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About the position
Francesco Ferrari’s Laboratory at IFOM ETS, the AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology in Milan, invites applications for postdoctoral researchers with expertise in computational biology to join our computational genomics group.




This postdoctoral position offers the opportunity to join an exciting and cutting-edge research program aimed at uncovering how pro-metastatic signals reshape chromatin architecture in colorectal cancer . The project is built around the hypothesis that phenotypic plasticity , such as epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, and biophysical cues from the tumor microenvironment , including extracellular matrix remodeling and mechanical stress, converge on heterochromatin perturbation as a shared downstream mechanism. By studying how heterochromatin compartmentalization and nuclear lamina association influence epigenetic homeostasis, we aim to reveal the molecular programs that enable cancer cells to acquire metastatic potential. The work combines innovative experimental systems, including engineered cell models, mechanobiology platforms, patient-derived organoids, and retrospective tissue cohorts, with multi-omics profiling ( transcriptomics , epigenomics , chromatin 3D architecture , proteomics , and single-cell data) and

📌 Postdoctoral position in Computational Biology | Ferrari's Lab (Italia)
🏢 IFOM
📍 Italia