Industrial Internship or M.Sc. project in Metabolic Engineering – Strain Engineering for Fermentation Optimization

  • Are you excited to pursue your Master thesis in a start-up biotech company which focuses on sustainable production of biochemicals?
  • Do you want to gain hands-on experience with synthetic biology tools?
  • Cysbio ApS is offering an internship or M.Sc. Project in Strain Engineering starting from August/September/October 2025


About the project

We are looking for a motivated student to join our team for a full-time internship or Master thesis in the field of strain engineering. The project will focus on increasing the availability of key intermediates or cofactors for use in a microbial fermentation production strain.

What we offer

The opportunity to learn and use bacterial strain engineering techniques in an experienced and collaborative research and development team. Throughout the project, you will have access to well-equipped molecular biology labs and receive close supervision and support in your experimental work. This is a great opportunity to deepen your understanding of metabolic engineering while developing practical lab skills and gaining insight into applied research in industrial biotechnology.

Your profile

  • You are pursuing a master’s degree in the field of Biotechnology or similar.
  • You have practical skills in common molecular biology techniques such as PCR, cloning, transformations etc.
  • You have a good understanding of metabolic pathways in bacteria.
  • You are a team player, curious and attentive to detail.
  • You are fluent in English (spoken and written).

How to apply?

We are no longer taking applicants for this project, but feel free make a general application, by filling in the questionnaire and upload your application via this online form.

Your application must contain a single PDF with files combined in this order: Motivated application, your resume, your bachelor´s and master´s grades. You can supplement your application with a list of reference(s) and recommendation letter(s) if such are available, but it is not necessary. Maximum size for the PDF is 5 MB.

Questions?

If you have any questions about the project, please contact Trine S. Bladt (tsb@cysbio.com).

About Cysbio

Founded in 2019, Cysbio is a biosolutions company with an increasing portfolio of small biochemical products at various developmental stages. We use a synthetic biology approach to harvest the capacities of nature for a sustainable production for better future.

The Cysbio team is an energetic and ambitious group of researchers and business developers, and we aim to have an enjoyable work environment while reaching our goals.

For more details, please visit www.cysbio.com.

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