Neurons that mature too quickly underlie brain pathologies, particularly human intellectual disability. At first glance, it might seem counterintuitive. Instead it is the important result obtained from a study conducted by Claudia Lodovichi‘s team, Principal Investigator at VIMM and researcher at the Institute of Neuroscience (CNR), just published in PNAS-Proceedings of the National Academy of […]
READ MORE →The Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM) seeks candidates to appoint the new Scientific Director. This is a unique opportunity for an accomplished scientist to lead a well-established Institute focused on promoting advanced research and excellence in biomedical sciences. Applications, including a full Curriculum Vitae (one only pdf file), are accepted until March 15th, 2021, but we encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible, mailing to: human.resources@fondbiomed.it
READ MORE →VIMM Trainee Seminars are weekly short seminars held by our junior trainees on Fridays. The spirit of the initiative is to offer our students and postdocs a peer-to-peer time to networking, improve communication skills and get feedbacks on ongoing projects. In addition, during the same time slot, we will now have bi-monthly “Meet-the-expert” sessions, where senior personnel will illustrate some of […]
READ MORE →The laboratory on Prof. Massimo Santoro (www.massimosantorolab.com) is seeking a postdoctoral fellow and a PhD student to study the role of mevalonate metabolism and ferroptosis in cancer growth and spreading.
READ MORE →The laboratory of Prof. Massimo Santoro at Dept. of Biology, University of Padua and Venetian Institute Molecular Medicine (https://massimosantorolab.com) is seeking for a PhD student and a postdoc fellow to study METABOLITES AS SIGNALING MOLECULES IN ANGIOGENESIS.
READ MORE →Emanuela Zuccaro, researcher of the VIMM of the group of Maria Pennuto. Her project, “MOVER” wins the 2020 call of the AriSLA Foundation (Italian Research Foundation for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), issued to select the best Italian research projects in the field of SLA. It will cover a period of 12 months.
READ MORE →VIMM scientist Milena Bellin receives 2 million euros from the European Research Council (ERC). The ERC Consolidator Grant is for promising researchers with seven to 12 years of experience since competing their PhD. They can use the grant of up to 2m euros to fund their team of researchers and support staff for a period […]
READ MORE →A post-doctoral position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Milena Bellin in the Department of Biology at the University of Padova and Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine, to study inherited cardiac diseases using human induced pluripotent stem cells, funded by the intramural research PRID grant. Post-doc_UNIPD_MBellin Enquiries and applications can be sent to milena.bellin@unipd.it […]
READ MORE →Postdoc position available immediately: 2-year contract, full-time. We are looking for highly motivated candidates holding a master’s degree, with at least three years reserach ecperience, or a PhD related to stem cell and/or neurobiology fields. The selected candidate will work at the Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM) in the lab of Mario Bortolozzi (PhD, […]
READ MORE →In a study just published in Cancer Cell, the professor Alimonti and his team demonstrated the role of TIMP1 gene that, if present in senescent cells, can counteract the metastatic process in prostate cancer.
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