Overview

Objectives

The Cellular and Developmental Biology course at Sapienza University of Rome aims to develop scientific rigor, a critical attitude, and the ability to communicate their results and acquired knowledge in the doctoral students, both in oral and written form.

Various actions are envisaged for this purpose:

PhD students must illustrate the results achieved both in the form of public seminars and written reports, drawn up in the form of a scientific manuscript suitable for submission to high-level international journals;
internal or external tutors are appointed who critically discuss the results with the students;
the dissemination of results at international congresses and internships is stimulated;
the finalization of the work carried out with scientific publications in quality journals is requested.

Another objective of the course is to train the doctoral student in continuous updating, through the consultation of scientific literature and an intense seminar activity.

Programme Structure

Topics include:

In vitro cultures
Bacterial, yeast, Drosophila, mouse and plant genetics
Chemical genetics
Heterologous expression in bacterial and eukaryotic systems
Cell / organism genetic transformation (including "genome editing")
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
"Omics" studies (transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, interactomics etc.)
Cell fractionation
In vivo microscopy
Immunocytochemistry and electron microscopy
Structural biology

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-06-22 00:00:00

More details

additional admission round: October 13

Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Biology Molecular Sciences View 20 other PhDs in Molecular Sciences in Italy

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

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Other requirements

General requirements

To be admitted to a PhD programme, students must hold a Master's degree programme or a recognised foreign qualification.

Admission procedure:

Oral interview

Required documentation:

letters of introduction (by a teacher)
letter of motivation (by the candidate)
degree thesis (complete)

Tuition Fee

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International

Free

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 0 EUR per year during 36 months.
EU/EEA

Free

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 0 EUR per year during 36 months.

students enrolling in PhD programmes are only required to pay the annual regional fee of €140 and a stamp duty of €16

Living costs for Roma

850 - 1450 EUR /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.