POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER (REF.: PDR_ME_83)

The Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC) is a non-profit research institute based in Barcelona dedicated to advancing the understanding of leukemia and related disorders, in collaboration with the University of Barcelona and the Autonomous University of Barcelona. The IJC has laboratories in 5 clinical campuses: i) Hospital Clínic, ii) Hospital de Sant Pau and iii) Hospital Germans Trias Pujol iv) Hospital del Mar and v) Hospital Josep Trueta Girona. IJC serves as a collaborative center for basic researchers and physicians to work together on fundamental clinical and biological aspects of leukemia. The IJC offers an excellent work environment based on a multidisciplinary fusion of state-of-the-art ideas and facilities.

We are looking for an experienced researcher in the field of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology to join Dr. Esteller’s Cancer Epigenetics Group. The scientist will be responsible of developing the project “Using single cell approaches to decipher the epigenomics of cancer and epidrugs”, part of the I+D+i project PID2021-125282OB-I00, founded by the MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033/ and “FEDER Una manera de hacer Europa”.

Dr. Manel Esteller is the Director of the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute and the principal investigator of the Cancer Epigenetics Group, which is involved in the analysis of the type and mechanisms of epigenetic alterations in cancer cells, including aberrant changes in DNA methylation and histone modifications in cancer, study of the epigenetics machinery and associated mutations, and finally, testing of epigenetic drugs.