?‍? ?‍? EUROPE: 15 PhD positions in the MSCA Doctoral Network DECODES: Deciphering the Splicing Code in Human Disease

Grant Agreement No. 101312753

Alternative splicing (AS) is a fundamental post-transcriptional mechanism that enables a single gene to generate multiple protein isoforms, dramatically expanding proteomic diversity. Dysregulation of AS is now recognised as a hallmark of human disease, contributing directly to cancer progression, neurodegeneration, metabolic syndromes, and numerous rare genetic disorders.

Despite major technological advances, the translation of AS biology into clinical benefit remains limited by critical gaps in mechanistic understanding and by the absence of an integrated framework capable of driving discoveries from molecular insight to therapeutic intervention.

DECODES , coordinated by the University of Santiago de Compostela , has been conceived to meet this challenge. It unites leading European scientists with highly complementary expertise to establish a coherent, interdisciplinary, and intersectoral research programme that bridges fundamental RNA biology with clinical and industrial translation.

At its core, DECODES is a high-level doctoral programme that will provide advanced, multidisciplinary training spanning computational genomics, structural biology, disease modelling, RNA biochemistry, medicinal chemistry and pharmacological screening.





Embedded in a fully international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral environment, the programme will equip 15 Doctoral Candidates with state-of-the-art research expertise, comprehensive transferable skills and entrepreneurial competencies through structured coursework and immersive industrial secondments.

? Eligibility criteria

- Supported researchers must be Doctoral Candidates (DCs), meaning that they must not already hold a doctoral degree at the date of recruitment.

- Researchers who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis but have not yet formally been awarded the doctoral degree will not be considered eligible.
- Recruited researchers may be of any nationality and must comply with the MSCA mobility rule . At the time of selection by the host organisation, researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting participant for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before recruitment. Short stays, such as holidays, are not taken into account.

- Secondment Readiness: Candidates must be fully willing and able to relocate internationally for secondments (research stays) at other academic or industrial partner institutions within the network. ➡️ Read the full description and how to apply at EURAXESS:

https://lnkd.in/dnfYEH7t

📌 EUROPE: 15 PhD positions in the MSCA Doctoral Network DECODES (Santiago de Compostela)
🏢 MSCA-DN DECODES
📍 Santiago de Compostela