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Postdoc in microbial natural product chemist - DTU Bioengineering
Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

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Job Description

If you are a highly ambitious natural product chemist and look for the best possible foundation to fulfill your career goal and dreams, this is the right job for you. At DTU Bioengineering, you are going to make new breakthroughs at one of the world top three universities in biotechnology. This project is funded by an Innoexplorer grant, funded by Innovation Fund Denmark.

Responsibilities and qualifications
You will be part of an interdisciplinary research team of highly skilled scientists. Your overall focus will be to analyze and characterize lead Streptomyces strains for bioactive metabolites.

Your primary tasks will be to:

• Optimization of antifungal polyketide production in Streptomyces
• Scale-up fermentation and isolation of antifungal leads
• Support in biosynthesis and pharmacokinetics studies
• Support in animal assay

As a formal qualification, you must hold a PhD degree (or equivalent). The PhD should preferably be in the fields of natural products discovery, biotechnology, bioengineering or similar, and ideally, you should have hands-on experience with working with natural product chemistry and Streptomyces.

You must have:

• A strong background in natural product chemistry and experience with identification of bioactive metabolites through NMR and MS spectroscopy
• Very skilled in natural product purification using different chromatography skills in LC, Sephadex LH-20, et al.
• Experience in microbial fermentation
• Good knowledge in pharmacology
• Experience in antifungal assay will be an advantage
• Experience in genome-mining and Streptomyces engineering will be an advantage
• Experience in antibiotic development will be advantage
• Good communication skills in written and spoken English

In addition, you have:

• Mindset in innovation and drug development
• Excellent track-record of scientific achievements (publications, patents, awards, grants, conference presentations, etc.)

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 initially for one year. The starting date is April 01. 2024 or upon agreement.

You can read more about career paths at DTU here .

Further information
Further information about the position may be obtained from Associate Professor Ling Ding ([email protected] )

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 31 January 2024 (23:59 Danish time). 

Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link "Apply now", fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• Application (cover letter)
• CV
• Academic Diplomas (MSc/PhD – in English)
• List of publications 
• Names and contact information for at least two references

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 Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine (DTU Bioengineering) is an international leader in the areas of biotechnology and biomedicine. Our engineering approach to all aspects of biotechnology and biomedicine positions us as a valuable player with unique competences in a growing bio-based economy and with health systems transforming towards personalized medicine. We have a clear focus on the needs in the life science industry and point towards innovation, new businesses, and scientific services for the benefit of society. The department has extensive collaborations with national and international research units and industry. DTU Bioengineering has approx. 400 employees, of which 2/3 are scientific staff. The department is located at DTU Lyngby Campus.

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 2990
• Job Category VIP B
• Posting Date 01/11/2024, 03:08 AM
• Apply Before 01/31/2024, 05:59 PM
• Locations Søltofts Plads, Kgs. Lyngby, 2800, DK

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