Closed Fellowships 2023

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier – ITQB NOVA

Application for a Bachelor Fellowship

within the ICV4831- PUNA BIO CORPARATION

Applications are invited for a Bachelor Fellowship in the scope of the intern project entitled “Preparing a new bioformulation to enhance biostimulant strains effect and to improve their tracking in the plant” with the ICV4831- PUNA BIO CORPARATION.

Scientific Area: Agricultural Sciences.

Academic degree: Degree in Biotechnology, or similar area.

Other requisites: 

- Proficiency in microbiology techniques;

- Previous lab experience in microbiology and/or plant-microbe interactions;

- Molecular biology, biochemistry and phenotyping skills, both with plant and microbes, will be highly valued; moreover, proficiency with new materials and formulations will be as well considered;

- Being enrolled in a PhD, a master or in a non-academic degree course before contract signature, in accordance with number 2 of the Article 6th of “Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. from FCT”, law in force.

Working Plan: The objective of this project is to generate a new bioformulation as carrier for well-defined biostimulants. We aim to achieve an efficient layer-by-layer dispersion system, to ensure the presence of the strains in soil in a controlled manner. Moreover, we will analyze which characteristics of the strains are needed to be considered for such a formulation, like drought resistance, salt resistance, sporulation and so on. We will also prepare a tracking for the bacteria based on a fluorescent protein system. Finally, a quality assessment of the formulation will be performed throughout fluorescent protein (FP) labelled strains, survival rate in formulation and other similar tests.

Applicable Law and Regulations: Status of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law number 40/2004, of August 18th, changed and republished by Ordinance 202/2012 of August 27th and changed by Ordinance 233/2012 of October 29th and by Law 12/2013 of January 29th and by Ordinance 89/2013 of July 9th and by the Ordinance 123/2019 of August 28th; 

Regulations for Research Fellowships from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf).

Working Place: The work will be carried out in the iPlantMicro Lab at ITQB NOVA, under supervision of Dr. Juan Ignacio Vílchez.

Duration of the fellowship: The fellowship will have the duration of 6 months, renewable in case, expected to start in April 2023, on a full-time basis, according to Fellowship Regulations of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.

Stipend amount: 930,98€, according to the table of values of grants awarded directly by the FCT, I.P. in the Country (https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_2023.pdf) and payment will be made, monthly, through bank transfer.

Selection procedure: The evaluation procedures will be based on the analysis of the candidates´ CV and, if needed, an interview for the selected candidates may take place. In this case, the curriculum evaluation and the interview will have a weight of 80% and 20% each.

Jury composition: Doctor Juan Ignacio Vílchez (president), Doctor Ruben Vicente, and Doctor Tiago Lourenço. As substitute member, Professor Margarida Oliveira.

Application documents: The application should be formalized in a motivation letter indicating the corresponding fellowship reference together with the following documents: detailed Curriculum Vitae, degree certificate. All documents should be preferably sent by email in a single pdf file. If the degree has been conferred by a non-Portuguese higher education institution, the selected candidate must obtain the certificate of the degree recognition, issued by the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education or by a Portuguese Public Higher Education Institution, until the signature of the contract. Regarding this issue, please consult the website of the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education: https://www.dges.gov.pt/en.

Notification of candidates: All the candidates will be informed of the final result by e-mail.

Deadlines and procedures for complaints and appeals: If the result is not favorable, the candidates have a period of 10 working days, after the disclosure of the results, to comment, if desired, in a prior hearing of interested parties, in the terms provided for in the Code of Administrative Procedure.

Application period: From 7 March until 20 March, 2023.

Applications should be sent to:

Doctor Juan Ignacio Vílchez

Email: nacho.vilchez@itqb.unl.pt

Ref. 028/BI/2023

ITQB NOVA

OEIRAS

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier – ITQB NOVA

Anúncio para atribuição de uma Bolsa de Investigação para Licenciado no âmbito do projecto “Move2LowC – Combustíveis de Base Biológica”, Ref. POCI-01-0247-FEDER-046117

Encontra-se aberta candidatura a uma bolsa de investigação para Licenciado, no âmbito do projecto intitulado “Move2LowC – Combustíveis de Base Biológica”, Ref. POCI-01-0247-FEDER-046117, financiado pelo Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização (POCI), Programa Operacional Regional de Lisboa, Portugal 2020 e pela União Europeia, através do FEDER - Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional.

Área Científica: Biotecnologia 

Formação Académica: Licenciatura na área das Ciências Biológicas, Bioquímica, Bioinformática ou áreas afins. Média de Licenciatura igual ou superior a 14 valores. 

Outros requisitos:

- Conhecimentos de biologia molecular e/ou bioinformática;

- Forte motivação para a investigação científica;

- Boa capacidade de organização e de trabalho em equipa; 

- Bons conhecimentos de língua inglesa, falada e escrita;

- Estar inscrito num doutoramento, mestrado, ou num curso não conferente de grau académico (à data da assinatura do contrato), conforme o nº 2 do Artº 6º do Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.

Plano de Trabalhos: O candidato selecionado será responsável pelas tarefas alocadas ao ITQB NOVA relacionadas com a engenharia metabólica racional de espécies de leveduras para a produção de biocombustíveis. O trabalho envolve a construção e/ou utilização de modelos metabólicos relacionados com a produção de lípidos em leveduras, e a alteração genética de leveduras de modo a aumentar essa produção. O candidato terá treino nas áreas de modelação metabólica e biologia molecular de leveduras.

Legislação e regulamentação aplicável: Estatuto do Bolseiro de Investigação Científica, aprovado pela Lei nº 40/2004, de 18 de agosto, alterado e republicado pelo Decreto-Lei nº 202/2012, de 27 de agosto e alterado pelo Decreto-Lei nº 233/2012, de 29 de Outubro e pela Lei nº 12/2013, de 29 de Janeiro e pelo Decreto-Lei n.º 89/2013, de 9 de Julho, e pelo Decreto-Lei nº 123/2019, de 28 de Agosto; 

Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., em vigor (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf).

Local de trabalho: O trabalho será desenvolvido no grupo “Laboratório de Biologia Sintética e de Sistemas”, do Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (ITQB NOVA), sob a orientação científica da Professora Isabel Rocha e da Doutora Maria José Leandro.

Duração da bolsa: A bolsa terá a duração de 5 meses, eventualmente renovável até ao final do projeto, com início previsto em Fevereiro de 2023, em regime de exclusividade, conforme Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.

Valor do subsídio de manutenção mensal: O montante da bolsa corresponde a 875,98 Euros, conforme tabela de valores das bolsas atribuídas directamente pela FCT, I.P. no País (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Tabela_de_Valores_SMM_2022.pdf). O pagamento será efectuado, mensalmente, por transferência bancária.

Métodos de selecção: A selecção será efectuada por análise curricular de acordo com os critérios solicitados, da experiência na área (50%) e carta de motivação (20%). Os três candidatos com nota mais elevada e uma classificação minima de 50% na parte curricular serão selecionados para entrevista (30%). 

Composição do Júri de Selecção: Professora Isabel Rocha (Presidente do Júri), Doutora Maria José Leandro (vogal efectivo), Doutora Ana Sofia Ferreira (vogal efectivo), e Doutora Diana Lousa (vogal suplente).

Documentos de candidatura: As candidaturas devem ser formalizadas, obrigatoriamente, através do envio dos seguintes documentos: Carta de motivação indicando a Ref. da bolsa, Curriculum Vitae detalhado, Cópia dos certificados de habilitações e nome e contacto de duas referências. Toda a documentação deve ser compilada num único ficheiro pdf. Caso o grau tenha sido conferido por instituição de ensino superior estrangeira, o candidato tem de apresentar o certificado de reconhecimento do mesmo, passado pela Direcção Geral do Ensino Superior (DGES) ou por uma universidade pública Portuguesa, até á assinatura do contrato. Sobre este assunto poderá ser consultada a página da DGES: https://www.dges.gov.pt/en.

Forma de notificação dos resultados: Todos os candidatos serão notificados do resultado final através de e-mail.

Prazos e procedimentos de reclamação e recurso: Caso o resultado seja desfavorável à concessão da bolsa requerida, os candidatos têm um prazo de 10 dias úteis, após a divulgação dos resultados, para se pronunciarem, querendo, em sede de audiência prévia de interessados, nos termos previstos no Código do Procedimento Administrativo

Prazo de candidatura: O concurso encontra-se aberto no período de 3 a 16 Janeiro de 2023.

As candidaturas devem ser remetidas exclusivamente por via electrónica (indicar no \"subject” o nome do candidato e Referência do anúncio) para:

Doutora Maria José Leandro 

mjose.leandro@itqb.unl.pt 

Anúncio Ref. 002/BI/2023

ITQB NOVA

OEIRAS

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier - ITQB NOVA

Anúncio para atribuição de uma Bolsa de Investigação para Mestre no âmbito de projeto financiado pela Pfizer

Encontra-se aberta candidatura para uma Bolsa de Investigação para detentor de grau de Mestre no âmbito do projecto “High resolution imaging of streptococcal capsules using multiple approaches” financiado pela Pfizer.

Área Científica: Ciências Biológicas / Biologia Microbiana

Formação Académica: Licenciatura e Mestrado em Biologia, Microbiologia, Biologia Molecular, Genética ou áreas afins com média de licenciatura igual ou superior a 14 valores e média de mestrado igual ou superior a 16 valores.

Outros requisitos:

- Experiência em investigação laboratorial em Microbiologia e Genética Molecular;

- Experiência na manipulação de organismos patogénicos humanos Gram positivos;

- Conhecimentos de microscopia de fluorescência convencional e de super resolução de células bacterianas;

- Domínio do português e do inglês, falado e escrito;

- Excelente capacidade de planeamento e organização;

- Resiliência, espírito crítico e capacidade de trabalhar autonomamente;

- Forte motivação para a investigação científica;

- Estar inscrito, ou inscrever-se até à data do início do contracto, num programa de doutoramento ou num curso não conferente de grau académico, conforme o noº2 do Artº 6 do Regulamento da Formação Avançada e Qualificação de Recursos Humanos da FCT, em vigor.

Plano de Trabalhos: O candidato selecionado irá estar envolvido na caracterização da cápsula de estirpes de estreptococos e irá receber formação nessa área e na análise quantitativa de imagens de microscopia de fluorescência de alta resolução.

Legislação e regulamentação aplicável: Estatuto do Bolseiro de Investigação Científica, aprovado pela Lei nº 40/2004, de 18 de agosto, alterado e republicado pelo Decreto-Lei nº 202/2012, de 27 de agosto e alterado pelo Decreto-Lei nº 233/2012, de 29 de Outubro e pela Lei nº 12/2013, de 29 de Janeiro e pelo Decreto-Lei n.º 89/2013, de 9 de Julho, e pelo Decreto-Lei nº ; 123/2019, de 28 de Agosto;

Regulamento da Formação Avançada e Qualificação de Recursos Humanos da FCT em vigor (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf).

Local de trabalho: O trabalho será desenvolvido no ITQB-NOVA, sob a orientação da Doutora Raquel Sá-Leão e do Professor Adriano Henriques.

Duração da bolsa: A bolsa terá a duração de 4 meses, com início previsto em Fevereiro de 2023 em regime de exclusividade, conforme Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. e regulamento de bolsas do ITQB.

Valor do subsídio de manutenção mensal: O montante da bolsa corresponde a 1144,64€ conforme tabela de valores das bolsas atribuídas directamente pela FCT, I.P. no País (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Tabela_de_Valores_SMM_2022.pdf). O pagamento será efectuado, mensalmente, por transferência bancária.

Métodos de selecção: A selecção será feita com base na avaliação curricular. Em caso de empate poder-se-á recorrer a entrevista.

