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Phd position – Evaluation of restoration measures for fish in the River Meuse, Wageningen University, Netherlands, Europe

Last Date: 29 April 2024. Your job The Aquaculture and Fisheries group at Wageningen University is looking for an enthusiastic candidate who is interested to advance science by evaluating river restoration measures in the River Meuse (the Netherlands), with the aim to establish the role of habitat quality and connectivity for more … View details

Lectureship in Zoology (Teaching and Research), Bangor University, Bangor, UK

Last Date: 08-04-2024. The School of Environmental and Natural Sciences invites applications for full-time, permanent Lectureship in Zoology to support areas of growth and development within the School. We are a large and diverse School with a strong research record and successful recruitment into our undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Candidates … View details

PhD scholarship in Bioconversion of Carbon Dioxide in a Novel Reactor Type – DTU Chemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Kongens Lyngby, Europe

Last Date: 04/11/2024. JOB DESCRIPTION Are you a highly competent, ambitious, and hard-working young scientist wanting to excel in the exciting field of gas fermentation in one of the best foundations and collaboration schemes to accomplish this? Then this advertisement is for you. At DTU Chemical Engineering a PhD position … View details

Postdoc in plant-insect interaction, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden, Europe

Last Date: 15 February 2024. Department of Molecular Sciences The department conducts research and education in chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, food science and microbiology with a focus on fundamental biological processes as well as development of applications for a sustainable future. Uppsala BioCenter brings together scientists and students from the Departments … View details

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Visual Neuroscience, Psychology, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK

Last Date: 21-Jan-2024. Post Details Open endedFixed term for 27 months The closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 21 January 2024Interviews are expected to take place on Monday 12 February 2024Expected start date will be Friday 01 March 2024 There is an expectation that work will be undertaken … View details

Postdoctoral Research Associate – Integrated Measurements & Modeling of Coastal Terrestrial-aquatic, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, USA

Published Date:  Dec 13, 2023. Requisition Id 11853  Overview:  As a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national laboratory, ORNL has an extraordinary 80-year history of solving the nation’s biggest problems. We have a dedicated and creative staff of over 6,000 people! Our vision for diversity, equity, inclusion, and … View details

Assistant/Associate Professor & Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Digital & Precision Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada

Last Date: 11/15/2023. Position Details Position Information Position Title Assistant/Associate Professor & Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Digital & Precision Agriculture Posting Number F486P Type of position Tenure Stream Department/Unit Computer Science Location Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada About the opportunity Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Agriculture and Faculty of Computer … View details

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The Aquaculture Research group is part of the AWI bioeconomy section. We develop new products and systems that are used in aquaculture in Germany and around the world.

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The PhD Programme in Agricultural Science (PAG) is designed to provide PhD candidates with specialised professional training in one of the following eight majors: Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Agronomy, Animal Production, Management of Natural Resources, Agribusiness, Tropical and International Agriculture, Global Agri-Food Systems, and Animal Welfare. The PhD programme emphasises independent research on the part of the participants. The graduate programme includes lectures, tutorials, seminars, and methods courses. In addition, PAG provides training in oral and written communication skills, including scientific writing and publishing, elective courses, and participation in international conferences or workshops. PAG also emphasises soft skills such as teamwork, problem-solving and moderation techniques. The study adviser provides any necessary assistance with regard to courses and logistic matters. At the end of the PhD programme, a doctoral dissertation can be submitted either in a traditional format or as a collection of scientific publications: the latter must have been published in internationally recognised journals and must be supplemented with a general introduction and a discussion of the overall results. The degree PhD or, alternatively, Dr sc agr, Dr rer nat, or Dr rer pol will be awarded after the successful defence of the doctoral dissertation and its subsequent publication.

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Modules can be composed of various forms of teaching: lectures, seminars, exercises, practicals, colloquia as well as project work or combinations of these various forms.

In addition, other courses of a more in-depth character may be offered. Attendance at the latter type of courses is voluntary.

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Academic admission requirements include an outstanding Master of Science (MSc) degree or its equivalent in agriculture, biology, geography, or related fields. To apply, students need to find a professor at the University of Göttingen who is willing to supervise their research. Applications are processed through the online application portal. http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/application-and-enrolment/532016.html

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Aquaculture in germany, varied researchers help drive industry advances.

