PhD student scholarship, computational biology – job offer

IDEAS NCBR Sp. z o.o. is a research and development centre operating in the field of artificial intelligence and digital economy, whose mission is to support the development of these technologies in Poland by creating a platform that connects the academic and business environments.

IDEAS NCBR Sp. z o.o. is a part of the National Center for Research and Development (NCBR Group). Our goal is to build in Poland the largest, friendly to conduct innovative research platform, to educate a new generation of scientists focused on development of algorithms and their subsequent practical application,  commercialization in the industry, finance, medicine and other branches of the economy. 

COMPETITION FOR THE Scholarship grantee/Student/PhD student POSITION

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to pursue a Ph.D. in computer science in the context of computational systems biology. The position is linked to EdgeCR, a multidisciplinary research project to be carried out at IDEAS NCBR in collaboration with the Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) at the University of Luxembourg. The project is related to developing novel scalable computational methods for the identification of effective control targets and strategies for cellular reprogramming and transdifferentiation. The obtained results will be validated with wet-lab experimentations conducted by our collaborators at the University of Luxembourg. Realisation of the project will involve working with biological data, constructing and analysing computational models of gene regulatory networks, and developing scalable algorithms based on deep learning.

The selected person will work as a Scholarship PhD student* in the research team of Andrzej Mizera, PhD within the OPUS-26 LAP grant (project number: 2023/51/I/ST6/02864).

Research team: Medical Pathology Diagnostics

Principal Investigator: Andrzej Mizera

More about the project

THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• Is a student of the last year of a PhD programme and holds a master’s degree in computer science, mathematics, physics, computational systems biology, bioinformatics, or related field.
• Good programming skills, e.g., in Python programming language
• Knowledge of basic concepts of statistics, machine learning, and deep learning
• Basic biological knowledge related to gene regulatory networks or signalling pathways is an advantage
• Previous participation in a research project or being a co-author of a scientific publication(s) is an advantages
• Openness to interdisciplinary research, in particular interest in conducting research in the context of biology
• Commitment and capacity to critical thinking
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Self-motivation, strong commitment, and collaborative attitude
• Good ability to manage tasks effectively to meet project requirements

WE OFFER:

• Scholarship salary on a fixed-term (3 months with an extension to 12 months) contract; starting date: February 1, 2025 (flexible)
• remuneration: PLN 5,000 gross
• travel budget
• tools necessary for work: mobile phone, laptop etc.

PLEASE ATTACH THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS WHEN APPLYING:

• CV with the list of publications and projects,
• References – further we will ask also to send us the contact details (name, email address) to persons who would be keen to provide a references.
• The following statement should be included to the application: “I agree to the processing of my personal data for the purposes of organizing and conducting the competition and providing information about the results of the competition. I acknowledge that the administrator of the personal data is the IDEAS NCBR Sp. z o.o. ul. Chmielna 69, 00-801 Warszawa. I am aware that providing the data is voluntary, but necessary for the purposes for which they were collected (in accordance with the Act of 10 May 2018 on the protection of personal data, Journal of Laws of 2018. item 1000)”. Legal basis: Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) and the Personal Data Protection Act of 10 May 2018 (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 1000).
• Evaluation of applications of candidates will be carried out by the Competition Committee in accordance with the Regulations for the allocation of funds for the implementation of tasks financed by the National Science Centre in the field of research projects, post-doctoral traineeships and PhD scholarships. The committee reserves the right not to grant the scholarship and to renew the competition if the candidates fail to meet the requirements set out in the competition or other important circumstances appear which influence the planned project implementation.
• The Commission will evaluate the applications on a point scale. The employment contract will be offered to the person with the highest number of points.
• In case of resignation of a candidate with the highest score, the Commission reserves the right to select the next candidate from the ranking list.
• The Commission will contact only selected candidates.

APPLICATION

Applications and any further questions should be sent to jobs@ideas-ncbr.pl. The application deadline is January 29, 2025.