The Computational Genomics Research (CGR) Lab is recruiting two PostDoc Fellows in the field of computational genomics.

Location:

• Data Science and AI division of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE). University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg. Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab, Sweden.

Research project:

• Only 2% of human genome sequence codes for proteins, while most of it consists of noncoding sequences, including regulatory factor binding regions, transposable elements, pseudogenes, conserved elements, and regulatory RNAs (MicroRNAs, lincRNAs). They have important roles in gene expression, cellular function, and development. Pangenomes are collections of genome sequences from one or several species, represented as a set of raw sequences, graphs or sequence alignments. In this project, we will conduct a comparative study of noncoding genomic regions. A PostDoc Fellow will focus on developing efficient indexing methods (suffix trees, minimizers, …) for the analysis of large-scale DNA sequence data. The second PostDoc Fellow will develop leverage DNA Language model and deep learning methods to address the challenges of characterizing noncoding regions.

References

• When less is more: sketching with minimizers in genomics. Genome biology.
• EvANI benchmarking workflow for evolutionary distance estimation. Briefings in Bioinformatics.
• Orthology inference at scale with FastOMA. Nature Methods.

There is also flexibility to define research projects based on the candidate’s profile (See our Research and Publications.)

Candidate qualifications:

• A PhD degree
• At least one high-quality first-author publication
• Proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Strong programming skills, including Bash scripting, Python or C++.
• Experience in analyzing biological data, such as DNA sequences is plus.

How to apply:

Interested candidates are invited to apply here by September 10, 2026. Please email us if you have any questions or inquiries: sina.majidian[at]gmail.com.