Aquaculture makes a minor contribution to the annual food production in Germany. Nevertheless, fisheries and the cultivation of aquatic organisms such as fish have a long tradition in the country.

The German aquaculture sector is traditionally based upon the cultivation of freshwater species such as carp and trout. Carp culture has been performed since the 11th century, with a peak during medieval times. Production systems such as extensive earthen ponds are still common, but the industry has been moving toward more intensive production in semi-intensive flow-through systems and intensive recirculating systems.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the total German aquaculture production in 2009 was about 40,000 metric tons (MT). This volume was dominated by the culture of rainbow trout (around 21,000 MT), common carp (around 10,000 MT) and blue mussels (around 4,000 MT). Sturgeons, pike, pike perch and tench, as well as sea trout and other species for restocking purposes, contributed to the remaining production.

An apprenticeship is required for fish farmers to begin operations in Germany. The initial and ongoing aquaculture training is the responsibility of the country’s federal states.

Current production

Aquaculture production in Germany leans toward land-based systems combining different types of production, such as renewable energy like biogas, fish and plant production. This increases resource efficiency and reduces the environmental impacts of the different aquaculture systems.

Production of the African catfish ( Clarias gariepinus ) by a cooperative of several small fish farmers in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania reached almost 1,000 MT in 2011. Another remarkable project is the construction of a land-based mariculture system in Völklingen, Saarland, which is close to the borders to France and Luxembourg.

When it begins operations this year, the system’s designated annual capacity will be 500 MT of fish. On a global scale, it will be one of the first marine land-based systems without any connection to adjacent seawater. A prerequisite of such a system is the development of reliable, cost-effective water treatment to ensure consistent water quality during the production process.

Aquaculture research in Germany

There is no single authority responsible for the control and further development of aquaculture in Germany. Administrative control is under state authority, and research activities are organized by many decentralized institutions.

Applied research is performed by entities like the Bavarian State Research Centre for Agriculture, the Institute for Fisheries, the Saxonian State Institute for Agriculture, the Institute for Fisheries of the State Research Centre for Agriculture and Fisheries Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. Academic institutions such as the Bremerhaven University of Applied Science/Institute for Marine Resources and University of Applied Sciences Saarland are also involved. Basic research funded by federal, state and other governmental programs is performed at the University of Rostock in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania; the University of Kiel in Schleswig-Holstein; and the University of Göttingen in Lower Saxony.

So far, four professorships in Germany focus on the education of master’s students. Their main research interests are new offshore aquaculture systems (Bremerhaven University of Applied Science); the development of recirculating aquaculture systems (University of Applied Sciences Saarland); and feed ingredients, feed requirements and the physiology of aquatic organisms (University of Kiel).

With a main research focus on aquaculture in tropical and sub-tropical regions, the University of Hohenheim (Baden Württemberg) is examining increased production from integrated rice/fish culture systems and the substitution of plant proteins for fishmeal in feed. The University of Rostock is studying parasites and diseases of cultured organisms, the utilization of live feed for fish larvae and the development of new polyculture systems.

Aquaculture education at University of Rostock

The Aquaculture and Sea Ranching professorship at the University of Rostock focuses on a range of aquaculture-related topics. These topics include the investigation of alternative prey organisms as live feed, parasites and fish disease control. The environmental impacts of open mariculture systems as well as research on land-based recirculating aquaculture systems and aquaponic systems are also addressed.

The university’s aquaculture program is the first master’s-level study program in Germany that provides an entire curriculum on aquaculture and related subjects. The program also involves material on law, mechanical engineering, math and economics. It has three semesters of lectures, seminars and practical activities, followed by an internship and master thesis.

Current research

Current research projects involving these students focus on methods to improve resource efficiency and therefore aquaculture production. One project studies the use of alternative high-quality prey organisms for larviculture in combination with a new cultivation system. This method will be compared to traditional methods that apply live feed organisms, such as Brachionus species and Artemia salina .

The culture of pike perch ( Sander lucioperca ) is one of the strategic research topics in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. In 2011, research and production of pike perch were begun. However, research concerning the larval stages and weaning process of pike perch is still required.

