Info 2024/2025 Degree type DOTTORATO DI RICERCA Duration 3 years Access Admission test Language English Head of programme ERNESTO FEDELE Department DIPARTIMENTO DI MEDICINA SPERIMENTALE Previous years Info
Admission Admission to the Doctoral Program is subject to passing a competition that is usually announced in the spring and published at the related page. The Notice of Admission contains the list of courses, places and grants available as well as the dates, place, type and content of the tests. Applicants who pass the selection process are placed on a constantly updated merit list that shows the allocation of places. Competitors who are found to be admitted to the doctoral courses must submit or have their applications received by the Higher Education Service of UniGe according to the pre-established deadlines published in the announcement. The PhD program is governed by the rules found at the dedicated page.
The course in brief Presentation Thanks to the solid scientific collaborations between the members of the Teaching Board, this doctoral programme aims to continue the highly positive experience of an integrated, multi-, inter- and trans-disciplinary training in the field of Life and Health Sciences, which has led and will lead to the formation of professional figures with a common scientific-methodological basis and skills typical of the scientific fields represented by the curricula. This aim is achieved by teaching PhD students to independently manage specific research topics, accustoming them to critical rethinking, to the solution of scientific problems and to the interpretation and correct communication of their results. The PhD Programme in Experimental Medicine proposes 3 curricula: Biochemistry Pharmacology and Toxicology Molecular and Cellular Pathology of Aging-Related Diseases Training Objectives. The training programme includes targeted teaching activities and participation in research activities at national and international level by which PhD students acquire specific theoretical-technical skills to professionally address, develop and resolve various preclinical and clinical research issues in the fields of Biochemistry, Neuropharmacology, Neurotoxicology, Clinical Pharmacology and Pathology of Aging. The international collaborations, the presence of foreign professors in the Teaching Board and Erasmus projects of the course guarantee PhD students the opportunity to attend other qualified laboratories to improve their training and explore job opportunities at an international level. Collaborations with private companies aim to expand knowledge of eminent workplaces to facilitate access to the world of work. The main goal of the Course is, therefore, represented by the training of highly qualified researchers able to increase knowledge on the pathogenetic mechanisms of various diseases and identify molecular targets for effective therapies with new synthetic or natural drugs. Professional outlets The main employment opportunity for our PhDs is represented by the field of basic/applied research in public and private, academic and non-academic, national and international laboratories. In fact, 70 percent of our PhDs have found employment in these areas. Other less frequent job opportunities involve biomedical industrial applications, drug development in pharmaceutical firms, and clinical trial development and monitoring (CRO). Coordinator Image It's my true pleasure to welcome you to the PhD Programme in Experimental Medicine.Choosing to enroll in a doctoral course is certainly not a lifestyle choice, but it is certainly an important step. It means committing a significant period of your life to seeking new challenges to access new knowledge and open up to new horizons. It is our duty to provide the method, theoretical preparation, and technical knowledge to allow you to achieve your goals. The activities put in place in our training programme and described on this site have been implemented for this purpose. However, in order to never disappoint the expectations of young people, especially those like you who intend to commit to achieving an important goal, I believe it is even more important to create a fascinating process that can stimulate your creativity, to allow you to live the experience you imagined when you decided to take this path, to allow you to give your contribution to the development of knowledge. This is also and above all what we, the teachers of the course, work for.Enjoy it all. Ernesto Fedele International Collaborations Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California (USA). Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE) Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College of London (UK). Department of Neuroscience, The University of Sheffield (UK). Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University (USA). Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutemberg University (DE). School of Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences, King’s College London (UK). International Associated Laboratory (LIA), Prenatal Stress and Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Lille (FR). Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen (DK) School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Maastricht University (NL). Laboratory of Memory Disorders & Vascular Biology – Litwin-Zucker Center for Alzheimer’s Disease & Memory Disorders-The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research | Northwell Health (USA). Educational offerings Educational activities Read the teaching activities table. Educational activities Read the training activities table. Dedicated site To get more information, visit the site dedicated to this doctorate.
