2009 Call
In 2008 "la Caixa" Foundation launched a scholarship programme to offer interdisciplinary training and research opportunities to outstanding young graduate students of any nationality to pursue a PhD project at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO).
Students who gain a place in this new programme obtain full financial support during the four years of the scholarship.
The following ten students have obtained one of the available fellowships in the 2009 call of the programme and will be joining the CNIO during September-October 2009.
| Name | University of origin | Group at the CNIO (Programme) |
|---|---|---|
| Michele Cioffi | University of Naples Federico II, Italy | Stem Cells and Cancer (CR) |
| Aguirre de Cubas | University of Zaragoza, Spain | Hereditary Endocrine Cancer (HCG) |
| Ljiljana Dukanovic | Bard College, NY, USA | Epithelial Cell Biology (CCB) |
| Ana Garrote | National University of Quilmes, Argentina | Macromollecular Crystallography (SBB) |
| Marta Kamieniak | University of Warsaw, Poland | Human Genetics (HCG) |
| Juliane Menezes | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Human Cytogenetics (HCG) |
| Ilaria Mereu | University of Cagliari, Italy | Computational Biophysics (SBB) |
| Enrico Tenaglia | University of Turin, Italy | Genomic Instability (MO) |
| Marianna Trakala | Autonoma University of Madrid, Spain | Cell Division and Cancer (MO) |
| Krishna Seshu Tummala | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India | Growth Factors, Nutrients and Cancer (CCB) |