PhD student (Doctoral Researcher) in Knowledge Alignment for RNA Language Models (SATURNA) F/M

Must have:

• A recent MSc in a relevant field such as computer science, computational biology or a related quantitative discipline.
• Good communication skills, enthusiasm and scientific curiosity.
• Strong programming skills in Python.
• Experience with analysing biological data.
• High level of motivation for academic research work.
• Good organisation skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English

Nice to have:

• Experience fine-tuning large AI models for domain-specific tasks.
• Contributions to open-source projects or publicly available research code would be an asset.
• Familiarity with RNA biology would be an asset.

Reviewing of applications will begin on: July 24, 2026