MrCarlos Matellan

Our lab focuses on the intersection between mechanobiology and immunology, particularly in the context of cancer. Our aim is to understand how mechanical cues shape the immune response in cancer in order to identify new immunotherapeutic targets.

Carlos completed his PhD in bioengineering from Imperial College London in 2022, where his work focused on the biomechanics of pancreatic cancer. He relocated to Ireland in 2023, starting as a Postdoctoral Researcher in UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences. He was later awarded the Thomas Mitchell medal under the IRC/GOI Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme to investigate fibroblast-monocyte interactions. In 2025, Dr Matellan received a Wellcome Trust Early Career Award to start his independent research into the stroma-matrix-immune crosstalk in colorectal cancer.