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 (Fellow awarded, no longer eligible)
Cancer Immunogenomics
Eduard Porta
Cancer Metabolism
Lucas Pontel (Fellow awarded, no longer eligible)
Chromatin Biology Laboratory
Àlex Vaquero
Endothelial Pathobiology And Microenvironment
Mariona Graupera
Epigenetics and Immune Disease
Esteban Ballestar (Fellow awarded, no longer eligible)
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 (Fellow awarded, no longer eligible)
Multiple Myeloma
Albert Oriol
Nuclear Architecture in Leukemia
Gregoire Stik (Fellow awarded, no longer eligible)
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
Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology (LMCB)
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
- Opening of Call
April 14, 2025 - Deadline to submit Applications
June 1, 2025 - Announcement of shortlisted participants for Interviews
July 2025
- Interview Stage
July – August 2025 - Start of fellowships
By December 2025
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 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
- CV and track record of applicant
- Excellent of the proposed research project
- Impact (project) of its expected results
- Project and Career prospect (presentation by the fellow)
- Motivation and professional and personal skills
Open Call Documents
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