Bolsa de Investigação: ARDITI-OOM/2016/007

Job summary:

The Ocean Observatory Madeira opens a Research Grant (BI) at MSc. Degree level, for Marine Aquaculture Nutrition and Physiology Trials

Job description:

The Oceanic Observatory of Madeira Project (M1420-01-0145-FEDER-000001-Observatório Oceânico da Madeira-OOM) aims to support and promote Science and Technological Research and improve performance of Madeira´s Marine Research, Development and Innovation Institutions.

In the scope of the project, OOM-ARDITI is looking for Marine Biologist (MSc. level) with expertise in marine animals nutrition trials. The successful candidate will join the aquaculture research group, an interdisciplinary team with the following research topics: aquaculture species diversification, multitrophic integrated aquaculture, physiological impact of environmental and behavioural variables.

Responsibilities include:

• To select species/life stage for aquaculture trials;
• To select environmental parameters and nutritional parameters impacting on aquaculture species and species specific indicators of physiological stress;
• Setting up of experiments;
• Data analysis and reporting.

• breeding and larval rearing of aquaculture species;
• design and setting up of marine fish feeding trials;
• in vivo metabolic studies, using a combination of tube-feeding with radioisotope tracer techniques;
• basic histology techniques;
• gene expression analysis (transcriptomics; RT-PCR).

• Perform literature search related with specific topics;
• Assist in design and perform nutrition and physiology trials using aquaculture animals at different life-stages;
• Sampling of organisms and water quality analysis;
• Data analyses and report;
• Participate on the writing of scientific papers.