Training Activities
Didactic activities
The doctoral training offer is broad and diversified. The training events take place in the Seminar Room on the first floor of the Biological Tower, in English (in specific cases, they may be held on IT platforms such as ZOOM or MS Teams). Doctoral students must acquire 180 CFU in three years (on average 60 CFU/year, 1 CFU/25 hours of activity), divided as follows:
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ACTIVITY |
CREDITS |
ASSESSMENT |
CFU/3 years |
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Lab activities |
40 CFU/year |
PhD certificate |
120 |
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Periods abroad |
3 CFU/month |
Supervisor certificate |
40 |
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PhD lectures |
3 CFU/each |
PhD certificate |
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Attendance at PhD Day, conferences, workshops |
3 CFU/each |
PhD certificate |
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Dissertation |
20 CFU |
Minutes |
20 |
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TOTAL |
180 |
PhD Day
Annually, second- and third-year doctoral students present the results of their research project to their colleagues and the Department. Participation is mandatory.
Thematic courses
These are courses on specific topics of interest for the PhD course held by researchers/teachers of the Department or other institutions. They are open to participation by all doctoral students. Participation is considered mandatory.
Guest speakers lecture
Researchers from prestigious national or international research institutions present a specific topic of interest for the scientific topics of the course in approximately 60 minutes
Department seminars
Doctoral students participate in seminars organized by the Department and possibly in other seminars organized in the metropolitan area relevant to their training path.
Below is the calendar of upcoming educational activities:
2024
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Guest Speakers Lectures/Advanced courses |
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Host/Organizer |
Lecturer |
Date |
Title |
Site |
Brochure |
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L. Palazzo/ D. Grieco |
Vincenzo D'Angiolella, University of Edinburgh, Institute of Genetics and Cancer
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May 20th, 15:00 (CET) |
Targeted protein degradation in cancer (PROTACs and molecular glues) |
ZOOM |
LINK |
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M. Santoro |
Roberto Vona (Dip. di economia, management, istituzioni) & Daniela Terracciano (Dip di scienze mediche traslazionali) Federico II |
July 8th 15:00 (CET) |
Dall'ideazione al trasferimento tecnologico: Imprenditorialità accademica, Start-up e Spin-off universitari |
Aula seminari DMMBM, I piano Torre |
LINK |
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M. Santoro |
Neil Q McDonald, The Francis Crick Institute, London (UK) |
September 23th 15:00 (CET) |
Kinase-driven control mechanisms for cell polarity |
ZOOM |
LINK |
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A Feliciello |
Eduard Stefan, University of Innsbruck, Austria |
October 14th, 15:00 (CET) |
Kinases in motion: impact of protein and small molecule interactions on kinase conformations |
ZOOM |
LINK |
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M. Santoro |
Roberto Bellelli, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London (UK) |
November 4th, 15:00 (CET) |
Defective DNA Repair in cancer: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities |
ZOOM |
LINK |
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R.M. Melillo |
Antonio Di Cristofano Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
November 11th, 15:00 (CET) |
Harnessing metabolic dependencies for synthetic lethal therapeutic approaches |
ZOOM |
LINK |
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V. E. Avvedimento |
Mariarosaria De Rosa, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, USA |
December 18th, 15:00 (CET) |
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ZOOM |
LINK |
2025
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Guest Speakers Lectures/Advanced courses |
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Host/Organizer |
Lecturer |
Date |
Title |
Site |
Brochure |
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A. Feliciello |
Manuela Zaccolo University of Oxford, UK |
January 14th, 15:00 (CET) |
Signalling at the nanoscale: cAMP compartmentation controls hormonal specificity |
ZOOM |
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M. Caterino |
Marianna Caterino, Michele Costanzo, Armando Cevenini |
January 20th, 21st, 22th 15:00 (CET) |
Proteomic and metabolomic signatures for Systems Biology |
Aula seminari DMMBM, I piano Torre |
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F. Carlomagno |
Joseph D. Mancias, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston (USA) |
February 20th, 15:00 (CET) |
Molecular basis of pancreatic cancer |
ZOOM |
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M. Santoro |
Sabino De Placido, Dip di medicina clinica e chirurgia, Federico II |
February 24th 15:00 (CET) |
Trials clinici ed etica della sperimentazione sull'uomo |
