Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Eight-month contract for experienced researcher (ER) at the laboratory of “Genetics and biotechnology of extreme thermophiles” located at the Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa” (UAM-CSIC) in Madrid.
Project: Sustainable industrial processes based on a C-C bond-forming enzyme platform (CARBAZYMES, GA 635595)
Topic: Development of selection methods for the isolation of thermostable enzymes from natural and man-made diversity
Requirements:  Ph. D. in microbiology or equivalent, experience in molecular microbiology of microbial hosts for functional expression such as mesophiles (E. coli and Pseudomonas) and thermophiles, qPCR, RT-qPCR, bacterial genomics and transcriptomics
Salary:  25.000 €/year  (approximate gross salary)
Starting date:  August 1st, 2018