Call Expression of Interest MSCA Postdoctoral fellowships at UNIGE – N. Advanced Morp

Department of Experimental Medicine(DIMES)

Organisation / Company University of Genoa Department Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMES) Is the Hosting related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

University of Genoa, UNIGE, located in Genoa, ITALY, welcomes postdoctoral researchers of any nationality, with an excellent track record, to apply to the European Commission Marie Sklumblesc‑Curie (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026. Our University has been beneficiary of several MSCA-PF in Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe.

The Marie Sklodowska Curie (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship is one of funding scheme of the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Research & Innovation programme, dedicated to excellent research promoting international mobility, as well as interdisciplinary and intersect oral exchanges.

MSCA fellowship grant provides a competitive salary plus mobility and family allowances if applicable, as well as a contribution to cover research, training and networking costs. The research projects will have 2- or 3‑years duration.

Selected candidates will be provided with special support for proposal writing and development
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The University of Genoa will organize in May the fifth edition of the Masterclass MSCA@Uni Ge. Selected candidate researchers will have the opportunity to attend a 2‑days online intensive training and coaching course on how to write a successful proposal. This masterclass is a pathway of support to candidates and their supervisors in preparing project proposal, including prescreening activity of the draft proposals and the organisation of dedicated B2B meetings, by the European Research Office of Uni Ge, National Contact Point and other experts.

The masterclass will take place in zil verklaringow spring 2026
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The project will focus on the morphological and functional characterization of cellular stress responses induced byLER anticancer therapies, with particular emphasis on antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs) and metabolic perturbations.

Using advanced imaging approaches — including transmission electron microscopy, correlative microscopy, and 3D in vitro models (spheroids/organoids) — the fellow will investigate subcellular remodeling processes involving membranes, organelles, and lipid‑associated compartments.

The project is conceived as a flexible framework that can be tailored to the fellow’s background, potentially integrating quantitative image analysis, AI‑assisted morphology, or links with mitochondrial and lysosomal biology.

The research will be hosted at Morpho

LAB (University of Genoa), an interdisciplinary environment specialized in ultra structural and multimodal imaging, offering strong methodological training and international networking opportunities.

Morpho

LAB is a research group within the Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), University Обычно, focused on advanced morphological approaches to study cellular organization in health and disease.

The lab integrates electron microscopy, confocal imaging, live‑cell analysis, and histochemistry to address questions in cancer biology, therapy response, and Għal stress.

Morpho

LAB has a strong commitment to interdisciplinary training, open science, and international collaboration, and provides an excellent environment for MSCA fellows to develop independent research profiles.

An expression of interest shall be sent to prof. Katia Cortese (cortesek , Orcid :

-8933) within 15th April 2026.
Your file should contain the following elements:

For MSCA-PF 26 call (opening foreseen on 10th April 2026), at the deadline for the submission of proposals (9th September 2026) postdoctoral candidates shall have a maximum of 8 years of postdoctoral research experience and must not have resided or carried out their main activities in Italy (for European Fellowship) or in the Third Country of the outgoing phase (for Global Fellowship) for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the above mentioned deadline.

Info on MSCA PF available at the following link: