PhD in Molecular Medicine / Computational Biology In Italy

PhD in Molecular Medicine / Computational Biology

• DURATION: 4 years
• AWARDING BODIES: University of Milan
• LOCATION: Campus IFOM-IEO Milan
• COORDINATOR OF THE PROGRAM: Pier Giuseppe Pelicci
• SCIENTIFIC COORDINATORS: F. Ciccarelli, A. Ciliberto
• DESCRIPTION:
  This course is intended to students having a specific interest for quantitative aspects of biology, such as genomics, systems biology, and modeling of molecular networks.
• RESEARCH TOPICS:
  Systems Biology, Analysis of Next-Gen Sequencing Data, Network Biology, Evolutionary Genomics, Bioinformatics, Cancer Genomics
• SUPERVISION: 
  Each PhD student will be tutored by three advisors:
  The Supervisor is the scientific head of the host laboratory, who will guide the work of the student during his/her PhD period.
  The Co-supervisor will contribute in tutoring the student with particular emphasis to the technical and quantitative aspects of the project.
  The External Co-supervisor is a foreign expert, who will provide advice at critical stages of the project and meet the student at least once during his/her PhD period.
• TRAINING OFFERED:
  Courses: Courses cover the first three years and address basic and advanced topics in cancer biology from a computational perspective.
  Seminars: Students are exposed to a wide selection of seminars from international speakers.
• FELLOWSHIP:
  Tuition and salaries for students are fully covered for the entire PhD period. Refer to "financial matters" for more info.
• WORKING LANGUAGE: English
• HOW TO APPLY:
  Applications are accepted exclusively online once a year in the period July-September. Go to application process.
• STARTING DATE:: November 1^st of each year