PhD Studentship: Microbial Genomics of Plastic Degradants

The University of Manchester; Manchester; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Manchester invites applications for a four-year PhD studentship addressing the biochemical and genetic changes in microbes exposed to plastic degradants. The successful candidate will gain training support and work on transcriptomic and proteomic analyses, including transcription factor studies in a model microbe (E.

coli). Applicants should hold or expect an upper second-class undergraduate honours degree (2:1) in microbiology, genetics, or molecular biology, with desirable

Qualifications

• Applicants should hold, or expect to obtain, at least an upper second-class undergraduate honours degree (2:1), or an equivalent qualification, in microbiology, genetics, molecular biology (or other relevant subject).
• Research experience in bacterial microbiology or bacterial genetics is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Investigate biochemical and genetic changes in microbes upon exposure to degradants of plastics.
• Culturing microbes in the presence of compounds and profiling their growth behaviour.
• Perform transcriptomic analysis to identify expressed genes and analyze proteomic DNA-binding interactions.

Skills

Microbiology

Genetics

Molecular biology

Research experience

Education

Upper second-class honours (2:1) or equivalent

Tools

Transcriptomics

Proteomic DNA-binding analysis

Reverse-ChIP

Job description

The University of Manchester invites applications for a four-year PhD studentship addressing the biochemical and genetic changes in microbes exposed to plastic degradants. The successful candidate will gain training support and work on transcriptomic and proteomic analyses, including transcription factor studies in a model microbe (E.

coli). Applicants should hold or expect an upper second-class undergraduate honours degree (2:1) in microbiology, genetics, or molecular biology, with desirable