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:: January 1^st of each year