PhD in Structural and Functional Genomics
DURATION
3 up to 4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Introduction
Our Mission
The Ph.D. Course in Structural and Functional Genomics main mission is the training of enthusiastic young scientists focusing their interests in a broad spectrum of biological research disciplines.
Projects within the Ph.D. Course Program span from genomics, transcriptomics and developmental genetics to structural biology, molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration and developmental neurobiology. Crossing over research such as system biology may have a prominent role within the Ph.D. Course Program. Students are continuously exposed to cutting-edge research through year around classes, seminars, and workshops. The average ratio between supervisor and students is about 1 to 5.
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Curriculum
Main research lines are:
- Functional Genomics of the Brain
- Developmental Genomics
- Systems Biology
- Nanotechnology for Biological Sciences
- Structural Biology of Prion Protein
- Structural Biology of DNA Replication
- Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration: Synthetic Prions
- Molecular Physiology
- Drug Discovery
The most recent placements after Ph.D. at SISSA:
- Northwestern University (Chicago, USA),
- UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco, USA),
- VIB Center for the Biology of Disease (KU Leuven, Belgium),
- Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Madrid, Spain),
- National Institute of Chemistry (Ljubljana, Slovenia)