Composição do Júri de Selecção: Doutora Raquel Sá-Leão (ITQB NOVA, Presidente do Júri); Professor Doutor Adriano Henriques (ITQB NOVA, vogal); Doutora Mónica Serrano (ITQB NOVA, vogal); Doutora Alexandra Simões (ITQB NOVA, vogal suplente).

Documentos de candidatura: As candidaturas devem ser formalizada, obrigatoriamente, por correio electrónico indicando a referência da bolsa a que concorre e acompanhado dos seguintes documentos compilados num único ficheiro pdf: Carta de motivação com identificação da bolsa a concurso; Curriculum vitae; Cópias de Certificados de Habilitações; Contactos de duas referências. Caso o grau tenha sido conferido por instituição de ensino superior estrangeira, o candidato tem de apresentar o certificado de reconhecimento do mesmo, passado pela Direcção Geral do Ensino Superior (DGES) ou por uma universidade pública Portuguesa, até á assinatura do contrato. Sobre este assunto poderá ser consultada a página da DGES: https://www.dges.gov.pt/en.

Forma de notificação dos resultados: Todos os candidatos serão notificados do resultado final através de e-mail.

Prazos e procedimentos de reclamação e recurso: Caso o resultado seja desfavorável à concessão da bolsa requerida, os candidatos têm um prazo de 10 dias úteis, após a divulgação dos resultados, para se pronunciarem, querendo, em sede de audiência prévia de interessados, nos termos previstos no Código do Procedimento Administrativo.

Prazo de candidatura: O concurso encontra-se aberto no período de 9 a 27 de janeiro de 2023.

As candidaturas devem ser remetidas para:

Doutora Raquel Sá-Leão

Email: rsaleao@itqb.unl.pt

Anúncio Ref. 004/BI/2023

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier

Anúncio para atribuição de Uma Bolsa de Investigação para Mestre

no âmbito do projecto SMARTBOX

Encontra-se aberta candidatura a uma bolsa de investigação para Mestre no âmbito do projecto “SMARTBOX - Selective Modifications of ARomatics through Biocatalytic Oxidations”, grant agreement 837890, financiado por fundos europeus H2020-BBI-JTI-2018.

Área Científica: Ciências Biológicas.

Formação Académica: Mestres nas áreas de Bioquímica, Biotecnologia, Engenharia Biológica, Microbiologia e similares.

Outros Requisitos: Forte motivação para prosseguir para doutoramento; Proficiência em Inglês, falado e escrito; Nota integrada de licenciatura e mestrado igual ou superior a 16; Experiência em biologia molecular, microbiologia, bioquímica ou enzimologia; Estar inscrito, à data da assinatura do contrato, num doutoramento ou num curso não conferente de grau académico, conforme o nº 2 do Artº 6º do do Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. em vigor.

Plano de Trabalhos: Investigação focada na aplicação de metodologias de engenharia enzimática para aumentar a eficiência catalítica de oxidoreductases bacterianas. O trabalho envolve a aplicação de técnicas computacionais e laboratoriais; caracterização bioquímica e biofísica dos mutantes seleccionados. Estas abordagens permitirão identificar mecanismos enzimáticos e determinantes estruturais de especificidade e estabilidade enzimática. O objetivo final é ampliar o número de biocatalisadores disponíveis para valorização de biomassa e que apoiam a visão de economia de base biológica do século XXI. 

Legislação e regulamentação aplicável: Estatuto do Bolseiro de Investigação Científica, aprovado pela Lei nº 40/2004, de 18 de agosto, alterado e republicado pelo Decreto-Lei nº 202/2012, de 27 de agosto e alterado pelo Decreto-Lei nº 233/2012, de 29 de Outubro e pela Lei nº 12/2013, de 29 de Janeiro e pelo Decreto-Lei n.º 89/2013, de 9 de Julho, e pelo Decreto-Lei nº 123/2019, de 28 de Agosto;

Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. em vigor https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf.

Local de trabalho: O trabalho será desenvolvido no Laboratório de Tecnologia Microbiana e Enzimática do Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier.

Duração da bolsa: A bolsa terá a duração de 3 meses, eventualmente renovável, com início previsto em Fevereiro de 2023, em regime de exclusividade, conforme Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.

Valor do subsídio de manutenção mensal: O montante da bolsa corresponde a € 1144.64, conforme tabela de valores das bolsas atribuídas directamente pela FCT, I.P. no País (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Tabela_de_Valores_SMM_2022.pdf). O pagamento será efectuado, mensalmente, por transferência bancária.

Métodos de selecção: Os métodos de seleção a utilizar serão os seguintes: avaliação curricular e eventual entrevista, que, caso seja realizada, terá a valoração de 50%.

Composição do Júri de Selecção: Presidente do Júri: Professora Doutora Lígia O. Martins. Vogais: Doutora Vânia Brissos e Doutora Patrícia Borges. Suplente: Doutora Smilja Todorovic.

Documentos de candidatura: As candidaturas devem ser formalizadas por meio dos seguintes documentos: Curriculum vitae, carta de motivação, cópias dos certificados de habilitações e uma ou duas cartas de recomendação. Caso o grau tenha sido conferido por instituição de ensino superior estrangeira, o candidato tem de apresentar o certificado de reconhecimento do mesmo, passado pela Direcção Geral do Ensino Superior (DGES) ou por uma universidade pública Portuguesa, até à assinatura do contrato. Sobre este assunto poderá ser consultada a página da DGES: https://www.dges.gov.pt/en.

Forma de notificação dos resultados: Todos os candidatos serão notificados do resultado final através de e-mail.

Prazos e procedimentos de reclamação e recurso: Caso o resultado seja desfavorável à concessão da bolsa requerida, os candidatos têm um prazo de 10 dias úteis, após a divulgação dos resultados, para se pronunciarem, querendo, em sede de audiência prévia de interessados, nos termos previstos no Código do Procedimento Administrativo.

Prazo de candidatura: O concurso encontra-se aberto no período de 13 a 26 de Janeiro de 2023.

As candidaturas devem ser remetidas para:

Professora Doutora Lígia O Martins

e-mail: lmartins@itqb.unl.pt

Anúncio Ref. 006/BI/2023

ITQB NOVA

Laboratório de Tecnologia Microbiana e Enzimática

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier – ITQB NOVA

Applications for a Research Fellowship for Masters 

within the project EXPL/BIA-BQM/0473/2021

ITQB NOVA opens a call for one research grant for Master, within the scope of the project entitled “Unravel structure-function relationships for enhanced biocatalysts”, Ref. EXPL/BIA-BQM/0473/2021, funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia I.P./MCTES, through national funding (PIDDAC).

Scientific Area: Biological Sciences

Academic degree: Bachelor and Master in the areas of Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Biological Sciences and similar, with a final score equal or higher than 16.

Other requisites: Proficiency in English, written and spoken and strong motivation to pursue post-graduation studies at the doctoral level.  Preference will be given to candidates with an interest or experience in enzymology, protein crystallography or protein molecular modeling methodologies; Being enrolled in a PhD or in a non-academic degree course before contract signature, in accordance with number 2 of the Article 6th of “Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. from FCT”, law in force.

Working Plan:  Structural studies using X-ray crystallography and molecular dynamic (MD) simulations to investigate enzymes that have potential for biotechnological applications, namely in the conversion of plant biomass into value-added bio-products and bio-materials. Structural information is essential for the characterization of variants obtained by protein engineering tools and that present enhanced stability and specificity for the substrates of interest. The generated results represent knowledge beyond the state of the art, and will be very helpful for future design of new enzymes to be applied in Industrial Biotechnology field.

Applicable Law and Regulations: Status of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law number 40/2004, of August 18th, changed and republished by Ordinance 202/2012 of August 27th and changed by Ordinance 233/2012 of October 29th and by Law 12/2013 of January 29th and by Ordinance 89/2013 of July 9th and by the Ordinance 123/2019 of August 28th; 

Regulations for Research Fellowships from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf).

Working Place: The work will be developed in the Microbial Enzyme Technology and in Macromolecular Crystallography Unit at ITQB NOVA under the supervision of Doctor Patrícia Borges and Professor Lígia O. Martins. Short stays are also planned at ZYMVOL (Barcelona, Spain), a company at the forefront of emerging computational tools for enzyme engineering, under the supervision of Doctor Laura Masgrau.

Duration of the fellowship: The fellowship will have the duration of four months, eventually renewable if the project has an extension, and expected to start in March 2023, on a full-time basis, accordingly the Fellowship Regulations of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.

Stipend amount: € 1.144,64 according to the table of values of grants awarded directly by the FCT, I.P. in the Country (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Tabela_de_Valores_SMM_2022.pdf) and payment will be made, monthly, through bank transfer.

Selection procedure: The evaluation procedures will be based on the analysis of the candidates CV and an eventual interview for the selected candidates. The CV evaluation and the interview will have a weight of 50 % each.

Jury composition: Doctor Patrícia Borges, Professor Lígia O. Martins and Doctor Vânia Brissos. Substitute: Doctor Carlos Frazão.

Application documents: The application should be formalized through a 1) motivation letter, 2) detailed Curriculum vitae, 3) Degree certificates, 4) One or two reference letters.

Notification of candidates:  All the candidates will be informed of the final result by e-mail.

Deadlines and procedures for complaints and appeals: If the result is not favorable, the candidates have a period of 10 working days, after the disclosure of the results, to comment, if desired, in a prior hearing of interested parties, in the terms provided for in the Code of Administrative Procedure.

Application period: January 1 to February 27, 2023.

Applications should be sent to:

Doctor Patrícia Borges

e-mail: pborges@itqb.unl.pt

Anúncio Ref. 073/BI/2022

ITQB NOVA

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier

Application for Master Fellowship

within internal project ICV4621.

Applications are invited for a Master Fellowship in the scope of the project entitled “Investigation of the maturation of c-type cytochromes”, funded by the internal project ICV4621.

Scientific Area: Biological Sciences (Biology); Chemistry (Biochemistry)

Academic degree: Master degree in Marine Biology and related areas. The Master´s final grade must be equal to or greater than 16 on a scale of 0 to 20.

Other requisites: 

- Research work experience of more than 5 years;

- Experience in Genetics and Molecular Biology techniques, in particular in gene cloning and knock-out strategies;

- Experience in biomolecular NMR spectroscopy;

- Experience in experimental handling of anaerobic bacteria;

- Experience in heterologous protein production and purification is valued;

- Experience in student supervision;

- Presentations at national or international conferences;

- Experience in outreach activities;

- Being enrolled in a PhD or in a non-academic degree course, by the date of the contract signature, in accordance with number 2 of the Article 6th of “Regulations for Research Fellowships from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.”, law in force. 

Working Plan: The research project aims to elucidate how cytochrome c maturation system I handles differently cytochromes c of different classes. The research fellow will be involved in the expression of apocytochromes c (task1) and characterization of their interactions with heme and components of maturation system I (task 2).

Applicable Law and Regulations: Status of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law number 40/2004, of August 18th, changed and republished by Ordinance 202/2012 of August 27th and changed by Ordinance 233/2012 of October 29th and by Law 12/2013 of January 29th and by Ordinance 89/2013 of July 9th and by the Ordinance 123/2019 of August 28th; 

Regulations for Research Fellowships from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf).

Working Place: The work will be carried out in the Inorganic Biochemistry and NMR (IBN) laboratory at ITQB NOVA, under supervision of Dr Ricardo Louro.

Duration of the fellowship: The fellowship will have the duration of 3 months, eventually renewable, expected to start in February 2023, on a full-time basis, according to Fellowship Regulations of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.

Stipend amount: 1144,64 €, according to the table of values of grants awarded directly by the FCT, I.P. in the Country (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Tabela_de_Valores_SMM_2022.pdf) and payment will be made, monthly, through bank transfer.

