We are looking for an Early Stage Researcher (ESR) (PhD student) with a great interest in microbial stress responses. Non Thermal Plasma technology is a novel sustainable processing technology to make clean-label, nutritious food products and provides solutions to antimicrobial resistance. This projects aims to unravel the behaviour of resilient pathogens and spoilage organisms towards Non Thermal Plasma treatment by integrating state-of-the-art functional genomics. You will investigate the variability in resistance between different strains and species, and use mutant libraries and transcriptome analyses to identify cellular target to eliminate microorganisms by Non Thermal Plasma treatments.
You will be given the opportunity to work within a network of international partners in the context of the EC-funded Horizon 2020 MSCA ITN TRANSIT (
www.transit-itn.com). TRANSIT will train ESRs who will be capable of creating a transformational change to drive utility of sustainable food technologies through an interdisciplinary action.
Travel In this ITN consortium, each recruited researcher will be seconded to other partner organisations. For this project two secondments are planned: 2 months in Wageningen at Food and Biobased Research, 2 months in Wageningen at Unilever, as wells as 2 months in Germany. Also attendance in off-site training events and meetings is expected. All travel is fully funded. Additional family allowance is provided if the applicant can provide evidence of eligibility (marriage (equivalent) and/or dependent children) at the beginning of the appointment.