Lab Lead Coordinator

Om stillingenDTU BRIGHT is a vibrant and highly driven research environment dedicated to developing biotechnological solutions for a more sustainable future. With state-of-the-art infrastructure and a strong culture of collaboration, BRIGHT brings together motivated researchers working across disciplines to push the boundaries of microbial innovation, sustainable materials, and green food systems. The atmosphere is dynamic, ambitious, and supportive, offering an inspiring and engaging workplace where scientific curiosity and real-world impact go hand in hand. This position is a part of BRIGHT's mission
- oriented Microbial Food research programme (“referred to as Mission 2”), which aims to build an AI-powered framework for the rational design of microbial foods that meet four targets: consumer acceptance, health, sustainability and scalability. The first phase focuses on two fungal chassis, Aspergillusand Yarrowia, characterizing more than 500 prototypes through multi-omics, sensory analysis, life-cycle assessment and safety testing. Predictive models for flavor, texture, nutrition and process scale-up are trained iteratively through active learning. The scientific scope spans strain engineering, adaptive laboratory evolution, solid
- and liquid-state fermentation, sensory and consumer research, and pre-clinical and clinical evaluation of safety, bioavailability and cardiometabolic health, in collaboration with national and international partners. The job This Lab Manager position is central to the daily functioning of a shared laboratory environment supporting three research groups (Microbial Foods, Sustainable Food Innovation, Fermentation Cultures) working on sustainable and healthy food innovation for the green transition. The role ensures that the lab operates at a consistently high level of safety, organization, and efficiency, enabling researchers to focus on high-quality scientific output. Your responsibilities will include: Conducting safety inductions and lab tours for students, new hires, and visiting researchers Leading onboarding activities, including introduction to Benchling, Fusion, and internal group procedures Acting as a central contact point for coordination across laboratory floors and research groups Managing reordering of shared consumables (e.g., filter tips, pipette tips, media components, and other common goods) Organizing lab duties, cleaning schedules, and shared responsibilities across users Overseeing maintenance and servicing of equipment, including coordination of repairs and pipette calibration services Implementing LEAF (Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework) activities and maintaining compliance across lab spaces Maintaining and continuously improving structured fungal and bacterial strain collections and shared biological resources Maintaining and re-culturing fungal strain collections that cannot be stored long-term frozen Organizing freezer space, cold rooms, and other storage systems to ensure efficient and traceable use Coordinating allocation and organization of lab space for staff and students in collaboration with group leaders Ensuring that documentation in Benchling, protocols, and data management plans are complete, up to date, and aligned with institutional compliance standards Supporting structured onboarding and offboarding processes, ensuring that all strains, data, and materials are properly documented, stored, and compliant In addition, the role requires strong personal qualities. You should be highly structured, reliable, and able to follow tasks through to completion in a busy and collaborative environment. A proactive and solution-oriented mindset is essential, as is the ability to work with others in a firm but friendly and respectful manner, ensuring that lab rules, safety procedures, and shared responsibilities are consistently followed. You should be comfortable engaging with diverse researchers and be able to maintain both authority and approachability when coordinating shared lab practices. This role is essential to maintaining a safe, efficient, and well-structured laboratory environment and is central to enabling high-quality, collaborative research across all participating groups. As a formal qualification, you must hold a laboratory education.

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a dynamic, versatile, and highly enthusiastic research environment at the forefront of food innovation, microbiology, sustainability science, and human health. You will gain unique insight into cutting-edge research taking place across multiple interdisciplinary groups, all working towards solutions for the green transition. The role provides a central and highly trusted position within the research infrastructure, giving you significant responsibility and ownership over the daily functioning and long‑term organization of shared laboratory facilities. You will work closely with researchers at all levels—from students to senior scientists—and become a key link across