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Aarhus University, Department of Food Science, offers a 3-year position at the post doctoral level within the area of cellular agriculture, starting 1. December 2023 or subject to mutual agreement.
Area of work
Cellular agriculture is a way to produce components and biomasses typically obtained from livestock by using culturing techniques. The Department of Food Science has a portfolio of research projects within cellular agriculture, which focus on opportunities and challenges within cultivated milk and meat. One challenge is to achieve sustainable cell culture media e.g. through the delivery of bioavailable nutrients from sustainable sources.
This project focuses on establishing a platform that will provide nutrients from efficient and scalable extracts based on microalgae and yeast. The aim is to, among others, use chemical and enzymatic hydrolysis to provide the nutrients required for cell growth and long-term maintenance. The nutrients will be tested in the muscle and mammary cell platforms in collaboration with the other partners in the SusCellFood project. In addition, work includes milk secretion assessment by using e.g. mass spectrometry based methods for secretome proteomics.
An extraction procedure will be developed and nutrient compositions and secretome proteomics will be characterized by state-of-the-art HPLC, GC-FID and mass spectrometry facilities (e.g. ICP-MS, LC-ESI/MS single Q and/or nanoLC-TimsToF). The successful applicant will be part of the Science Team ‘Food Chemistry’
Qualifications
- A PhD degree in a relevant area e.g. food chemistry, food science, molecular biology, molecular medicine or similar
- Science communication skills proven publication record in international peer-reviewed journal
- Documented experience in molecular biology techniques and protein chemistry including GC-FID, HPLC, ICP-MS and MS proteomics
- Preferably knowledge of media and cell culturing
Place of Work and area of Employment
The place of work is Agro Food Park 48, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark and the area of employment is Aarhus University with related Departments.
Further information on the position may be obtained from Nina Aagaard Poulsen, nina.poulsen@food.au.dk
You can read more about the Department of Food Science at http://food.au.dk/en/
Deadline
Applications must be received no later than September 1, 2023.
Application procedure
Shortlisting is used. This means that after the deadline for applications – and with the assistance from the assessment committee chairman, and the appointment committee if necessary, – the head of department selects the candidates to be evaluated. All applicants will be notified whether or not their applications have been sent to an expert assessment committee for evaluation. The selected applicants will be informed about the composition of the committee, and each applicant is given the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment that concerns him/her self. Once the recruitment process is completed a final letter of rejection is sent to the deselected applicants.
Letter of reference
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Unfortunately, it is not possible to ensure that letters of reference received after the application deadline will be taken into consideration.
Formalities and salary range
Technical Sciences refers to the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Danish Universities under the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.
The application must be in English and include a curriculum vitae, degree certificate, a complete list of publications, a statement of future research plans and information about research activities, teaching portfolio and verified information on previous teaching experience (if any). Guidelines for applicants can be found here.
Appointment shall be in accordance with the collective labour agreement between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. Further information on qualification requirements and job content may be found in the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Danish Universities.
Salary depends on seniority as agreed between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Confederation of Professional Associations.
Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants.
Research activities will be evaluated in relation to actual research time. Thus, we encourage applicants to specify periods of leave without research activities, in order to be able to subtract these periods from the span of the scientific career during the evaluation of scientific productivity.
Aarhus University offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including relocation service and career counselling to expat partners. Read more here. Please find more information about entering and working in Denmark here.
Aarhus University also offers a Junior Researcher Development Programme targeted at career development for postdocs at AU. You can read more about it here.
The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.
Aarhus University
Aarhus University is an academically diverse and research-intensive university with a strong commitment to high-quality research and education and the development of society nationally and globally. The university offers an inspiring research and teaching environment to its 38,000 students (FTEs) and 8,300 employees, and has an annual revenues of EUR 935 million. Learn more at www.international.au.dk/
INFORMATIONER OM STILLINGEN:
- Arbejdspladsen ligger i:
Aarhus Kommune
-Virksomheden tilbyder:
-Arbejdsgiver:
Aarhus Universitet, Agro Food Park 48, 8200 Aarhus N
-Ansøgning:
Ansøgningsfrist: 25-08-2023; - ansøgningsfristen er overskredet
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