Selection procedure: The evaluation procedures will be based on the analysis of the candidates´ CV and if needed an interview for the selected candidates may take place. In this case, the curriculum evaluation and the interview will have a weight of 50 % each.

Juri composition: Dr Ricardo Louro (president of the juri), Dr Catarina PAquete (effective member), Dr Bruno Fonseca (effective member) and Dr Alexandra Alves (substitute member).

Application documents: The application should be formalized in a cover letter indicating the corresponding fellowship reference together with the following documents: detailed Curriculum Vitae, degree certificate. All documents should be preferably sent by email in a single pdf file. If the degree has been conferred by a non-Portuguese higher education institution, the selected candidate must obtain the certificate of the degree recognition, issued by the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education or by a Portuguese Public Higher Education Institution, until the signature of the contract. Regarding this issue, please consult the website of the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education: https://www.dges.gov.pt/en.

Notification of candidates: All the candidates will be informed of the final result by e-mail.

Deadlines and procedures for complaints and appeals: If the result is not favorable, the candidates have a period of 10 working days, after the disclosure of the results, to comment, if desired, in a prior hearing of interested parties, in the terms provided for in the Code of Administrative Procedure.

Application period: 9 to 20 of January, 2023

Applications should be sent to:

Doctor Ricardo Louro

Email: louro@itqb.unl.pt

Ref. 003/BI/2023

ITQB NOVA

Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA)

Application for a Master Fellowship within the project HR22-00722

Applications are invited for a Master Fellowship in the scope of the project entitled “The BioPlaTTAR Platform for the Tailored and Rapid Development of Antiviral Biopharmaceuticals”, reference HR22-00722, funded by “La Caixa” Foundation and by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia I.P./MCTES, through national funding (PIDDAC).

Main Scientific Areas & Sub Research Fields: Biology Sciences – Biochemistry

Academic degree: We are seeking candidates with a Master degree in Biochemistry or related areas (i.e., Biology, Biomedicine, Biophysics, Chemistry etc.) with bachelor’s degree classification of 16 (or higher) and a master’s degree classification of 18 (or higher).

Other requisites: 

• Experience in protein expression and purification;

• Experience with protein biophysical characterization, including methods to analyze protein stability and protein-protein interactions;

• Some experience with low-resolution structural biology methods.

• Being enrolled in a non-academic degree course (by the time of the contract signature) or in a PhD, in accordance with number 2 of the Article 6th of “Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.”, law in force (Mandatory).

Working Plan: The successful candidate will participate in the expression and purification of computationally designed proteins and characterize them through biophysical techniques, namely evaluating their ability to interact with target viral proteins. In addition, the interaction between the designed proteins and their targets will be evaluated from a structural viewpoint.

Applicable Law and Regulations: Status of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law number 40/2004, of August 18th, changed and republished by Ordinance 202/2012 of August 27th and changed by Ordinance 233/2012 of October 29th and by Law 12/2013 of January 29th and by Ordinance 89/2013 of July 9th and by the Ordinance 123/2019 of August 28th; 

Regulations for Research Fellowships from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf).

Working Place: The work will be carried out in the Applied Protein Biochemistry Lab at ITQB NOVA under supervision of Doctor João B. Vicente.

Duration of the fellowship: The fellowship will have the duration of 6 months, eventually renewable, expected to start in February 2023, on a full-time basis, according to according to Fellowship Regulations of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.

Stipend amount: EUR 1144,64 €,, according to the table of values of grants awarded directly by the FCT, I.P. in the Country (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Tabela_de_Valores_SMM_2022.pdf) and payment will be made, monthly, through bank transfer.

Selection procedure: The evaluation procedure will be primarily based on the analysis of the candidates´ CVs and, if necessary, an interview with the selected candidates may take place. In this case, the CV evaluation and the interview will have weights of 70% and 30% respectively.

Jury composition: Doctor João B. Vicente (President), Doctor Diana Lousa (effective member), Professor Cláudio Soares (effective member); Doctor Isabel Abreu (substitute member).

Application documents: The application should be formalized by sending by e-mail (to jvicente@itqb.unl.pt) as a single PDF file containing the following documents: i) cover letter indicating the corresponding fellowship reference; ii) motivation letter including the names and e-mail addresses of two possible references; iii) detailed Curriculum Vitae; iv) degree certificate. If the degree has been conferred by a non-Portuguese higher education institution, the selected candidate must obtain the certificate of the degree recognition, issued by the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education or by a Portuguese Public Higher Education Institution, until the signature of the contract. Regarding this issue, please consult the website of the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education: https://www.dges.gov.pt/en.

Notification of candidates: All the candidates will be informed of the final result by e-mail.

Deadlines and procedures for complaints and appeals: The candidates that were not selected have a period of 10 working days, after the disclosure of the results, to comment, if desired, in a prior hearing of interested parties, in the terms provided for in the Code of Administrative Procedure.

Application period: From 3 to 16 of January 2023,

Applications should be sent to:

Doctor João B. Vicente

Email: jvicente@itqb.unl.pt

Ref. 001/BI/2023 

OEIRAS

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier

Application for a Master Fellowship

within the project 2022.10980.PTDC

Applications are invited for a Master Fellowship in the scope of the project entitled “The role of intra-species interactions in Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization” with the Ref. 2022.10980.PTDC, funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia I.P./MCTES.

Scientific Area: Biological Sciences/Microbial Biology

Academic degree: Bachelor and Master degree in Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, or related areas, with minimum grades of 14 and 17 values (out of 20), respectively.

Other requisites: 

- Laboratory experience in Microbiology and Bacterial Molecular Genetics;

- Laboratory experience in manipulation of pathogenic bacteria;

- Strong motivation for scientific research and ability to work autonomously;

- Experience in bioinformatic analysis of bacterial genomes will be valued but is not mandatory;

- Being enrolled in a PhD, or in a non-academic degree course, in accordance with number 2 of the Article 6th of “Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. from FCT”, law in force.

Working Plan: The aim of this project is to identify mechanisms underlying competitive and cooperative intra-species interactions occurring between naturally colonizing pneumococci in biofilms.  The selected candidate will construct a promoter-trap library in S. pneumoniae to identify putative mechanisms involved in intra-species interactions and validate those mechanisms using a combination of genetics and cell biology-based approaches.

Applicable Law and Regulations: Status of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law number 40/2004, of August 18th, changed and republished by Ordinance 202/2012 of August 27th and changed by Ordinance 233/2012 of October 29th and by Law 12/2013 of January 29th and by Ordinance 89/2013 of July 9th and by the Ordinance 123/2019 of August 28th; 

Regulations for Research Fellowships from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf).

Working Place: The work will be carried out in the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology of Human Pathogens (PI Doctor Raquel Sá- Leão) at ITQB NOVA, under supervision of Doctor Carina Valente.

Duration of the fellowship: The fellowship will have the duration of 3 months, eventually renewable up to 12 months, and is expected to start in March 2023, on a full-time basis, according to Fellowship Regulations of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.

Stipend amount: 1144,64€, according to the table of values of grants awarded directly by the FCT, I.P. in the Country (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Tabela_de_Valores_SMM_2022.pdf) and payment will be made, monthly, through bank transfer.

Selection procedure: The evaluation procedures will be based on the analysis of the candidates´ CV and an interview for the selected candidates may take place. In this case, the curriculum evaluation and the interview will have a weight of 50% each.

Juri composition: Doctor Carina Valente (president of the jury), Doctor Raquel Sá-Leão (effective member), Professor Adriano Henriques (effective member), and Doctor Alexandra Simões (substitute member)

Application documents: The application should be formalized in a cover letter indicating the corresponding fellowship reference together with the following documents: detailed Curriculum vitae, degree certificate. All documents should be preferably sent by email in a single pdf file. If the degree has been conferred by a non-Portuguese higher education institution, the selected candidate must obtain the certificate of the degree recognition, issued by the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education or by a Portuguese Public Higher Education Institution, until the signature of the contract. Regarding this issue, please consult the website of the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education: https://www.dges.gov.pt/en.

Notification of candidates: All candidates will be informed of the final result by e-mail.

Deadlines and procedures for complaints and appeals: If the result is not favorable, the candidates have a period of 10 working days, after the disclosure of the results, to comment, if desired, in a prior hearing of interested parties, in the terms provided for in the Code of Administrative Procedure.

Application period: 10 February to 10 March, 2023.

Applications should be sent by e-mail to:

Doctor Carina Valente

cvalente@itqb.unl.pt

Ref. 016/BI/2023

ITQB NOVA

OEIRAS

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier

Application for a Master Fellowship

within the 2022.03561.PTDC

Applications are invited for a Master Fellowship in the scope of the project entitled “Glycofoldamers as bacterial toxin inhibitors” with the Ref. 2022.03561.PTDC, funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia I.P./MCTES - OE).

Scientific Area: Chemistry

Academic degree: We seek candidates with a Master’s degree in Master’s degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences or related areas, with bachelor’s degree classification of 14 (or higher) and a Master’s degree classification of 16 (or higher).

Other requisites: 

- Experience in organic synthesis 

- Experience in solid-phase synthesis and know-how in analytical and preparative HPLC will be valued;

- Good English language knowledge, spoken and written;

- Motivation to pursue PhD studies

- Being enrolled in a PhD, or in a non-academic degree course, until the signature of the contract, in accordance with number 2 of the Article 6th of “Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. from FCT”, law in force.

Working Plan: We seek to explore a new class of multivalent glycoconjugates for bacterial toxin/adhesin inhibition. The selected candidate will prepare and purify oligomeric multivalent scaffolds; conjugate them with carbohydrate ligands; characterize the interaction between the glycoconjugates and toxins/adhesins by biophysical techniques; elucidate the structure of the complexes formed and evaluate the inhibition of adhesion to host cells.

Applicable Law and Regulations: Status of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law number 40/2004, of August 18th, changed and republished by Ordinance 202/2012 of August 27th and changed by Ordinance 233/2012 of October 29th and by Law 12/2013 of January 29th and by Ordinance 89/2013 of July 9th and by the Ordinance 123/2019 of August 28th; 

Regulations for Research Fellowships from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf).

Working Place: The work will be carried out in the Bio-oriented Supramolecular Chemistry laboratory at ITQB NOVA, under supervision of Doctor Pedro Mateus.

Duration of the fellowship: The fellowship will have the duration of 6 months, eventually renewable, expected to start in April 2023, on a full-time basis, according to Fellowship Regulations of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.

Stipend amount: 1 144,64 €, according to the table of values of grants awarded directly by the FCT, I.P. in the Country (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Tabela_de_Valores_SMM_2022.pdf) and payment will be made, monthly, through bank transfer.

Selection procedure: The evaluation procedures will be based on the analysis of the candidates´ CV and an interview for the selected candidates. The curriculum evaluation and the interview will have a weight of 70 and 30% each, respectively.

Juri composition: Doctor Pedro Mateus (president), Doctor Rita Ventura, Doctor Luís Lima (efective members) and Doctor Adriano Henriques (substitute member).

Application documents: The application should be formalized in a cover letter indicating the corresponding fellowship reference together with the following documents: detailed Curriculum Vitae, degree certificate, transcript detailing the courses taken and the contact of 2 references. All documents should be preferably sent by email in a single pdf file. If the degree has been conferred by a non-Portuguese higher education institution, the selected candidate must obtain the certificate of the degree recognition, issued by the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education or by a Portuguese Public Higher Education Institution, until the signature of the contract. Regarding this issue, please consult the website of the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education: https://www.dges.gov.pt/en.

Notification of candidates: All the candidates will be informed of the final result by e-mail.

