PhD in Molecular and Experimental Medicine (MEM)

Places 6
Duration 3 Years
Language English

Starting from the 41掳 cycle (a.y. 2025-26), the program changed its name to Molecular Experimental and Computational Medicine (MECM)


Programme Overview

Career Opportunities

Places available

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Duration

Beginning of teaching activities

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Didactic Activities

The PhD course in Molecular and Experimental is articulated into three main types of didactic activities:

Research activities

Every student is assigned a research topic under the supervision of a Supervisor; the research activity in the laboratory is a full-time activity

Mandatory frontal activities

Linguistics, Informatics, Research management and funding, Intellectual property are the main topics

Mandatory courses

Course nameYearProfessorCFU
Scientific MethodsIRosella Visintin1,5
Science EthicsII + IIIMattia Andreoletti1
Flow cytometryat least once in three years1,5
Image analysisat least once in three years1,5
Microscopyat least once in three years1,5
Scientific WritingIIMiriam Alcalay1,5
BioinformaticsIISimone Puccio1
Biostatistics 鈥 basicIDaniele Piovani2,5
  • Seminar series (Journal Club on a specific topic between the speaker and the PhD students followed by a public seminar on the same topic)

Elective activities

Seminars and courses, offered by the 麻豆传媒AV在线看 University and 麻豆传媒AV在线看 Research Labs, which the PhD students can freely join according to their research field and interests.

BIP 鈥 Blended Intensive Program


Admission Requirements

MEM Curriculum

MEM-Clinical Curriculum


Fees and Scholarships

Fondazione Domp茅

 funds 4 full scholarships for EU students.

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Academic Board

PhD Coordinator: Professor Matteoli Michela

NAMEPrincipal AffiliationDepartmentEmail
Bonecchi Raffaella麻豆传媒AV在线看 UniversityBiomedical Sciencesraffaella.bonecchi@hunimed.eu
Condorelli Gianluigi麻豆传媒AV在线看 UniversityBiomedical Sciencesgianluigi.condorelli@hunimed.eu
Costanzo Antonio麻豆传媒AV在线看 UniversityBiomedical Sciencesantonio.costanzo@hunimed.eu
Di Mitri Diletta麻豆传媒AV在线看 UniversityBiomedical Sciencesdiletta.di_mitri@hunimed.eu
Di Tommaso Luca麻豆传媒AV在线看 UniversityBiomedical Sciencesluca.di_tommaso@hunimed.eu
Garlanda Cecilia麻豆传媒AV在线看 UniversityBiomedical Sciencescecilia.garlanda@hunimed.eu
Greco Carolina Magdalen麻豆传媒AV在线看 UniversityBiomedical Sciencescarolina.greco@hunimed.eu
Jaillon S茅bastien麻豆传媒AV在线看 UniversityBiomedical Sciencessebastien.jaillon@humanitasresearch.it
Kallikourdis Marinos麻豆传媒AV在线看 UniversityBiomedical Sciencesmarinos.kallikourdis@hunimed.eu
Kon Elizaveta麻豆传媒AV在线看 UniversityBiomedical Scienceselizaveta.kon@humanitas.it
Leonzino MariannaItalian National Council for ResearchPharmacology and Brain Pathology Labmarianna.leonzino@humanitasresearch.it
Lodato Simona麻豆传媒AV在线看 UniversityBiomedical Sciencessimona.lodato@hunimed.eu
IRCCS 麻豆传媒AV在线看Translational Immunology Labenrico.lugli@humanitasresearch.it
Matteoli Michela麻豆传媒AV在线看 UniversityBiomedical Sciencesmichela.matteoli@hunimed.eu
Menna ElisabettaItalian National Council for ResearchPharmacology and Brain Pathology Labelisabetta.menna@humanitasresearch.it
Pozzi Davide麻豆传媒AV在线看 UniversityBiomedical Sciencesdavide.pozzi@hunimed.eu
Rescigno Maria麻豆传媒AV在线看 UniversityBiomedical Sciencesmaria.rescigno@hunimed.eu
Simonelli Matteo麻豆传媒AV在线看 UniversityBiomedical Sciencesmatteo.simonelli@hunimed.eu
Sold脿 Giulia M.E.A.麻豆传媒AV在线看 UniversityBiomedical Sciencesgiulia.solda@hunimed.eu
Spinelli Antonino麻豆传媒AV在线看 UniversityBiomedical Sciencesantonino.spinelli@hunimed.eu
Terracciano Luigi Maria麻豆传媒AV在线看 UniversityBiomedical Sciencesluigi.terracciano@hunimed.eu
Vetrano Stefania麻豆传媒AV在线看 UniversityBiomedical Sciencesstefania.vetrano@hunimed.eu

Research Topics a.y. 2025/2026

Topic IDCurriculumSupervisorLab NameProject Title
MEM2StandardProf. Salvatore Piscuoglio
Prof. Luigi Maria Terracciano
Precision medicine research laboratoryIdentification of Putative Novel Targets for Triple Negative Breast Cancer
MEM3StandardCondorelliMolecular cardiologyInflammatory and Epigenetic Drivers in Heart Failure
StandardMassimiliano MazzoneMacrophage Dynamics LabDecoding PDAC dynamics: harnessing genomic, transcriptomic, and epigenetic insights for precision immunotherapy.
MEM5StandardSergio Marchini
Cecilia Garlanda
Laboratory of Cancer Pharmacology/Translational Genomic UnitUnraveling genomic and epigenomic changes in ovarian cancer precursors lesion
MEM6StandardSergio Marchini
Sebastien Jaillon
Laboratory of Cancer Pharmacology/Translational Genomic UnitMonitoring disease recurrence in patients with pleural mesothelioma: a tumor-agnostic approach
MEM7StandardDomenico Mavilio
Marinos Kallikourdis
Unit of Clinical and Experimental ImmunologyProspective longitudinal study for NeuroCOV characterization
MEM9StandardMaria RescignoLaboratory of Mucosal Immunology and MicrobiotaMicrobiome and transcriptome patterns linked to skin photoaging and melasma
MEM10StandardDiletta Di MitriTumor and Microenvironment UnitDissecting immune cell diversity in cancer to unveil distinct contributions to therapeutic resistance
MEM11StandardEnrico LugliLab of Translational ImmunologyT cell intrinsic regulation of genome integrity in cancer immunology and immunotherapy
MEM12StandardMichela Matteoli
Alessandra Folci
Pharmacology and Brain Pathology LabInvestigating the role of Oligophrenin-1 SUMOylation in X-Linked Intellectual Disability animal model and hIPSC.
MEM13StandardMichela MatteoliLaboratory of Pharmacology and Brain PathologyRole of microglial receptor trem2 in controlling bioenergetic profile of neurons during development and aging
MEM14StandardMichela MatteoliLaboratory of Pharmacology and Brain PathologyRole of Microglial receptor TREM2 in hypothalamic neurovascular unit intercommunication: regulations of energy homeostasis
MEM15StandardCarmelo Carlo-StellaLymphoma Translational Research LabSingle-cell analysis to identify signatures of response to immunotherapy in Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma
MEM17StandardEnrico Lugli
Emilia Mazza
Lab of Translational ImmunologyMolecular mechanisms of resistance to immune checkpoint blockade
MEM18StandardStefania VetranoLaboratory of Gastrointestinal ImmunopathologyApplications of Low intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) in medicine for therapeutic purposes