Aula seminari DMMBM, I piano Torre |
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F. Carlomagno |
Sara Redaelli, Laura Galbiati, AIRC Campus |
March 3rd, 15:00 (CET) |
Scienza, Editoria e Finanziamenti: un viaggio dal laboratorio alla ricerca di fondi |
Aula seminari DMMBM, I piano Torre |
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S. Paladino |
S. Paladino, P. Maiuri D. Sarnataro, DMMBM, Federico II |
March 10th - 11th, 15:00 (CET) |
Fluorescence imaging techniques to get insights into the molecular mechanisms of human diseases |
Aula seminari DMMBM, I piano Torre |
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S. Romano |
Felix Hausch, Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany |
Apr 7th, 15:00 (CET) |
Large-scale photocrosslinking for the structural and functional characterization of protein complexes in mammalian cells |
ZOOM |
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Doctorate |
Cycle 37°, Dissertations discussion |
Apr 16th |
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Aula Magna |
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G Matarese |
See the program |
May 27th, 9:00 am |
Immunity and Organ Dysfunction |
Aula seminari DMMBM, I piano Torre |
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Giorgia Federico |
June 30-July 10 |
Ferroptosis: "Dye another way" |
Aula seminari DMMBM, I piano Torre |
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PhD Data Clubs: each Wednesday at 15:00 in Aula seminari DMMBM, I piano Torre. The calendar will be periodically updated at the following LINK |
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English lectures: each Friday 9:00-11:00 in Aula seminari DMMBM, I piano Torre. |
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Guest Speakers Lectures/Advanced courses |
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Host/Organizer |
Lecturer |
Date |
Title |
Site |
Brochure |
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F. Carlomagno |
Jessalyn Ubbelacker, Harvard Med School |
September 2025 26th, 15.00 (CET) |
Ferroptosis and cancer |
ZOOM |
LINK |
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M. Santoro |
Marco De Martino, DMMBM, Federico II |
October 2025 6th, 9th, 10 th |
Multifaceted role of lncRNAs in cancer |
Aula seminari DMMBM, I piano Torre |
LINK |
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S. Paladino |
Daniela Guarnieri, Università di Salerno |
October, 15:00 (CET) |
to be defined |
Aula seminari DMMBM, I piano Torre |
LINK |
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S. Romano |
Simona Romano, DMMBM, Federico II |
November 2025 (to be defined), 15:00 (CET) |
Flowing Through Cells: A Journey into Flow Cytometry |
Aula seminari DMMBM, I piano Torre |
LINK |
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Doctorate |
PhD Day |
November 2025 21th, 9:00-17:00 |
Presentations of the Cycle 38th students |
Aula seminari DMMBM, I piano Torre |
LINK |
2026
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PhD Data Clubs: each Wednesday at 15:00 in Aula seminari DMMBM, I piano Torre. The calendar will be periodically updated at the following LINK |
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English lectures: each Friday 9:00-11:00 in Aula seminari DMMBM, I piano Torre. |
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Guest Speakers Lectures/Advanced courses |
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Host/Organizer |
Lecturer |
Date |
Title |
Site |
Brochure |
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L. Chiariotti |
L. Chiariotti M. Cuomo R. Della Monica, DMMBM, Federico II |
January 2026, 19th, 20th, 23rd 15:00 (CET) |
Epigenomics in health and disease |
Aula seminari DMMBM, I piano Torre |
LINK |
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M. Caiazzo |
Massimiliano Caiazzo Paul van Bergen Cristina Pagano, DMMBM, Federico II |
February 2026 16th, 17th, 20th 15:00 (CET) |
Nanotechnologies for brain diseases |
Aula seminari DMMBM, I piano Torre |
LINK |
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G. Merla A. Fiorenzano |
Annalisa Fico, IGB CNR Napoli
Irene Bozzoni, La Sapienza Roma:
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February 2026 (to be defined) |
Biology of lncRNA and ciRNAs and role in human diseases |
Aula seminari DMMBM, I piano Torre |
LINK |
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M. Santoro |
Sabino De Placido, Dip di medicina clinica e chirurgia, Federico II |
March 2026 (to be defined) 15:00 (CET) |
Trials clinici ed etica della sperimentazione sull'uomo |
Aula seminari DMMBM, I piano Torre |
LINK |
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Doctorate |
PhD Cycle 38° |
April 2026 (to be defined) |
Dissertations discussion |
Aula Magna, Medical School |
LINK |
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M. Santoro |
Daniela Terracciano, Dip di scienze mediche traslazionali Federico II |
June 2026 8th 15:00 (CET) |
Dall'ideazione al trasferimento tecnologico: Imprenditorialità accademica, Start-up e Spin-off universitari |
Aula seminari DMMBM, I piano Torre |
LINK |
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L. Pastore |
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Aula seminari DMMBM, I piano Torre |
LINK |