Research Assistant or Research Fellow in Engineering Biology

23 Mar 2024
Job Data

Organisation/Firm

CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY

Analysis Subject

Organic sciences

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)
First Stage Researcher (R1)

Nation

United Kingdom

Utility Deadline

14 Apr 2024 – 00:00 (UTC)

Kind of Contract

Different

Job Standing

Full-time

Is the job funded via the EU Analysis Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job associated to workers place inside a Analysis Infrastructure?

No

Supply Description

Faculty/Division: Faculty of Water, Power and Surroundings
Based mostly at: Cranfield Campus, Cranfield, Bedfordshire
Hours of labor: 37 hours per week, usually labored Monday to Friday. Versatile working can be thought-about.
Contract sort: Fastened time period contract
Fastened Time period Interval: For 3 years
Wage: Analysis Assistant (if near finishing PhD): Full time beginning wage is generally £34,450 each year. Analysis Fellow (if PhD obtained): Full time beginning wage is generally within the vary of £37,337 to £39,316 each year, depending on abilities and expertise.
Apply by: 14/04/2024

Position Description

Analysis Assistant or Analysis Fellow in Engineering Biology

The put up is a part of the lately funded UKRI-funded Engineering Biology Programme Grant “EBIC: Environmental Biotechnology and Innovation Centre”, a collaboration between 11 universities together with Cranfield, Bangor, Brunel, East Anglia, Edinburgh, Essex, Glasgow, Heriot-Watt, Newcastle, and Southampton, in addition to greater than two dozen trade and tutorial companions.

You’ll be part of a extremely utilized interdisciplinary challenge on the intersection of artificial biology, environmental engineering, and biotechnology. We purpose to discover cutting-edge strategies from artificial biology, biotechnology, and engineering science to develop progressive options in bioengineering and bioremediation. With a workforce of consultants from various fields, we’re on a mission to bridge the hole between engineering biology analysis and sensible functions, guaranteeing that our findings translate into significant actions that make a considerable and measurable distinction on the earth.

The analysis challenge will develop new applied sciences underpinning Artificial/Engineering Biology, with the aim of remodeling the sector so as to add reliability, robustness, and predictability all through the organic design course of. This can be addressed with a collaborative, interdisciplinary method with the workforce growing new wetware, software program, {hardware}, and concept, with these “pillars” of the programme contributing options to key utility challenges in Bioengineering Purposes, Biotechnologies and Environmental Engineering.

The challenge has the actual potential to go far past elementary analysis and has the potential to evolve into an actual enterprise within the close to future. This fast-paced challenge will provide you with the chance to develop new abilities by working carefully with our interdisciplinary workforce and construct their worldwide profile together with by way of work with our tutorial and SME collaborators.

In regards to the Position

We’re on the lookout for a passionate and expert Molecular Biologist with a specialisation in artificial biology analysis and biotechnology utility. The candidate will play a vital function in growing engineering instruments and microbial consortia manipulation for organic water remedy programs, environmental monitoring, useful resource restoration and bioremediation methods.

The mixing of engineering rules with organic programs is significant for managing pollutant cycles throughout waste and wastewater therapies. This course of not solely facilitates pollutant conversion into helpful sources, but additionally underscores the potential of pollution upcycling, transcending easy pollutant removing in the direction of worth creation.

The function entails main analysis initiatives concentrating on non-conventional bacterial genomes for environmental functions in water and waste programs. This consists of utilising superior genome concentrating on and enhancing strategies to develop bacterial strains for numerous functions reminiscent of surfactant manufacturing and enhanced degradation processes. The place additionally entails growing microfluidics and single-cell Subsequent-Era Sequencing (NGS) strategies for micro organism, conducting experiments with a number of bacterial strains, collaborating with a multidisciplinary workforce, analysing and deciphering knowledge for analysis papers and displays, staying up to date on artificial biology and gene enhancing applied sciences, and supervising and mentoring junior researchers and college students concerned within the challenge.

