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Our MSc Students at the University of Madrid (CIVIS)
- BSRC Fleming
- Aug 4
- 2 min read
Anna CHITA (MSc Class 2023-2025, 2nd year, Prof. Maria Roubelakis, Medical School - National & Kapodistrian University of Athens) and Abdul MUSASIZI (MSc Class 2023-2025, 2nd year, Dr. Maria Tsoumakidou, Biomedical Sciences Research Center "Alexander Fleming") have been selected among the top European MSc and PhD Students to attend the Blended Intensive Program (BIP) CIVIS course "Experimental Models in Molecular Biomedicine" organized by the Faculty of Medicine at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid between 03 February to 04 July 2025.
Each of them was awarded an international scholarship funded through the CIVIS fund, provided to outstanding graduate students to attend the international CIVIS program. Congratulations!
This CIVIS-BIP is co-organized by our International MSc in Molecular Biomedicine (Medical School - National & Kapodistrian University of Athens and BSRC "Alexander Fleming") in collaboration with the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Professor Carmela CALÉS).
CIVIS-BIP "Experimental Models in Molecular Biomedicine" Program 2025:
Virtual Part (online): 03 February to 20 June 2025
o General lectures (Presentation, Scientific method, Experimental approaches)
o Workshop: Yeast as a biotechnological tool with multiple applications: a model for dietary toxicology
o Workshop: Non-coding RNAs and RNA modifications in cell differentiation and disease
o Workshop: Behavioral phenotyping of Mouse Models
o Workshop: Human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells differentiation for tissue engineering applications
o Workshop: In Vivo and Ex Vivo Cancer Immunity Models
o Workshop: Riboseq to understand proteostasis in disease
o Workshop: Models to study Angiogenesis
o Workshop: Novel approaches to study Human Diseases
Physical mobility program (in Madrid): 30 June to 04 July 2025
o Individual evaluation of each student (written and oral presentation)
o Visits to research university's facilities and/or laboratories
o Cultural visit of the city, Social program
o Course wrap up
o Personal feedback from scientists
o Inspirational seminar by an invited speaker
o Diplomas delivery ceremony
CIVIS is Europe's Civic University Alliance, formed by 11 leading, research-oriented higher education institutions across Europe: Aix-Marseille Université, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of Bucharest, Université libre de Bruxelles, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Sapienza Università di Roma, Stockholm University, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, University of Glasgow, Paris Lodron University of Salzburg and University of Lausanne. Six leading universities in Africa join CIVIS as Associate Members. It brings together a community of more than 470,000 students and 58,000 staff members including 35,000 academics and researchers in Europe alone. Including CIVIS’ African members, its community counts more than 720,000 students and 75,000 staff.
