Doctoral Student in Environmental Bioengineering

The Environmental Microfluidics Group of Prof. Roman Stocker in the Institute of Environmental Engineering is seeking a dynamic and motivated doctoral student with an engineering background for a project on how bacterial chemotaxis accelerates plasmid transfer, including the spread of antibiotic resistance. The position is funded by a recently awarded SNSF grant, and the project is a joint effort with Prof. Jonasz Slomka at the University of Warsaw. This position will be based in the laboratory of Prof. Roman Stocker.

Bacterial conjugation, the contact-dependent transfer of plasmids between cells, speeds up bacterial evolution and is a major route for the spread of antibiotic resistance in …

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