Doctoral Admission 2026-2027

SCOSAAR PhD ADMISSION 2026 - IBPC-NS

The admission colloquium at IBPC "N. Simionescu" will take place on September 11, at 10.00, in the Institute Library.

Methodology for organizing and conducting the admission competition for doctoral university studies in 2026

CODE OF CONDUCT FOR DOCTORAL STUDENTS

TOPICS for the PhD admission colloquium, 2026 session, IBPC-NS

• Cell membrane: structure, molecular dynamics, functions (transport, permeability, cellular compartments, vesicular transport), investigation methods.

• Proteins: classification, synthesis, separation and identification methods (types of electrophoresis, Western Blot, ELISA).

• Replication, transcription and translation of genetic material (PCR, Real-time PCR).

+ Presentation of the PhD thesis project

BIBLIOGRAPHY

General bibliography for the PhD admission colloquium

- 2026 session -

• Alberts B., Johnson A., Lewis J., Raff M., Roberts K., Walter P., “Molecular Biology of the Cell”, 5th edition, Garland Science; 2007; 5^th Revised edition, Taylor and Francis Ltd., Jan. 2008.

Membrane Structure (The Lipid Bilayer, Membrane proteins) – Chapter 10

Intracellular Compartments and Protein Sorting (the compartmentalization of cells; the transport of molecules between the nucleus and the cytosol; the endoplasmic reticulum; the Golgi apparatus; lysosomes; mitochondria; peroxisoms) – Chapter 12

Intracellular Vesicular Traffic (the molecular mechanisms of membrane transport and the maintenance of compartmental diversity; transport from the ER through the Golgi apparatus; transport from the trans Golgi network to lysosomes; transport into the cell from the plasma membrane: endocytosis; transport from the trans Golgi network to the cell exterior: exocytosis) – Chapter 13

Basic genetic mechanisms (DNA, Chromosomes and Genomes; DNA Replication; How Cells Read the Genome: From DNA to Protein; Control of Gene Expression) – Chapters 4, 5, 7

The Cell Nucleus (Chromosomal DNA and Its Packaging, The Global Structure of Chromosomes, Chromosome Replication) - Chapter 6

• Nelson D.L., Cox M.M., Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, Sixth Edition,

• D.Voet, J .G.Voet- „Biochemistry”, 4th edition, John Wiley& Sons Inc, 2011

RESULTS OF THE ADMISSION COLLOQUIUM

PhD SUPERVISORS FOR 2026 AT

The "Nicolae Simionescu" Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology

Number of requested places