Research Assistant/Research Associate/SRA in DNA Data Storage and Biosecurity

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The role
The Environmental Biotechnology Innovation Centre (EBIC), which ICOS is a member of, brings together scientists from ten leading UK institutions in a mission to engineer the properties and functions of micro-organisms, creating more effective ways to monitor the environment and remove pollutants. The Cyanobacteria Engineering for Restoring Environments (CYBER) project aims to develop the foundational multidisciplinary tools needed to de-risk environmentally focused engineering biology and ultimately support its future deployment into real-world ecosystems.

We are looking for a synthetic biologist with computational and experimental experience interested in applying their expertise into Biosecurity and DNA data storage. You will join our consortium dedicated to the mission of restoring natural environments by engineering microbial machines. Working at the forefront of information & coding theory and cryptography together with molecular biologists and engineering biologists we will engineer microorganisms as devices to deliver environmental solutions that are cryptographically biosecured by design. Our goal is to ensure the utmost safety and traceability using genomic barcoding, watermarking and other cryptographic and DNA data encoding techniques for engineered organisms before deploying them into complex ecosystems. You will have the opportunity to work closely with experimentalist and have access to state-of-the-art computational and bio-nano-technology equipment to test, debug and improve their theories in living organisms.

You will be able to spend time away from Newcastle visiting collaborators' labs in the UK and abroad and attending business meetings outside Newcastle, including international conferences and meetings.

To have a conversation about the opportunity, please contact Professor Natalio Krasnogor at Natalio.Krasnogor@newcastle.ac.uk.

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This is a full-time, fixed-term position starting immediately for a duration of 24 months, with the potential for extension.

To apply, please complete an online application and upload a plain text copy of your CV and covering letter only. In your covering letter, you should evidence how you meet or exceed the essential and desirable requirements for the role (available on the university's website, accessed by the 'Apply' button). Please note, any other ‘Additional Document' you upload may not be received by the reviewing panel.

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