Molecular Biology Research Technician
TU Delft
As a Molecular Biology Research Technician in bottom-up construction of synthetic cells at TU Delft, you’ll play a critical role in establishing our new semi-automated pipeline for chromosome and genome assembly.Job description
To gain a fundamental understanding of what life is and how to build it from scratch, the Biotechnology department at TU Delft has joined the . Comprised of 31 research groups across the Netherlands, the consortium is focused on constructing bottom-up synthetic cells. Synthetic cells need synthetic genomes, and therefore chromosomes, as a genetic blueprint. Constructing synthetic chromosomes for synthetic cells is a new and challenging endeavor.At the Industrial Microbiology section of TU Delft, we will work on optimizing the semi-automated construction of synthetic chromosomes and on testing their expression in a cell-free system that will serve as a starting point for synthetic cells. As a Molecular Biology Research Technician, you’ll help us set up a mid-throughput pipeline for chromosome and strain construction. This work will be performed in close collaboration with a PhD candidate and a postdoctoral fellow. Once the pipeline is established, you will be at the core of EVOLF by producing the DNA constructs necessary for our team and our EVOLF partners.This is an ideal opportunity for an ambitious research oriented technician who wants to join an international team and collaborate with leading biophysicists, biologists, modellers and ethicists within the dynamic EVOLF scientific community. You’ll engage in scientific meetings and workshops, with opportunities to acquire necessary skills and operate complex equipment through specialised training.Job requirements
You are an enthusiastic research technician and a strong team player who thrives in a dynamic environment. Creative, with a proactive mindset, you are always brimming with ideas. In addition, you are efficiency-focused, quality-minded and results-oriented. You also have:
TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core and we actively to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.Challenge. Change. Impact!Faculty Applied Sciences
With more than 1,100 employees, including 150 pioneering principal investigators, as well as a population of about 3,600 passionate students, the Faculty of Applied Sciences is an inspiring scientific ecosystem. Focusing on key enabling technologies, such as quantum- and nanotechnology, photonics, biotechnology, synthetic biology and materials for energy storage and conversion, our faculty aims to provide solutions to important problems of the 21st century. To that end, we educate innovative students in broad Bachelor’s and specialist Master’s programmes with a strong research component. Our scientists conduct ground-breaking fundamental and applied research in the fields of Life and Health Science & Technology, Nanoscience, Chemical Engineering, Radiation Science & Technology, and Engineering Physics. We are also training the next generation of high school teachers.Click to go to the website of the Faculty of Applied Sciences.Conditions of employment
Additional information
If you would like more information about this vacancy or the selection procedure, please contact Prof. Pascale Daran-Lapujade, via .Application procedure
Are you interested in this vacancy? Please apply no later than 6 April 2025 via the application button and upload the following documents:
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€3537 – 4860 per month
Delft, Zuid-Holland
Wed, 12 Mar 2025 23:21:07 GMT
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