Dr Oliver Treacy is a Lecturer Above the Bar in the Discipline of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at theUniversity of Galway. He obtained his BSc (Hons) in Microbiology in 2005 and MSc in Regenerative Medicine in 2009 from NUIG. Prior to completing his Masters degree, he worked for Abbott Ireland (now Abbvie) based in Co. Sligo. Following completion of his Masters degree, he pursued a PhD in transplant immunology investigating the ability of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) to prolong corneal allograft survival. He graduated from the University of Galway with his degree in 2014. Oliver continued his work in the area of transplant immunology in a postdoctoral position funded by SFI, with a focus on enhancing the therapeutic efficacy of MSCs through licensing. In 2017, he joined the lab of Dr Aideen Ryan on a SFI-funded project aimed at identifying novel stromal cell-related immunotherapeutic targets for the treatment of metastatic colon cancer. The focus of his current work is to investigate the role of stromal cell-derived immune checkpoint marker expression in the context of colon cancer development and metastasis. Dr. Treacys work has led to a number of significant Public - No restrictionations describing novel discoveries in Cancer Immunology Research, Molecular Therapy, the American Journal of Transplantation and Stem Cells. In 2020, Dr Treacy received a Mobility Award from the Irish Association for Cancer Research (IACR) funded by the Association of Irish Floral Artists (AOIFA) and was awarded the European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) Young Scientist Award in 2021.