Lab teams & Core units
Genesis of cancer
This program covers the molecular aspects of cancers occurring beyond the bone marrow, blood or lymphoid tissues. This will include most relevant solid cancers such as breast, lung and liver cancer and study aspects that are relevant for all cancers but more accessible in solid cancers, such as inflammatory processes. The program also covers the study of cancer stroma and non-cancerous diseases sharing molecular causes and physiologic aspects with cancer.

Cancer Epigenetics
Manel Esteller

Cancer Genetics
Montse Sánchez-Céspedes

Cancer Heterogeneity and Hierarchies
Verónica Rodilla

Cancer Immunogenomics
Eduard Porta

Cancer Metabolism
Lucas Pontel

Chromatin Biology Laboratory
Àlex Vaquero

Endothelial Pathobiology And Microenvironment
Mariona Graupera

Epigenetics and Immune Disease
Esteban Ballestar

Immunohematology and Glycobiology
Fumiichiro Yamamoto

Regulatory Genomics
Tanya Vavouri

Regulatory RNA And Chromatin
Sònia Guil

Junior Group Leader
Maria Berdasco
Lymphoid malignancies
This program covers all malignancies emerging from the lymphoid lineage and its tissues including acute lymphoblastic leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. For solid tissues, we will leverage the power of spatial transcriptomics to dissect the interactions of malignant cells with their microenvironment.

3D Chromatin Organization
Biola M. Javierre
Fellow awarded, no longer eligible/p>

Cellular Immunotherapy and Gene Therapy
Javier Briones

Cellular Systems Genomics
Elisabetta Mereu
Fellow awarded, no longer eligible

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Carolina Moreno

Lymphocyte Development And Disease
Maribel Parra

Lymphoma Translational Group
Gaël Roué

Multiple Myeloma
Albert Oriol

Nuclear Architecture in Leukemia
Gregoire Stik

Stem Cell Biology, Developmental Leukemia and Immunotherapy
Pablo Menéndez

Stem Cells and Cancer
Anna Bigas

T-Cell Lymphoma
Laura Mondragón

Senior group leader
Josep Maria Riber

Senior group leader
Tomás Navarro

Senior group leader
Salvador Macip
Myeloid neoplasms
This program covers acute myeloid leukemias as well as other myeloid malignancies originating in the bone marrow such as myelodysplastic syndromes and myeloproliferative neoplasms. We will study these diseases in the context of bone marrow as a complex tissue and consider clonal evolution as an early step.

Chromatin, Metabolism and Cell Fate
Marcus Buschbeck

Descriptive and Analytical Epidemiology of Cancer
Rafael Marcos-Gragera

Epigenetic Control of Hematopoiesis
José Luís Sardina

Myeloid Neoplasms
Blanca Xicoy & Lurdes Zamora

Hematological Diagnosis
Josep Nomdedéu

Hematological Diseases, Transplant and Cell Therapy
Jordi Sierra

Leukemia and Immuno-Oncology
Laura Belver
Fellow awarded, no longer eligible

Myeloid Neoplasms
Jordi Esteve

Transcriptional Dynamics in Leukemia
Sergi Cuartero
Fellow awarded, no longer eligible

Senior group leader
Ramon Mangues

Senior group leader
Francesc Sole
Transplantation and immunotherapy
This program covers all aspects of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation including the immunological complications of allogenic transplants such as graft versus host disease. The program further addresses all aspects of immunotherapy including cell-based therapies (NK, MSC, CAR-T) and immune check point inhibitors.

Barcelona Endothelium Team
Enric Carreras

Senior group leader
David Gallardo

Senior group leader
Álvaro Urbano - Ispizua

Vincenzo Calvanese
Core Units

Sample Handling Circuit Unit
Francesc Sole

Microarrays Unit
Maria Del Mar Mallo

Cytogenetics Unit
Isabel Granada

Bioinformatics Unit
Angelika Merkel

Genomics Unit
Raquel Pluvinet

Single Cell Unit
Caterina Mata

Cell Immortalization
Carolina De La Torre

Proteomics Unit
Carolina De La Torre
Fellow awarded, no longer eligible
Key dates
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Opening of Call 2
November 6, 2023 -
Deadline to submit Applications
January 31, 2024 -
Announcement of shortlisted participants for Interviews
end of March 2024 -
Interview Stage
End of May 2024 -
Start of fellowships
Flexible start date, 2024
The timeline is tentative. Please check here for updates.
Key points
The Application procedure will be conducted through a user-friendly online tool.
To submit an applicantion, 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)
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 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 and track record of applicant
- Excellent of the proposed research project
- Impact (project) of its expected results
For more information, please refer to Guide for Applicants.
Interview Evaluation
Interview Committee will evaluate based on the following pillars:
- Project and Career prospect (presentation by the fellow)
- Motivation and professional and personal skills
For more information, please refer to Guide for Applicants.
Open Call Documents
Application Form
Redress Request template
Supervisor’s support letter template
Project proposal template
Guide for external evaluators
Guide for applicants
Testimonial insights
Berta
Gerardo
Lucía
Remi
Iannis