Fully-funded PhD studentship: Innate-adaptive immune interactions in cancer evolution

Supervisor: Dr Tim Halim Department/location: Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute Deadline for application: 16th October 2026 Course start date: 1st October 2027 Project details For further information about the research group, please visit our website at The immune system is capable of detecting cancer, which forms the basis of immunotherapy. While immunotherapy has revolutionised cancer treatment in recent years, it remains unclear how exactly the immue system detects and responds to pre-cancereous lesions. Nevertheless, it is known that the activatin (or deactivation) of anti-cancer immune cells involves many different cell-types that communicate dynamically in specific tissue niches.