Company Overview

Insects are evolving resistance faster than new insecticides can launch. Tighter regulation has made it harder to get new synthetic actives approved, and the "natural" alternatives have yet to fill the gap. Pests still destroy up to 40% of crop yields.

At BugBiome we make crop protection products from microbes. We collect microbes from the environment and screen them, linking insect behaviour to microbial function so we can find the active strains that standard screening misses. If that’s the sort of science you want to work on, we’d like to hear from you.

Role Summary

Do you like practical work with plants and insects, and want to work in an early-stage AgTech company?

We’re looking for a practical scientist to run our greenhouse trials and to support the team on insect bioassays and field trials. You’ll take our microbial bioinsecticides out of early lab work and into greenhouse and field testing. That’s the stage where we find out whether a promising strain can protect a crop.

You’ll work alongside our microbiologists, entomologists and data scientists. The data you collect is what we will use to decide which strains go forward.

The role suits someone who has recently finished a BSc or MSc, or who has some early lab or research assistant experience and wants to learn quickly in a small team.