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At the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB, we combine biology and technology across competencies in our business areas of Health, Sustainable Chemistry, and Environment. For more than 70 years, we have been developing processes, technologies, and products and successfully bringing them to industrial application. We conduct research at our sites in Stuttgart, Leuna, and Straubing in close cooperation with numerous universities and research institutes in Germany and abroad.

We offer you the opportunity to get hands on an exiting project in the framework of your master´s thesis. The project targets to optimize a methylotrophic microbial producer strain (Methylorubrum extorquens) to produce a small organic acid from methanol by means of Metabolic Engineering.

Suitable for students majoring in biochemistry, biotechnology, technical biology, systems biotechnology, and bioprocess engineering.

What you will do

• Microbial strain development of Methylorubrum extorquens
• Genetic engineering to optimize the methanol-based overproduction of a small organic acid
• Cultivation of microorganisms (Escherichia coli and Methylorubrum extorquens)
• Physiological analysis of microbial metabolism
• Fermentation up to 10 L scale
• Scientific literature investigation to reveal state-of-the-art
• Evaluation, discussion and written summary of the results
• Self-reliant and creative work environment

What you bring to the table

What you can expect

We offer you an environment that gives you the opportunity to gain a broad spectrum of experience in a short period of time by working on interesting and varied industrial projects with our partners in various industries.

In our teams, creative approaches to solutions are combined with an economic and structured approach.

We value and promote the diversity of our employees' skills and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of age, gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, ideology, disability, sexual orientation and identity. Severely disabled persons are given preference in the event of equal suitability.

The weekly working time is according to agreement. The position is initially limited to 6 months.

With its focus on developing key technologies that are vital for the future and enabling the commercial utilization of this work by business and industry, Fraunhofer plays a central role in the innovation process. As a pioneer and catalyst for groundbreaking developments and scientific excellence, Fraunhofer helps shape society now and in the future.

Interested? Apply online now. We look forward to getting to know you!

Questions regarding the application process anwers Mrs. Manuela Göttig-Fickert.

Phone +49 (0)9421 /  9380-1000.

Please apply only by using our Fraunhofer internet portal.

Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB

Requisition Number : 51704                Application Deadline : 04 / 15 / 2025