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Scientist Production: Aquaculture Research

📍 Location
cape town
⏰ Job Type
Full-time
📅 Posted
June 19, 2026

About the Role

Scientist Production: Aquaculture Research

About the job Scientist Production: Aquaculture Research

Contract Duration:

Location:

Marine Aquaculture Research Facility, Sea Point, Cape Town

Qualifications:

  • Masters in Genetics/Biological/Ichthyology/Zoology or Molecular Biology
  • PhD an advantage
  • SACNASP registration

Experience:

  • Minimum of three (3) years of experience in in the field of aquaculture research, Including:
  • Invertebrate (e.g. sea urchin) broodstock management, larval rearing/settlement, grow-out. Direct practical experience with urchins an advantage.
  • Molecular biology techniques, including routine microbiology (bacterial isolation/identification), genetics, molecular biology (DNA extraction, PCR, genotyping, enzymology) histology, microscopy, next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies and bioinformatics analysis...

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