Deadlines and procedures for complaints and appeals: If the result is not favorable, the candidates have a period of 10 working days, after the disclosure of the results, to comment, if desired, in a prior hearing of interested parties, in the terms provided for in the Code of Administrative Procedure.

Application period: 7 February to 15 March, 2023

Applications should be sent to:

Doctor Pedro Mateus 

Email: pmateus@itqb.unl.pt 

Ref. 014/BI/2023

ITQB NOVA

OEIRAS

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier – ITQB NOVA

Anúncio para atribuição de uma Bolsa de Investigação para Mestre

no âmbito do projecto PoC Ref IOVPoC-2021-09

Encontra-se aberta candidatura a uma bolsa de investigação para Mestre, no âmbito do programa Prova de Conceito InnoValley 2021 intitulado “Biofactories for high value natural pigments: the production of carotenoids in plant cell cultures”, Ref. IOVPoC-2021-09, financiado pela Câmara Municipal de Oeiras e ITQB NOVA.

Área Científica: Ciências Biológicas

Formação Académica: Mestrado em Biologia, Bioquímica, Biotecnologia, Bioengenharia ou áreas afins com média superior ou igual a 16 valores. Experiência prévia em sistemas vegetais.

Outros requisitos:

- Experiência laboratorial em biologia molecular, em particular extração e processamento de RNA;

- Experiência em sistemas vegetais e capacidade de trabalhar em ambiente de esterilidade e manipulação de culturas celulares;

- Excelente capacidade de planeamento e organização;

- Resiliência, espírito crítico e capacidade de trabalhar autonomamente;

- Estar inscrito num doutoramento ou num curso não conferente de grau académico (à data da assinatura do contrato), conforme o nº 2 do Artº 6º do Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.

Plano de Trabalhos: O candidato selecionado irá desenvolver trabalho no âmbito da produção de metabolitos secundários em sistemas vegetais, nomeadamente em culturas de células em suspensão de tabaco e Medicago. Irá manter e selecionar linhas de produção já existentes no laboratório, e proceder à sua optimização e caracterização.

Legislação e regulamentação aplicável: Estatuto do Bolseiro de Investigação Científica, aprovado pela Lei nº 40/2004, de 18 de agosto, alterado e republicado pelo Decreto-Lei nº 202/2012, de 27 de agosto e alterado pelo Decreto-Lei nº 233/2012, de 29 de Outubro e pela Lei nº 12/2013, de 29 de Janeiro e pelo Decreto-Lei n.º 89/2013, de 9 de Julho, e pelo Decreto-Lei nº 123/2019, de 28 de Agosto; 

Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., em vigor (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf).

Local de trabalho: O trabalho será desenvolvido no grupo “Plant Cell Biology” do Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, sob a orientação científica da Doutora Rita Abranches.

Duração da bolsa: A bolsa terá a duração de 6 meses, eventualmente renovável, com início previsto em Fevereiro de 2023, em regime de exclusividade, conforme Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.

Valor do subsídio de manutenção mensal: O montante da bolsa corresponde a 1144,64 Euros acrescido do valor correspondente ao seguro social voluntário, conforme tabela de valores das bolsas atribuídas directamente pela FCT, I.P. no País (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Tabela_de_Valores_SMM_2022.pdf). O pagamento será efectuado, mensalmente, por transferência bancária.

Métodos de selecção: A seleção será efectuada por análise curricular de acordo com os critérios solicitados. Incluirá entrevista aos candidatos melhor posicionados, caso tal se justifique. A fase de análise curricular terá ponderação de 100% caso não haja lugar a entrevista. No caso de haver candidatos com classificação próxima, o júri entrevistará no mínimo dois candidatos e a entrevista terá ponderação de 50% do total da classificação.

Composição do Júri de Selecção: Doutora Rita Abranches (presidente do júri), Doutora Carlota Vaz Patto (vogal efectiva), Doutora Inês Chaves (vogal efectiva), Doutora Ana Paula Santos (vogal suplente).

Documentos de candidatura: As candidaturas devem ser formalizadas, obrigatoriamente, através do envio dos seguintes documentos: Carta de motivação, Curriculum Vitae detalhado, Cópia dos certificados de habilitações, e nome e contacto de duas referências. Toda a documentação deve ser compilada num único ficheiro pdf. Caso o grau tenha sido conferido por instituição de ensino superior estrangeira, o candidato tem de apresentar o certificado de reconhecimento do mesmo, passado pela Direcção Geral do Ensino Superior (DGES) ou por uma universidade pública Portuguesa, até á assinatura do contrato. Sobre este assunto poderá ser consultada a página da DGES: https://www.dges.gov.pt/en. 

Forma de notificação dos resultados: Todos os candidatos serão notificados do resultado final através de e-mail.

Prazos e procedimentos de reclamação e recurso: Caso o resultado seja desfavorável à concessão da bolsa requerida, os candidatos têm um prazo de 10 dias úteis, após a divulgação dos resultados, para se pronunciarem, querendo, em sede de audiência prévia de interessados, nos termos previstos no Código do Procedimento Administrativo

Prazo de candidatura: O concurso encontra-se aberto no período de 20 de Janeiro a 2 de Fevereiro de 2023.

As candidaturas devem ser remetidas exclusivamente por via electrónica (indicar no \"subject” o nome do candidato e Referência do anúncio) para:

Doutora Rita Abranches

Email: ritaa@itqb.unl.pt

Anúncio Ref. 007/BI/2023

ITQB NOVA

OEIRAS

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier

Application for a Master Fellowship

within the project PTDC/BIA-BFS/0391/2021

Applications are invited for a Master Fellowship in the scope of the project entitled “HUBs – The architecture of a pathogen-driven signaling Hub” with the Ref. PTDC/BIA-BFS/0391/2021, funded by FCT- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia I.P./MCTES, through national funding (PIDDAC). 

Main Scientific Areas & Sub Research Fields:  Biology Sciences – Biology; Chemistry – Biochemistry; Physics – Biophysics

Academic degree: We seek candidates with a Master’s degree in Life Science or related areas (i.e., Biochemistry, Biology, Biomedicine, Biophysics, Chemistry etc.) to participate in a multidisciplinary research program focused on signaling and host-pathogen interactions.

Other requisites: 

• Research interests should lie at the interface between chemistry and biology;

• Eager to dissect molecular mechanisms at the host-pathogen interface; 

• Highly motivated and passionate junior researcher;

• Willing to progress in the project potentially as a PhD student;

• Prior experience with protein biophysics will be a plus;

• Good organizational and teamwork skills;

• Fluency in spoken and written English

• Bachelor’s degree classification of 15 (or higher) and a master’s degree classification of 17 (or higher)

• Being enrolled in a PhD or a non-academic degree course (by the time of the contract signature), in accordance with number 2 of the Article 6th of “Regulations for Research Fellowships from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.”, law in force.

Working Plan: Pathogenic microbes that invade a human host have developed sophisticated strategies to rewire host-signaling pathways and down-regulate host immune responses. Bacterial pathogens use a plethora of secreted effectors and cell-associated proteins to achieve this goal during infection. 

The HUBs project aims to illuminate how pathogen-encoded proteins hijack host cells from an integrative structural biophysics perspective. Within this framework, we offer an opportunity to study multiple pathogen-host interactions mediated by type III secretion system (T3SS) disordered effectors produced by life-threatening human pathogens. To this end, the selected candidate will be engaged in protein expression and purification and experimental and computational approaches, receiving training in fluorescence microscopy, small-angle scattering, and NMR hybrid applications. The project will be performed in the context of a broader collaboration between several groups at the ITQB-NOVA, aiming to decipher the structural bases of pathogen-driven host subversion. As such, mentorship and knowledge transfer will occur through distinct channels, expertise, and point-of-views.

Applicable Law and Regulations: Status of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law number 40/2004, of August 18th, changed and republished by Ordinance 202/2012 of August 27th and changed by Ordinance 233/2012 of October 29th and by Law 12/2013 of January 29th and by Ordinance 89/2013 of July 9th and by the Ordinance 123/2019 of August 28th; Regulations for Research Fellowships from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf).

Working Place: The work will be done in the Dynamic Structural Biology Lab (Supervisor: Doctor Tiago N Cordeiro) and the Single Molecule Microbiology Lab (Supervisor: Zach Hensel)

Duration of the fellowship: The fellowship will have the duration of 6 months, eventually renewable, expected to start in April 2023, on a full-time basis, according to according to Fellowship Regulations of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.

Stipend amount: EUR 1144,64 €, according to the table of values of grants awarded directly by the FCT, I.P. in the Country (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Tabela_de_Valores_SMM_2022.pdf) and payment will be made, monthly, through bank transfer.

Selection procedure: Applications will be evaluated according to the analysis of the documents presented - Curriculum (60%), motivation letter (10%), references (10%), and interview, if considered necessary by the jury, of the selected candidates (20%). The final results will be presented on a scale from 0 to 100.

Jury composition: Doctor Tiago N. Cordeiro (President); Doctor Ligia O. Martins (member); Doctor Zach Hensel (member); Doctor Tiago Gomes (substitute member).

Application documents: 

• Full Curriculum Vitae;

• A motivation letter detailing previous work experiences related to the project;

• Degree certificate*;

• Contacts information or letter of recommendation of two referees.

All documents should preferably be sent by email in a single pdf file.

*If the degree has been conferred by a non-Portuguese higher education institution, the selected candidate must obtain the certificate of degree recognition issued by the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education or by a Portuguese Public Higher Education Institution until the signature of the contract. Regarding this issue, please consult the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education website: https://www.dges.gov.pt/en.

Notification of candidates: All the candidates will be informed of the final result by e-mail.

Deadlines and procedures for complaints and appeals: If the result is not favorable, the candidates have a period of 10 working days, after the disclosure of the results, to comment, if desired, in a prior hearing of interested parties, in the terms provided for in the Code of Administrative Procedure.

Application period: From 7 to 20 of February 2023

Applications should be sent to:

Doctor Tiago N Cordeiro

tiago.cordeiro@itqb.unl.pt

Ref. 013/BI/2023 

OEIRAS

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier

Application for a Master Fellowship

within the 2022.03561.PTDC

Applications are invited for a Master Fellowship in the scope of the project entitled “Glycofoldamers as bacterial toxin inhibitors” with the Ref. 2022.03561.PTDC, funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia I.P./MCTES - OE).

Scientific Area: Chemistry

Academic degree: We seek candidates with a Master’s degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences or related areas, with bachelor’s degree classification of 14 (or higher) and a Master’s degree classification of 16 (or higher).

Other requisites: 

- Experience in organic synthesis;

- Experience in carbohydrate synthesis;

- Good English language knowledge, spoken and written;

- Motivation to pursue PhD studies

- Being enrolled in a PhD, or in a non-academic degree course, until the signature of the contract, in accordance with number 2 of the Article 6th of “Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.” from FCT, law in force.

Working Plan: We seek to explore a new class of multivalent glycoconjugates for bacterial toxin/adhesin inhibition. The selected candidate will prepare and purify oligosaccharides known to bind toxin/adhesin (e.g. Galili, Lewis X and Y epitopes) featuring linkers of different sizes; conjugate them with multivalent scaffolds; characterize the interaction between the glycoconjugates and toxins/adhesins by biophysical techniques; elucidate the structure of the complexes formed and evaluate the inhibition of adhesion to host cells.

Applicable Law and Regulations: Status of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law number 40/2004, of August 18th, changed and republished by Ordinance 202/2012 of August 27th and changed by Ordinance 233/2012 of October 29th and by Law 12/2013 of January 29th and by Ordinance 89/2013 of July 9th and by the Ordinance 123/2019 of August 28th;

Regulations for Research Fellowships from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf).

