APPLICATION CLOSING DATE: June 14th, 2025
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.
Human Technopole is looking for a Postdoc in Machine Learning, at the Centre of Genomics in the research group of Craig Glastonbury . The post holder will be responsible for leading large-scale digital pathology, spatial transcriptomic and genetic analyses spanning multiple diseases.
About the lab:
The Glastonbury Lab is focused on developing and applying Machine Learning to problems in digital pathology and spatial transcriptomics. The group has a particular focus on large-scale biobank imaging and histopathology in a range of diseases (example publications: 1 , 2 & 3 ). The lab welcomes applicants with interests in any of the following areas: Supervised, Semi-supervised and unsupervised representation learning, machine learning method development and in particular, applicants with experience in digital pathology. Applications from underrepresented minorities are particularly encouraged to apply.
Job requirements
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.
Special consideration will be given to candidates who are part of the protected categories list, according to L. 68/99.
The position is based in Milan
Number of positions offered: 1
Contract offered: CCNL Chimico Farmaceutico, Fixed-term 4 years - employee level.
Salary: €45k
The Foundation reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to extend, suspend, modify, revoke, or cancel this job posting without giving rise to any rights or claims whatsoever in favour of the candidates; the Foundation reserves, however, the right not to proceed with the awarding of the above-described assignment due to the effect of supervening regulatory provisions and/or obstructive circumstances.