PhD Studentship: Cancer Immunology & Immune Cell Interactions

University of Cambridge; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Cambridge invites applications for a PhD project led by Dr Tim Halim to investigate how tissue-resident immune cells, particularly ILC2, influence tumour evolution. The project combines cutting-edge immunology techniques with intravital imaging, spatial transcriptomics, and robust in silico analysis using core facilities available to the lab.

Applicants will work across cancer models (pancreatic, breast, ovarian, lung) and learn wet-lab methods while developing computational

Qualifications

• Lab-based immunology/cancer biology experience.
• Familiarity with basic molecular biology workflows would be advantageous.
• Experience with data analysis of large-scale datasets preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform wet-lab experiments including flow cytometry and tissue processing.
• Analyze single-cell and spatial transcriptomics data.
• Collaborate with senior scientists and contribute to in silico analyses.
• Prepare hypotheses from descriptive datasets and test them with in vitro and in vivo studies.

Skills

Flow cytometry

Immunology lab techniques

Immunofluorescence microscopy

Tissue processing

In vivo models

Computational biology

Single-cell transcriptomics

Tools

HALO

Imaris

Job description

The University of Cambridge invites applications for a PhD project led by Dr Tim Halim to investigate how tissue-resident immune cells, particularly ILC2, influence tumour evolution. The project combines cutting-edge immunology techniques with intravital imaging, spatial transcriptomics, and robust in silico analysis using core facilities available to the lab.

Applicants will work across cancer models (pancreatic, breast, ovarian, lung) and learn wet-lab methods while developing computational