The International Doctoral Programme in the Genomics and Molecular Physiology of Fruit Plants (GMPF) occupies a prominent position as the first created in 2008 and operating from the following summer. It offers high level study and research programmes in a context of national and international scientific cooperation between doctoral students and, more generally, between member institutions. The GMPF is the first programme in Italy to offer a high-level programme aimed at training researchers to develop a more sustainable and competitive fructiculture in Europe. In addition to the CRI, this pioneering programme enjoys the collaboration of 17 institutions from all over the world: from the University of Trento to the Washington State University (USA), from the Plant and Food Research Institute of Palmerston North (New Zealand) to the  University of Bologna, from the Plant Research International in Wageningen (The Netherlands) to the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel).

GMPF students will complete their study and research programme with an outstanding curriculum in the fields of genomics, Information Technologies, functional genomics, proteomics and metabolomics, genetics, and genetic improvement and molecular physiology of fruit tree species.

For further information: www.gmpf.eu

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Justin Lashbrooke	Lorena Leonardelli	Giulia Miolli	Sara Montanari	Luca Narduzzi
Stefano Pessina	Emilio Potenza	Emanuela Kerschbamer	Nir Shahaf	Silvia Venuti
Jaap Wolters	Dong Yonghui	Xiaoguang Yu