Working Place: The work will be carried out in the Bioorganic Chemistry and in the Bio-oriented Supramolecular Chemistry labs at ITQB NOVA, under supervision of Dr. Rita Ventura and Doctor Pedro Mateus.

Duration of the fellowship: The fellowship will have the duration of 6 months, eventually renewable, expected to start in April 2023, on a full-time basis, according to Fellowship Regulations of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.

Stipend amount: 1 144,64 €, according to the table of values of grants awarded directly by the FCT, I.P. in the Country (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Tabela_de_Valores_SMM_2022.pdf) and payment will be made, monthly, through bank transfer.

Selection procedure: The evaluation procedures will be based on the analysis of the candidates ́ CV and if needed an interview for the selected candidates may take place. In this case, the curriculum evaluation and the interview will have a weight of 70% and 30% respectively. 

Juri composition: Doctor Pedro Mateus (president), Doctor Rita Ventura, Doctor Peter Kis (efective members) and Doctor Luís Lima (substitute member).

Application documents: The application should be formalized in a cover letter indicating the corresponding fellowship reference together with the following documents: detailed Curriculum Vitae, degree certificate, transcript detailing the courses taken and the contact of 2 references. All documents should be preferably sent by email in a single pdf file. If the degree has been conferred by a non-Portuguese higher education institution, the selected candidate must obtain the certificate of the degree recognition, issued by the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education or by a Portuguese Public Higher Education Institution, until the signature of the contract. Regarding this issue, please consult the website of the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education: https://www.dges.gov.pt/en.

Notification of candidates: All the candidates will be informed of the final result by e-mail.

Deadlines and procedures for complaints and appeals: If the result is not favorable, the candidates have a period of 10 working days, after the disclosure of the results, to comment, if desired, in a prior hearing of interested parties, in the terms provided for in the Code of Administrative Procedure.

Application period: 7 February to 15 March, 2023

Applications should be sent to:

Doctor Pedro Mateus 

Email: pmateus@itqb.unl.pt 

Ref. 015/BI/2023

ITQB NOVA

OEIRAS

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier

Application for a Master Fellowship

within the project 2022.04565.PTDC

Applications are invited for a Master Fellowship in the scope of the project entitled “Azole metal complexes as a promising source for new antifungals” with the project with the reference 2022.04565.PTDC, funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia I.P./MCTES - OE).

Scientific Area: Chemistry (Inorganic Chemistry).

Academic degree: Master degree in Chemistry or related fields including Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or Chemical Engineering, with a final grade higher than 16.

Other requisites:

- Strong background of chemical studies at the Master and/or Bachelor level;

- Bachelor degree with a final score higher than 14;

- Preference will be given to candidates with previous laboratory experience in organic synthesis and/or inorganic synthesis;

- Strong motivation to pursue post-graduation studies at the doctoral level; 

- Proficiency in English, written and spoken;

- Being enrolled in a PhD, or in a non-academic degree course, in accordance with number 2 of the Article 6th of “Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. from FCT”, law in force.

Working Plan: The planned work consists in developing new metal complexes based on novel azole scaffolds as potential antifungal agents. The selected candidate will (i) synthesize new metal chelators derived from bioactive azole fragments, (ii) synthesize complexes of the new chelators with a range of transition and post-transition metal cations, (iii) study the structural properties of the developed complexes, and (iv) screen the antifungal and antibacterial activity of the complexes against a panel of key pathogens.

Applicable Law and Regulations: Status of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law number 40/2004, of August 18th, changed and republished by Ordinance 202/2012 of August 27th and changed by Ordinance 233/2012 of October 29th and by Law 12/2013 of January 29th and by Ordinance 89/2013 of July 9th and by the Ordinance 123/2019 of August 28th; 

Regulations for Research Fellowships from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf).

Working Place: The work will be carried out in the Organometallic Catalysis laboratory at ITQB NOVA, under supervision of Doctor Luís Lima.

Duration of the fellowship: The fellowship will have the duration of 6 months, eventually renewable, expected to start in April 2023, on a full-time basis, according to Fellowship Regulations of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.

Stipend amount: 1144,64 €, according to the table of values of grants awarded directly by the FCT, I.P. in the Country (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Tabela_de_Valores_SMM_2022.pdf) and payment will be made, monthly, through bank transfer.

Selection procedure: The evaluation procedures will be based on the analysis of the candidates´ CV and if needed an interview for the selected candidates may take place. In this case, the curriculum evaluation and the interview will have a weight of 50 % each.

Juri composition: Doctor Luís Lima (president of the jury), Doctor Beatriz Royo (effective member), Doctor Pedro Mateus (effective member) and Doctor Oscar Rojas (substitute member).

Application documents: The application should be formalized in a cover letter indicating the corresponding fellowship reference together with the following documents: detailed Curriculum Vitae, certificates of Bachelor and Master degrees, and names and contacts of 2 reference persons. All documents should be preferably sent by email in a single pdf file. If the degree has been conferred by a non-Portuguese higher education institution, the selected candidate must obtain the certificate of the degree recognition, issued by the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education or by a Portuguese Public Higher Education Institution, until the signature of the contract. Regarding this issue, please consult the website of the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education: https://www.dges.gov.pt/en.

Notification of candidates: All the candidates will be informed of the final result by e-mail.

Deadlines and procedures for complaints and appeals: If the result is not favorable, the candidates have a period of 10 working days, after the disclosure of the results, to comment, if desired, in a prior hearing of interested parties, in the terms provided for in the Code of Administrative Procedure.

Application period: From February 2 to February 22, 2023.

Applications should be sent to:

Doctor Luís Lima

Email: llima@itqb.unl.pt

Ref. 011/BI/2023

ITQB NOVA

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Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier

Application for a Master Fellowship

within the Project 2022.07024.PTDC

Applications are invited for a Master Fellowship in the scope of the project entitled “Electrochemical valorization of CO2 powered by engineered microbial cells” with the Ref. 2022.07024.PTDC, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia I.P./MCTES - OE).

Scientific Area: Biological Chemistry 

Academic degree: Degree and Master or integrated master in Biochemistry, Biology, Microbiology, Applied Chemistry, Biotechnology or similar areas, with a weighted or final classification higher than 15.

Other requisites: 

- Preference will be given to candidates with experience in the field of electrochemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology; 

- Strong motivation for scientific research;

- Motivation to pursue a PhD;

- Good organizational and team work skills;

- Fluency in spoken and written English;

- Being enrolled in a PhD, or in a non-academic degree course, in accordance with number 2 of the Article 6th of “Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. from FCT”, law in force.

Working Plan: The project aims on the implementation of a highly efficient microbial electrochemical system for CO2 conversion making use of genetically modified bacterial strains to promote superior conversion rates. We will design electrochemical devices that will explore engineered gas-diffusion electrodes to effectively scavenge CO2 and couple them with a semiconductor-based photoanode that will perform water oxidation powered by light. The specific tasks to be performed by the selected candidate will involve the genetic manipulation of anaerobic bacterial strains (Desulfovibrio vulgaris) and the optimization of their communication with the electrode, the fabrication of gas-diffusion microbial bioelectrodes, and the integration of mixed cultures for product upgrade, leading to the development of a hybrid electrosynthesis system for CO2 valorization.

Applicable Law and Regulations: Status of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law number 40/2004, of August 18th, changed and republished by Ordinance 202/2012 of August 27th and changed by Ordinance 233/2012 of October 29th and by Law 12/2013 of January 29th and by Ordinance 89/2013 of July 9th and by the Ordinance 123/2019 of August 28th; 

Regulations for Research Fellowships from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf).

Working Place: The work will be carried out in the “Bioelectrochemistry and Electrobiotechnology Lab” and the “Bacterial Energy Metabolism Lab” at ITQB NOVA, under supervision of Doctor Felipe Conzuelo and Doctor Américo G. Duarte, respectively.

Duration of the fellowship: The fellowship will have a duration of 6 months, renewable, and expected to start in April 2023, on a full-time basis, according to Fellowship Regulations of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.

Stipend amount: 1144,64€, according to the table of values of grants awarded directly by the FCT, I.P. in the Country (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Tabela_de_Valores_SMM_2022.pdf) and payment will be made, monthly, through bank transfer.

Selection procedure: The candidates will be evaluated with classification from 1 to 10, based on the analysis of the candidates’ CV and motivation letter, according to the admission requisites. An interview will be considered for the top five selected candidates (only if their curricular evaluation scores higher than 7). Final classification will be the ponderation of curricular evaluation (60%) and interview (40%) when applicable, and 100% for the curriculum evaluation for the remaining candidates. 

Juri composition: President of the juri: Doctor Felipe Conzuelo, effective members: Doctor Américo G. Duarte, Professor Inês Cardoso Pereira; substitute member: Professor Maria Teresa Catarino.

Application documents: The application should be formalized in a cover letter indicating the corresponding fellowship reference and the candidate motivation, together with the following documents: detailed Curriculum Vitae with degree classifications, degree certificates, and two recommendation letters. All documents should be preferably sent by e-mail in a single pdf file. If the degree has been conferred by a non-Portuguese higher education institution, the selected candidate must obtain the certificate of the degree recognition, issued by the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education or by a Portuguese Public Higher Education Institution, until the signature of the contract. Regarding this issue, please consult the website of the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education: https://www.dges.gov.pt/en.

Notification of candidates: All the candidates will be informed of the final result by e-mail.

Deadlines and procedures for complaints and appeals: If the result is not favorable, the candidates have a period of 10 working days, after the disclosure of the results, to comment, if desired, in a prior hearing of interested parties, in the terms provided for in the Code of Administrative Procedure.

Application period: From January 31 to March 17, 2023.

Applications should be sent to:

Doctor Felipe Conzuelo

Email: felipe.conzuelo@itqb.unl.pt

Ref. 009/BI/2023

ITQB NOVA

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Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier

Application for two Fellowships

within the project ELIXIR

Applications are invited for two BSc. or MSc. Fellowships (attributed accordingly, depending on CV assessment) in the scope of the project entitled “Increasing Plant data findability and reuse beyond ELIXIR”, financed by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory.

Scientific Area: Biological Sciences.

Academic degree: Candidates with a BSc. or MSc. degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Biology, Biochemistry, or similar areas.

Other requisites:

- Knowledge of Bioinformatics and acquainted with the potential of \"big data\";

- Knowledge of analyzing high-throughput biological data and data management;

- Experience with programming languages in the context of data analysis, web development and data management (e.g. Python, R, SQL);

- Proficiency in spoken and written English;

- Availability to start in March 2023;

- Being enrolled in a MSc course, or in a non-academic degree course, in accordance with number 2 of the Article 6th of “Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. from FCT”, law in force.

Working Plan: The work to be performed by the selected candidate(s) will be aligned with the project plan “Increasing Plant data findability and reuse beyond ELIXIR”.

The first part of the work plan will be (1) implementation data management services to increase data findability; (2) prepare training materials to improve the accessibility to the service and verify their metadata completeness.

The workplan will also include data annotation using controlled vocabularies and ontologies, as well as the curation and submission of datasets to predefined databases. This part of the workplan will be performed using data sets produced by the group and using the standards like MIAPPE (Minimal Information About Plant Phenotyping Experiment).

Applicable Law and Regulations: Status of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law number 40/2004, of August 18th, changed and republished by Ordinance 202/2012 of August 27th and changed by Ordinance 233/2012 of October 29th and by Law 12/2013 of January 29th and by Ordinance 89/2013 of July 9th and by the Ordinance 123/2019 of August 28th;

Regulations for Research Fellowships from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf).

Working Place: The work will be carried out in the Genomics of Plant Stress Unit (GPlantS) at ITQB NOVA, under the supervision of Doctor Inês Chaves and Doctor Pedro Barros.

