Group Leader - Norwich, United Kingdom - Quadram Institute

Quadram Institute

Verified Company

Norwich, United Kingdom

2 days ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Applications Close: 17 May 2024

Salary:
Competitive

Contract Length:
Indefinite

Full or Part Time

We are looking for
a dynamic, proactive individual to lead a research programme contributing to our goals of reducing foodborne illness through improved food safety and reducing food waste due to microbial spoilage.

The post holder will join a vibrant cohort of world class scientists who collectively contribute to achieving the strategic aims of the Microbes and Food Safety research programme.

The priorities for this programme are to understand and develop interventions to reduce enduring and emerging threats to food safety and security.

Our team have expertise that brings together excellence in imaging, microbiology, genomics, bioinformatics and mathematical modelling in understanding how bacteria exist and thrive as communities across the food chain.

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Microbial imaging: championing the use of advanced microbial bioimaging / super-resolution microscopy to reveal insight on microbial communities, such as biofilms, in matrices relevant to food safety and spoilage; and/or
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Molecular biology/pathobiology of key foodborne pathogen or food spoilage microbes:utilising the latest molecular tools to understand the biology and/or genetics of relevant organisms of interest for food safety or spoilage, particularly in the wider community context in which microbial hazards exist across the food chain

The post will be based at the £75m Quadram Institute, an interdisciplinary research institute at the forefront of a new era in food and health research.

The institute provides outstanding and custom-built facilities which bring together medical and molecular microbiologists, epidemiologists, bioinformaticians and clinicians to deliver pioneering interdisciplinary research focused on microbes in the food chain.

The Quadram Institute supports flexible, innovative working that brings together our scientists with partners co-located on the renowned Norwich Research Park including the University of East Anglia, the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, John Innes Centre, the Sainsbury Laboratory and the Earlham Institute.

Our team are also members of the recently established Centre for Microbial Interactions, a virtual centre bringing together the more than 75 microbiology research groups working across the park.

At Quadram Institute Bioscience we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.

We value the diversity of our staff and are committed to creating a positive environment, one that is fair, welcoming and inclusive, and where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

In line with our QIB values of Respect, Innovation, Collaboration and Excellence, our vision is to deliver high quality science in an inspiring environment where everyone is welcome.

We encourage our people to develop, as individuals, to their highest potential in a respectful and inclusive organisation.

For more details of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, see our website: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - Quadram Institute

**Closing Date: 17 May 2024