Bioinformatic analysis and functional characterization of unannotated human genes

Position: Research appointment (pre-doc) Institute: Uni. Parma
Posted on: 30/04/2026 Deadline: 19/05/2026

Scientific-Disciplinary Group

05/BIOS-07 - Biochemistry

Description

The project aims to identify and characterize the function of poorly annotated human genes (“dark genes”) through comparative genomics and gene coevolution analyses. The approach combines large-scale bioinformatic analyses with biochemical and functional validation of the predictions. The goal is to identify novel components of metabolic pathways or protein complexes relevant to cellular physiology and rare genetic diseases.

Number of positions

1

Funding body

Università di Parma