, we recruit the best scientific talents through international, open calls.

Our working environment is international, friendly, and inclusive. Our scientists work together across disciplines on research topics of biomedical relevance, leveraging synergies between their diverse skillsets and methodological approaches.

We believe that highly diverse teams yield the best and most innovative results.

We engage in outward-facing scientific activities aimed at benefiting the national and international research community. Training is also at the heart of our activity, with initiatives and opportunities for our staff, including scientific courses, conferences, and workshops.

**Main benefits**
- Welfare plans.
- Canteen service.
- Work-life balance provisions.
- Italian language training for foreigners.
- Parental leave up to 1 year and other support for new parents.
- Counseling.
- Flexible working hours.
- Remote working policy.
- Support for relocation.
- Researchers coming to Italy for the first time, or returning after residing abroad, benefit from very attractive income tax benefits.

**Number of positions offered: 1**

**Hiring date starts from March 2024 (optional).**

Contract offered: CCNL Chimico Farmaceutico, Fixed-term 4 years - employee level.

The position is based in Milan.