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Postdoctoral Research Fellows

We are looking for computational postdoctoral candiates interested in gene regulations, cancer genomics, AI for cancer, open source tools and method development for multi-omics analysis and integration. If you’re interested please send your CV with a cover email explaining your interests and fit. Find more details and how to apply here

Research Staff in Bioinformatics and Cancer Genomics

We are seeking a highly motivated bioinformatics research staff at all to support open and reproduciable research in gene regulation, cancer genomics, and multi-omics data analysis and integration at bulk and single-cell resolution. This role is ideal for those interested in advancing their computational biology skills while contributing to collaborative and impactful biomedical research. Find more details and how to apply here.

Graduate Students: MS and PhD

MBZUAI has discipline-specific MS and PhD programs in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Data and Statistics and others. The MS/PhD program in Computational Biology program is coming in 2026. You can find more details and application deadline about the MBZUAI graduate programs here. If you would like to join our lab, you need to have been accepted by a MBZUAI program first.

Prospective PhD students who are at the last year of their masters can apply for the Graduate Research Fellowship Program. This program offers master’s students and pre-doctoral researchers the opportunity to engage in short-term research projects with MBZUAI faculty including the computational biology.

If you are already a Masters or a PhD student in one of the above programs and are interested in joining or rotating in our lab, please contact Aziz to set up a time to discuss your interest and potential fit.

Undergraduate Students

If you are an undergraduate student and would like to spend a summer doing research at MBZUAI, visit the MBZUAI Undergraduate Research Internship Program (UGRIP) website.

Faculty Positions

Faculty positions across our School of Digital Public Health including the Department of Computational Biology are listed on the careers section of the MBZUAI website.