PhD Position: Biological Degradation of Fossil Fuel Based Microplastics in Soil (Department of Environment) Ghent University in Belgium

PhD opportunity in antibiotic discovery at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, United Kingdom, focused on Streptomyces bacteria , microbiology , bacteriology , biochemistry , biotechnology , molecular biology , chemistry , and soil science . The project is supervised by Professor Matt Hutchings and investigates how a key regulator controls the Streptomyces lifecycle, sporulation, spore germination, and the activation of silent specialised metabolite biosynthetic pathways. The research aims to iden...

🚨 PhD opportunity in microbiology , materials science , and environmental sustainability at Queen's University Belfast . The project, titled “Can bio-based additives enhance microbial recruitment and degradation of plastics without compromising performance?” , will investigate whether components inspired by natural polymers can promote microbial colonisation and improve plastic biodegradation while preserving key material properties. The student will work on developing and characterising novel c...

Fully funded PhD position in Microbiology and Biotechnology on lignin-active enzyme discovery from insect microbiomes . The opportunity is based at the Toulouse Biotechnology Institute (France) , with INRAE-TBI and co-supervision at Wageningen University & Research (Netherlands) . The project is associated with Dr Guillermina Hernández-Raquet 's group. Research interests include microbiology , biotechnology , biochemistry , bioprocess engineering , molecular biology , analytical chemistry , and ...

PhD position at the University of Duisburg-Essen , Faculty of Chemistry, in the research group of Prof. Dr. Bettina Siebers (Molecular Enzyme Technology and Biochemistry). The project is embedded in environmental microbiology and biotechnology and is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) . The doctoral project focuses on the role of polyphosphate (PolyP) and phosphate (Pi) homeostasis in archaea, using the thermoacidophilic model organism Sulfolobus acidocaldarius . Research topics incl...

Universidad de Córdoba is advertising a Postdoc Position in Synthetic Biology within the C5 Project and the EIC Pathfinder program. The project focuses on developing disruptive Solar-to-X technology using engineered cyanobacteria , making this a strong fit for researchers interested in synthetic biology, molecular biology, biotechnology, bioengineering, biochemistry, chemistry, and biology. The post highlights an international team environment and a cutting-edge research topic at the intersectio...