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AEGIC - Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre, the Australian ICC Member Organisation, is searching for a Bakery Commercial Research Specialist.

Please find all details in the advert and the job description.

ICC is currently looking for a motivated candidate to fill the position as Project- and Event Manager at its headquarters in Vienna, Austria.

ICC - the International Association for Cereal Science and Technology is the pre-eminent international association in the field of cereal science and technology, committed to international cooperation through the dissemination of knowledge, conducting research, and developing standard methods that contribute to innovation, improved food quality, food safety and food security for the health and well-being of all people.

Job description:

• Project management incl. planning, communication, controlling, documentation, reporting etc. regarding running research projects/associations
• Financial administration including membership management, budget administration, documentation and preparing financial reports
• Editorial and administrative support to new project development
• Event management incl. the planning, organising, implementing, controlling and evaluation of international conferences, symposia and workshops
• Support the communication and promotion of research results through websites, social media and printed material including drafting, editing and sending texts for newsletters and social media posts, leaflets, roll-ups and posters
• Communication with ICC partners, stakeholders and sponsors
• Web-content management and user access management of websites

Required skills:

• Excellent proficiency of English in writing and speaking
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent computer literacy incl. use of social media and content management of websites
• Independent and self-responsible work attitude
• Experience in planning and organising, reporting and analysis
• Team player in a harmonic international/intercultural team
• Some international travel required

Salary and working time:

The announced job is a full time position (38 h/week) and paid according to experience between € 2,400 and € 3,000 gross (14 times a year).

Location:

Workplace is ICC Headquarters in the centre of Vienna, Austria.

Preferred education/experience and evidences:

• Completed Master's degree in food science, business administration, communication, event management or a related field
• Practical experience with project management and event management is of advantage

Preferred start date:

As soon as possible.

Applications to:

Please send your application and CV until 31 January 2016 to officeicc [dot] or [dot] at

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Megazyme International is a globally recognized leader in the development and supply of test kits and reagents for the food and beverage industries. Our biotechnology products are used in most of the world's best known analytical laboratories, universities, and major companies within the food, feed, dairy, wine and related industries. Megazyme is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland where our research and manufacturing facility is located.

Due to continued strong growth in our US markets we are now inviting applications for the position of Scientific Business Development Representative based in Chicago.

Our Scientific Business Development Representative (SBDR) will develop and maintain effective customer relations, liaise with the Technical Support and Sales & Marketing teams to support customers through provision of information specific to their industry, including technical information, product recommendations for customer applications and coordinating technical workshops and product demonstrations. They will provide Technical Support to established and new customers, resolve customer complaints by investigating problems, develop solutions, prepare reports and make recommendations to management.

The SBDR will develop a high level of product knowledge and research markets particularly the food and beverage industries, in which we operate. They will research competitor and industry activity and keep informed of new products/services and other general information of interest to customers.

The SBDR will be responsible for direct selling of analytical reagents, enzymes and assay kits to major customers engaged in bioanalysis and R&D in the food, feeds, dairy, wine and related industries. They will develop and execute sales strategies and plans to expand the business within the assigned territory, positively influencing decision makers in key customer companies and proactively maintaining a pipeline of opportunities to meet or exceed sales objectives. The SBDR will prospect new market opportunities to establish and cultivate a new customer base through sales calls with potential and existing customers and attend conferences and trade shows as required.

The SBDR will establish and grow relationships in the company, actively communicating with the Technical Support and Sales & Marketing teams, keeping to agreed targets, service level agreements and key performance indicators and submitting reports to an agreed time frame.

Candidates must have the following minimum qualifications, skills and experience:

ESSENTIAL

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a Life Science
• Strong technical and lab experience in enzyme assays
• Excellent knowledge in Biochemistry
• Strong interpersonal, oral and written communication, and presentation skills
• Computer proficiency in MS Office and the internet
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Must be willing to travel
• Must be eligible to work in the US
• Self-starting with a positive attitude
• Highly motivated with the drive and work ethic to meet targets
• The drive and ability to work on their own initiative as well as part of a team

PREFFERED

• Sales experience in B2B an advantage
• Strong preference to move into a commercial or sales environment

The successful candidate will report to the Technical Director. Full training will be provided. It is envisaged that the 1^st month of training will be based in Megazyme Dublin, Ireland followed by on the ground training in the US, supported by a lead scientist.

