2 PhD Positions in Fungal Biotechnology at Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology

2x PhD positions: Fungal Biotechnology in Vienna / Austria for 30 hours a week

‍That’s the project

Filamentous fungi like Aspergillus niger are industrially important microbial producers of proteins and organic acids. Recently, important insights were gained how citric acid can be efficiently secreted by the fungal cells (Steiger et al., 2019, Metabolic Engineering, 52, 224-231). In a new project novel strain breeding and screening techniques shall be developed. Techniques from microbiology and genetics together with genomic approaches are used to obtain further insights into the biology of A. niger. Your task is to find, apply and test new strategies to further boost Aspergillus niger´s capabilities as an organic acid producer.

‍Research experiences in the following areas would be advantageous:

‍Experience with filamentous fungi or yeast
Molecular biology
Biotechnology
Instrumental analytics (HPLC, GC, NMR, MS etc.)
Biochemistry

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2 PhD Positions in Fungal Biotechnology at Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology