Synthetic Biology and Metabolic Engineering Faculty opportunity at UBC

The Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the Vancouver campus of The University of British Columbia invites applications for one or more faculty positions in Synthetic Biology and Metabolic Engineering to start no earlier than July 1, 2023. This is a tenure track position at the Assistant Professor level or at the Associate Professor level …

MDTP Alumna Ashley Shade – Podcast: Pruning Priorities

What do we prune to stay aligned with our values, families, and careers? Today, MDTP alumna Ashley Shade, Michigan State University Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center scientist, shares how balancing a career and motherhood requires daily pruning and sacrifice.

Post doc opportunity at UC-Boulder

The Environmental Engineering Aerobiology Laboratory, part of the Department of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder, is seeking post-doctoral talent with classic microbiology skills.

Casimir Jones, SC job opportunity

Casimir Jones, S.C. is seeking a Technology Specialist to join its growing Patent Prosecution group. Candidates for the position of Technology Specialist must have an advanced degree in biology, chemistry, biochemistry, or the biomedical sciences, as well as a strong academic record. A USPTO registration number is not required to be hired for this position; …

Grad students of color find community through SciMed

For graduate students of color in the sciences, this campus community offers resources and the support and feel of a family.

Strategic Initiative Manager – Science Philanthropy Alliance

The mission of Science Philanthropy Alliance is to increase philanthropic support for basic scientific research.  Since its inception in 2015, the philanthropic community has shown broad interest and support for the Alliance’s mission. The Alliance provides its employees with an incredible opportunity to influence the basic science research philanthropic community. The Alliance is a group …

Post doc opportunities with The Cofund Fellowship Programme FP-DYNAMO-PARIS

The COFUND FP-DYNAMO-PARIS programme offers a unique interdisciplinary environment and a fundamental research initiative in the centre of Paris to train the scientists of tomorrow in the field of physico-chemical biology. The goal of the research programme is to integrate knowledge on gene expression, structural and membrane biology, and bioenergetics in bacteria, chloroplasts and mitochondria …

Terragia Biofuels – Scientist 1 job opportunity

Project: Advanced multi-locus genome engineering to enable consolidated bioprocessing for low-cost conversion of lignocellulose to hydrocarbon fuels and products Terragia Biofuel (formerly Enchi Corp) is a startup company cofounded by Dartmouth Professor Lee Lynd that is focused on developing bacteria to convert cellulosic biomass to fuels. Current technologies in this area are too expensive due …

MDTP trainer Audrey Gasch – Podcast: Growth Through Uncertainty

What happens when we get comfortable with uncertainty? Today, we talked to Audrey Gasch, professor of genetics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center scientist, about all the factors that propelled her from an undergraduate studying biochemistry at UW–Madison to the leader of the Center for Genomic Science Innovation. She shares …

MDTP alumna Kat Milligan-McClellan explores 10,000 years of ancestral knowledge

In her lab at the University of Connecticut, Kat Milligan-McClellan ’99, PhD’09 peers deep into the gut microbiomes of fish, looking for clues that could lead to advancements in medicine and environmental engineering – advancements that could benefit native communities like her hometown of Kotzebue. But for much of her time as a UW–Madison student, …