PHD POSITION

Rewiring Photosynthetic Pathways in a Purple Bacterium

Deadline: 30 Nov 2026 · 18 days left

Institution: University of East Anglia
Country: United Kingdom
Field: Life sciences and medicine
Type: PhD position
Pay: £21,805
Deadline: 30 Nov 2026 · 18 days left

About this position

Primary Supervisor - Professor Tom Clarke There is an increasing need for biological solutions to challenges such as metal recovery and detoxification of organic compounds from industrial waste. Many microorganisms have been engineered to allow these processes to occur, but they typically require additional chemical substrates for energy to maintain the cell culture. Photosynthesis is a potential alternative energy source but rewiring metabolic pathways to use the energy of sunlight is often challenging. The purple phototrophic bacteria Rhodopseudomonas palustris is a versatile organism that c

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