Open positions
We have an open position for a PhD student at the University of Helsinki.
- We have a 3-year funded PhD candidate position available in precision network medicine for ovarian cancer. The project aims to identify regulatory determinants of ovarian cancer progression through regulatory network modeling and analysis. The selected candidate will apply and extend network modeling approaches developed in the Kuijjer group to model patient- and cell type-specific gene regulatory networks using bulk and single-cell ovarian cancer data. These networks will be analyzed to define patient-specific regulatory heterogeneity in primary ovarian cancer, identify regulatory rewiring that drives metastatic progression, characterize the regulatory mechanisms modulated by therapeutic pressure, and assess how these programs relate to therapy response.
The project will leverage various publicly available datasets as well as data from the in-house Oncosys-OVA study led by our collaborator Prof. Anniina Färkkilä, University of Helsinki. Overall, the project combines methodological development with biological discovery, offering opportunities to contribute both to computational innovation and to mechanistic insights into ovarian cancer progression.
We seek a highly motivated candidate with strong programming skills, training in analysis of large-scale datasets, and experience with analyzing and interpreting genomic data sets. The application deadline for this position is May 31, 2026 (with flexible starting date). More information on how to apply is available here through the University's application portal.