CareerPlan

Postdoctoral Fellow (f/m/x)

Köln, NORDRHEIN_WESTFALENFull-time2026-10-28 → 2026-11-11

Core

Reconstruct clonal and subclonal architecture of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and track its evolution under targeted therapies using bulk and single-cell sequencing data.

Role type

Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Cancer Evolution

Builds

Computational methods for evolutionary principles integrated with genomic, transcriptomic, and spatial data linked to clinical outcomes

Domain

Oncology / Bioinformatics / Computational Biology

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Clonal deconvolution, phylogenetic inference, mutational signatures analysis, copy-number and structural variant analysis, single-cell DNA/RNA sequencing analysis, Python, R, reproducible workflows (Snakemake, Nextflow), high-performance computing

Preferred skills

Longitudinal or clinical trial data analysis, haematological malignancies expertise

Technologies

Python, R, Snakemake, Nextflow

Responsibilities

Reconstruct tumour phylogenies and quantify intratumour heterogeneity, identify evolutionary trajectories leading to treatment resistance and relapse, develop and apply computational methods, integrate multimodal data with clinical outcomes, lead independent projects, co-supervise PhD and Master students

Seniority

Postdoctoral Fellow, independent researcher with mentorship duties