PhD Scholarship in Engineering Food-Safe Chassis Strains for Microbial Foods Technical University of Denmark in Denmark

PhD opportunity in microbial ecology and food microbiology at the Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen . The Multispecies Systems Microbiology Group is recruiting a PhD student for the Novo Nordisk Foundation -funded project BIOBARRIER: Bacterial Communities to Reduce Plant Food Loss . The project investigates how bacterial communities can protect plant foods from spoilage and how microbial interactions can be harnessed to reduce food loss, with a particular focus on potato-assoc...

Aarhus University is advertising a 24-month postdoc in the Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering focused on Carbon Capture and Utilization . The project centers on the microbial conversion of CO2 from chemical capture agents into methane and acetic acid , with work in the Microbial Conversion Technologies research group and the Novo Nordisk Foundation CO2 Center (CORC) . The postdoc will contribute to interdisciplinary research spanning microbiology , biotechnology , chemistry , and ...

PhD opportunity in Poultry Science and Food Safety at Auburn University . The position is a Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) at the PhD level, starting Spring 2027 . The project focus is on Salmonella and Campylobacter challenge and intervention, making this a strong fit for students interested in microbiology, foodborne pathogens, animal health, and applied food safety research. The post is shared by Sabin Poudel , Assistant Research Professor in the Poultry Science Department. Interested ...

CY Cergy Paris Université is advertising a postdoctoral position in bacteriophage engineering within the ERRMECe laboratory in France . The project focuses on developing genetically engineered phages against biofilm-associated Staphylococcus aureus infections , with an emphasis on improving antibiofilm activity and advancing next-generation phage therapeutics. The research environment is highly collaborative and multidisciplinary, involving CY Cergy Paris Université, CIRI (Lyon), Hospices Civils...

PhD position in Synthetic Biology and Metabolic Engineering at the University of Tübingen , in the Link Lab at the Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine and within the Cluster of Excellence CMFI (Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections). The project focuses on engineering E. coli to produce the bioplastic cyanophycin from sustainable substrates. Research topics include synthetic biology , metabolic engineering , microbiology , CRISPR-based strain engineering , metabolomi...