Job: Flavour production by micro-organism, AgroParisTech-INRA (Thiverval-Grignon, France)

Τετάρτη, Μαρτίου 09, 2011

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Job posted by French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA).

Flavour production by micro-organism

The goals of the study are to evaluate the flavouring effects of micro-organisms on natural raw materials, to characterize the flavours obtained by olfaction, to look for the molecular structures responsible of their specific odours, and finally to elucidate the pathways used to produce them.

Description:

Consumers are looking for more natural flavours in foods. The main objective of the work proposed by a food company for this project is to increase the offer of natural food flavouring preparations produced by food grade micro-organisms.
The goals of the study are to evaluate the flavouring effects of micro-organisms on natural raw materials, to characterize the flavours obtained by olfaction, to look for the molecular structures responsible of their specific odours, and finally to elucidate the pathways used to produce them. The knowledge of the flavouring precursors in the raw materials and of the microbial metabolism should permit an optimal production of the molecules of interest and to intensify the production.
The post doc candidate should have experience in microbiology (e.g. microbial metabolism) and very good experience in analytical chemistry (e.g. GC, GC-MS, GC-olfactometry, HPLC, LC-MS)
English is required and French would be a plus. An ability to communicate well is also required.
The work will be realized mainly in Grignon (F-78850, 35 km west of Paris) and for part on site of the company.

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