Predoctoral Researcher – Immunobiology Group

Deadline for submission: Friday, 31 July 2026.

The Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) is a research centre in Madrid dedicated to cardiovascular disease research. It offers modern laboratories and state‑of‑the‑art equipment.

Responsibilities

The candidate will work on a doctoral thesis under the project UNderstanding Lipid ImmunoMetabolIsm To trEat Disease (UNLIMITED) (ref: ). The research will investigate how manipulation of fatty‑acid oxidation (FAO) in tissue macrophages affects their metabolic and functional programming in health, atherosclerosis, and cancer models.

• Characterise the metabolic profile of macrophages in vitro and ex vivo following FAO manipulation.
• Determine the effect of FAO on macrophage functional programming.
• Assess the impact of FAO modulation on tissue homeostasis and inflammation in atherosclerosis...