Laboratories 2026/2027 - Cellular and Molecular Biology

Please find below the list of the Supervisors (with a link to their CV) and their PhD Projects proposed for the academic year 2026/2027 for the curriculum in Cellular and Molecular Biology.

The list includes the project based fellowships and below the free projects among which the candidates, who passed the first evaluation phase, must express their preference as indicated in the Call for Applications.

4 PROJECT-BASED FELLOWSHIPS:

Project-based fellowship CMB1: GABELLINI DAVIDE

Unit: Gene Expression Regulation

CMB1: Understanding and targeting the DUX4-r oncogenic pathway

Project-based fellowship CMB2: DAVIDE MAZZA

Unit: Imaging of Gene Regulation

CMB2: Single molecule analysis and targeting of oncosupressive dynamical switches

Project-based fellowship CMB3: DAVIDE MAZZA

Unit: Chromatin Dynamics Unit

CMB3: Control of transcription by p53 dynamics: from cell states to cell fates

Project-based fellowship CMB4MACCHINI MARINA

Unit: Medical Oncology

CMB4: Improving KRAS blockage-based treatments in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Models

CENCI SIMONE

Unit: Age-related Disease

Deciphering and Targeting VEXAS

ROVERE QUERINI PATRIZIA

Unit: Medicina Generale 2 - Indirizzo Salute Metabolica e Invecchiamento/Laboratorio Immunità Innata e Rimodellamento Tissutale, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele  

Metabolic exhaustion and adaptive remodeling in sarcopenic obesity: from pathophysiology to pharmacological targeting

SALOMÈ MARA

Unit: Gene Expression Regulation

Targeted strategies for DUX4-r leukemia