Postdoc: Metabolomics & Marine Biotech Innovator

1000scholars; Oban; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

SAMS is seeking a Post-Doctoral Researcher in Metabolomics and Marine Biotechnology to join a dynamic team at Oban. The role focuses on up‑cycling marine waste streams into high‑value metabolites, developing novel cultivation strategies for marine protists, and applying proteomics to study extracellular enzymes.

Eligible candidates will have a PhD in metabolomics, lipidomics and/or fermentation, with experience in marine cultivation and bioreactor scaling to 10 L.

Qualifications

• PhD in metabolomics, lipidomics and/or fermentation.
• Experience cultivating marine organisms and scaling production up to 10 L bioreactor scale.
• Experience using HPLC, GC‑MS and GC‑FID in research.
• Interest in synthetic biology and bioinformatics is helpful.
• Ability to write and present reports and publish cutting‑edge science.

Responsibilities

• Develop novel cultivation strategies for marine heterotrophic protists on different waste streams.
• Optimise growth and metabolite production.
• Use proteomics to analyse extracellular enzyme composition of marine protists.
• Potentially use genomic data to reverse‑engineer cultivation media design.
• Contribute to teaching and SAMS undergraduate/postgraduate programmes.

Skills

Metabolomics

Lipidomics

Fermentation

Biotechnology

Bioinformatics

Synthetic biology

Education

PhD in metabolomics, lipidomics and/or fermentation

Tools

HPLC

GC-MS

GC-FID

Job description

SAMS is seeking a Post-Doctoral Researcher in Metabolomics and Marine Biotechnology to join a dynamic team at Oban. The role focuses on up‑cycling marine waste streams into high‑value metabolites, developing novel cultivation strategies for marine protists, and applying proteomics to study extracellular enzymes.

Eligible candidates will have a PhD in metabolomics, lipidomics and/or fermentation, with experience in marine cultivation and bioreactor scaling to 10 L.