Summer training Programme
For general information about student internships or short stays during the year, please contact Helena Zamora Meca (summertraining@cnio.es), from Education and Training Programmes Area.
2024 Call 
Summer Training Programme for undergraduate students enrolled in Biomedicine-related or Life Sciences degrees
The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO; Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas) awards 3 summer training positions to undergraduate university students in their final years of biomedicine-related studies in any country.
Practical training will take place from June 24 th to August 16th, 2024.
List of selected candidates:
- Candidate: Esther Moreno Salavert
Group/Section/Unit: Topology and DNA Breaks
University: University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain - Candidate: Miguel Xiao Barbero
Group/Section/Unit: Topology and DNA Breaks
University: University of South Florida, Weston, Florida. - Candidate: Daniel Matamala Luengo
Group/Section/Unit: Metabolic interactions group
University: Francisco de Vitoria University, Toledo, Spain. - Candidate: Jaime Aparicio Halpern
Group/Section/Unit: Metabolic interactions group
University: University San Pablo CEU, Madrid, Spain.
Past calls: 2023
Summer Training Programme for undergraduate students enrolled in Biomedicine-related or Life Sciences degrees
The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO; Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas) awards 4 summer training positions to undergraduate university students in their final years of biomedicine-related studies in any country.
Practical training will take place from June 26th to August 18th, 2023.
List of selected candidates:
- Candidate: Ali Ataman
Group/Section/Unit: Growth Factors, Nutrients and Cancer Group
University: Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey - Candidate: Angela Merici Giannetta Surya
Group/Section/Unit: Bioinformatics Unit
University: Indonesia International Institute for Life Sciences (i3L), Jakarta Timur, Indonesia, Jakarta Timur, Indonesia - Candidate: María Pérez Millet
Group/Section/Unit: Brain Metastasis Group
University: University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain - Candidate: Zenith Joao Victor Morgado Esteves Gusmao Garrote
Group/Section/Unit: Telomeres and Telomerase Group – Fundación Humanismo y Ciencia
University: Goiás Federal University, Goiás, Brazil.
Past calls: 2022
Summer Training Programme for undergraduate students enrolled in Biomedicine-related or Life Sciences degrees
The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO; Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas) awards 5 summer training positions to undergraduate university students in their final years of biomedicine-related studies in any country.
Practical training will take place from June 27th to August 19th, 2022.
List of selected candidates:
- Candidate: Irene Cornejo Pareja
Group/Section/Unit: Brain Metastasis Group
University: Francisco de Vitoria University, Madrid, Spain - Candidate: Francisco Javier Fernández Prieto
Group/Section/Unit: Topology and DNA breaks Group
University: Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Spain - Candidate: Paula Gómez Plana Rodríguez
Group/Section/Unit: Bioinformatics Unit
University: Carlos III University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Candidate: María González Bermejo
Group/Section/Unit: Bioinformatics Unit
University: Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Candidate: Adel Samir Saleh Abdelghaffar Elzemity
Group/Section/Unit: Bioinformatics Unit
University: Nile University, Giza, Egypt
Past calls: 2021
Summer Training Programme for undergraduate students enrolled in Biomedicine-related or Life Sciences degrees
The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO; Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas) awards 1 summer training position to undergraduate university students in their final years of biomedicine-related studies in any country.
Practical training will take place from June 21st to August 13th, 2021.
In light of the current COVID 19 situation, CNIO’s International Summer Internship Programme has undergone important changes. As a result, some of the proposed positions and stays of students have been cancelled.
The Training Department appreciates the understanding and support received in the face of these difficulties from participants who, in one way or another, have shown interest in this programme.
List of selected candidates
- CANDIDATE:Adrián Martínez Vázquez GROUP/SECTION/UNIT:Breast Cancer Clinical Research Unit UNIVERSITY:Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Past calls: 2020
Summer Training Programme for undergraduate students enrolled in Biomedicine-related or Life Sciences degrees.
The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO; Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas) awards 2 summer training positions to undergraduate university students in their final years of biomedicine-related studies in any country.
Practical training will take place from June 22nd to August 14th, 2020.
In light of the current COVID 19 situation, CNIO’s International Summer Internship Programme has undergone important changes. As a result, some of the proposed positions and stays of students have been cancelled and only students with residence in Spain will be able to make it.
The Training Department appreciates the understanding and support received in the face of these difficulties from participants who, in one way or another, have shown interest in this programme.
List of selected candidates
- Candidate: María José Romero Lado
Group/Section/Unit: Telomeres and Telomerase Group
University: Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain - Candidate: Cristina San Vicente Untiveros
Group/Section/Unit: Brain Metastasis Group
University: Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Past calls: 2019
Summer Training Programme for undergraduate students enrolled in Biomedicine-related or Life Sciences degrees
The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO; Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas) awards 6 summer training positions to undergraduate university students in their final years of biomedicine-related studies in any country.
Practical training will take place from June 24th to August 16th, 2019.