A new project at the University of Rostock funded by the European Fisheries Fund is investigating local copepod species that are adapted to brackish water conditions as candidates for the cultivation of pike perch larvae. A bioreactor system that uses simplified food chains containing microalgae and copepods will be developed. This live feed is planned to continuously supply the fish larvae their nutritional requirements for a period of several days to weeks.

Research on optimized conditions for the bioreactor system includes maximized copepod production rates as well as feed quality aspects like biochemical composition and improved multispecies systems. Additionally, there is a focus on technical solutions for the application of the bioreactor systems under practical conditions in applied aquaculture facilities.

This research on rearing pike perch is conducted in close cooperation with the State Research Centre for Agriculture and Fisheries Mecklenburg-West Pomerania at its facilities in Born and Hohen Wangenlin.

Further aquaculture research projects investigate the cultivation of commonly used crustaceans in recirculating systems as potential culture candidates for land-based systems combined with alternative nutritionally efficient water treatment processes.

(Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in the July/August 2012 print edition of the Global Aquaculture Advocate .)

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PhD position-marine biotechnology: Germany

GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel is a foundation of public law jointly financed by the Federal Republic of Germany (90%) and the state of Schleswig-Holstein (10%) and is one of the internationally leading institutions in the field of marine sciences. Currently GEOMAR disposes over an annual budget of approx. 75 million Euros and has approx. 1000 employees.

In the frame of the EU-H2020-MSC-ITN project MarPipe (Improving the flow in the pipeline of the next generation of marine biodiscovery scientists), GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel is offering a  Early Stage Researcher (ESR) – PhD position  starting on 1st November 2018.

Project description:

MarPipe Consortium is composed of 11 partners based in 8 countries (Italy, Norway, UK, Germany, Belgium, Ireland, Spain, Netherlands) including 3 from the non-academic sector. MarPipe ( http://www.marpipe.eu ) studies the further development of antibiotic and anticancer lead compounds mainly from marine microorganisms. The project trains 11 ESRs in the field of marine drug-discovery, providing them with unique skills towards becoming experts in their research field and to advance their careers in academia or industry. MarPipe PhDs are taught in a programme including training-by-research, joint courses of technical, scientific and transferrable skills, active participation to public scientific events, and an intense inter-sectoral networking exchange plan. The PhD students will be involved in all phases of the drug discovery pipeline and trained to overcome the bottlenecks in this field.

Job description: PhD position at GEOMAR (ESR5): Enhanced chemical diversity of antibiotic molecules from extremophilic microorganisms monitored by metabolomics and chemical imaging

The main aim of the PhD project (ESR5) will be the discovery of new molecules from marine microbes from extreme environments. The project will involve innovative cultivation techniques of the extremophilic microorganisms (by OSMAC and co-cultivation), their extraction, bioactivity testing and metabolome profiling (the latter by LC-MS and 1H NMR), chemical imaging of microbial metabolites in mono- and co-cultures (by DESI-Imaging Mass Spectrometry), purification of the bioactive metabolites (by HPLC) and structure elucidation (by NMR, LC-MS and other spectroscopic techniques). The compounds will then be evaluated for bioactivity against a large panel of assays.

The PhD student will be based GEOMAR, at the Research Unit Marine Natural Products Chemistry/GEOMAR Centre for Marine Biotechnology (GEOMAR-Biotech) and supervised by Prof. Dr. Deniz Tasdemir. Several secondments at MarPipe partner institutions will allow for comprehensive expansion of the PhD study.

Qualifications:

As a successful candidate you should have:

• a successful MSc degree in a relevant field, preferably in microbial natural products chemistry or a related field
• demonstrated experience in lab work and methods in microbiology and natural product chemistry
• some experience in writing publications and conference papers
• willingness to travel
• fluency in English with excellent oral and written communication skills
• planning and organisational skills
• motivation and capability of creative- and critical thinking, independent thought and experimentation, self-motivation and curiosity

Eligibility By the eligibility criteria in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions H2020 Guide for Applicants ( http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2016_2017/main/h2020-wp1617-msca_en.pdf ) researchers each applicant must simultaneously fulfil the following criteria at the time of recruitment:

• Mobility At the time of recruitment, the applicant must not have resided or carried out his/her main activity (work, studies, etc…) in the country of the host organization for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to his/her recruitment. Compulsory national service and/or short stays such as holidays are not taken into account.
• Qualifications and research experience The applicant must fulfil the requirements defined for Early Stage Researchers (ESRs): ESRs are researchers who, at the time of recruitment, have NOT yet been awarded the doctorate degree and is in the first 4 years (full-time equivalent) of his/her research career.

