Technician in Microbiology

Starting salary from £26,707 per annum, with an annual increment up to £30,378 per annum.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a technician to join the School of Biological Sciences as part of the £12 million BBSRC funded Environmental Biotechnology Innovation Centre, which brings together scientists and engineers from ten leading UK institutions, alongside industrial collaborators, in a mission to enhance and develop the natural abilities of micro-organisms to cleaning up our planet. You will have the opportunity to develop a skillset in the growing field on engineering biology.

As a technician you will assist a senior postdoctoral associate in generating a wide range of bacterial strains for environmental applications including compound production and bioremediation. Your primary role will be in generating reagents and growth media, in addition to maintaining and measuring bacterial cultures. Once experienced you will aid the senior postdoctoral associate in constructing plasmids and generating bacterial mutants.

You will have a B.Sc. or are completing a B.Sc. in a relevant research area or will have equivalent experience. Specifically, we are looking for applicants with experience in growing bacteria and making solutions and agar plates.

This full-time post is available from 7 September 2025 on fixed term basis for 2 years. 

Further information on our great benefits package, including 34 days annual leave inclusive of Bank Holidays and additional University Customary days can be found on our benefits page.

Closing date: 13 July 2026 

The University holds an Athena Swan Silver Institutional Award in recognition of our advancement towards gender equality.

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