List of selected candidates
- Candidate: María Carmen Barace Indurain
Group/Section/Unit: Confocal Microscopy Core Unit
University: Navarra University, Pamplona, Spain - Candidate: Viktoriia Belousova
Group/Section/Unit: Chromosome Dynamics Group Group
University: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, Russia - Candidate: Rosa María Gaudioso García
Group/Section/Unit: Human Genotyping-CEGEN Unit
University: Complutense University, Madrid, Spain - Candidate: Marina Gladkova
Group/Section/Unit: Metabolism and Cell Signaling Group
University: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia - Candidate: Carolina Hernández Oliver
Group/Section/Unit: Kinases, Protein Phosphorylation and Cancer Group
University: Catholic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain - Candidate: Lucía Zanotti
Group/Section/Unit: Breast Cancer Clinical Research Unit
University: National University of Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Past calls: 2018
Summer Training Programme for undergraduate students enrolled in Biomedicine-related or Life Sciences degrees
The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO; Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas) awards 5 summer training positions to undergraduate university students in their final years of biomedicine-related studies in any country.
Practical training will take place from June 25th to August 17th, 2018.
List of selected candidates
- Candidate: Vaquero Siguero, Nuria
Group/Section/Unit: Seve-Ballesteros Foundation Brain Tumours
University: Valencia University, Valencia, Spain - Candidate: Galán Ganga, Marcos
Group/Section/Unit: Seve-Ballesteros Foundation Brain Tumour
University: Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain - Candidate: Tortorella, Elisabetta
Group/Section/Unit: Flow Cytometry Core
University: Sapienza University, Roma, Italy - Candidate: Urien González, Bruno
Group/Section/Unit: Experimental Oncology
University: Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain - Candidate: Antolín Andérez, Nuria
Group/Section/Unit: Metabolism and Cell Signaling
University: Alcalá University, Madrid, Spain
Past calls: 2017
Summer Training Programme for undergraduate students enrolled in Biomedicine-related or Life Sciences degrees
The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO; Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas) awards 6 summer training positions to undergraduate university students in their final years of biomedicine-related studies in any country.
Practical training will take place from June 26th to August 18th, 2017.
List of selected candidates
- Candidate: Saavedra Sánchez, Luz Alejandra
Group/Section/Unit: Brain Metastasis
University: Peruana Cayetano Heredia U, Lima, Perú - Candidate: Park, Soyun
Group/Section/Unit: Genes, Development and Disease
University: California U, Berkeley, EE.UUs - Candidate: Cuenca Ardura, Mirabai
Group/Section/Unit: Epithelial Carcinogenesis
University: Autónoma U, Madrid, Spain - Candidate: Martínez Hernández, Marina
Group/Section/Unit: Epithelial Carcinogenesis
University: Carlos III U, Madrid, Spain - Candidate: Nava Martín, Daniel de la
Group/Section/Unit: Metabolism and Cell Signaling
University: U. Castilla la Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain - Candidate: Abdelghany, Ashraf
Group/Section/Unit: Genetic & Molecular Epidemiologyr
University: Al-Azhar U, Cairo, Egypt
Past calls: 2016
Summer Training Programme for undergraduate students enrolled in Biomedicine-related or Life Sciences degrees
The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO; Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas) awards 6 summer training positions to undergraduate university students in their final years of biomedicine-related studies in any country.
Practical training will take place from June 27 to August 19, 2016.
List of selected candidates
- Candidate: Boopathy, Ranjitha
Group/Section/Unit: Melanoma
University: U. Shiv Nadar, Dradi, India - Candidate: García Marín, Ana María
Group/Section/Unit: Epithelial Carcinogenesis
University: U. Complutense, Madrid, Spain - Candidate: Khalifa, Ahmad
Group/Section/Unit: Structural Computational Biologyl
University: U. of Science and Technology (Zewail City), Giza, Egypto - Candidate: Moreno Serrano, Marta
Group/Section/Unit: Brain Metastasis
University: U. of Alcala, Alcala de Henares, Spain - Candidate: Plata Gómez, Ana Belén
Group/Section/Unit: Metabolism and Cell Signaling
University: U. de Córdoba, Spain - Candidate: Valenzuela Gómez, Fernando
Group/Section/Unit: Structural Bases of Genome Integrity
University: U. de Córdoba, Spain
Past calls: 2015
Summer Training Programme for undergraduate students enrolled in Biomedicine-related or Life Sciences degrees
The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO; Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas) awards 9 summer training positions to undergraduate university students in their final years of biomedicine-related studies in any country.
Practical training will take place from June 22nd to August 14th, 2015.
