PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Pharmacy in Ireland

APC Microbiome Ireland at University College Cork is recruiting a post-doctoral or senior post-doctoral researcher for a key bioinformatics role focused on developing AI-powered diagnostics for colon cancer . The successful appointee will join the School of Microbiology and the APC Microbiome research environment to work mainly on Microb_AI_ome , an EU-linked project developing microbiome-based detection of polyps and colorectal cancer through a privacy-preserving federated AI platform. The work...

GOLDLab at University College Dublin is hiring three ERC-funded postdoctoral researchers to work on questions at the intersection of experimental evolution, genome editing and RNA engineering. The lab’s research focuses on understanding the role of long non-coding RNAs in human diseases. Its work combines computational and experimental methods, offering a multidisciplinary environment for researchers interested in RNA biology, genome engineering and disease mechanisms. Projects are expected to c...

Trinity College Dublin’s School of Nursing and Midwifery, in partnership with St James Hospital, is offering one part-time funded scholarship for entry to a six-year Structured PhD programme in March or September 2027. The Joint PhD Scholarship is designed for nurses and midwives who want to generate evidence-based knowledge and develop innovative practices that improve care and health outcomes. Research will be conducted within St James Hospital and associated partners, with access to expertise...

The University of Limerick’s Bernal Institute is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher in vascular cell biology and 3D cell biology for the INCENSE-2 research project. Co-funded by the Rinn Pharma & Biopharma Centre and conducted with Cook Medical, the project is developing a human, flow-conditioned model of the arterial wall. The model is designed to enable real stents and drug coatings to be tested before animal studies. The successful researcher will lead the cell-biology component of the enginee...

The University of Limerick’s Bernal Institute is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher in vascular tissue engineering and perfusion bioreactors for the INCENSE-2 research project. Working in the Faculty of Science & Engineering and Department of Chemical Science, the researcher will contribute to a collaboration with Cook Medical, co-funded by the Rinn Pharma & Biopharma Centre. The project aims to create a human, flow-conditioned model of the arterial wall that can be used to test real stents an...

The University of Limerick is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (Level 1) in Electropolymerisation within the Faculty of Science & Engineering and the Department of Chemical Science. The project addresses the need for conductive thin films that combine high conductivity, long-term stability, flexibility, biocompatibility and scalable manufacturing. The research will develop an interfacial electrosynthesis platform for producing conducting polymer films that can overcome limitations associated wi...

The University of Galway is recruiting an experienced postdoctoral researcher to join Professor James O’Gara’s research group in the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences. The four-year project, funded through a Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future Award, focuses on restoring antibiotic susceptibility in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The project, titled “Targeting the pyruvate node of central metabolism to restore antibiotic susceptibility in MRSA,” investigates h...

University College Dublin is seeking a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at Level 1 or Level 2 to join the research groups of Professor Walter Kolch and Professor Donal Brennan at Systems Biology Ireland (SBI) . The project focuses on developing and applying digital twin approaches for ovarian cancer within a multidisciplinary precision-medicine programme. The successful researcher will contribute to a multi-modal computational foundation model for ovarian cancer and to patient-specific digital twin...

Trinity College Dublin is recruiting one PhD Researcher through the PANDORA Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network, an international research network focused on age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and translational vision research. The project, “Therapeutic approach targeting the mitochondria” , addresses dry AMD, the most common form of AMD and a major cause of blindness in older adults. The researcher will investigate innovative candidate therapies that target mitochondrial functio...