Organisation/Company Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Department Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas de Madrid -IIBM- Research Field Biological sciences » Biology Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Positions Master Positions Application Deadline 9 Oct 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Madrid) Country Spain Type of Contract To be defined Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 35 Offer Starting Date 16 Nov 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
The Cancer Stem Cells and Fibroinflammatory Microenvironment Group is looking for a candidate for a CAM Synergy Project
Our group is based at the Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Sols-Morreale (IIBM) - CSIC-UAM in Madrid, Spain, a joint center run by the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and the Autonomous University in Madrid (UAM). We are also part of the Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS),



one of the leading ISCIII-accredited Health Research Institutes in Spain.
The group has recently been awarded a CAM Synergy Project ( SYG-2024/SAL-GL-711) funded by the Community of Madrid (CAM). These grants aim to support the development of disruptive, frontier research projects carried out jointly by two research groups affiliated with universities or research institutions within the CAM.
The project, acronym RUMBA , investigates how the gut microbiome of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who exhibit exceptional responses to immunotherapy may serve as a source of immunomodulatory molecules capable of reversing T cell exhaustion within the tumor microenvironment. Through aptamer-based screening, multi-omics integration, advanced co-culture and organ-on-chip systems, and preclinical validation in genetically modified mouse models, we aim to identify and assess the impact of these molecules on an

📌 RUMBA-CM: Reprogramming the Tumor Microenvironment Through Microbiome-Derived Immunomodulatory Molec (España)
🏢 Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
📍 España