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a full-time postdoctoral to join the Prof Cathy Ye and Prof Wei Huang research group at the Department of Engineering Science (Headington/Begbroke, Oxford). The post is funded by BBSRC and is fixed-term to 31 March 2027. Brief to develop simple cell (SimCell, non-dividing bacteria cell) based biocatalyst to transform waste from cultured meat process into essential amnio acids and growth factors to achieve a sustainable production. You will be responsible for 1) single-cell characterisation and collect Raman phenotypic profile of both SimCells and cultured meat using single-cell Raman spectroscopy. 2) use bioluminescence (luxCDABE gene cluster) and half-life time GFP expression, GC/HPLC-MS, flow cytometry to monitor in situ SimCell ATP level, metabolic flux, and product profiles. 3) acquire both genotypic data (DNA sequencing) and phenotypic data (protein production and Raman single cell profiling analysis) to enable iterative refinement of AI-predict...