广东以色列理工学院招收博士、硕士和博后研究员[合成生物学方向]

PhD/Master (MSc) and Postdoc Positions in Synthetic Biology and Intelligent Control Lab, 2021-2023

The Chemical Engineering Program, Synthetic Biology and Intelligent Control Laboratory (SBIC-Lab, 合成生物智能控制课题组), at Guangdong-Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, is looking for 3-4 PhD/MS students and 2 postdoc associates to pursue research on:
•        Metabolic Engineering / Green manufacturing
•        Synthetic Biology / Bio-Intelligence and bio-computing
•        Feedback control theory / Biochemical reaction network
•        Bio-mathematical modeling / Host-Microbiome interactions
广东以色列理工学院 化学工程系
合成生物智能控制课题组征招5-6 位硕士 / 博士 / 博后研究员从事以下课题
•        代谢工程 / 绿色制造
•        合成生物学 / 生物智能与生物计算
•        反馈控制理论 / 生化反应网络
•        生物数学模型 / 微生物菌群互作
MSc Contract duration: 2 years. PhD Contract duration: 3~5 years.

Project Details: The SBIC-Lab focuses on applying chemical engineering analysis, control theory, molecular tools and computational models to decode biological intelligence, drive the convergence of synthetic biology and artificial design for green manufacturing, better health and medicine. The research team will focus on (1) Decoding biological intelligence for cellular design and computation; (2) Microbial metabolic engineering for manufacturing value-added compounds; (3) Understanding the interplay of antimicrobial resistance and gut microbiota; (4) Microbiome, natural products and precision medicine et al.

The research topics of the positions include:
•        Chemical biology, molecular biology and genetic engineering;
•        Feedback control theory, gene circuits and bio-intelligent design;
•        Bio-computing based on biochemical reaction network;
•        Yeast genome engineering and genome evolution;
•        Natural product synthesis and human/animal gut health;
•        C1 feedstock utilization.

Keywords: Synthetic biology, Metabolic engineering, Intelligent control, Biocomputing, Natural Products, Human Microbiome, Biochemical reaction network, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Medicine, Oleochemicals, Sustainability, Health, Artificial Intelligence, Computational modeling

Students will be enrolled and finally awarded the degree from Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. (所招的硕士、博士生学籍注册在以色列理工，通过答辩后最终获得以色列理工的学位，所获得学位受教育部及国际认可) No National graduate admission exam is required (研究生录取，不需要参加国家研究生统招考试). Since 2004, four faculty members in Technion received the Nobel prize, consistently ranked as a top-100 university (ARWU-Shanghai Ranking). We work in a dynamic, collaborative and international environment. English is the working language. The selected graduate students will have opportunities for: (1) international collaborations and conference travel to interact with world experts in China, Israel, Europe and the United States; (2) industrial partnership and professional development; (3) communication skills training on presentation and writing; (4) explore an intellectual journey and publish original scholarly articles.

Fees & Benefits:
Fellowship (Ms level): from 44,000 to 65,000 RMB/year (硕士生待遇)
Fellowship (PhD level): from 80,000 to 126,000 RMB/year (博士生待遇)
Postdoc associate salary: 330,000RMB/year (博后待遇)
Waived tuition (worth 15,000 USD per year，免学费)
Subsidized room rental on campus (cost of 500 RMB/month/room)

Are you seeking a firm footing to change the world with biology, chemistry and engineering? Please don't hesitate to contact Dr. Xu (email) or peng.xu@gtiit.edu.cn inquiring the positions.

欢迎各位同学申请。