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Microbial Biotechnology: 2 Postdoc research positions

These positions the field of Microbial Biotechnology are available at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, Department of Biotechnology.

Funding agency: Biotek2021 research program by the Research Council of Norway.

Position description

 Position 1:

Project: Era-net project “Z-Fuels: A novel bacterial system with integrated micro-bubble distillation for the production of acetaldehyde”

 Tasks involved:

• Develop a process to convert low value waste (e.g. crude glycerol) into valuable biofuel and/or precursor chemical (acetaldehyde) using bacterium Zymomonas mobilis.

Position 2:

Project: Digital Life project “INBioPharm – Integrated Novel Natural Product Discovery and Production Platform”

 Task involved:

• To develop an integrated platform for discovery and production of new bioactive compounds with high medical application from natural microbial biodiversity, promoting accelerated innovation in the biopharmaceutical market.

 Required Qualifications

• Hold a PhD in microbial biotechnology or other similar fields,
• Experience in microbial physiology and molecular biology.
• Experience in using mass spectrometry instrumentation and cultivation of microorganisms will serve as strong advantages

 Fellowship: according to the Norwegian State salary scale.

Application Procedure: Plz send the following documents for applying to the positions

1. Applications with CV,
2. Certificates from Bachelor and Master,
3. Publications and other scientific works,
4. Certified copies of transcripts,
5. Certified copies of English language proficiency tests (e.g. TOEFL, IELTS, etc.)
6. Reference letters (need to be submitted electronically through link on the link below) Applications submitted elsewhere will not be considered.

 Reference No:NT- 46/16.

Further information contact professor Per Bruheim, E-mail: Per.Bruheim@ntnu.no

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