Research Fellow in Experimental Biology and Biotechnology

Organisation

Cranfield College

College/Division

College of Water, Vitality and Setting

Based mostly at

Cranfield Campus, Cranfield, Bedfordshire

Contract kind

Mounted time period contract

Mounted Time period Interval

till 13 February 2029

Wage

Full time beginning wage is generally within the vary of £37,337 to £39,316 each year

Analysis Fellow in Experimental Biology and Biotechnology

This place is a part of the just 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 business and tutorial companions.

You’ll be part of extremely utilized interdisciplinary undertaking on the intersection of artificial biology, environmental engineering, and biotechnology. We goal to discover cutting-edge methods from artificial biology, biotechnology, and engineering science to develop revolutionary options in bioengineering and bioremediation. With a group of specialists from various fields, we’re on a mission to bridge the hole between engineering biology analysis and sensible purposes, making certain that our findings translate into significant actions that make a considerable and measurable distinction on this planet. The undertaking has the true 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 undertaking provides you with the chance to develop new expertise by working intently with our interdisciplinary group and construct their worldwide profile together with through work with our tutorial and SME collaborators.

This place gives the distinctive alternative to be a part of extremely utilized analysis actions with vital environmental and social impression. You should have a possibility to work collectively inside a group of microbiologists, environmental engineers, chemists, experimental biologists and bioinformaticians, to develop novel engineering biology methods for environmental purposes within the water and waste sectors and discover untapped biology of various microorganisms.

In regards to the Position

We’re searching for a passionate and expert environmental scientist with a specialisation in microbial biotechnology, engineering biology, artificial biology, molecular biology, metabolic engineering, (or equal).

As part of EBIC, this position will present analysis and technical help on the whole molecular biology and biochemistry actions with a concentrate on establishing an experimental and analytical pipeline geared toward accelerating artificial biology, microbial chassis, and engineering biology purposes for environmental biotechnologies throughout the water and waste sectors. Your duties will embody actively contributing to the event and scaling up of efficient options by means of developments in organic detection and reporting, engineering enzymes for focused degradation, and enhancing bioengineered biofilms resilience and effectivity utilizing superior genetic instruments.

As a Analysis Fellow, additionally, you will contribute to a variety of actions which outcome within the scale-up, technical switch, validation of bioengineering applied sciences.

About You

You must ideally possess a PhD (or be near completion) in biotechnology or a associated scientific self-discipline, though candidates with a grasp’s or bachelor’s diploma in biotechnology or a associated discipline, coupled with vital extra expertise, may also be thought of.

Demonstrable experience in biotechnology or a associated discipline is important, together with theoretical and sensible information in varied (bio)analytical strategies. Glorious analytical, problem-solving, and communication expertise are required, in addition to proficiency in experimental design, execution, and knowledge evaluation. Sensible expertise in working lab-based and semi-pilot bioengineered methods, corresponding to bioreactors and chemostats, is most popular.

Data of environmental biotechnology utilized and environmental microbiology, and analytical monitoring and environmental diagnostics no less than on the bachelor’s diploma degree is important. Familiarity with well being and security laws related to the position can be anticipated.

About Us

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

You’ll be related to the Water theme, dwelling to the Water-Setting-Well being-Nexus group and the Environmental Biotechnology Innovation Centre  led by Prof 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 corresponding to speedy 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 improvement amidst these complexities.

Guided by this crucial for integration, Cranfield has cultivated a transdisciplinary analysis group, facilitating information sharing amongst specialists 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 therapy, 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, acknowledged values assist to outline who we’re and underpin every thing we do: Ambition; Influence; Respect; and Neighborhood. Discover out extra right here .

We goal to create and keep a tradition wherein everybody can work and examine collectively and realise their full potential. We’re a Incapacity Assured Employer and proud members of the Stonewall Variety Champions Programme. We’re dedicated to actively exploring versatile working choices for every position 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, Variety 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 permit, balancing the wants of our group of workers, college students, shoppers and companions.

How one can apply                                   

For an off-the-cuff dialogue about this chance, please contact, Professor Frederic Coulon on (T0 01234 754 981: or (E): [email protected]

Apply on-line now . Please don’t hesitate to contact us for additional particulars on E: [email protected] . Please quote reference quantity 4793.

Time limit for receipt of purposes: 14 April 2024

Interviews to be held: week commencing on 22 April 2024