The NUCLEAR project, a Marie Skłodowska Curie Action Doctoral Network funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe Framework Programme, aims to train the next generation of experts in metabolic regulation of genome function and cell identity. The project has just opened its first call for 16 PhD students.

Among the main challenges that the students will face are to develop tools for the detection of metabolism in the nucleus and to enable its interpretation; to understand how metabolism regulates functions of the chromatin template, including specific gene regulation; and to test metabolism-chromatin interactions as targetable vulnerabilities in cancer cells.

In order to address this emerging, interdisciplinary field while offering a comprehensive, high-quality training, NUCLEAR has brought together leaders from different European institutions in the fields of metabolomics, functional genomics, chromatin regulation and stem cell and cancer biology with innovators in precision nutrition, mass spectrometry technologies and drug development. The project is coordinated by Dr. Marcus Buschbeck, Group Leader at the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute.

In total, NUCLEAR has 14 beneficiary institutions and 12 partner organisations. All the PhD projects and the institutions where they will be conducted can be consulted on the project's website.

Access the NUCLEAR call here. The application period is open until 17 March 2025.