Employment conditions: This is a 3-year PhD position starting on 1st November 2018. In the first 22 months, the salary will follow the Marie Sklodowska-Curie rules whereas the 14 following months salary will follow Guidelines for employment of doctoral students at GEOMAR (75% E13 TVöD). The position cannot be split. The PhD student will be based at research unit Marine Natural Products Chemistry/GEOMAR Centre for Marine Biotechnology (GEOMAR-Biotech) and supervised by Prof. Dr. Deniz Tasdemir. Secondments to other MarPipe partner institutions will take place during the PhD project.

Please send your application containing:

• statement of research interests
• names and contact details of three people who agreed to write a reference letter
• original transcripts of Bachelor and Master University Degrees
• copy of valid identity documents

For further information please contact Prof. Dr. Deniz Tasdemir by email ( dtasdemir(at)geomar.de ) and visit our website ( http://www.geomar.de/forschen/fb3/fb3-mn/schwerpunkte/ ) and the project website ( http://www.marpipe.eu ).

Please do not contact us by phone about the present state of procedures. However, we will answer all your questions if you send us an e-mail to  bewerbung(at)geomar.de . In doing so, please refer to the keyword.

GEOMAR is a member of the Helmholtz Association and the German Marine Research Consortium (KDM). For further information please visit  www.geomar.de or  www.helmholtz.de .

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MS and PhD in Aquatic and Fisheries Science

Graduate degrees.

The School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (SAFS) offers two graduate degrees with an optional additional credential in data sciences:

Master of Science in Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (MS)

The following courses are required for all students in the SAFS graduate program.

• QSCI 482 , Statistical Inference in Applied Research, 5 credits
• FISH Current Topics aka “5-TEENS” (FISH 510-514), minimum of 2 courses/4 credits , Current Topics series, 2-5 credits
• FISH 521 , Research Proposal Writing, 4 credits
• FISH 522 , Hot Topics in Aquatic and Fishery Sciences 2 credits

SAFS M.S. students need a minimum of 45 credits to graduate, which will include a combination of courses, seminars, and thesis credits.

More information: https://fish.uw.edu/students/advising/forms-guidelines-handbooks/

UW Graduate School Degree Policies & Procedures: https://grad.uw.edu/policies-procedures/

Doctor of Philosophy in Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (PhD)

SAFS PhD students need a minimum of 90 credits to graduate, which will include a combination of courses, seminars, and thesis credits.

Data Science Option in Aquatic and Fishery Sciences

The School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Data Science Option (SAFS DSO) curriculum at the Master’s (M.S.) and Doctorate (Ph. D.) levels is designed to provide the breadth and depth of knowledge needed for a successful career at the interface of applied aquatic sciences and data science. The primary learning outcome for the SAFS DSO is for students to have professional working proficiency – gained through coursework – in data management, data visualization, software engineering (data focused), and statistical modeling.

Students complete courses from three out of four of the following areas. Each area lists current courses offered within SAFS and other departments on the UW Seattle campus that will satisfy the requirement in that area.

A minimum of 11 credits is required as follows

• 9 credits from courses in 3 of 4 topic areas below
• 2 credits of eScience seminar – minimum 2 quarters, 1 credit each

The 11 total credits for the DSO may be counted toward the minimum of 45 credits required for the SAFS MS degree or the 90 credits for the SAFS PhD degree. The 11+ data science option credits are not explicit requirements of the standard SAFS MS or PhD program.