Typically the role will involve extensive travel to customer locations, working from home and time spent in the Megazyme Chicago office.

Competitive package and benefits offered to successful candidate.

Please reply with resume, cover letter and compensation expectations to: careersmegazyme [dot] com no later than Wednesday, 4^th November 2015.

FoRC (http://www.usp.br/forc/english.php) has a post-doctoral fellowship in the Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology to develop the research plan "Functional analysis of the transcriptomic profile of banana fruits from a biodiversity surrounded plot" in the Research Axis 1 (Biological Systems in Food). 

The opportunity is open to newly qualified doctors (for no more than seven years) and a successful research track in fruit biochemistry and physiology, preferably with field experiments background, that will be carried out to obtain samples in plots surrounded or not by the Atlantic forest. Transcriptome analysis will be performed, comparatively, using RNA-seq technique. 

Requirements
(a) PhD degree in Food Science; 
(b) Significant scientific production in indexed journals and conferences; 
(c) Fluency in English; 
(d) Motivation and ability to teamwork;
(e) Knowledge of fruit physiology and biochemistry. 

Documentation for application
(a) Letter of introduction and motivation;
(b) Curriculum Vitae (maximum of four pages) including academic background, a list with up to 10 most important and relevant publications and the link to MyResearch ID or ORCID;
(c) Copy of PhD certificate;
(d) Letters of recommendation (one or two). 

Application and deadline
Candidates should submit their documentation by email to forcusp [dot] br with subject "FoRC PD Transcript". Recommendation letters should be sent directly by the author. The deadline for receiving all documentation is June 15, 2015. 

Result
The result of the selection process will be announced until July 2, 2015, by electronic means. The selected candidate will receive a Post-Doctorate fellowship support from FAPESP, amounting to R$ 6.143,40 per month for 24 months, provided exclusive dedication to the project and approval of research reports. The fellowship features a setup support for researchers who need to move to the city of São Paulo, Brazil, the institution's headquarters. 

More information about the scholarship can be found at: www.fapesp.br/en/5427.

Invitation to apply for a 2-year Post-Doc position in the field of Food Science and Nutrition at the laboratory for Science and Technology of Milk and Egg in Rennes (France) within the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and Agrocampus Ouest.

This Post-Doc project aims at understanding the mechanisms of dairy gels disintegration in the stomach and determining how the structure of the gels impacts the kinetics of nutrient bioavailability. It will consist in the:

• design of dairy gels with varied structures
• multi-scale characterization of the structure of digested and undigested food with the use of equipment such as synchrotron facilities, confocal and electronic microscopy, particle tracking analysis...
• in vitro digestion using relevant dynamic digestion models. We will particularly focus on the proteolysis kinetics by pepsine.
• in vivo experiments on multi-canulated and catheterized pigs to assess the bioaccessibility and bioavailability of nutriments.

The project will include a strong cooperation with several labs in France, UK and USA.

Encouraged are candidates with a PhD in Food Science and/or Nutrition, if possible with an experience in food digestion. Applicants should be fluent in speaking and writing English. Basic knowledge of French would be appreciated.

Duration: 24 months, starting from March or April 2015
Net salary: ~ 1900 €/month

Applicants should submit their CV (including names and contact details of referees) and letter of motivation, before December the 15th 2014, by email to:
Dr. Didier DUPONT: didier [dot] dupontrennes [dot] inra [dot] fr

Details regarding the Institute and the place:

INRA (French National Institute for Agricultural Research) http://institut.inra.fr/en
Research Unit: UMR1253 Science and Technology of Milk and Egg (STLO), INRA, Rennes, France, www.rennes.inra.fr/stlo_eng

The city of Rennes is located in northwest France, in east of Brittany. The total population of the area is ~200 000, with at least a quarter of the population made up of students. The city is classified as a city of art and history. Rennes is connected to the high speed TGV rail network from both Paris (two-hour travel) and Lille. Rennes does have its own airport (Rennes-St. Jacques).

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