List of selected candidates
- Candidate: Arranz Sordo, Ana
Group/Section/Unit: Medicinal Chemistry
University: U. Complutense de Madrid, Spain - Candidate: Auerbach, Jeremy Mathew
Group/Section/Unit: Epithelial Carcinogenesis
University: U. Wesleyan, Middletown, EE.UU. - Candidate: Castro Mollo, Melanie Wendy
Group/Section/Unit: Prostate Cancer
University: U. San Martin de Porres, Lima, Perú - Candidate: Chakrapani, Varshith
Group/Section/Unit: Structural Computational Biology
University: U. Anna, Tamil Nadu, India - Candidate: Cossio Donoso, Osvaldo Andrés
Group/Section/Unit: Spectroscopy and NMR
University: U. de Arkansas en Little Rock, EE.UU. - Candidate: de Pablos Aragoneses, Ana
Group/Section/Unit: Genetic & Molecular Epidemiologyr
University: U. Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid, Spain - Candidate: Grande Izquierdo, Diego
Group/Section/Unit: Cell Signalling and Adhesion
University: U. del País Vasco, Leioa, Spain - Candidate: Marín Rodero, Miguel
Group/Section/Unit: Brain Metastasis
University: U. Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain - Candidate: Wang, Bryan Zicheng
Group/Section/Unit: Microenvironment & Mestastasi
University: U. de Columbia, Nueva York, EE.UU.
Past calls: 2014
Laboratory training for undergraduate university students.
The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO; Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas) awards 8 summer training positions to undergraduate university students in their final two years of biomedicine-related studies in any country.
Practical training will take place from June 23rd to August 14th, 2014.
List of selected candidates
- Candidate: Bravo Martín, Rebeca
Group/Section/Unit: Biologya
University: U. Politécnica de Madrid, Spain - Candidate:Fernández Cadenas, Jael
Group/Section/Unit: Molecullar Crystallography
University: U. Politécnica de Valencia, Spain - Candidate: Islam, Md Saiful
Group/Section/Unit: Tumour Suppression
University: U. de Chittagong, Bangladesh - Candidate: Sekar, Vaishnovi
Group/Section/Unit: Structural Computational Biology
University: UNIVERSITY de Agricultura Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore, India - Candidate: Stingi, Aureliano
Group/Section/Unit: Brain Tumour
University: U. de Turín, Italia - Candidate: Tenaglia, Albano
Group/Section/Unit: Melanoma
University: U. Nacional de Rosario, Argentina - Candidate: Torres Garrido, Belén
Group/Section/Unit: Medicinal Chemistry
University: U. Complutense de Madrid, Spain - Candidate: Yang, Joshua
Group/Section/Unit: Cell Signalling and Adhesion
University: U. de California, San Diego, EE.UU.
Past calls: 2013
Laboratory training for undergraduate university students.
The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO; Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas) awards 8 summer training positions to undergraduate university students in their final two years of biomedicine-related studies in any country.
Practical training will take place from June 24th to August 16th, 2013.
List of selected candidates
- Candidate: Divyansh Agarwal
Group/Section/Unit: Genetic & Molecular Epidemiologyr
University:U. de Yale, New Haven, EE.UU. - Candidate: Roberto García López
Group/Section/Unit: Flow Cytometry Core
University: U. de Murcia, Spain - Candidate: Javier García Marín
Group/Section/Unit: Medicinal Chemistry
University: U. Complutense, Madrid, Spain - Candidate: Hoh Hong Huat
Group/Section/Unit: Stem Cells and Cance
University: U. Jagellónica, Cracovia, Polonia - Candidate:Andrea Lin
Group/Section/Unit: Cell Signalling and Adhesion
University: College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, EE.UU. - Candidate: Amanda Sánchez Lópezr
Group/Section/Unit: Molecular Cytogenetics
University: U. Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid, Spain - Candidate: Laura Venegas Godínez
Group/Section/Unit: Breast Cancer
University: U. de Guadalajara, México - Candidate: Dunja Vucenovic
Group/Section/Unit: Structural Computational Biology
University: U. de Zagreb, Croacia
Past calls: 2012
Laboratory training for undergraduate university students.
The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO; Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas) awards 8 summer training positions to undergraduate university students in their final two years of biomedicine-related studies in any country.
Practical training will take place from June 18th to August 10th, 2012.
List of selected candidates
- Candidate: Philip Dishuck
Group/Section/Unit: DNA Replication
University: U. Washington & Lee, Lexington, EE.UU - Candidate: Mattia Falcone
Group/Section/Unit: Experimental Oncology
University: U. de Turín, Italia - Candidate: Hrant Hovhannisyan
Group/Section/Unit: Structural Computational Biology
University: U. Ruso-Armenia (Eslava), Ereván, Armenia - Candidate: Muhammad Jamil
Group/Section/Unit: Tumour Suppression
University: U. Nacional de Seúl, Corea del Sur - Candidate: Lauren Kolski
Group/Section/Unit: Cell Signalling and Adhesion
University: U. Vanderbilt, Nashville, EE.UU - Candidate: Dominika Krawczuk
Group/Section/Unit: Stem Cells and Cance
University: U. Jagellónica, Cracovia, Polonia - Candidate: Rodolfo Nazitto
Group/Section/Unit: Flow Cytometry Core
University: Cornell U., Nueva York, EE.UU - Candidate: Olutoyosi O. Oyelowo
Group/Section/Unit: Genetic & Molecular Epidemiologyr
University: U. de Carolina del Norte, Chapel Hill, EE.UU
