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