Duration of the fellowship: The fellowships will have the duration of three months, eventually renewable up to the maximum duration of the project, expected to start in March 2023, on a full-time basis, according to Fellowship Regulations of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.

Stipend amount: 875,98 € or 1144,64 €, according to the academic level of the selected candidates and according to the table of values of grants awarded directly by the FCT, I.P. in the Country (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Tabela_de_Valores_SMM_2022.pdf) and payment will be made, monthly, through bank transfer.

Selection procedure: The evaluation procedures will be based on the analysis of the candidates´ CV and if needed an interview for the selected candidates may take place. In this case, the curriculum evaluation and the interview will have a weight of 50 % each.

Applicants with academic degrees obtained abroad will be required to present a Certificate of Recognition in accordance with applicable law. This document is mandatory only in the contractualization phase.

Jury composition: Applications will be evaluated by a jury composed of Doctor Inês Chaves (president), and Doctor Pedro Barros; Doctor Nelson Saibo; Doctor Célia Miguel and Professor Doctor Margarida Oliveira will act as substitute members.

Application documents: The application should be formalized in a cover letter indicating the corresponding fellowship reference together with the following documents: detailed Curriculum Vitae, degree certificate. All documents should be preferably sent by email in a single pdf file. If the degree has been conferred by a non-Portuguese higher education institution, the selected candidate must obtain the certificate of the degree recognition, issued by the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education or by a Portuguese Public Higher Education Institution, until the signature of the contract. Regarding this issue, please consult the website of the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education: https://www.dges.gov.pt/en.

Notification of candidates: All the candidates will be informed of the final result by e-mail.

Deadlines and procedures for complaints and appeals: If the result is not favorable, the candidates have a period of 10 working days, after the disclosure of the results, to comment, if desired, in a prior hearing of interested parties, in the terms provided for in the Code of Administrative Procedure.

Application period: February 6 to February 17, 2023.

Applications should be sent by email to:

Doctor Inês Chaves,

e-mail: ichaves@itqb.unl.pt

Ref. 012/BI/2023

ITQB NOVA

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Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier

Application for a Master Fellowship

within the project PRIMA/0014/2020

Applications are invited for a Master Fellowship in the scope of the project entitled “DROMAMED - Capitalization of Mediterranean maize germplasm for improving stress tolerance” with the reference PRIMA/0014/2020, funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia I.P./MCTES.

Scientific Area: Biology

Academic degree: Master degree in Biology, Agronomy, Biotechnology or related fields, with a final grade equal or higher than 16.

Other requisites:

- Bachelor degree with a final score higher than 14;

- Previous laboratory experience in plant phenotyping under water stress using gas exchange, thermal imaging, and chlorophyll a fluorescence;

- Proficiency in English, written and spoken;

- Being enrolled in a PhD, or in a non-academic degree course (by the time of the signature of the contract), in accordance with number 2 of the Article 6th of “Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. from FCT”, law in force.

Working Plan: The fellow will have as main objectives the phenotyping of water deficit response of a collection of maize inbred lines through different physiological parameters, followed by data analysis integration of the obtained phenotypic data with previously acquired molecular data. 

To attain these objectives the following tasks will be performed:

1) Acquirement and management of experimental data in the Lab and growth chamber conditions;

2) Statistical data analysis of acquired data;

3) Report development of all the performed activities.

Applicable Law and Regulations: Status of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law number 40/2004, of August 18th, changed and republished by Ordinance 202/2012 of August 27th and changed by Ordinance 233/2012 of October 29th and by Law 12/2013 of January 29th and by Ordinance 89/2013 of July 9th and by the Ordinance 123/2019 of August 28th; 

Regulations for Research Fellowships from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf).

Working Place: The work will be carried out in the Genetics and Genomics of Plant Complex Traits – PlantX laboratory at ITQB NOVA, under supervision of Doctor Maria Carlota Vaz Patto.

Duration of the fellowship: The fellowship will have the duration of 3 months, eventually renewable, expected to start in April 2023, on a full-time basis, according to Fellowship Regulations of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.

Stipend amount: 1144,64 €, according to the table of values of grants awarded directly by the FCT, I.P. in the Country (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Tabela_de_Valores_SMM_2022.pdf) and payment will be made, monthly, through bank transfer.

Selection procedure: The evaluation procedures will be based on the analysis of the candidates´ CV and if needed an interview for the selected candidates may take place. In this case, the curriculum evaluation and the interview will have a weight of 50 % each.

Juri composition: Doctor Maria Carlota Vaz Patto (president of the jury), Doctor Estefanía Uberegui (effective member), Doctor Susana Leitão (effective member) and Doctor Carmen Santos (substitute member).

Application documents: The application should be formalized in a cover/motivation letter indicating the corresponding fellowship reference together with the following documents: detailed Curriculum Vitae, certificates of Bachelor and Master degrees (with classification marks), and names and contacts of 2 reference persons. All documents should be preferably sent by email in a single pdf file. 

If the degree has been conferred by a non-Portuguese higher education institution, the selected candidate must obtain the certificate of the degree recognition, issued by the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education or by a Portuguese Public Higher Education Institution, until the signature of the contract. Regarding this issue, please consult the website of the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education: https://www.dges.gov.pt/en.

Notification of candidates: All the candidates will be informed of the final result by e-mail.

Deadlines and procedures for complaints and appeals: If the result is not favorable, the candidates have a period of 10 working days, after the disclosure of the results, to comment, if desired, in a prior hearing of interested parties, in the terms provided for in the Code of Administrative Procedure.

Application period: From February 14 to February 27, 2023.

Applications should be sent to:

Doctor Maria Carlota Vaz Patto

Email: cpatto@itqb.unl.pt

Ref. 020/BI/2023

ITQB NOVA

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Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier – ITQB NOVA

Anúncio para atribuição de uma Bolsa de Investigação para Mestre

No âmbito do Projecto “STOP-COVID”

Encontra-se aberta candidatura a uma bolsa de investigação para Mestre, no âmbito do projecto intitulado “STOP-COVID - Strategies to prevent COVID-19 by early detection of asymptomatic carriers at increased risk: epidemiological studies and validation of a rapid in-house diagnostic test” financiado pelos fundos europeus estruturais e de investimento (FEEI) à Comissão Diretiva do Programa Operacional Regional de Lisboa.

Área Científica: Ciências Biológicas 

Formação Académica: Mestrado em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Bioquímica ou áreas afins com média de igual ou superior a 17 valores.

Outros requisitos:

- Experiência na área da Biologia Molecular,

- Experiência em RT-PCR e RT-LAMP;

- Domínio do português e do inglês, falado e escrito;

- Forte motivação para prosseguir estudos de doutoramento;

- Estar inscrito num doutoramento ou num curso não conferente de grau académico (à data da assinatura do contrato), conforme o nº 2 do Artº 6º do Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.;

- Experiência prévia na manipulação do vírus SARS-CoV-2 será valorizada.

Plano de Trabalhos: O trabalho terá como objetivo optimizar um teste de saliva para a detecção de SARS-CoV-2 baseado em RT-LAMP e RT-PCR. 

Legislação e regulamentação aplicável: Estatuto do Bolseiro de Investigação Científica, aprovado pela Lei nº 40/2004, de 18 de agosto, alterado e republicado pelo Decreto-Lei nº 202/2012, de 27 de agosto e alterado pelo Decreto-Lei nº 233/2012, de 29 de Outubro e pela Lei nº 12/2013, de 29 de Janeiro e pelo Decreto-Lei n.º 89/2013, de 9 de Julho, e pelo Decreto-Lei nº 123/2019, de 28 de Agosto; 

Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., em vigor (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf).

Local de trabalho: O trabalho será desenvolvido no laboratório Yeast Molecular Biology do Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, sob a orientação científica da Doutora Catarina Pimentel.

Duração da bolsa: A bolsa terá a duração de 4 meses com início previsto em março de 2023, em regime de exclusividade, conforme Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.

Valor do subsídio de manutenção mensal: 1144, 64 € mensais, conforme tabela de valores das bolsas atribuídas directamente pela FCT, I.P. no País (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Tabela_de_Valores_SMM_2022.pdf). O pagamento será efectuado, mensalmente, por transferência bancária.

Métodos de selecção: A selecção será efectuada através da análise curricular e da carta de motivação (valoração de 80% e 20 %, respectivamente). Em caso de empate será realizada uma entrevista.

Composição do Júri de Selecção: Doutora Catarina Pimentel (presidente de júri), Doutora Mónica Serrano e Doutora Catarina Amaral (vogais efetivos) e Doutora Sofia da Silva (vogal suplente).

Documentos de candidatura: As candidaturas devem ser formalizadas, obrigatoriamente, através do envio dos seguintes documentos: Carta de motivação, Curriculum Vitae detalhado, Cópia dos certificados de habilitações, Caso a licenciatura tenha sido conferida por instituição de ensino superior estrangeira, o candidato tem de apresentar o certificado de reconhecimento do grau, passado pela Direcção Geral do Ensino Superior (DGES) ou por uma universidade pública Portuguesa, até à assinatura do contrato. Sobre este assunto poderá ser consultada a página da DGES: https://www.dges.gov.pt/en.

Forma de notificação dos resultados: Todos os candidatos serão notificados do resultado final através de e-mail.

Prazos e procedimentos de reclamação e recurso: Caso o resultado seja desfavorável à concessão da bolsa requerida, os candidatos têm um prazo de 10 dias úteis, após a divulgação dos resultados, para se pronunciarem, querendo, em sede de audiência prévia de interessados, nos termos previstos no Código do Procedimento Administrativo

Prazo de candidatura: O concurso encontra-se aberto no período de 16 de fevereiro a 1 de março de 2023. 

As candidaturas devem ser remetidas exclusivamente por via electrónica (indicar no \"subject” o nome do candidato e Referência do anúncio) para:

Doutora Catarina Pimentel

pimentel@itqb.unl.pt

Anúncio Ref. 022/BI/2023

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Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier – ITQB NOVA

Anúncio para atribuição de uma Bolsa de Investigação para Mestre 

no âmbito do projecto PTDC/QUI-QOR/0712/2020

Encontra-se aberta candidatura a uma bolsa de investigação para Mestre, no âmbito do projeto intitulado “1Pot2Cat: Catálise bimetálica one-pot para a síntese de compostos N-heterocíclicos”, Ref. PTDC/QUI-QOR/0712/2020, financiado pela Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia I.P./MCTES, através de fundos nacionais (PIDDAC).

Área Científica: química, química inorgânica, química orgânica, catálise homogénea. 

Formação Académica: Serão considerados Mestres em Química, com média superior a 15 valores na licenciatura e 16 valores no mestrado.

Outros requisitos:

- Motivação para investigação e boa capacidade de trabalho;

- Motivação para trabalhar na área de química organometálica;

- Experiência laboratorial na área de química orgânica ou/e organometálica

- Bons conhecimentos de língua inglesa;

- Estar inscrito, à data da assinatura do contrato, num doutoramento ou num curso não conferente de grau académico, conforme o nº 2 do Artº 6º do Regulamento da Formação Avançada e Qualificação de Recursos Humanos da FCT em vigor.

Plano de Trabalhos: O candidato selecionado irá desenvolver trabalho na área da química organometálica, tendo em vista a síntese de a síntese de compostos organometálicos de ferro, manganês e níquel, e a sua aplicação como catalisadores em reações de transferência de hidrogênio.

Legislação e regulamentação aplicável: Estatuto do Bolseiro de Investigação Científica, aprovado pela Lei nº 40/2004, de 18 de agosto, alterado e republicado pelo Decreto-Lei nº 202/2012, de 27 de agosto e alterado pelo Decreto-Lei nº 233/2012, de 29 de Outubro e pela Lei nº 12/2013, de 29 de Janeiro e pelo Decreto-Lei n.º 89/2013, de 9 de Julho, e pelo Decreto-Lei nº 123/2019, de 28 de Agosto;

Regulamento da Formação Avançada e Qualificação de Recursos Humanos da FCT em vigor (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf).

