Background

The main task of the DBU-funded CrustaWohl project is to identify practice-relevant housing conditions (e.g. water and environmental parameters, housing densities, molting events) and handling (e.g. size sorting, harvesting, cleaning work) for shrimp farming (Litopenaeus vannamei) in Germany with regard to the effects on chronic To examine stress and animal health based on behavioral, water-chemical and physiological parameters and to combine them into an application-relevant evaluation system (animal welfare index) in practice. The immediate goal is to prevent suboptimal housing conditions, chronic stress reactions, averse behavior, growth deficits and possible injuries (especially in skinned animals),

 

Tasks

  • Carrying out husbandry experiments with the species Litopenaeus vannamei in experimental and commercial breeding facilities
  • Taking samples from shrimp and housing systems
  • Recording of animal behavior
  • Analysis/determination of behavioral, water-chemical and physiological parameters
  • Data evaluation and development of an animal welfare index

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in biology, marine biology or similar subject
  • Aquaculture experience
  • Knowledge of the operation of aquaculture recirculation systems, the implementation of animal experiments and sampling
  • Knowledge of the biology and physiology of crustaceans
  • Molecular biological laboratory knowledge is mandatory
  • willingness to travel

Further informationFor more information, contact Dr. Matthew Slater (matthew.james.slater@awi.de; +49(471)4831-2727).

The position is limited to 3 years. The remuneration depends on your qualifications and the tasks assigned to you up to salary group 13 (66%) and is based on the collective agreement for the federal public service (TVöD-Bund). The place of work is Bremerhaven.

As a doctoral student at the AWI, participation in a structured doctoral program or a graduate school is required. In this context, you have the opportunity to enroll in the Helmholtz Graduate School for Polar and Marine Research ‘ POLMAR ‘.

We offer

  • excellent research
  • Collaboration and cooperation – within the institute, nationally and internationally, interdisciplinary
  • Opportunities to develop – on your own job, towards other jobs and from within the AWI
  • a lived culture of compatibility of work and family – audited, and even more than that
  • outstanding research infrastructure – ships, stations, planes, laboratories and more
  • an international environment – ​​everyday contact with people from all over the world
  • Basic research with social and political relevance
  • flat hierarchies – freedom and responsibility
  • exciting topics – also in technology, administration and infrastructure

Equal opportunities are an integral part of our human resources policy. The AWI strives to increase the proportion of women and therefore expressly encourages qualified applicants to apply.

Severely disabled applicants will be given preference if they have the same professional and personal suitability. The compatibility of work and family is specifically promoted through various measures. Due to our family-friendly human resources policy, we were awarded the “Career and Family” audit certificate.

We look forward to receiving your application!
You can only apply online until August 31, 2022 .
Reference number: 22/129/D/Bio-b

To find out more about this opportunity, click here.

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