Post Doctoral Researcher, Biology
MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY, Ireland
- Institution
- MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY
- Country
- Ireland
- Position type
- PhD
- Subject area
- Biology & Life Sciences
- Salary
- €48,691 p.a.
- Hours
- Full Time
- Location
- IE
- Funding
- Fully funded position
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About this position
Department: Sociology
Vacancy ID: 044043
Closing Date: 04-Oct-2026
We are seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Researcher to work on a 3-year Health Research Board (HRB)-funded project within the Translational Cancer Research group of Dr Niamh Lynam-Lennon at the Dept. of Biology, Maynooth University. This project aims to investigate the role of key complement components in the pathogenesis and treatment resistance of rectal cancer utilising tumour tissue and blood samples from rectal cancer patients attending national and international treatment centres.
Importantly, this project will determine the potential role of complement components as novel predictors of response to neoadjuvant treatment in rectal cancer patients and will also determine the relationship between complement and key immune cells in the tumour microenvironment to identify novel combination immunotherapy and neoadjuvant treatment approaches for those patients who are resistant to the current standard of care.
Post Doctoral Researcher Level 1 (2026) Salary Scale: €48,691 p.a. (1 point - with increment)
Closing Date:
23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Sunday, 4th October 2026.
Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified above. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.
Late applications will not be accepted.
Maynooth University is an equal opportunities employer
The position is subject to the Statutes of the University
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