Local de trabalho: O trabalho será desenvolvido no grupo “Grupo de Catalise Organometálica do ITQB NOVA” do Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, sob a orientação científica da Doutora Beatriz Royo.

Duração da bolsa: A bolsa terá a duração de 6 meses, com início previsto em Abril de 2023, em regime de exclusividade, conforme Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.

Valor do subsídio de manutenção mensal: O montante da bolsa corresponde a € 1144.64, conforme tabela de valores das bolsas atribuídas directamente pela FCT, I.P. no País (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Tabela_de_Valores_SMM_2022.pdf). O pagamento será efectuado, mensalmente, por transferência bancária.

Métodos de selecção: A selecção será efectuada por avaliação curricular e experiência laboratorial nas áreas pretendidas. Mérito científico (40%), a adequação do perfil do candidato para o projeto (30%), a motivação e a experiência profissional relevante para o desenvolvimento do projeto (30%). Caso se justifique, os três melhores candidatos selecionados na primeira seriação serão chamados para efetuar entrevista, sendo depois classificados com a ponderação 50% (classificação primeira seriação) e 50% (classificação entrevista).

Composição do Júri de Selecção: Presidente de júri: Doutora Beatriz Royo, vogais efetivos: Doutora Maria Manuel Marques e Doutor Pedro Góis, e vogal suplente: Doutor Luís Lima.

Documentos de candidatura: As candidaturas devem ser formalizadas, obrigatoriamente, através do envio dos seguintes documentos: Carta de motivação, Curriculum Vitae detalhado, Cópia dos certificados de habilitações, Caso o grau tenha sido conferido por instituição de ensino superior estrangeira, o candidato tem de apresentar o certificado de reconhecimento do grau, passado pela Direcção Geral do Ensino Superior (DGES) ou por uma universidade pública Portuguesa, até á assinatura do contrato. Sobre este assunto poderá ser consultada a página da DGES: https://www.dges.gov.pt/en. 

Forma de notificação dos resultados: Todos os candidatos serão notificados do resultado final através de e-mail.

Prazos e procedimentos de reclamação e recurso: Caso o resultado seja desfavorável à concessão da bolsa requerida, os candidatos têm um prazo de 10 dias úteis, após a divulgação dos resultados, para se pronunciarem, querendo, em sede de audiência prévia de interessados, nos termos previstos no Código do Procedimento Administrativo

Prazo de candidatura: O concurso encontra-se aberto no período de 13 de Janeiro a 16 de Fevereiro de 2023. 

As candidaturas devem ser remetidas exclusivamente por via electrónica (indicar no \"subject” o nome do candidato e Referência do anúncio) para:

Doutora Beatriz Royo

E-mail: broyo@itqb.unl.pt

Anúncio Ref. 005/BI/2023

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Anúncio para atribuição de uma Bolsa de iniciação à Investigação 

no âmbito do projecto UIDP/04612/2020

Encontra-se aberta candidatura a uma bolsa de iniciação à investigação no âmbito do projecto intitulado “Bioinspired Peptide Systems”, através da MOSTMICRO, Ref. UIDP/04612/2020, financiado pela Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia I.P./MCTES, através de fundos nacionais (PIDDAC).

Área Científica: Física, Engenharia Física

Formação Académica: Prova de Matrícula numa licenciatura na área de Engenharia Física ou similares

Outros requisitos:

Será dada preferência a candidatos com: 

- Experiência em computação e bioinformática em particular no desenvolvimento de programas escritos em python para análise de dados envolvendo proteínas intrinsicamente desordenadas;

- Entusiasmo pela investigação científica;

- Boa capacidade de organização e de trabalho em equipa;

- Bons conhecimentos de língua inglesa (falada e escrita).

O requisito colocado abaixo é obrigatório.

- Estar inscrito numa licenciatura, conforme o nº 2 do Artº 6º do Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.

Plano de Trabalhos:  As células organizam as suas reações bioquímicas em compartimentos sem membrana, que são um resultado direto de separação macromolecular de fase líquido-líquido (LLPS). Este tipo de separação é frequentemente conduzido por proteínas intrinsecamente desordenadas através de interações consigo próprias, através de regiões peptídicas mínimas de baixa complexidade (LCRs). A composição química destas sequências e a sua distribuição na sequência apresenta ser um factor chave na condução destas proteínas para separação de fase. Assim sendo, este projeto tem como objetivo compreender a composição das regiões peptídicas mínimas de baixa complexidade. Para isso as propriedades físico-químicas das LCRs vão ser estudas através de computação das mesmas utilizando uma linguagem de programação em Pynthon.  

Legislação e regulamentação aplicável: Estatuto do Bolseiro de Investigação Científica, aprovado pela Lei nº 40/2004, de 18 de agosto, alterado e republicado pelo Decreto-Lei nº 202/2012, de 27 de agosto e alterado pelo Decreto-Lei nº 233/2012, de 29 de Outubro e pela Lei nº 12/2013, de 29 de Janeiro e pelo Decreto-Lei n.º 89/2013, de 9 de Julho, e pelo Decreto-Lei nº 123/2019, de 28 de Agosto;

Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., em vigor (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf).

Local de trabalho: O trabalho será desenvolvido no grupo “Bioinspired Peptide Systems” do Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, sob a orientação científica da Doutora Ana Sofia Pina.

Duração da bolsa: A bolsa terá a duração de 2 meses, com início previsto em Abril de 2023, em regime de exclusividade, conforme Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.

Valor do subsídio de manutenção mensal: O montante da bolsa corresponde a 486,12 conforme tabela de valores das bolsas atribuídas directamente pela FCT, I.P. no País (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Tabela_de_Valores_SMM_2022.pdf). O pagamento será efectuado, mensalmente, por transferência bancária.

Métodos de selecção: A selecção será efectuada por análise curricular de acordo com os critérios solicitados.

Composição do Júri de Selecção: Doutora Ana Sofia Pina (presidente), Doutora Sarela Garcia-Santamarina (vogal), Doutor Pedro Matos Pereira (vogal), Doutora Leonor Morgado (vogal suplente).

Documentos de candidatura: As candidaturas devem ser formalizadas, obrigatoriamente, através do envio dos seguintes documentos: Carta de motivação, Curriculum Vitae detalhado, Cópia dos certificados de habilitações, Caso o grau tenha sido conferido por instituição de ensino superior estrangeira, o candidato tem de apresentar o certificado de reconhecimento do mesmo, passado pela Direcção Geral do Ensino Superior (DGES) ou por uma universidade pública Portuguesa, até á assinatura do contrato. Sobre este assunto poderá ser consultada a página da DGES: https://www.dges.gov.pt/en. 

Forma de notificação dos resultados: Todos os candidatos serão notificados do resultado final através de e-mail.

Prazos e procedimentos de reclamação e recurso: Caso o resultado seja desfavorável à concessão da bolsa requerida, os candidatos têm um prazo de 10 dias úteis, após a divulgação dos resultados, para se pronunciarem, querendo, em sede de audiência prévia de interessados, nos termos previstos no Código do Procedimento Administrativo

Prazo de candidatura: O concurso encontra-se aberto no período de 14 a 27 de Fevereiro de 2023. 

As candidaturas devem ser remetidas exclusivamente por via electrónica (indicar no \"subject” o nome do candidato e Referência do anúncio) para:

Doutora Ana Sofia Pina

ana.pina@itqb.unl.pt

Anúncio Ref. 018/BII/2023

ITQB NOVA

OEIRAS

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier – ITQB NOVA

Anúncio para atribuição de uma Bolsa de Investigação para Licenciado no 

âmbito do projecto Refª UIDP/04612/2020

Encontra-se aberta candidatura a uma bolsa de investigação para Licenciado, no âmbito do projecto intitulado “Bioinspired Peptide Systems”, através da MOSTMICRO, Ref. UIDP/04612/2020, financiado pela Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia I.P./MCTES, através de fundos nacionais (PIDDAC).

Área Científica: Bioquímica, Química, Biotecnologia

Formação Académica: Bioquímica com uma média de curso de 14 valores (ou superior)

Outros requisitos:

Será dada preferência a candidatos com: 

- Experiência laboratorial na área de biomateriais baseados em péptidos e na biologia química de péptidos;

- Experiência na utilização de técnicas de microscopia óptica;

- Experiência em ensaios de turbidez e formação de coacervados usando péptidos como sistemas modelo;

- Entusiasmo pela investigação científica;

- Boa capacidade de organização e de trabalho em equipa;

- Bons conhecimentos de língua inglesa (falada e escrita);

- Estar inscrito num doutoramento, mestrado, ou num curso não conferente de grau académico (à data da assinatura do contrato), conforme o nº 2 do Artº 6º do Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.

Plano de Trabalhos: Os oligopéptidos estão envolvidos em muitas funções de elevada relevância biológica (molecular self-assembly, reconhecimento molecular e catálise), que podem ser utilizados no design de componentes de interesse nas áreas de investigação de biomateriais biomiméticos e biotecnologia molecular Este projeto pretende desenvolver novas estruturas funcionais baseadas em péptido, tais como, coacervados formados à base de péptidos e versões minimalistas de proteínas com o objetivo de incorporar função (ex. capacidade de ligação, atividade de fosfatase, etc.) e assim obter biomateriais funcionais. Informações importantes relativamente à relação sequência-estrutura-ordem serão elucidadas para compreender como estes scaffolds peptídicos podem evoluir, levando à criação da próxima geração de materiais adaptativos, como compartimentos à escala micro e nanométrica.

Legislação e regulamentação aplicável: Estatuto do Bolseiro de Investigação Científica, aprovado pela Lei nº 40/2004, de 18 de agosto, alterado e republicado pelo Decreto-Lei nº 202/2012, de 27 de agosto e alterado pelo Decreto-Lei nº 233/2012, de 29 de Outubro e pela Lei nº 12/2013, de 29 de Janeiro e pelo Decreto-Lei n.º 89/2013, de 9 de Julho, e pelo Decreto-Lei nº 123/2019, de 28 de Agosto;

Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., em vigor (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf).

Local de trabalho: O trabalho será desenvolvido no grupo “Bioinspired Peptide Systems” do Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, sob a orientação científica da Doutora Ana Sofia Pina.

Duração da bolsa: A bolsa terá a duração de 4 meses, com início previsto a 1 de Abril de 2023, em regime de exclusividade, conforme Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.

Valor do subsídio de manutenção mensal: O montante da bolsa corresponde a 875.98 € conforme tabela de valores das bolsas atribuídas directamente pela FCT, I.P. no País (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Tabela_de_Valores_SMM_2022.pdf). O pagamento será efectuado, mensalmente, por transferência bancária.

Métodos de selecção: A selecção será efectuada por análise curricular de acordo com os critérios solicitados.

Composição do Júri de Selecção: Doutora Ana Sofia Pina (presidente), Doutora Sarela Garcia-Santamarina (vogal), Doutor Pedro Matos Pereira (vogal), Doutora Leonor Morgado (vogal suplente).

Documentos de candidatura: As candidaturas devem ser formalizadas, obrigatoriamente, através do envio dos seguintes documentos: Carta de motivação, Curriculum Vitae detalhado, Cópia dos certificados de habilitações, Caso o grau tenha sido conferido por instituição de ensino superior estrangeira, o candidato tem de apresentar o certificado de reconhecimento do mesmo, passado pela Direcção Geral do Ensino Superior (DGES) ou por uma universidade pública Portuguesa, até á assinatura do contrato. Sobre este assunto poderá ser consultada a página da DGES: https://www.dges.gov.pt/en. 

