Job Description
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...