Twelve (12) PhD Positions in Drug Discovery & Development, Marie Skłodowska-Curie ITN-European Joint Doctorate – MOGLYNET, Italy (2015-2016)

Marie Skłodowska-Curie ITN-European Joint Doctorate MOGLYNET-programme in “Drug Discovery and Development” stems from six Doctoral Courses/Schools at five beneficiary institutions, providing research and training in the field of drug discovery and health. An active contribution of Industry in training activities is a relevant feature of the programme (www.moglynet.com).

Partner Universities and Doctorate Courses/Schools: University of Milan (Pharmaceutical Sciences; Experimental and Clinical Pharmacological Sciences), Italy – Coordinating University; University of Aberdeen (Graduate School in Life Sciences and Medicine) UK; University of Antwerp: (Antwerp Doctoral School), Belgium; University of Barcelona (University of Barcelona Doctoral School), Spain; University of Leiden (Graduate School of Leiden University Medical Center), The Netherlands.

Industrial partners for secondments activities: Bayer HealthCare Manufacturing, Italy; Biomax Informatics AG, Germany; HistoGeneX N.V., Belgium; KemoTech Srl, Italy; Linkcare Health Services, Spain; Pharmintraco Sagl, Switzerland; PPD Italy srl, Italy Associations: EIPG (European Industrial Pharmacists Group); EAS (European Atherosclerosis Society); EDQM (European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines).

Modulation of glycolytic flux as a new approach for treatment of atherosclerosis and plaque stabilization will be the research topic of the programme through a multidisciplinary study.

12 ESR PhD positions are offered by the Consortium related to different and multidisciplinary projects strongly interconnected involving different state-of-the-art technologies and methodologies: 
 Computational chemistry
 , Chemical synthesis, 
 Bioanalytics and biophysics, 
 In vitro biological evaluation, 
 In vivo studies on pre-clinical models, 
 Imaging, 
 Metabolomics, 
 Proteomics, 
 Oxidative stress.

Each ESR will attend the following training activities: 
 Training on advanced courses and soft and transferable skills provided by home University’s doctorate course/school; 
 Training on PharmaSkills; 
 Network-wide multidisciplinary training activities at the general Network Meetings/Summer Schools; 
 Six-month secondment at one of the Partner Universities jointly awarding the doctoral degree to improve research methods complementary to those at home institution; 
 Three/four-month secondment at one of the industrial partners where ESRs are expected to acquire Pharma Skills competences.

Further details:
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