About this role
We are looking for a Laboratory Assistant to join the team in Lund, Sweden. You will be working closely with our Chief Technology Officer in a creative role where your tasks will range from design and execution of lab experiments, to exploration of new applications of our technology. Job responsibilities: - Independent and/or in-team design, operation, presentation, and interpretation of lab experiments – in particular fermentations. - Scientific support to Bioextrax’ CTO, including literature searches, preparation of external presentations and funding applications. We are looking for an ambitious individual with an MSc or BSc in Chemical engineering, Biotechnology, Microbiology or a related field. No prior work experience is necessary. Desirable experience - Cultivation and characterization of pure microbial strains in lab and pilot-scale bioreactors. - Optimization of microbial cultivation media for high-cell density growth and high product yield - Downstream processing of microbial primary metabolites - Characterization of intracellular and exocellular microbial products - Online/Offline monitoring of microbial growth and products (spectroscopy, electrophoresis and chromatography)