This place gives the distinctive alternative to be a part of an internationally regarded, dynamic, pleasant, various and inclusive workforce engaged on the appliance of cutting-edge artificial biology instruments in pathway and metabolic engineering, addressing present challenges in key areas reminiscent of biotechnology and environmental functions. You’ll have a chance to work collectively inside a workforce of microbiologists, environmental engineers, chemists, experimental biologists and bioinformaticians, to develop novel engineering biology methods for environmental functions within the water and waste sectors and discover untapped biology of various microorganisms.

About You

You need to maintain a PhD (or be near completion) in Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Bioengineering, or a associated discipline, together with demonstrated expertise in working with micro organism, gene circuits, and engineered biofilm programs. Proficiency in fashionable gene concentrating on and enhancing strategies is crucial, in addition to a powerful background in artificial biology, fermentation science, and bioprocess engineering. Wonderful analytical, problem-solving, and communication abilities are required, together with a confirmed observe report of publications in related scientific journals. You need to have expertise in experimental design, execution, and knowledge evaluation, significantly within the context of environmental science and engineering and exhibit a powerful understanding of their very own analysis discipline and the flexibility to work successfully in multidisciplinary groups. Robust oral and written communication, in addition to technical writing abilities, are important, together with a proactive and collaborative perspective in the direction of problem-solving and reaching challenge milestones. Confidence in collaboration, networking, and impartial analysis, in addition to the flexibility to work each independently and as a part of a workforce with restricted supervision, are key attributes for fulfillment on this function.

About Us

As a specialist postgraduate college, Cranfield’s world-class experience, large-scale amenities and unrivalled trade partnerships are creating leaders in expertise and administration globally. Be taught extra about Cranfield and our distinctive influence right here .

You’ll be related to the Water Theme, dwelling to the Water-Surroundings-Well being-Nexus group and the Environmental Biotechnology Innovation Centre led by Professor Frederic Coulon. This centre is dedicated to tackling the escalating challenges of environmental stewardship and sustainability throughout the interconnected realms of water, soil, and waste. Contemplating the worldwide tendencies reminiscent of fast urbanisation and local weather change, sustainable useful resource administration confronts unprecedented dangers. The nexus method acknowledges the intricate hyperlinks between water, soil, and waste, underlining the need for coordinated administration to navigate sustainable growth amidst these complexities. Guided by this crucial for integration, Cranfield has cultivated a transdisciplinary analysis group, facilitating information sharing amongst consultants specialising in various aspects of the nexus. This collaborative milieu empowers us to embrace a holistic perspective in our analysis actions, selling built-in and sustainable useful resource administration. With experience spanning environmental biotechnology, engineering biology, water and waste remedy, and remediation, our centre is well-equipped to handle these intricate challenges. Discover out extra about our work right here .

Our Values and Commitments

Our shared, said values assist to outline who we’re and underpin every thing we do: Ambition; Impression; Respect; and Neighborhood. Discover out extra right here .

We purpose to create and preserve a tradition during which everybody can work and examine collectively and realise their full potential. We’re a Incapacity Assured Employer and proud members of the Stonewall Range Champions Programme. We’re dedicated to actively exploring versatile working choices for every function and have been ranked within the High 30 household pleasant employers within the UK by the charity Working Households . Discover out extra about our key commitments to Equality, Range and Inclusion and Versatile Working right here .

Working Preparations

Collaborating and connecting are integral to a lot of what we do. Our Working Preparations Framework offers many workers with the chance to flexibly mix on-site and distant working, the place job roles enable, balancing the wants of our group of workers, college students, purchasers and companions.

The best way to apply                                   

For a casual dialogue about this chance, please contact, Professor Frederic Coulon, Professor of Environmental Chemistry & Microbiology on: (T) 01234 754981 or (E): [email protected]

Please don’t hesitate to contact us for additional particulars on E: [email protected] . Please quote reference quantity 4790.

Time limit for receipt of functions: 14 April 2024

Interviews to be held: Week Commencing 22 April 2024

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CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY

Nation

United Kingdom

Metropolis

Bedford

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