DATA SCIENCE TOPIC AREAS:

Software Development for Data Science

• FISH 549 (3cr) Introduction to Environmental Data Science ( FISH 497A, WIN2021 will also apply )
• CSE 583 (4cr) Software Development for Data Scientists
• CHEM E 546 (3cr) Software Engineering for Molecular Data Scientists
• AMATH 583 (5cr) High Performance Scientific Computing
• M E 574 (3cr) Introduction to Applied Parallel Computing for Engineers

Data Management and/or Data Visualization

• FISH 554 (2cr) Beautiful Graphics in R
• FISH 546 (3cr) Bioinformatics for Environmental Sciences
• CSE 412 (4cr) Introduction to Data Visualization
• CSE 414 (4cr) Introduction to Database Systems
• CSE 544 (4cr) Principles of Database Systems
• HCDE 411/511 (4cr) Information Visualization

Department-Specific Course Options Related to Data Science

• FISH 558 (5cr) Decision Analysis in Natural Resource Management
• FISH 559 (5cr) Numerical Computing for the Natural Resources
• FISH 576 (2-5cr) Applied Stock Assessment I
• FISH 577 (2-5cr) Applied Stock Assessment II
• GENOME 569 (1.5cr) Bioinformatics Workflows for High-Throughput Sequencing Experiment

Advanced Statistics and/or Statistical Modeling

• FISH 458 (5cr) Advanced Ecological Modeling
• FISH 556 (5cr) Spatio-temporal Models for Ecologists
• FISH 560 (4cr) Applied Multivariate Statistics for Ecologists
• QERM 514 (4cr) Analysis of Ecological and Environmental Data I
• FISH 550 (4cr) Applied Time Series Analysis
• FISH 551 (4cr) Data and Resource-limited Methods in Fisheries Management
• FISH 555 (4cr) Age-Structured Models in Fisheries Stock Assessment
• FISH 557 (4cr) Demographic Estimation & Modeling
• ATM S 552 (3cr) Objective Analysis
• AMATH 582 (5cr) Computational Methods for Data Analysis
• AMATH 563 (5cr) Inferring Structure of Complex Systems
• AMATH 515 (5cr) Optimization: Fundamentals and Applications
• CSE/STAT 416 (4cr) Introduction to Machine Learning
• STAT 435 (4cr) Introduction to Statistical Machine Learning
• CSE 546 (4cr) Machine Learning
• STAT 535 (3cr) Statistical Learning: Modeling, Prediction, and Computing
• M E/E E 578 (4cr) Convex Optimization
• M E 599 (1-5cr) Special Topics: Machine Learning Control
• CSE 599 (1-5cr) Special Topics: Deep Reinforcement Learning
• Genome 559 (3cr) Introduction to Statistical and Computational Genomics

Research-Focussed Program

Students often begin their research project in the first quarter. Required coursework is minimal to allow for a self-designed plan of study tailored to support the research project. Most MS students complete the program with at least one publication and most PhD students graduate with multiple publications. 

Faculty Adviser

Faculty review all applicants to the graduate program and offer admission to work in their lab. On occasion, an applicant might receive an offer of admission to two different labs and would therefore get to choose. Faculty track student progress and provide mentorship. The adviser assists the student in planning initial coursework and may aid the development of a research program. The faculty adviser usually becomes the chairperson of the student’s supervisory committee or may assist in finding another appropriate faculty member who can supervise the student’s research.

Our current admissions cycle is for an Autumn Quarter start, and we begin accepting applications each year on September 1. The application submission deadline is November 15 for both domestic and international applicants.

Applicants are encouraged to contact potential advisers in the Fall, and definitely no later than February. You can review the online faculty profiles to determine whether your research background, interests, and objectives fit with one (or more) of the SAFS faculty and contact them accordingly. You do not need to have a specific research project in mind when you apply. However, you should have a clear idea of the type of research that you’d like to pursue and which SAFS faculty members are best suited to supervise your prospective research.

Please learn more about the admission process.

View more information about the Graduate School’s admissions policies and procedures at UW Office of Graduate Admissions . Admission and enrollment statistics can be found at Graduate School Statistics and Reports .

Funding is a critical aspect of admission. All of our graduate students are funded through four possible avenues: 1. research or teaching assistantships, 2. employer support, 3. other forms of aid (e.g., governmental sponsorship) or 4. SAFS fellowships.  Please learn more about how graduate students are funded in our program.

Degree Options

We hold MS and PhD students to the same standards – both are valuable; therefore, we have a unique structure allowing students that do not already hold a masters to seamlessly expand their thesis to a PhD with committee support. If you do not already hold a master’s by the time you begin the program, we ask that you apply through the UW Graduate School’s MS application portal but note on your application your intent to complete a PhD.