Postdoc in Aquaculture - Focus on Host-Environment Interactions
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet / Kemiingenjörsjobb / Uppsala
2025-03-10
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About the position
The successful candidate will work on developing strategies to enhance the resilience of aquaculture species (e.g., salmonids, shrimps) by integrating genomics, epigenomics, microbiological, and nutraceutical approaches. The research will focus on understanding how nutraceuticals influence the interplay between aquaculture animals and their environment, aiming to improve robustness and disease resistance under changing climate conditions.
Key Responsibilities:
• Conduct research on host-microbe-environment interactions in farmed salmonids and shrimps.
• Utilize genomics, epigenomics, and microbiology toolboxes to explore how nutraceuticals modulate host responses and microbial communities.
• Investigate environmental stress factors associated with climate change and their impact on aquatic species' resilience.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams from academia and the aquaculture industry and contribute to large-scale lab and on-field fish experimental trials.
• Optimization and development of molecular tools for salmonids and shrimps (e.g. cell culture, gene editing, ELISA, immunoblot)
• Publish findings in high-impact scientific journals and present results at conferences.
Your profile
• You must have a PhD degree in aquaculture, aquatic microbiology, or molecular biology.
• Experience with host-microbe interactions, epigenetics, nutraceuticals, immunology or environmental stress research in aquatic organisms is highly desirable.
• Strong analytical skills, including experience with genomic, epigenetics, microbiology, immunology and bioinformatics tools.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a multidisciplinary research environment.
• Excellent communication skills and a strong publication record.
• Hands-on experience in in vitro and in vivo (e.g. invertebrate) models.
About us
The goal at our institution is to promote good animal husbandry and animal welfare as well as sustainable food production with high product quality. We do this through research and education on animals with a focus on feed and nutrition, management and the environment, ethology, animal ethics and animal welfare. We are about 125 employees working in Uppsala, Skara, Umeå and Gothenburg.
More information about the department: Department of Applied Animal Science and Welfare
Read more about our benefits and what it is like to work at SLU at
https://www.slu.se/en/about-slu/work-at-slu/Location:
Uppsala
Form of employment:
Temporary employment 24 months, with the possibility of extension.
Scope:
100%
Start date:
1 June 2025 or as agreed.
Application:
Please submit your application before deadline 15 April 2025. You can submit your application by clicking the button below.
Union representatives:
https://internt.slu.se/en/my-employment/employee-associations/kontaktpersoner-vid-rekrytering/ The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) has a key role in the development for sustainable life, based on science and education. Through our focus on the interaction between humans, animals and ecosystems and the responsible use of natural resources, we contribute to sustainable societal development and good living conditions on our planet. Our main campuses are located in Alnarp, Umeå and Uppsala, however, the university also operates at research stations, experimental forests and teaching sites throughout Sweden.
SLU has around 3,000 employees, 5,000 students and doctoral students and a turnover of over SEK 3 billion. We are investing in attractive environments on all of our campuses. We strive to provide a work environment characterised by inclusivity and gender equality, where different experiences generate conversations between people and pave the way for science, creativity and development. Therefore, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
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Kontakt Associate Professor
Kartik Baruah
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