PhD position - Engineering scalable microbial protein production from sustainable feedstocks The University of Queensland in Australia

PhD opportunity at The University of Queensland in the School of Chemical Engineering for a project on engineering scalable single cell oil (SCO) production for the sustainable manufacturing of oleochemicals. This project addresses an important challenge in the biomanufacturing of renewable oils: how to maximise lipid yield and process efficiency while keeping production scalable and industrially feasible. SCO technology uses oleaginous microorganisms to convert renewable and non-refined feedsto...

PhD opportunity at The University of Queensland in the School of Chemical Engineering, based in the Biomedical Engineering Laboratory at the St Lucia campus in Brisbane, Australia. This project focuses on synthetic gene circuits for controllable production of antibody and gene therapy medicines . The research addresses a key challenge in biologics manufacturing: how to better control living mammalian cells during production to improve yield and consistency. The project aims to engineer genetic s...

Fully funded PhD scholarship at The University of Queensland (Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology) on Sustainable Valorisation of Seaweeds for High-Value Biomaterials . The project, supported by the Marine Bioeconomy CRC , will develop an integrated biorefinery approach to transform Australian-grown Ulva seaweed into high-value, commercially relevant biomaterials. The research is strongly aligned with materials science , chemical engineering , biotechnology , bioprocess en...

PhD Scholarship Opportunity at Curtin University in electrified catalytic reactors for syngas production . The project focuses on developing the next generation of electrically heated catalytic reactors (e-Reactors) for energy-intensive endothermic processes such as reforming and syngas production. The successful PhD candidate will work across catalytic reaction engineering, electrically heated reactor design, catalyst coating of heating elements, thermal and electrical performance evaluation, r...

PhD opportunity in synthetic biology and protein engineering for carbon fixation at the University of Sydney. This project is based in the School of Chemistry and is led by Assoc Prof Yu Heng Lau in the Lau research group, with collaboration from plant biology experts at the Australian National University . The research focuses on protein engineering , synthetic biology , and carbon fixation . The aim is to develop engineered protein-based organelles that can improve the efficiency of the enzyme...