Lab teams & Core units
Cancer and Leukemia Epigenetics and Biology Program PEBCL

Cancer Epigenetics
Manel Esteller

Cancer Genetics
Montse Sánchez-Céspedes

Chromatin Biology Laboratory
Àlex Vaquero

Chromatin, Metabolism and Cell Fate
Marcus Buschbeck

3D Chromatin Organization
Biola M. Javierre

Epigenetics and Immune Disease
Esteban Ballestar

Lymphocyte Development And Disease
Maribel Parra

Regulatory Genomics
Tanya Vavouri

Regulatory RNA And Chromatin
Sònia Guil

Epigenetic Control of Hematopoiesis
José Luís Sardina

Transcriptional Dynamics in Leukemia
Sergi Cuartero

Cancer Immunogenomics
Eduard Porta

Cancer Heterogeneity and Hierarchies
Verónica Rodilla

Leukemia and Immuno-Oncology
Laura Belver

Cellular Systems Genomics
Elisabetta Mereu

Stem Cells and Cancer
Anna Bigas

Endothelial Pathobiology And Microenvironment
Mariona Graupera

T-Cell Lymphoma
Laura Mondragón

Nuclear Architecture in Leukemia
Gregoire Stik

Cancer Metabolism
Lucas Pontel
Experimental and Clinical Hematology Program PHEC

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Josep M. Ribera

Barcelona Endothelium Team
Enric Carreras

Myeloid Neoplasms
Blanca Xicoy & Lurdes Zamora

Immunohematology and Glycobiology
Fumiichiro Yamamoto

Lymphoid Neoplasms
Tomàs Navarro

Multiple Myeloma
Albert Oriol

Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Francesc Solé

Stem Cell Biology, Developmental Leukemia and Immunotherapy
Pablo Menéndez

Cellular Immunotherapy and Gene Therapy
Javier Briones

Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Immunotherapy
Álvaro Urbano-Ispizua

Epigenetic Therapies
María Berdasco

Lymphoma Translational Group
Gaël Roué

Descriptive and Analytical Epidemiology of Cancer
Rafael Marcos-Gragera

Oncogenesis and Antitumor Drugs
Ramón Mangues

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Carolina Moreno

Hematology Research
David Gallardo

Myeloid Neoplasms
Jordi Esteve

Hematological Diseases, Transplant and Cell Therapy
Jordi Sierra

Hematological Diagnosis
Josep Nomdedéu
Core Units

Sample Handling Circuit Unit

Microarrays Unit

Cytogenetics Unit

Bioinformatics Unit

Genomics Unit

Single Cell Unit

Cell Immortalization

Proteomics Unit
Testimonial insights
Berta
Gerardo
Lucía
Remi
Iannis
Key points
The Application procedure will be conducted through a user-friendly online tool Team Tailor.
For submission, applicants will be required to complete an Application form that includes two sections:
1. Personal info
An online administrative form which includes researcher's personal and contact information.
2. Documents to be uploaded
- PhD certificate
- Support Letter of the IJC's hosting supervisor of choice
- The project proposal document
- Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Supporting evidence for requested extensions to the 7-year-post-PhD rule (if applicable)
Key dates
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Publication of Open Call
1st March -
Deadline to Submit Application
7th May -
Announcement of shortlisted participants call for interview
7th August -
Conduct of Interviews
11-29th September -
Announcement of Results
13rd October -
Start of Fellowship
Between December 2023 and February 2024
The timeline is tentative. IJC might modify if any unforeseen issue arises.
Elegibility criteria
The following requirements have been established to ensure the excellence of the program and its participants.
- Be in possession of a PhD degree in a life science discipline in the deadline of the call.
- Meet the Marie Sklodowska Curie (MSCA) Program (Horizon Europe) transnational mobility rule. Candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity in Spain for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the deadline for proposal submission.
- Research experience. Candidates shall have been awarded their first PhD up to 7 years prior to the call deadline (for further details please see Annex II).
- Publications. To guarantee quality of research expertise, candidates must have at least one peer-reviewed publication (published or in press) as first author in a scientific journal.
- Proficiency in English language which will be demonstrated on the level of the written proposal and during the interview.
- Support letter by the IJC's hosting supervisor of choice.
Selection process
The evaluation process comprises of three stages.
- Administrative eligibility check
- External Evaluation by AGAUR
- Interview Evaluation
Administrative eligibility check
Upon closing of the call, proposals are registered, acknowledged, and the contents are entered into a database to support the evaluation process. An admin check will be performed by the Project Officer, based on the eligibility criteria.
External Evaluation
Applications will be externally evaluated by AGAUR, based on the following pillars:
- CV
- Excellence
- Impact
For more information, please refer to Guide for Applicants.
Interview Evaluation
Applications will be evaluated by the Interview Committee based on the following pillars:
- Project and Career prospect (presentation by the fellow)
- Transferable skills
For more information, please refer to Guide for Applicants.
Open Call Documents
Guide for applicants
Guide for external evaluators
Project proposal template
Supervisor's support letter template
Redress Request template