17 Fully Funded PhD Positions in Italy at Human Technopole

Contexte

Applications are open for 17 fully funded PhD positions at Human Technopole (HT) in Italy, offering talented and motivated graduates the opportunity to pursue advanced research in biology, human health and interdisciplinary science. The positions are part of the HT PhD Programme, which combines doctoral research with structured training and an international scientific environment. The available projects cover a wide range of rapidly developing research areas, including artificial intelligence, computational biology, genomics, structural biology, molecular medicine, imaging and health data science. Candidates from disciplines ranging from life sciences and medicine to computer science, mathematics, engineering and artificial intelligence are encouraged to explore the available projects. Human Technopole is offering the PhD positions as part of a unified research and training experience designed to help early-career scientists progress from doctoral students toward becoming independent researchers. PhD students will conduct their research at Human Technopole while working closely with Group Leaders and becoming part of an international scientific community. The institute provides access to advanced infrastructure, technologies and interdisciplinary expertise, alongside mentoring and guidance designed to support ambitious scientific research. The programme could therefore be particularly attractive to graduates who want to combine specialised doctoral research with exposure to multiple scientific disciplines.

Missions et responsabilités

• Conduct doctoral research at Human Technopole while working closely with Group Leaders and becoming part of an international scientific community.
• Engage in structured training within an international scientific environment combining computational methods and advanced technologies with fundamental questions in biology and human health.
• Participate in 12 PhD research projects in Data Analytics and Decision Sciences (DADS) at Politecnico di Milano, covering topics at the intersection of data science, artificial intelligence, computational biology and medicine, such as: Morphodynamics of Cells with Extreme Shapes; Biological Function of Cell Shape Noise Across Scales; Predicting Antibiotic Resistance Evolution; Active Learning for Cell Tracking; Interpretable Microscopy Image Decomposition; AI Foundation Models for Electronic Health Records Data; Using Large Language Models to Improve Disease Prediction; Computational Genomics; Pangenome-Aware Single-Cell Transcriptomics; Foundation Models and Transfer Learning for Predicting Cancer Vulnerabilities Across Tumour Cell States; Mechanistic Discovery from Multimodal Human Cohorts using AI; AI for Computational Pathology of the Human Pancreas.
• Participate in 5 PhD research projects in Systems Medicine through the SEMM PhD Programme, focusing on advanced biomedical and molecular research, such as: Reconstructing the paediatric AML immune ecosystem to develop next-generation cellular immunotherapies; Molecular mechanism of thyroid hormone regulation; Primary cilia structure, composition, function in health and ciliopathies; Advancing molecular and cellular dissection of cardiometabolic diseases; Genetic and regulatory determinants of altered B cell function in immune diseases.

Profil recherché

• Talented graduates from a broad range of academic backgrounds, including life sciences, medicine, biotechnology, biomedical engineering, mathematics, physics, statistics, engineering, computer science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, computational biology, bioinformatics and related disciplines.
• Prospective applicants who carefully review individual research topics and identify projects that align with their academic background and research interests.

Conditions et avantages

• 17 fully funded PhD positions.
• Access to advanced infrastructure, technologies and interdisciplinary expertise.
• Mentoring and guidance designed to support ambitious scientific research.
• Integration into a unified research and training experience designed to help early-career scientists progress toward becoming independent researchers within an international scientific community.

Dossier de candidature

• CV (Curriculum Vitae)
• Short cover letter explaining background and research interests (for contacting Group Leaders)
• Formal application submitted through the appropriate official online application platform (DADS or SEMM)

Comment postuler

Interested graduates should explore the available PhD projects and identify the research area that best matches their academic and research interests. Applicants are encouraged to contact the relevant Group Leader responsible for their preferred project before submitting an application by sending a CV and a short cover letter explaining their background and research interests to discuss the project, ask questions and determine suitability. Note that contacting a Group Leader does not constitute an application. The official application must then be completed through the appropriate DADS or SEMM official online application platform before the applicable deadline.

Deadlines:

• SEMM PhD Programme: Applications close 7 September 2026.
• DADS PhD Programme: Applications close 18 September 2026.