The program covers the bases of molecular and cellular mechanisms driving oncogenesis, the complex cellular and molecular-interacting networks with the tumor microenvironment dictating cancer development and metastatic dissemination, the clinical aspects of cancer pathology, and therapeutic possibilities. The development of critical analysis and creative skills that must be applied in the conception of research proposals, accessing and processing experimental data, and literature searches are also important components of the program.

A detailed training offer of the Master&rsquo's degree is available on its dedicated webpage, and includes a 2-month internship in the first year and a 5-month internship in the second year.

The international PhD-training includes:

• Monthly seminar series in oncology
• Participating in various research projects within the Oncosphere labs and their partners worldwide
• 100hrs of additional courses, balanced between disciplinary (cancer biology) and complementary training (including ethics and entrepreneurship)
• Access to high-quality research facilities
• Conferences, seminars, and workshops on cancer organized by the Biological and Medical Sciences Department, the Oncosphere research network, and/or the SIRIC BRIO lab
• Participating in the Great South-West Canceropole annual congress
• Participating in the Scientific Doctoral-School Day
• Organizing and participating in the Graduate-Program Cancer-Biology Scientific Day (for graduate students and junior researchers), within the frame of the Oncosphere yearly symposium

Strengths

• Close connections to the Oncosphere network of research laboratories, dealing with all current issues in oncology (CNRS, Inserm, and various University of Bordeaux and international labs)
• State-of-the-art technologies for cancer modeling, diagnosis, and treatments
• A strong, interdisciplinary, research dynamic and learning environment, providing students with the possibility to interact with not only biologists, clinicians and other health professionals,, but also physicists, mathematicians, chemists, computer scientists, and philosophers of science working in the field of cancer