PhD in bioinformatics of cancer (M/F)

Updated: 20 days ago
Location: Saint Martin, MIDI PYRENEES
Job Type: FullTime
Deadline: 26 Jan 2026

6 Jan 2026
Job Information
Organisation/Company

CNRS
Department

Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble
Research Field

Biological sciences
Computer science
Mathematics
Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)
Country

France
Application Deadline

26 Jan 2026 - 23:59 (UTC)
Type of Contract

Temporary
Job Status

Full-time
Hours Per Week

35
Offer Starting Date

1 Mar 2026
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by a EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

The Grenoble Computer Science Laboratory (LIG) is a major research center whose academic partners include Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble INP – UGA, CNRS, and Inria. The LIG brings together nearly 500 researchers, faculty members, PhD students, and research support staff. They come from different institutions and are distributed across the laboratory's three sites: the main campus, Minatec, and Montbonnot. The laboratory's ambition is to build on the complementary expertise and recognized excellence of its 22 research teams to contribute to the development of the fundamental aspects of computer science (models, languages, methods, algorithms) and to foster synergy between the conceptual, technological, and societal challenges associated with this field.

Spatial transcriptomics approaches provide an unprecedented view of how cells are organized within their tissue environment. They allow the identification of cellular niches or “ecotypes” that play a major role in tumor dynamics and interactions with the microenvironment. Despite these advances, several methodological challenges remain: the very definition of a niche or multicellular neighborhood is still unclear, extracting relevant features from gene expression data remains complex, and the available studies for method validation are limited. Moreover, clinical applications of these approaches in oncology are still in their early stages.

This PhD project aims to characterize the cellular niches associated with different tumor cell subtypes in pancreatic adenocarcinoma (in particular the basal and classical phenotypes), using bulk spatial transcriptomics data from the ITMO Cancer ACACIA project and public datasets.


Where to apply
Website
https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Candidat/Offre/UMR5217-MAGRIC-001/Candidater.aspx

Requirements
Research Field
Biological sciences
Education Level
Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field
Computer science
Education Level
Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field
Mathematics
Education Level
Master Degree or equivalent

Languages
FRENCH
Level
Basic

Research Field
Biological sciences
Years of Research Experience
None

Research Field
Computer science
Years of Research Experience
None

Research Field
Mathematics
Years of Research Experience
None

Additional Information
Website for additional job details

https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Doctorant/UMR5217-MAGRIC-001/Default.aspx

Work Location(s)
Number of offers available
1
Company/Institute
Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble
Country
France
City
ST MARTIN D HERES
Geofield


Contact
City

ST MARTIN D HERES

STATUS: EXPIRED

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