Research Associate/Fellow (Fixed-Term)
Biological Sciences,Biology,Genetics,Microbiology,Biochemistry,Other Biological Sciences,Physical and Environmental Sciences,Chemistry,Engineering and Technology,Biotechnology
Short info about job
Company: University of Nottingham
Department: Life Sciences
Salary: £26,495 to £38,833 per annum, depending on skills and experience (minimum £29,799 with relevant PhD). Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance.
Hours: Full Time
Contract type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Type / Role: Academic or Research
Phone: +44-1263 1997833
Fax: +44-1380 8276245
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Detail information about job Research Associate/Fellow (Fixed-Term). Terms and conditions vacancy
The Synthetic Biology Research Centre (SBRC) at the University of Nottingham is seeking a creative and motivated metabolic engineering scientist and/or synthetic biologist to work on developing gas-fermenting microbial chassis for sustainable bioproduction of chemicals and fuels.
SBRC Nottingham, established by BBSRC/EPSRC with more than £14 million funding, is working at the frontiers of UK academic and industrial research with the aim to accelerate the application of Engineering and Synthetic Biology technologies to directly capture carbon by exploiting the ability of autotrophic bacteria to fix C1-gases (carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, or methane) and convert them into platform chemicals such as hydrocarbons (e.g. ethylene and isoprene), carboxylic acids (e.g. 3-hydroxypropionic acid), and others. The gas-fermenting aerobic and anaerobic bacterial chassis are being used as primary engineering platforms.
The role holder will join the Centre that is equipped with state of art facilities including laboratory suites dedicated to multiplexed gas fermentation, high-throughput robotics, and analytics (HPLC, GC, GC-MS, LC-MS-MS). A unique, interdisciplinary research environment of SBRC will provide opportunity to work and collaborate with researchers that have expertise in sciences supporting Synthetic Biology, including molecular biology and microbiology, chemistry and engineering, computer science and systems biology.
Candidate should hold a PhD (pending or awarded) in a discipline relevant to microbial strain engineering or synthetic biology. Past experience in metabolic engineering or/and synthetic biology of microbial species is essential. A knowledge of advanced genome editing, high-throughput -omics techniques, and/or metabolic pathway analysis would be desirable.
This a full-time fixed-term post is available immediately until 30 July 2019.
The School of Life Sciences holds an Athena Silver SWAN Award, in recognition of our commitment to supporting and advancing women’s careers in the life sciences (STEMM). You can read more about this initiative at: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/life-sciences/documents/athena-swan-silver-award.pdf.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor Nigel P Minton ([email protected]). Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.
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The University of Nottingham is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.