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Marine Aquaculture Research Facility, Sea Point, Cape Town

Qualifications: Masters in Genetics/Biological/Ichthyology/Zoology or Molecular Biology Ph D 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 for microbiome characterization using high performance computing (HPC)system. Recirculating Aquaculture system (RAS) design, mainte...