Postdoctoral Researcher in Integrative Evolutionary Cell Biology (ERC Project IntEvoCell)

Job description

Postdoctoral Researcher in Integrative Evolutionary Cell Biology (ERC Project IntEvoCell) University of Helsinki – Helsinki Institute of Life Science (HiLIFE) / Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences. The research group of Assoc. Prof. Claudius Kratochwil at the University of Helsinki ( www.intevobio.fi ) invites applications for two Postdoctoral Researcher positions in integrative evolutionary cell biology . Our ERC-funded project uses pigment cells in tropical cichlid fishes as a powerful model to uncover how complex cellular phenotypes and developmental programs evolve. We integrate single-cell sequencing with high-throughput cell phenotyping and comparative evo-devo across species and developmental stages to link molecular cell states to quantitative phenotypes and evolutionary change. We are building an integrative framework that links (i) high-dimensional single-cell molecular profiles to (ii) quantitative cellular phenotypes and (iii) evolutionary and developmental variation. The project already includes existing datasets and established pipelines , and the successful candidates will contribute both by analyzing and extending these resources and by developing new d...