Job date: 2016-05-18
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Company : University of Bergen Country : Role : Faculty | Student
There is a vacancy for a permanent associate professor position at the Department of Biology (BIO) within fish health (bacteriology).
Work tasks / research field / teaching
Fish health is an expanding field at the University of Bergen (UiB). It is a goal to be in the research front nationally and internationally, and to be a leading institution on expertise on fish health education.
The Fish health groups at BIO are central to research and education within fish health and in the work for healthy fish in Norwegian aquaculture. Research is important for the aquaculture industry, in particular in the production of farmed fish and interactions with wild fish stocks. Research in bacteriology aims to clarify fundamental properties for pathogenic bacteria and disease processes for farmed species. The research shall promote curiosity driven science in the field, ranging from pure basic research to applied problems.
The research at BIO is organized in 14 research groups. The fish health field encompasses three research groups: Fish Immunology, Fish Diseases and the Sea Lice Research Centre. Research in fish health is both experimental and related to fieldwork. The most important fields are immunology, parasitology, bacteriology and virology, where for example methods in molecular biology, cell biology, anatomy/histology/cytology, bioinformatics and evolutionary biology is used. The research groups have modern and well equipped research laboratories, including specialized facilities for fish research.
Teaching in fish health is included in the position. Completed education program in fish health provides authorization aqua medicine, and the right to use the title aqua veterinarian. In 2015 BIO was awarded resources to expand the annual intake of students in the program from 10 to 25 students.
Closing date for applications: 10 June 2016
General information
Detailed information about the position can be obtained by contacting Associate Professor Andreas Steigen, coordinator for the education program in fish health (ph: +47 55584242 / email:andreas.steigen@uib.no) or Head of Department, Professor Anders Goksøyr (ph: +47 55584403 / email:anders.goksoyr@uib.no).
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