PhD in Molecular and Experimental Medicine (MEM)

Places 6
Duration 3 Years
Language English

Starting from the 41° cycle (a.y. 2025-26), the program changed its name to Molecular Experimental and Computational Medicine (MECM)


Programme Overview

Career Opportunities

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Duration

Beginning of teaching activities

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Didactic Activities

The PhD course in Molecular and Experimental is articulated into three main types of didactic activities:

Research activities

Every student is assigned a research topic under the supervision of a Supervisor; the research activity in the laboratory is a full-time activity

Mandatory frontal activities

Linguistics, Informatics, Research management and funding, Intellectual property are the main topics

Mandatory courses

Course nameYearProfessorCFU
Scientific MethodsIRosella Visintin1,5
Science EthicsII + IIIMattia Andreoletti1
Flow cytometryat least once in three years–1,5
Image analysisat least once in three years–1,5
Microscopyat least once in three years–1,5
Scientific WritingIIMiriam Alcalay1,5
BioinformaticsIISimone Puccio1
Biostatistics – basicIDaniele Piovani2,5
  • Seminar series (Journal Club on a specific topic between the speaker and the PhD students followed by a public seminar on the same topic)

Elective activities

Seminars and courses, offered by the Âéw¶¹´«Ã½ and Humanitas Research Labs, which the PhD students can freely join according to their research field and interests.

BIP – Blended Intensive Program


Admission Requirements

MEM Curriculum

MEM-Clinical Curriculum


Fees and Scholarships

Fondazione Dompé

 funds 4 full scholarships for EU students.

Discover our talents founded by Fondazione Dompé, 


Academic Board

PhD Coordinator: Professor Matteoli Michela

NAMEPrincipal AffiliationDepartmentEmail
Bonecchi RaffaellaÂéw¶¹´«Ã½Biomedical Sciencesraffaella.bonecchi@hunimed.eu
Condorelli GianluigiÂéw¶¹´«Ã½Biomedical Sciencesgianluigi.condorelli@hunimed.eu
Costanzo AntonioÂéw¶¹´«Ã½Biomedical Sciencesantonio.costanzo@hunimed.eu
Di Mitri DilettaÂéw¶¹´«Ã½Biomedical Sciencesdiletta.di_mitri@hunimed.eu
Di Tommaso LucaÂéw¶¹´«Ã½Biomedical Sciencesluca.di_tommaso@hunimed.eu
Garlanda CeciliaÂéw¶¹´«Ã½Biomedical Sciencescecilia.garlanda@hunimed.eu
Greco Carolina MagdalenÂéw¶¹´«Ã½Biomedical Sciencescarolina.greco@hunimed.eu
Jaillon SébastienÂéw¶¹´«Ã½Biomedical Sciencessebastien.jaillon@humanitasresearch.it
Kallikourdis MarinosÂéw¶¹´«Ã½Biomedical Sciencesmarinos.kallikourdis@hunimed.eu
Kon ElizavetaÂéw¶¹´«Ã½Biomedical Scienceselizaveta.kon@humanitas.it
Leonzino MariannaItalian National Council for ResearchPharmacology and Brain Pathology Labmarianna.leonzino@humanitasresearch.it
Lodato SimonaÂéw¶¹´«Ã½Biomedical Sciencessimona.lodato@hunimed.eu
IRCCS HumanitasTranslational Immunology Labenrico.lugli@humanitasresearch.it
Matteoli MichelaÂéw¶¹´«Ã½Biomedical Sciencesmichela.matteoli@hunimed.eu
Menna ElisabettaItalian National Council for ResearchPharmacology and Brain Pathology Labelisabetta.menna@humanitasresearch.it
Pozzi DavideÂéw¶¹´«Ã½Biomedical Sciencesdavide.pozzi@hunimed.eu
Rescigno MariaÂéw¶¹´«Ã½Biomedical Sciencesmaria.rescigno@hunimed.eu
Simonelli MatteoÂéw¶¹´«Ã½Biomedical Sciencesmatteo.simonelli@hunimed.eu
Soldà Giulia M.E.A.Âéw¶¹´«Ã½Biomedical Sciencesgiulia.solda@hunimed.eu
Spinelli AntoninoÂéw¶¹´«Ã½Biomedical Sciencesantonino.spinelli@hunimed.eu
Terracciano Luigi MariaÂéw¶¹´«Ã½Biomedical Sciencesluigi.terracciano@hunimed.eu
Vetrano StefaniaÂéw¶¹´«Ã½Biomedical Sciencesstefania.vetrano@hunimed.eu

Research Topics a.y. 2025/2026

Topic IDCurriculumSupervisorLab NameProject Title
MEM2StandardProf. Salvatore Piscuoglio
Prof. Luigi Maria Terracciano
Precision medicine research laboratoryIdentification of Putative Novel Targets for Triple Negative Breast Cancer
MEM3StandardCondorelliMolecular cardiologyInflammatory and Epigenetic Drivers in Heart Failure
StandardMassimiliano MazzoneMacrophage Dynamics LabDecoding PDAC dynamics: harnessing genomic, transcriptomic, and epigenetic insights for precision immunotherapy.
MEM5StandardSergio Marchini
Cecilia Garlanda
Laboratory of Cancer Pharmacology/Translational Genomic UnitUnraveling genomic and epigenomic changes in ovarian cancer precursors lesion
MEM6StandardSergio Marchini
Sebastien Jaillon
Laboratory of Cancer Pharmacology/Translational Genomic UnitMonitoring disease recurrence in patients with pleural mesothelioma: a tumor-agnostic approach
MEM7StandardDomenico Mavilio
Marinos Kallikourdis
Unit of Clinical and Experimental ImmunologyProspective longitudinal study for NeuroCOV characterization
MEM9StandardMaria RescignoLaboratory of Mucosal Immunology and MicrobiotaMicrobiome and transcriptome patterns linked to skin photoaging and melasma
MEM10StandardDiletta Di MitriTumor and Microenvironment UnitDissecting immune cell diversity in cancer to unveil distinct contributions to therapeutic resistance
MEM11StandardEnrico LugliLab of Translational ImmunologyT cell intrinsic regulation of genome integrity in cancer immunology and immunotherapy
MEM12StandardMichela Matteoli
Alessandra Folci
Pharmacology and Brain Pathology LabInvestigating the role of Oligophrenin-1 SUMOylation in X-Linked Intellectual Disability animal model and hIPSC.
MEM13StandardMichela MatteoliLaboratory of Pharmacology and Brain PathologyRole of microglial receptor trem2 in controlling bioenergetic profile of neurons during development and aging
MEM14StandardMichela MatteoliLaboratory of Pharmacology and Brain PathologyRole of Microglial receptor TREM2 in hypothalamic neurovascular unit intercommunication: regulations of energy homeostasis
MEM15StandardCarmelo Carlo-StellaLymphoma Translational Research LabSingle-cell analysis to identify signatures of response to immunotherapy in Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma
MEM17StandardEnrico Lugli
Emilia Mazza
Lab of Translational ImmunologyMolecular mechanisms of resistance to immune checkpoint blockade
MEM18StandardStefania VetranoLaboratory of Gastrointestinal ImmunopathologyApplications of Low intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) in medicine for therapeutic purposes