Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Fish Viral Diseases

Job Details

We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled postdoctoral fellow to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for the isolation and characterization of viral pathogens from fish tissues from local aquaculture farms, with a strong focus on identifying susceptible fish cell lines and conducting downstream studies, including epidemiology and host-pathogen interaction analyses.

Responsibilities:

Design and execute experiments for the isolation and characterization of viral pathogens using fish cell lines

Perform qPCR and transcriptomics to characterize pathogen diversity and host immune expression profiles.

Analyse innate immunity and conduct disease challenge studies against viral infections in Asian seabass.

Requirements

Requirements:

PhD Degree in Aquatic Animal Health, Virology, Immunology, or relevant field.

At least one first-author research publication in an international peer-reviewed journal

Strong research background in aquaculture with extensive experience in virology, cell culture or immunology

Hands-on experience in qPCR and RNA-seq workflows.

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