Stillingstittel:
Postdoctoral or PhD fellow within cellular and molecular biology within the area fish nutrition and health - Ref.no 16/02525

Stillingsbeskrivelse:

Global challenges regarding energy and climate change, the environment, health, food safety, technology and renewable solutions, use and conservation of land and natural resources, and development of the bio-economy, requires greater effort. NMBU is well equipped to conduct further research in these fields. NMBU's expertise spans entire value chains and includes both basic and applied research.

 

On 1 January 2014, the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science and the University of Life Sciences merged and became -NMBU, the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. NMBU has 1700 employees and 5100 students, and is currently located on two campuses - Ås, about 30 km south of Oslo, and Adamstuen in Oslo. In 2019, the new research- and education-building for veterinary science will be completed and all of NMBU will then be located at Campus Ås.

 

Further information about NMBU is available on www.nmbu.no

Jobbnorge ID: 126049

The Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic Medicine at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) has a vacant 2 year Post-Doctoral or a 3 year PhD position related to cellular and molecular biology, fish nutrition and health. The goal of the project to which the research fellow will be associated is to establish, characterize and exploit a salmonid gut cell line system to fill important knowledge gaps regarding mechanisms underlying the functions of the digestive tract. The knowledge gained will help to secure good gut health and hence optimal feed utilization and overall fish health in salmonid aquaculture.

 

Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic medicine has about 100 employees and undertakes teaching, research and dissemination within the fields of Aquatic Medicine and Nutrition, anatomy and Pathology, Biochemistry and Physiology, Genetics and Clinical Pathology

 

 

Research Project

The research project has a timeframe of three years, from the autumn of 2016, with research activities related to three research council projects addressing health related effects, positive or negative, of alternative feed ingredients and additives in fish diets.

 

 

Main tasks

The plan for the work of the Post doc/PhD fellow includes establishment of the cell line system in our laboratory and to use it as a tool to study mechanisms underlying gut health challenges in salmon related to new feed ingredients, e.g. effects of antinutrients and other plant metabolites. The PostDoc/PhD fellowship includes a research stay at the research group of Dr. Kristin Schirmer, Head of department of Environmental Toxicology, Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland during the early phase of the project period. Dr. Schirmer's group has expertise regarding cultivation of fish gut cells for toxicological research. 

 

 

Academic Qualifications

The successful applicant must have a MSc degree or equivalent in cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology or related fields. For employment in the Post doc position, a relevant PhD is also required.

 

Required Academic qualifications

• MSc or PhD in cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry,  physiology or related fields

 

Desired Academic qualifications

• Experience with cellular and molecular biological laboratory techniques, in particular cell cultivation
• Knowledge on animal nutrition, digestive physiology, immunology and/or gut health
• Knowledge on statistical analyses of biological data

 

Personal skills

 

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige unive

Arbeidsgiver adresse: Ullevålsveien 72 0454 OSLO

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

Region: Oslo

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

Lønn valuta: NOK

Lønn periode: Pr. år