Hi All
This is a great opportunity to work on a PhD about RNA-modifying enzymes.
The Kabisch lab are friends and colleagues and they are offering an industry collaboration opportunity with ArcticZymes.
Please pass on to anyone who you think might be interested!
A three-year PhD position in molecular biotechnology is available in the group of Prof. Johannes Kabisch at the Department of Biotechnology and Food Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.
About the position
The goal of the position is that the PhD will complete a doctoral education programme and obtain a doctoral degree.
The PhD candidate will work as part of the SFI Industrial Biotechnology (SFI-IB, https://sfi- ib.com/). The SFI-IB is a research-based innovation centre lead by SINTEF Industry and funded by the Research Council of Norway. In the project we will research RNA modifying enzymes and their production. The PhD candidate will work on both the engineering of such enzymes as well as genetically optimizing microbial production hosts.
The project will happen in very tight collaboration with ArcticZymes AS and SINTEF, enabling the candidate to use respective infrastructure as well as expert supervision from the partners.
You will report to Prof. Johannes Kabisch (https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/johannes.kabisch)
Duties of the position
- Engineering and characterization of RNA modifying enzymes
- Genetic engineering of microbial hosts for production of RNA modifying enzymes
- Data analysis
- Preparation of manuscripts and doctoral thesis
- Presentation of results at group meetings and scientific conferences
Preference will be given to candidates with prior experience in
- handling RNA
- biochemical characterization of enzymes
- in vitro transcription/translation
- microfluidics
- RNA modifying enzymes
- experience with data-analysis skills in e.g. Python