挪威生命科学大学2020年招聘博士后（生物科技）

The Faculty of Sience and Technology at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) has a vacant two year Post Doctoral–position related to the development of fungal fermentation processes for valorizing different forestry, agricultural and food rest materials and by-products and production of multifunctional fungal biomass.

The PostDoc position is funded by the NFR MATFONDAVATLE project BYPROVALUE ‘Multifunctional high-value fungal biomass from the Norwegian agriculture supply chain by-products’.

BYPROVALUE project aims at utilizing the unique potential of the versatile metabolism of oleaginous fungi to develop a sustainable process for the conversion of agriculture supply chain by-products, namely animal fat and protein fractions from meat industry, brewery rests, and sugar-rich lignocellulose hydrolysates, into high-value multifunctional biomass by fungal fermentation.

The PostDoc project will provide a detailed understanding on:

(1) How to formulate fermentation substrate from the selected food supply chain by-products;

(2) What are the optimal process parameters for the production of the multifunctional fungal biomass;

(3) How to monitor biomass production by vibrational spectroscopy;

Project and supervisor group

Assoc. Prof. Volha Shapaval, Prof. Achim Kohler, Dr. Boris Zimmermann at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway.

Main tasks

 Developing fermentation substrate based on different forestry, agricultural and food rest materials and by-products;

 Developing and optimizing submerged fungal fermentation based on the developed substrates by utilizing HTS-FTIR and ATR-based IR fiber optics spectroscopy;

 Performing biochemical analysis of fungal biomass by reference and vibrational spectroscopy methods;

 Analysis of yeasts by FTIR microspectroscopy;

 Optimizing extraction of lipids and cell wall components from the fungal biomass;Qualification requirements, desired experiences, knowledge and personal

qualities

The main purpose of the post-doctoral position is to qualify for work in high- level scientific positions. A PhD degree is required.

Required Academic qualifications:

 Master in Biotechnology / Microbiology / Biochemistry / Chemistry / Chemical Engineering

 Ph.D. in Biotechnology / Microbiology / Food Science / Biochemistry

 Fluent English both written and oral

The following experiences and skills will be emphasized:

 Experience in working with yeasts

 Experience in working with bioreactors, being independent in performing fungal fermentations

 Experience in working with filamentous fungi

 Experience with lipid extraction and lipid analysis by GC-FID

 Experience with beta-glucan extraction and analysis

 Experience with infrared spectroscopy or infrared imaging

 Some knowledge in multivariate data analysis

The candidate has to able to work both independently and in a multidisciplinary research team and needs to describe these skills in the application.

Remuneration and further information

The position is placed in government pay scale position code 1352 Postdoctoral Fellow, wage framework 24, salary grade 59-67 (NOK 523.200-605.500), depending on qualifications. Seniority Promotion in position.

For further information, please contact Professor Volha Shapaval

E-mail: volha.shapaval@nmbu.no; phone +4798418248

general Information to applicants

Application

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