SuCCEED Prosperity Partnership –Research Associate

at  The University of Manchester

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

SuCCEED is a BBSRC funded Prosperity Partnership multi-million project between The University of Manchester and Shell. Commodity chemicals are produced on a global scale and normally derived from finite geological sources. The Shell-UoM partnership seeks to re-imagine bulk chemicals manufacturing through industrial biotechnology, producing renewable chemical products from sustainable feedstocks and providing alternative scalable bioproduction routes to contribute to the global efforts to reduce CO2 emissions.
https://www.sites.se.manchester.ac.uk/succeed/
We are looking for a research associate to join our interdisciplinary team, consisting of 8 Research Associates and 5 PhDs associated with 8 group leaders at UoM. You will be supported to combine your individual talents with the wider team’s breadth of skills and will be based in the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) at the University of Manchester which is a cross-disciplinary research Centre that brings together diverse expertise including: molecular biology; chemistry; biochemical-engineering; materials science; synthetic biology; analytics and computer science. You will be based in the laboratory of Prof. David Leys and work closely with Prof. Nigel Scrutton, Dr. Neil Dixon and Prof. Anthony Green, contributing to experimental research in the MIB based SuCCEED group.
We are committed to creating a fully inclusive and flexible culture, one where everyone can realise their potential and make a positive contribution to our organisation. We believe that if we can positively diversify our staff, we will be able to collaborate more effectively and create a more productive environment

Please refer the Job description for details