UNIVERSITY OF SURREY: Analysis Fellow in Metabolic Modelling

Microbial Sciences

Location:  Guildford

Wage:  £36,024 to £37,099 each year  

Fastened Time period (-Jan 2026)

Put up Kind:  Full Time

Closing Date:  23.59 hours BST on Sunday 28 April 2024

Reference:  017024

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The position

Engineering Streptomyces micro organism for the sustainable manufacture of antibiotics.

Our Mission Award proposal goals to utilise Engineering Biology approaches for the event of transferable methods to engineer antibiotic-producing Streptomyces micro organism ready to make use of a variety of sustainable feedstocks for manufacturing of drug molecules. To ship this mission we are going to combine ‘moist ’and ‘dry ’laboratory information from an genuine industrial Streptomyces pressure lineage. We’ll decide how the pressure enchancment course of has pushed strains to adapt to particular media and fermentation situations after which use this info to construct, design and take a look at applicable engineering methods for the event and construction of Streptomyces strains that use greener carbon sources. This may in the end allow us to discover ways to rationally design of strains for greener manufacturing and make this strategy broadly relevant to different industrial Streptomyces.

This can be a collaboration between the College of Strathclyde, the College of Surrey and GSK. The research has acquired a grant of slightly below £1.1 million from the UKRI Know-how Missions Fund, with assist from the Biotechnology and Organic Sciences Analysis Council (BBSRC).  

About you

We’re in search of a Analysis Fellow with experience in metabolic modelling and computational biology and their utility for the evaluation of metabolism and the design of methods for enhancing the properties of microbial strains. The appointed researcher will design and assemble metabolic fashions primarily based on the knowledge collected from multi-omics experiments carried out by the collaborators, and recommend and suggest experiments to pick the perfect producing species and take a look at their efficiency below various tradition situations.

The researcher will liaise, prepare, and trade expertise and methodology with colleagues from associated tasks, and will likely be concerned in teaching and supervision of undergraduate and post-graduate researchers. There will likely be alternatives to collaborate with world-class researchers at different main educational establishments, in addition to with our industrial companions.

What we are able to supply

Along with your wage, you’ll obtain pension contributions, a beneficiant annual depart entitlement, relocation help the place applicable, a lovely research atmosphere, and entry to quite a lot of workers growth alternatives. Moreover, our profit packages embrace childcare help and discounted membership to College sports activities services.

How one can apply

To use for this position, please submit your CV and a canopy letter. Additionally, you will be requested some temporary questions to assist us perceive your suitability for the position.

Potential candidates serious about discussing particulars of the venture ought to contact Professor Claudio Avignone Rossa (c.avignone-rossa@surrey.ac.uk).

The College of Surrey is dedicated to offering an inclusive atmosphere that gives equal alternatives for all.  We place nice worth on variety and are in search of to extend the range inside our community.  Subsequently we significantly encourage functions from under-represented teams, akin to folks from Black, Asian and minority ethnic teams and other people with disabilities.

Additional particulars:    Job Description    

Please notice, it’s College Coverage to supply a beginning wage equal to Stage 3.6 (£34,980) to profitable candidates who’ve been awarded, however are but to obtain, their PhD certificates.  As soon as the unique PhD certificates has been submitted to the native HR Division, the wage will likely be elevated to Stage 4.1 (£36,024).