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*Just one week until the application deadline - 16th July** **Job Alert - Two post-doc positions available to work on microbiome engineering in my lab at @UoMMIB 1. Bioremediation jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?… 2. C1-fixation jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…
We are hiring! We welcome applications from ambitious early career scientists for the position of lecturer within the MIB. Further details and applications here: jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…
We have three opportunities for a Senior Lecturer/Asscociate Professor in the MIB. 💷 Salary: £59,139-£70,579 pa, d.o.e 👩🔬 Responsibilities: Research and teaching 🗓️ Deadline: 24 June 2025 🌍 Apply: jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…
One week until the deadline….
Come join us as part of recently award Global Center for Innovative Recycling and Circular Economy (CIRCLE) seeking to address the challenges of recalcitrant waste streams by leveraging biological activities jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…
Come join us as part of recently award Global Center for Innovative Recycling and Circular Economy (CIRCLE) seeking to address the challenges of recalcitrant waste streams by leveraging biological activities jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…
Elsewhere in this issue: oxygen-generating scaffolds (@GraysonLab), engineered yeast as geroprotectives (@IgneaGroup), synthetic microbial communities (@LedesmaAmaro), PET upcycling (@Moon_Synth_Bio), waste stream valorization (@BiotechDixon), and more.
Some recent press work featured on the beeb. Talking about waste and how biotech can help with closing the loop
Did you catch us on BBC Breakfast this morning? Dr Neil Dixon and Dr Micaela Chacón explain how biotechnology could be used to help us with our Christmas waste. Start from 17:45: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…
Did you catch us on BBC Breakfast this morning? Dr Neil Dixon and Dr Micaela Chacón explain how biotechnology could be used to help us with our Christmas waste. Start from 17:45: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…
Our collaborative work was published in ChemSusChem. Great job! …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cs…
Funded PhD position open for applications findaphd.com/phds/project/m…
Online now: Complex waste stream valorization through combined enzymatic hydrolysis and catabolic assimilation by Pseudomonas putida dlvr.it/TGfTtP
Scientists from @officialuom/@UoMMIB have developed a pioneering process using engineered bacteria to transform waste into sustainable biopolymers including human therapeutics such as insulin. Read more: manchester.ac.uk/about/news/res…
Did you know that anthropogenic waste has the potential to be a useful resource? @BiotechDixon has developed a process to microbially transform rubbish into stuff we need, incl. bioplastics and human therapeutics like insulin. Read more here: manchester.ac.uk/about/news/res…
Did you know that anthropogenic waste has the potential to be a useful resource? @BiotechDixon has developed a process to microbially transform rubbish into stuff we need, incl. bioplastics and human therapeutics like insulin. Read more here: manchester.ac.uk/about/news/res…
Genetically encoded biosensors for the circular plastics bioeconomy doi.org/10.1016/j.mec.…
We are very pleased and proud to say that The University of Manchester is ranked 1st in the UK for biotechnology, and 36th overall in the world. This result is a testament to the people who make up our exceptional teaching, support, and research community. 🎉
We’re proud that in the 2024 @ShanghaiRanking World Universities (#ARWU) Subjects Rankings, @officialuom placed among the top 25 worldwide in 7 subject areas. We’re ranked #1 in the UK for 3 subjects and have moved up in 21 subjects thanks to research excellence and impact.
We now are accepting expressions of interest for fellowships within the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology. DEADLINE: Friday, 22 November 2024, 4pm. More information and application guidelines: mib.manchester.ac.uk/research/fello…
University of Manchester researchers awarded £2 million as part of a global initiative into advancing the bioeconomy manchester.ac.uk/about/news/uni…