Scientist, Cell-Based Screening - Plant Biology Institute

The role

Lead the development of an innovative plant cell-based screening platform for evaluating carbon fixation and other physiological responses in suspension cultures.

What you'll do

• Lead the development of a plant cell-based screening platform to assess carbon fixation and other physiological responses in suspension cultures
• Develop and apply quantitative methods to measure carbon fixation rates in plant cell suspensions
• Use the plant cell-based screening platform to identify improved variants of photosynthesis enzymes
• Use the plant cell-based screening platform to assess engineered metabolic pathways designed to enhance photosynthesis
• Lead genetic engineering experiments in plant cell cultures, including targeted gene knockouts, gene insertions, and CRISPR-based genome editing
• Apply iterative design–build–test–learn cycles to develop and refine engineering strategies

What it takes

• PhD in Plant Biology, Plant Physiology, Photosynthesis, Synthetic Biology, Metabolic Engineering, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry or a related discipline
• Demonstrated experience developing or applying cell-based methods to measure carbon fixation, photosynthetic activity and/or metabolic performance
• Demonstrated experience in engineering photosynthesis or carbon fixation
• Demonstrated experience in plant metabolic engineering, enzyme engineering or synthetic biology
• Demonstrated experience designing, generating or screening enzyme variant libraries
• Demonstrated experience with transient and stable genetic engineering in plant cell cultures, including targeted gene knockout, gene insertion, and CRISPR-based genome editing

What you'll bring

How we treat you

Enhanced holiday, Pension - Employer contribution 7.5%, minimum employee contribution 5%, Life Assurance, Income Protection, Private Medical Insurance as standard for you, your partner and any dependents. Including hospital Cash Plan, Employee discounts, Electric car scheme, Nursery Salary Sacrifice scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme, Family Planning, Neurodiversity support including advise and assessments, Coaching & Therapy services

How to apply

Apply directly on Ellison Institute of Technology's site. We link straight through — no resume parsing, no profile to fill out.

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