Scientist Production: Aquaculture Research

Scientist Production: Aquaculture Research

About the job Scientist Production: Aquaculture Research

Contract Duration:

Location:

Marine Aquaculture Research Facility, Sea Point, Cape Town

Qualifications:

• Masters in Genetics/Biological/Ichthyology/Zoology or Molecular Biology
• PhD an advantage
• SACNASP registration

Experience:

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in in the field of aquaculture research, Including:
• Invertebrate (e.g. sea urchin) broodstock management, larval rearing/settlement, grow-out. Direct practical experience with urchins an advantage.
• Molecular biology techniques, including routine microbiology (bacterial isolation/identification), genetics, molecular biology (DNA extraction, PCR, genotyping, enzymology) histology, microscopy, next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies and bioinformatics analysis...