Machine learning and Complex Kinship Relationships: From simulated genotypes to real cases

Position: Research appointment (pre-doc) Institute: Uni. Florence
Posted on: 21/01/2026 Deadline: 11/02/2026

Scientific-Disciplinary Group

05/BIOS-03 - Zoology And Anthropology

Description

The project aims to validate on real samples an innovative genetic panel (4,849 SNPs) developed to infer distant kinship, integrating DNA analysis and machine learning. After testing on simulated genotypes, it will be applied to saliva swabs with known relationships to enable forensic identification of missing persons and unidentified remains

Compensation

27,754 Euro

Job posting website

http://www.unifi.it

Number of positions

1

Maximum duration

12.0

Funding body

Università degli studi di Firenze - Dipartimento di biologia

How to apply

selezioni@bio.unifi.it