The Department of Medicine and Life Sciences (MELIS) of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) aims to fill a Junior Group Leader position in the field of Computational Biology. We are looking for candidates in the early stage of their career with a strong background in computational biology, statistics and/or machine learning/AI techniques, and an excellent track record of computational research in the life sciences, focused on developing and/or applying methodologies for the analysis of multimodal biological data, such as genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, or imaging, at the single-cell and/or spatially resolved levels.

The Department of Medicine and Life Sciences at UPF

MELIS (https://www.upf.edu/web/biomed) is an internationally renowned biomedical research center in Barcelona, Spain. It is located at the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB, https://www.prbb.org) with other research institutes, including the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG), the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (HMRI), the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL Barcelona),



and the Barcelona Institute for General Health (ISGlobal). With a staff of more than 300 scientists, MELIS combines the creation and transfer of knowledge through the seamless integration of research and teaching, well in line with the vision and values of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (https://www.upf.edu), which holds top-level positions in national and international rankings for teaching quality and scientific productivity (first Spanish university in the Times Higher Education and U-Multirank rankings, 2023). The trajectory of MELIS in research excellence and innovation in education has been twice recognized with the “María de Maeztu” Unit of Excellence award by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation.

Research at MELIS

Understanding complex biological systems, particularly in human biology and disease, requires interdisciplinary approaches integrating experimental, computatio

📌 2025 Tenure-Track Group Leader Position in Computational Biology (Barcelona)
🏢 Pompeu Fabra University
📍 Barcelona