Silver Spring, MD May 2023:
IBSS was awarded a task with NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC) Environmental and Fisheries Science (EFS) Division Researcher Support Aquatic Animal Health Researcher.
The EFS Division conducts research in the areas of aquatic animal health and disease to assess the impact of diseases on both important farmed and wild species.
Disease of aquatic species can severely impact the health of both farmed and wild aquatic species at various life stages. Understanding disease dynamics requires knowledge of the epidemiological triad that consists of the host (fish/shellfish), the environment of the host and the disease‐causing pathogen that the host may contact. Aquatic animal health management requires knowledge of host immunology, molecular and microbiology, and how the environment interacts with pathogens and hosts to influence disease outbreaks.
The IBSS Aquatic Animal Health Researcher will support the EFS Division molecular biology laboratory to perform disease challenge studies including host immune response analysis. The goal of the research program will be to determine the degree of phenotypic variation in host responses to various pathogens and environmental influences. This work will require close coordination with the aquaculture team to assist with husbandry for both finfish and shellfish required for the program.
As a trusted NOAA partner for over 20 years, IBSS looks forward to our continued delivery of innovative science-meets-technology solutions that forward the NOAA mission and make NOAA’s science matter to constituents both at home and abroad.
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