BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE The mission of the PhD program is to promote interdisciplinary training and education in the fields of neuroscience, immunology, oncology, pharmacology and microbiology, with the aim of producing new knowledge on molecular and cellular physiopathology of human diseases and of potentiating the transfer of new knowledge to medical sciences especially in the fields of diagnosis and therapy; MOLECULAR GENETICS, BIOTECHNOLOGIES AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE The PhD program is designed to prepare students for careers in basic, medical and industrial research in academia, in research institutes, in private/public services and companies in the expanding areas of biotechnology for the health and the environment, genomics, medical genetics, nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics, forensic biology and genetics; PRECISION MEDICINE The PhD Program aims to provide interdisciplinary theoretical/practical training in the biomedical sciences. It aims to create professionals with methodological tools and knowledge of the advanced strategies necessary for the implementation of models of patient-centered diagnosis and care. In particular, the aim of the PhD Program is to train PhD students in the following fields: bioinformatics and biomedical informatics; "omic" sciences (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics and interactomics); identification of biomarkers and personalized drugs; identification of new mechanisms of disease; development of innovative models of disease; development of advanced diagnostic technologies.
Desidered skills: Candidates must be strongly motivated, hold a five-year degree issued by an Italian University or an equivalent non-Italian degree. For details of most appropriate degrees for this PhD program read through ANNEX A to the Call for admission.