Dylan Ryan

Assistant Professor in Trinity College Dublin. A mitochondria and immunometabolism enthusiast.

[Dylan Ryan @RyanLab_TCD]

🚨 We’re hiring a postdoctoral research associate! 🚨

The Ryan Lab at Trinity College Dublin is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join our new team in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology, based in the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute for 2026/2027.

This is a great opportunity for scientists with a PhD interested in mitochondrial biology, immunology, inflammation, infection, metabolism, or primary mitochondrial disease. The position will be available for 2 years in the first instance with the potential for extension.

The role will aim to understand how pathogenic mitochondrial DNA mutations reshape the innate immune response to infection ex vivo and in vivo. The successful candidate will contribute to a programme involving:

🧫 Primary macrophage culture
🐭Mouse model-linked infection studies
🔥 Inflammatory and infection-associated assays
📊 Cytokine, metabolic, and immunological readouts
🧬 Molecular biology and genotyping
🔬 A growing programme in mitochondrial immunometabolism

📍 Location: Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin
📅 Anticipated start: Flexible, ideally November 2026-January 2027
⏰ Closing date: 12 noon, 07 October 2026

Please share widely and do get in touch if you think you might be a great fit!

To apply:

Applicants should submit a full CV plus a short cover letter to include the names and contact details of 2 referees (including email addresses), to:-

Dr. Dylan Ryan
[email protected]

Please use the subject line: Postdoctoral Research Fellow Application – Ryan Lab.

Important: Applications by private Social Media messages will not be considered and will not be responded to. Only applicants invited to interview will hear back from us.

[nature @Nature]

Nature research paper: GRP75-dependent SIMPA mediates inter-organellar quality control

https://t.co/CC93JacsaK

[Mitoworld.org @mitoworld_org]

Happy Monday :) Start your week off with some #mitocancer #mitometabolism reading from @FrezzaLab's @Bims_BiomedNews curation, and this beautiful #mitochondria rendition!

#mitoscientists

[Dylan Ryan @RyanLab_TCD]

@MarcoTigano Indeed! Funnily enough the classic 'Powerhouse of the cell' was coined in a Scientific American article I believe before even the chemiosmotic theory of ATP production. How it comes full circle, label it before we truly understand it, then bring back umpteen years later 😅

[nature @Nature]

China has selected its first group of young researchers to receive funding for up to 15 years, in one of the longest research grants on offer to scientists globally

https://t.co/6RnYWeNs6e

[Catalina Vasilescu, PhD @_CVasilescu]

The new edition of @Bims_BiomedNews Mitochondria in Health and Disease is finally here!

Full edition online: https://t.co/UJJSPOAa1x

A few highlights below 👇As always, we thank to @gavinmcstay2, @mitoscientist, @mitoworld_org and all mitoscientists!

[Cell Reports @CellReports]

The COX2-PGE2-PKA axis suppresses antiviral immunity by inhibiting mtDNA-dependent STING activation dlvr.​it/TVzXlj

[Journal of Experimental Medicine @JExpMed]

Herpesvirus CNS infections in genetically heterozygous - transcriptionally homozygous IRF7 deficiency. From Marvin Werner, Trine Mogensen and colleagues: https://t.co/LHmwN9Z0Zd

📘 From our #Cytokines collection: https://t.co/iMDzV0HHHf
#Cytokines2026

[Shai Bel @Mucus_Man]

🚨🚨 When we take antibiotics we assume they'll kill the bad bugs but won't affect us directly. In our new story @NatureMicrobiol , we found that's not always the case and developed a tool, CompoRes, to identify these direct effects on the host /1
https://t.co/2ecGy1w32N

[Journal of Experimental Medicine @JExpMed]

Does fever drive the #evolution of antiviral genes? Perspective by Ryan Langlois @LangloisLab: https://t.co/KDd0s3eK2q

📘 From our #Cytokines collection: https://t.co/Do7ZGntYEW
#Cytokines2026

[Dylan Ryan @RyanLab_TCD]

📢 Last three weeks of #immunometabolism discoveries @Bims_BiomedNews @mitoworld_org ⬇️⬇️⬇️

https://t.co/wamThOWwBc
https://t.co/qc88Ea0EGB
https://t.co/5DkQmQ6Xtn

A large collection of interesting findings across the immune cell landscape!

Highlights in comments 👇

[Cell Metabolism @Cell_Metabolism]

New! Online now: Cancer-cell-derived fumarate suppresses the anti-tumor capacity of CD8+ T cells in the tumor microenvironment dlvr.​it/TVxllx

[Martin Picard @MitoPsychoBio]

Look at these gorgeous, dynamic, orange mitochondria surrounding the blue nucleus.

A view of life from beneath a cell monolayer in a parti dish. Whatever angle you look at it, life is always dynamic and pretty special.

[Cell Press @CellPressNews]

"Akkermansia muciniphila protects against endometritis through a tyrosol-mediated gut–uterus axis."

Learn more in Cell Host & Microbe: https://t.co/4x3COuzlRn

Jiuxi Liu, Xufeng Xie, and Yongguo Cao
@cellhostmicrobe

[Cell Metabolism @Cell_Metabolism]

New! Online now: TNF compromises intestinal bile-acid tolerance dictating colitis progression and limited infliximab response dlvr.​it/TVy5SB

[Journal of Experimental Medicine @JExpMed]

IFNγ-induced memory in human #macrophages is sustained by the durability of #cytokine signaling itself. From Aleksandr Gorin, Alexander Hoffmann and colleagues https://t.co/JCB4FzmM1P

📘 From our #Cytokines collection: https://t.co/e7Q6pSgCoE
#Cytokines2026

[Dylan Ryan @RyanLab_TCD]

@Bims_BiomedNews @mitoworld_org

[Dylan Ryan @RyanLab_TCD]

📢 Last three weeks of #immunometabolism discoveries @Bims_BiomedNews @mitoworld_org ⬇️⬇️⬇️

https://t.co/wamThOWwBc
https://t.co/qc88Ea0EGB
https://t.co/5DkQmQ6Xtn

A large collection of interesting findings across the immune cell landscape!

Highlights in comments 👇

[Dylan Ryan @RyanLab_TCD]

@Bims_BiomedNews @mitoworld_org