Norwegian University of Life Sciences

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NMBU has 1700 employees and 5200 students and is organized in seven faculties. NMBU has a campus in Ås and in Oslo. In the autumn of 2020 we are co-located on Ås. Further information on NMBU is available at www.nmbu.no.

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 (IHA) 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 (IHA), Faculty of Biosciences, at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) has a vacant full-time, 2-year researcher position in feed ingredient processing for fish and monogastric farm animals, with possibilities for extension depending on available funding.

The position is jointly funded by Foods of Norway (www.foodsofnorway.net), a prestigious Centre for Research-based Innovation, and the project “FeedMileage - Efficient use of feed resources for a sustainable Norwegian food production”, funded by the Research Council of Norway.

The research project involves development of novel feed ingredients, and evaluating these in diets for farmed fish and /or monogastric animals. The focus will be on processing technology and evaluation of new feed solutions on growth performance and health in fish and /or monogastric farm animals by using established and novel methods.

Main tasks

Major research tasks in the project will be:

• Develop novel feed ingredients and upgrade the nutritional value of existing feed ingredients.
• Formulate diets and participate in feed production.
• Contribute to designing and conducting experiments to assess the impact of novel/functional feeds in fish and monogastric animals on growth performance and health using state of the art tools (including nutrigenomic tools).
• Processing and statistical analysis of data.
• Generate scientific publications.

Academic qualifications

Required academic qualifications:

• A PhD degree or equivalent in processing technology, animal science or biology. Candidates from other disciplines, e.g. veterinary science or food science, may also be considered.
• Research experience with bioprocessing technology (e.g. filtration, wet and dry fractionation, autolysis and fermentation) and farm animals, preferably fish or monogastric animals.

Other desirable qualifications and experience:

• Hands-on experience with handling of experimental farm animals, collecting data and sampling of blood, organs and tissues for analysis of biological responses in nutritional studies, would be an advantage. Experience in chromatographical techniques and biochemical assays would also be an advantage.
• Knowledge in animal nutrition and feed formulation.
• Excellent knowledge of oral and written English
• We are seeking a highly ambitious and creative person who is well organized, works efficiently and can deliver according to goals and milestones of the projects. The successful candidate has a collaborative attitude, functions well in teams and displays good communication skills.

The candidate must not have any allergies that could affect their work with feed, chemicals or farm animals.

Remuneration and information

The position is placed in government pay scale position code 1109 Researcher, 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 follow ordinary meriting regulations.

For further information, please contact:

• Prof Margareth Øverland, E-mail margareth.overland@nmbu.no, +47-67232655 or
• Dr. Jon Øvrum Hansen, E-mail jon.hansen@nmbu.no +47-67232666

Information to applicants

Application

To apply 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: 31.01.2019

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, The Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, P.O. Box 5003, NO-1432 Ås, within 31.01.2019. Please quote reference number 18/06672.

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