We have a BBSRC supported PhD studentship with Unilever which is advertised from Biosciences on the University of Exeter UK web site with a closing date 16th October. The overall proposal will be to evaluate and take forward the application of already identified thermophilic lactonase enzymes from three different enzyme classes to combat microbial biofilm formation towards the improvement of Unilever's Healthcare Products. The student will also search through a thermophilic genomic and metagenomic DNA database available at Exeter for additional related enzymes. The studentship will involve multidisciplinary techniques including gene cloning and over-expression of relevant proteins, biochemical and structural characterisation, microbiology and biofilm formation in an industrial context. This is a 4 year funded studentship which includes a 3 month placement in Industry and comes with a generous financial top-up from the company. Students with experience in bioinformatics, molecular biology techniques including cloning and protein over-expression, protein purification and biochemical and structural characterisation, are encouraged to apply on the University web site and contact me by email j.a.littlech...@exeter.ac.uk<mailto:j.a.littlech...@exeter.ac.uk> as necessary. Applicants must have obtained, or be about to obtain, a First or Upper Second Class UK Honours degree in Biological Chemistry or Biochemistry, or the equivalent qualifications gained outside the UK, in an appropriate area of science or technology. EU students will be eligible for full funding.
Prof of Biological Chemistry, Emeritus, FRSB,FRSC Henry Wellcome Building for Biocatalysis. College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Biosciences, University of Exeter, EX4 4PQ ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/
