ABOUT US
WORKING AT MYCONEOS
“We are building a diverse team of exceptional, collaborative and commercially aware people, who invent new food ingredients that are healthy and good for the world and are aligned to our ethos of high performance, scientific excellence, and with strong ethics, and most of all want to work in an environment where you can be happy and thrive.”
OUR FOUNDATIONS
The fungi that give blue cheeses their unique taste normally reproduce asexually - so it's hard to make changes to their genes and therefore the character of the cheese. But scientists have discovered a way to cross different strains together to make new kinds of blue cheese.
OUR TIMELINE
SUPPORT ECOSYSTEM
AN EXPERIENCED TEAM
Our team of six people has extensive collective experience in fungal, molecular biology and the food innovation.
BOARD
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Dr Jacek Obuchowicz
Managing Director
PhD Chemistry from the University of Lancaster. An established food industry commercial innovation expert with experience in both the UK and Europe. In his spare time Jacek is a keen football fan.
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Professor Paul Dyer
Science & Research Director
PhD in Mycology from the University of Cambridge. Professor of Fungal Biology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, at the University of Nottingham, awarded the 'Berkeley Award¹ (1999) from British Mycological Society for outstanding contribution to mycology/pathology research and elected a Fellow of Royal Society of Biology 2017. Longstanding experience in fungal research in the food, biotechnology and medical sectors. When not enjoying cheese Paul loves to cycle.
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Paul Rivers Latham
Chairman
Paul is an active angel investor with a strong background in technology and venture capital. Most recently, as chairman, he led the very successful sale of Allinea to ARM. For relaxation he is a craft potter and races classic wooden keel boats.
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Richard Simpson
Commercial Director
MSc Food Consumer Marketing and Product Development. Experienced commercial manager with extensive food experience in the food industry. In his spare time Richard enjoys cycling and watching rugby.
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Dr Iain Reid
Non-Executive Director
Ian is an active angel investor and often takes an NED role when he is a cornerstone investor. He also has significant commercial experience at Director level. Ian is a very keen club cyclist.
OUR SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD
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Ed Louis
PhD in Genetics from The University of California at Berkley, BSc in Biology and Mathematics from Clarkson University. Experienced in yeast genetics, genomics, and evolution; was a key part of the yeast genome sequencing project, now developing tools for exploiting its natural genetic/phenotypic variation. Thoroughly enjoys the products of yeast (wine, beer and bread).
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Ali Ashby
Passionate about fungi and fungal science for over 20 years. She is a former Royal Society University Research Fellow and former member of the Department of Plant Sciences, Cambridge where her research interests were mainly focussed on fungal diseases of brassicas. A member of the British Mycological Society she is involved with Fungal Education and Outreach and she is currently chair of the FEO committee. She is also a member of BMS Council. She was coordinator of the BMS inaugural UK Fungus Day.
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Sarah Gurr
Studied at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (BSc, ARCS, DIC and PhD), where she was awarded The Huxley Medal for her outstanding record of achievement. She was a post-doctoral Fellow at St Andrews University and then held an independent Royal Society University Research Fellowship in Molecular Plant Pathology. Sarah was appointed to the Chair in Food Security, at Exeter University in 2013. She was formerly President of The British Society of Plant Pathology and currently sits on BBSRC Council (until 2018). Sarah holds the Donder's Chair (Honorary) at Utrecht University, 2016-2017 and was awarded the President’s medal by BMS in 2018.
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Professor Rob Johnson
University College London Genetics PhD. Consultant at Wychland Bio Consulting Ltd, Honorary Associate Professor at Nottingham University. Research and Development or Business Development executive with substantial experience in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Rob has created and led teams, departments and a company to success, providing novel and cost-effective solutions to biotechnology and pharmaceutical production issues.
Key experience of: Large scale fermentation optimisation, process development, cost reduction and business development.
KEEN TO JOIN THE TEAM?
Kelisha spent a year with us at our labs in BioCity Nottingham working on production of samples for our customers.
“I wanted to say thank you for giving me the opportunity to work with you all at Myconeos. It has been amazing to work with such great minds and great people. I feel lucky to have got this placement and I appreciate everything it has given to me. Although my stay was temporary I always felt like a valued member of the team which made the year go by so quickly.
It has been a pleasure to work at Myconeos, thanks again for the experience.”
Kelisha Daniel
WE CURRENTLY HAVE NO VACANCIES
We are growing quickly and whilst we currently have no vacancies we are always interested to hear from people who love food, fungi, research and making the future of food more sustainable.
APPLY NOW
We are looking to build a team of collaborative and commercially aware people, driven by high performance, scientific excellence, and with strong ethics, and most of all want a work in an environment where you can be happy and thrive.
If you are interested in an advertised role please complete your details and attach a CV and covering letter explaining why you think you are suitable for the role.
Myconeos is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
No agencies, please.
CURRENT POSITIONS
Research Scientist in Microbiology
Job
Myconeos
Company
£28,000 - £34,000 depending on qualifications and experience + participation in Share Scheme
Salary band
Myconeos Laboratories, Biocity, Nottingham
Location
We currently have no new vacancies
We don’t have any vacancies at the moment but please do continue to check this page for any new opportunities available at Myconeos.