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Postdoc in Metabolic Engineering - DTU Biosustain
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Job Description

About us
Yeast Metabolic Engineering group is a part of the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability. We develop novel yeast cell factories to produce chemicals and natural products in a more sustainable way. We have supportive and collaborative atmosphere to ensure that each member of the team can thrive and realize their potential.

Responsibilities and qualifications
You will develop novel approaches for metabolic engineering with focus on small molecule transport. You will employ advanced synthetic biology tools and systems-level metabolic engineering, tapping into the latest -omic technologies, including DNAseq, RNAseq, proteomics, fluxomics, and metabolomics. You will create new concepts for how the transport of small molecules across cellular membranes can be optimized to create cell factories for industrial biotechnology.

Specific tasks:

• Literature review, hypotheses formulation, and experimental design
• Wet lab work with molecular biology, strain construction, and cultivation of yeast at small scale and in bioreactors
• Reporting results in peer-reviewed publications and presentations at conferences and meetings
• Collaboration within the group and within the center, participation in international collaborations and outreach activities.

You hold a PhD degree in Biotechnology or similar.

Further qualifications:

• Hands-on experience with metabolic engineering and advanced genome editing of yeasts
• Excellent track-record of scientific achievements (publications, patents, awards, grants, conference presentations, etc.)
• Ability to work independently, to plan and carry out complicated research tasks, and also to be a part of the large research team
• Experience in project planning and supervision of students or laboratory technicians
• Team spirit and excellent collaboration skills
• Strong analytical skills and excellent judgment ability
• Excellent communication skills, fluent written and oral English
• Well-organized, efficient, result-oriented, have excellent record keeping abilities.

We offer
DTU is a leading technical university globally recognized for the excellence of its research, education, innovation and scientific advice. We offer a rewarding and challenging job in an international environment. We strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility. 

Salary and terms of employment 
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union.

The period of employment is 2 years.

Further information 
Further information may be obtained from Prof. Irina Borodina at +45 6177 5451 or at [email protected]

You can read more about the Department at www.biosustain.dtu.dk  

If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark .

Application procedure 
Your complete online application must be submitted no later than the 24 March 2024 (23:59 Danish time).

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability (DTU Biosustain)
Recent progress in our ability to read and write genomic code, combined with advances in automation, analytics and data science, has fundamentally changed the scope and ambition of harnessing the potential of biological systems. Big data approaches and analysis of biological systems are key research instruments at the Center. DTU Biosustain utilizes these advances for microbial cell factory design to foster sustainable lifestyles in relation to three application areas: Sustainable Chemicals, Natural Products, and Microbial Foods.

Technology for people
DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear mission to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That mission lives on today. DTU has 13,500 students and 6,000 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.

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Job Info

• Job Identification 3243
• Job Category VIP B
• Posting Date 02/27/2024, 02:47 AM
• Apply Before 03/24/2024, 06:59 PM
• Locations Kreditorkontoret, Kgs. Lyngby, 2800, DK

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