Norwegian University of Life Sciences

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About BIOVIT

The Faculty of Biosciences is organized in two departments: Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences and Department of Plant Sciences. The main objective of the Faculty of Biosciences is to contribute to the development of sustainable agriculture and food production systems through basic and applied research on plants and animals including fish (aquaculture). The faculty houses Centre for Integrative Genetics (CIGENE) and the research center for Research-based Innovation (SFI) - Foods of Norway.

The Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences provides fundamental, innovative research and practical solutions to improve productivity and sustainability across the agriculture and aquaculture sector. Currently, disciplines within the department include Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology, Ethology and Animal Environment, Breeding and Quantitative Genetics, and Genome Biology.

About the position

The Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Faculty of Biosciences at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) has a vacant researcher or postdoc position for two years in systems biology of Atlantic salmon metabolism.

The Digital Salmon (2016-2020, 4 M€) is funded by the Research Council of Norway as part of the national consortium for biotechnology, Digital Life Norway. Its objective is to establish a systems biology framework for adapting salmon breeding and nutrition strategies to modern feedstuffs. The long-term goal is to accumulate a library of various models of life processes in the salmon body, to quickly construct suit-tailored computer simulations to compute effective use of resources, for food security, fish welfare and human health. Such a "Digital Salmon" knowledge base will enable faster response to new challenges, such as climate change, new diseases, or scarcity of key feedstuffs.

The successful candidate will join the Centre for Integrative Genetics (see http://cigene.no), a multidisciplinary research group with expertise in genetics, evolutionary and comparative genomics, bioinformatics and systems biology. The group includes two full-time professors, one associate professor, eleven researchers, eight PhD students and nine research technicians. CIGENE seeks to develop a deep understanding of genomics as it relates to aquaculture and agriculture species, and has a specific focus on the Atlantic salmon and other salmonids.

We achieve this by working closely with both researcher and industry partners, and by leveraging state of the art tools and resources in genotyping, sequencing, bio-informatics and systems biology.

Main tasks

• Elucidate the gene regulation of metabolism of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.
• Interpret multi-omics data from experiments on omega-3 metabolism under fish- vs plant-based feed, freshwater vs seawater, and more.

Academic qualifications

Required Academic qualifications

• PhD in relevant field, e.g. systems biology, biochemistry, mathematics, physics, molecular biology, nutrition.

Desired Academic qualifications

• In depth understanding of lipid metabolism regulation in salmon
• Experience with sample preparation and analysis of omics for high-throughput sequencing and lipidomics methods
• Wet-lab experience with tissue sampling
• Familiarity with reproducible research in R/knitr or similar

Required personal skills

• Ability to collaborate creatively in a multidisciplinary research group.
• Ability for careful, reproducible research
• Ability to manage time, document progress and deliver on time
• Desired personal skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Remuneration and information

The position is placed in government pay scale position code 1109 Researcher or 1352 Postdoctoral Fellow, wage framework 24 (salary grade 61-77) (NOK 534.100 – 731.400) on the Norwegian Government salary scale upon employment depending on qualifications. The position follows ordinary meriting regulations.

For further information, please contact Associate professor Jon Olav Vik, jon.vik@nmbu.no; phone +47 67232725

Information to applicants

Application

To apply online for this vacancy, please click on the 'Apply for this job' button above. This will route you to the University's Web Recruitment System, where you will need to register an account (if you have not already) and log in before completing the online application form.

Application deadline: 25.12.2018

Up to ten publications selected by the applicant as most relevant must be attached to the application. If it is difficult to identify the contribution of the applicant in multiple-author publications, a short explanation about the applicant’s part of the work is suggested.

Printed material which cannot be sent electronically should be sent by surface mail to Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, P.O. Box 5003, NO-1432 Ås, within21.12.2018. Please quote reference number 18/06556

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