Plant Metabolomics Scientist for Decarbonised Production

Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford; Oxford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary dependent on experience

Travel allowance

Bonus

Pension - Employer contribution 7.5%

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Private Medical Insurance

Employee discounts

Cycle to Work Scheme

Neurodiversity support

Job summary

Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford is recruiting a Scientist for the Cell Based Production programme to advance plant and cell tissue culture for decarbonised plant-based production of foods and medicines. The role focuses on metabolism engineering, analytics of small molecules, and MS/NMR-supported structure assignment.

The successful candidate will work with teams across AI, robotics and plant science to translate discoveries into real-world applications while contributing to a publication

Qualifications

• PhD in organic chemistry, natural product biochemistry, plant molecular biology or related discipline.
• Extraction, purification and de novo structural elucidation of natural products.
• Experience in small molecule synthesis and characterization.
• Demonstrated experience in collaboration with cross-disciplinary teams, such as synthetic biology or molecular biology.

Responsibilities

• Support metabolic engineering of plant natural products with applications in health and medicine in a highly collaborative environment.
• Design and conduct research focused on class-targeted metabolomics of plant specialised metabolism in complex mixtures from non-model sources.
• Develop customized libraries based on chromatographic and mass spectrometry-based features
• Fundamental understanding of carbon flux analysis to support computationally assisted model building and prediction of regulatory and metabolic bottlenecks steps
• Collaborate with EIT Oxford AI and Robotics teams to establish high throughput, targeted analytical procedures
• Drive rigorous experimental design, execution, and data interpretations, ensuring robust and reproducible scientific outcomes
• Deliver research progress through stage gated milestones
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to incorporate cutting edge research techniques into experiments
• Present scientific work at seminars within EIT and at external meetings, including contributing to discussions on developments within the field, in compliance with company disclosure procedures
• Recognise and act on opportunities for the creation of IP and cooperating in patent protection and in impact delivery
• Conduct research ethically, in compliance with EIT policy, regulatory guidance, and best scientific practice

Skills

Extraction

Purification

Structure elucidation

Synthesis

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

PhD in organic chemistry/natural product biochemistry/plant molecular biology

Tools

GC-MS

LC-MS

NMR

Job description

Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford is recruiting a Scientist for the Cell Based Production programme to advance plant and cell tissue culture for decarbonised plant-based production of foods and medicines. The role focuses on metabolism engineering, analytics of small molecules, and MS/NMR-supported structure assignment.

The successful candidate will work with teams across AI, robotics and plant science to translate discoveries into real-world applications while contributing to a publication