Placement Student - Host Strain Development

CPI has an exciting opportunity available for 1 student working towards a degree in relevant science disciplines to join the Biotechnology department in our upstream processing technical team. The role is based at the Biotechnology site in Wilton, to support various crucial and exciting projects.

Through the development of innovative approaches and processes you could help CPI to solve some of the biggest challenges the industry face. You will have the opportunity to be involved in many varied and exciting projects (from lab scale right through to pilot scale) using industrial bioprocesses to help make products which are more sustainable and environmentally responsible.

Within the host strain development team you will gain exposure to new microbial strains and processes to produce platform chemicals, enzymes, and novel food ingredients. You will have the opportunity to apply molecular biology approaches for the development of new strains; develop lab-scale fermentation processes and biochemical assays for process and product monitoring.

The biocatalysis aspect of this role will expose you to enzyme catalysed processes to help designing new, and more sustainable products. Route selection, enzyme screening and optimisation of reaction conditions will guide the way to scalable biocatalytic processes.

Due to CPI's collaborative nature, the role will provide you with experience of working across multidisciplinary teams within the Biotechnology team, supporting colleagues on activities within the microbiology, host strain, downstream, fermentation, and scale-up teams to support both commercial and internal projects.

At CPI we work with our partners to translate inventions into products and processes that enhance health and well-being, protect, and improve our environment and increase productivity across industries.

With a deep understanding of innovation processes and funding, outstanding technical expertise, and industry relevant assets, we enable products and processes to be quickly and cost-effectively brought to market. This supports the development of next-generation manufacturing, highly skilled jobs, and economic growth for the UK.

More details are available in the attached job description.