Forma de notificação dos resultados: Todos os candidatos serão notificados do resultado final através de e-mail.

Prazos e procedimentos de reclamação e recurso: Caso o resultado seja desfavorável à concessão da bolsa requerida, os candidatos têm um prazo de 10 dias úteis, após a divulgação dos resultados, para se pronunciarem, querendo, em sede de audiência prévia de interessados, nos termos previstos no Código do Procedimento Administrativo

Prazo de candidatura: O concurso encontra-se aberto no período de 14 a 27 de Fevereiro de 2023.

As candidaturas devem ser remetidas exclusivamente por via electrónica (indicar no \"subject” o nome do candidato e Referência do anúncio) para:

Doutora Ana Sofia Pina

ana.pina@itqb.unl.pt

Anúncio Ref. 019/BI/2023

ITQB NOVA

OEIRAS

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier

Application for a Bachelor Fellowship

within the project PRR Vertical-Algas, Sub-Project 6-Agriculture

Applications are open for a Bachelor Fellowship in the scope of the project: “PRR Vertical-Algas, Sub-Project 6-Agriculture, funded by Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência - - Agendas/Alianças mobilizadoras para a reindustrialização.

Scientific Areas: Plant Biology and soil microbiology

Academic degree: We are seeking candidates with a bachelor degree in Biology, Agronomy or related areas.

Other requisites:

• Some training in plant biology, molecular biology;

• Preference will be given to candidates with additional training in basic microbiology;

• Fluency in English (spoken and written)

• Being enrolled in a Master of Science or non-academic degree course (by the time of the signature of the contract), in accordance with number 2 of the Article 6th of “Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.”, law in force (Mandatory). 

Working Plan:  The candidate will work with rice and tomato and test several algae extracts along plant developmental stages. The selected candidate will also work to grow soil bacteria in pure cultures and characterize them morphologically. 

Applicable Law and Regulations: Status of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law number 40/2004, of August 18th, changed and republished by Ordinance 202/2012 of August 27th and changed by Ordinance 233/2012 of October 29th and by Law 12/2013 of January 29th and by Ordinance 89/2013 of July 9th and by the Ordinance 123/2019 of August 28th; 

Regulations for Research Fellowships from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf).

Working Place: The work will be carried out in the Plant Functional Genomics Laboratory, and iPlantMicro at ITQB NOVA under the supervision of Doctor Ana Paula Santos, Doctor Juan Ignacio Vílchez and Professor M. Margarida Oliveira.

Duration of the fellowship: The fellowship will have the duration of 6 months, eventually renewable, expected to start in April 2023, on a full-time basis, according to Fellowship Regulations of Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P..

Stipend amount: EUR 930,98 €, according to the table of values of grants awarded directly by the FCT, I.P. in the Country (https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_2023.pdf) and payment will be made, monthly, through bank transfer.

Selection Methodology: Selection of the candidates will be done by curricular analyses in agreement with the criteria defined. In case it is considered justified, an interview will be requested and will account for 20%.

Composition of the Jury: President of the Jury:  Professor M. Margarida Oliveira; Other members: Doctor Ana Paula Santos and Doctor Juan Ignacio Vílchez. Substitute: Doctor Tiago Lourenço

Documents to submit for application: It is mandatory that all applications include a Motivation letter, a Detailed CV, Copies of degree certificate. If the degree has been conferred by a non-Portuguese higher education institution, the selected candidate must obtain the certificate of degree recognition, issued by the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education or by a Portuguese Public Higher Education Institution, until the signature of the contract. Regarding this issue, please consult the website of the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education: https://www.dges.gov.pt/en.

Notification of results: All candidates will be notified of the final results through e-mail.

Deadlines and procedures: The candidates that were not selected have a period of 10 working days, after the disclosure Applicable Law and Regulations: Status of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law number 40/2004, of August 18th, changed and republished by Ordinance 202/2012 of August 27th and changed by Ordinance 233/2012 of October 29th and by Law 12/2013 of January 29th and by Ordinance 89/2013 of July 9th and by the Ordinance 123/2019 of August 28th.

Application period: The application period is open from 1 March until 16 March 2023.

Applications should be sent as one PDF, and indicating in the subject the name of the candidate and the reference of the announcement, exclusively by electronic means to:

Professor M. Margarida Oliveira

mmolive@itqb.unl.pt

Announcement Ref. 024/BI/2023

ITQB NOVA

Oeiras

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier

Application for a Master Fellowship

within the project PRR Vertical-Algas, Sub-Project 6-Agriculture

Applications are open for a Master Fellowship in the scope of the project: “PRR Vertical-Algas, Sub-Project 6-Agriculture, funded by Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência - Agendas/Alianças mobilizadoras para a reindustrialização.

Scientific Areas: Plant Stress Biology and soil microbiology

Academic degree: We are seeking candidates with a Diploma degree in Biology, Agronomy or related areas and a MSc degree in Biology, Agronomy or related areas.

Other requisites:

• Previous experience in plant biology, molecular biology and biochemistry;

• Preference will be given to candidates with additional experience in basic microbiology

• Fluency in English (spoken and written);

• Being enrolled in a PhD or a non-academic degree course (e.g., plant phenotyping) (by the time of the signature of the contract), in accordance with number 2 of the Article 6th of “Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.”, law in force (Mandatory). 

Working Plan: The candidate will work with rice and tomato and test several algae extracts along plant developmental stages (seed-to-seed) and response to abiotic stresses. Work will also be conducted to identify culturable soil bacteria, analyse population changes depending on external factors and characterize the cultures at biochemical level. 

Applicable Law and Regulations: Status of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law number 40/2004, of August 18th, changed and republished by Ordinance 202/2012 of August 27th and changed by Ordinance 233/2012 of October 29th and by Law 12/2013 of January 29th and by Ordinance 89/2013 of July 9th and by the Ordinance 123/2019 of August 28th; 

Regulations for Research Fellowships from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf).

Working Place: The work will be carried out in the Plant Functional Genomics Laboratory, and iPlantMicro at ITQB NOVA under the supervision of Doctor Ana Paula Santos, Doctor Juan Ignacio Vílchez and Professor M. Margarida Oliveira.

Duration of the fellowship: The fellowship will have the duration of 12 months, eventually renewable, expected to start in April 2023, on a full-time basis, according to Fellowship Regulations of Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P..

Stipend amount: EUR 1199,64 €, according to the table of values of grants awarded directly by the FCT, I.P. in the Country (https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_2023.pdf) and payment will be made, monthly, through bank transfer.

Selection Methodology: Selection of the candidates will be done by curricular analyses in agreement with the criteria defined. In case it is considered justified, an interview will be requested and will account for 20%.

Composition of the Jury: President of the Jury:  Professor M. Margarida Oliveira; Other members: Doctor Ana Paula Santos and Doctor Juan Ignacio Vílchez. Substitute: Doctor Tiago Lourenço

Documents to submit for application: It is mandatory that all applications include a Motivation letter, a Detailed CV, Copies of degree certificates. If the degree has been conferred by a non-Portuguese higher education institution, the selected candidate must obtain the certificate of degree recognition, issued by the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education or by a Portuguese Public Higher Education Institution, until the signature of the contract. Regarding this issue, please consult the website of the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education: https://www.dges.gov.pt/en.

Notification of results: All candidates will be notified of the final results through e-mail.

Deadlines and procedures for complaints and appeals: The candidates that were not selected have a period of 10 working days, after the disclosure Applicable Law and Regulations: Status of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law number 40/2004, of August 18th, changed and republished by Ordinance 202/2012 of August 27th and changed by Ordinance 233/2012 of October 29th and by Law 12/2013 of January 29th and by Ordinance 89/2013 of July 9th and by the Ordinance 123/2019 of August 28th.

Application period: The application period is open from 1 March until 16 March 2023.

Applications should be sent as one PDF, and indicating in the subject the name of the candidate and the reference of the announcement, exclusively by electronic means to:

Professor M. Margarida Oliveira

mmolive@itqb.unl.pt

Announcement Ref. 023/BI/2023

ITQB NOVA

Oeiras

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier – ITQB NOVA

Application for a Master Fellowship

within the project HR22-00722

Applications are invited for a Master Fellowship in the scope of the project entitled “The BioPlaTTAR Platform for the Tailored and Rapid Development of Antiviral Biopharmaceuticals”, reference HR22-00722, funded by “La Caixa” Foundation and by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia I.P./MCTES, through national funding (PIDDAC).

Main Scientific Areas & Sub-Research Fields: Biology Sciences – Biochemistry

Academic degree: We are seeking candidates with a Master´s degree in Biochemistry, Biology or related areas (i.e., Biology, Microbiology, Biomedicine, Biophysics, Chemistry etc.) with a bachelor´s degree classification of 15 (or higher) and a master´s degree classification of 19 (or higher).

Other requirements: 

• Experience in cloning, protein expression and purification.

• Experience with proteins from SARS-CoV-2.

• Experience with enzymatic characterization and testing of chemical compounds

• Being enrolled in a PhD or a non-academic degree course (by the time of the signature of the contract), in accordance with number 2 of the Article 6th of “Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.”, law in force (Mandatory).

Working Plan: The successful candidate will clone, express and purify proteins from SARS-CoV-2, characterize its enzymatic activity and test different compounds predicted to inhibit the activity of these proteins.

Applicable Law and Regulations: Status of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law number 40/2004, of August 18th, changed and republished by Ordinance 202/2012 of August 27th and changed by Ordinance 233/2012 of October 29th and by Law 12/2013 of January 29th and by Ordinance 89/2013 of July 9th and by the Ordinance 123/2019 of August 28th; 

Regulations for Research Fellowships from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf).

Working Place: The work will be carried out in the Proteome Regulation in Plants Lab at ITQB NOVA under supervision of Doctor Isabel Abreu.

Duration of the fellowship: The fellowship will have a duration of 6 months, eventually renewable, expected to start in May 2023, on a full-time basis, according to Fellowship Regulations of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.

Stipend amount: EUR 1199,64 €, according to the table of values of grants awarded directly by the FCT, I.P. in the Country (https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_2023.pdf) and payment will be made, monthly, through bank transfer.

Selection procedure: The evaluation procedure will be primarily based on analyzing the candidates´ CVs and, if necessary, an interview with the selected candidates may occur. In this case, the CV evaluation and the interview will have weights of 50% each.

Jury composition: Doctor Diana Lousa (President); Doctor Rute Matos (effective member); Doctor Margarida Saramago (effective member); Doctor Isabel Abreu (substitute member).

Application documents: The application should be formalized by sending by e-mail (to rmatos@itqb.unl.pt) as a single PDF file containing the following documents: i) a cover letter indicating the corresponding fellowship reference; ii) motivation letter including the names and e-mail addresses of two possible references; iii) detailed Curriculum Vitae; iv) degree certificate. If the degree has been conferred by a non-Portuguese higher education institution, the selected candidate must obtain the certificate of degree recognition, issued by the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education or by a Portuguese Public Higher Education Institution, until the signature of the contract. Regarding this issue, please consult the website of the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education: https://www.dges.gov.pt/en.

Notification of candidates: All the candidates will be informed of the final result by e-mail.

Deadlines and procedures for complaints and appeals: If the result is not favorable, the candidates have a period of 10 working days, after the disclosure of the results, to comment, if desired, in a prior hearing of interested parties, in the terms provided for in the Code of Administrative Procedure. 

Application period: From 7 to 20 of March 2023

Applications should be sent to:

Doctor Rute Matos

Email: rmatos@itqb.unl.pt

Ref. 025/BI/2023

OEIRAS

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier – ITQB NOVA

Application for a Scientific Initiation Fellowship

within the PRR Project “Vertical Algas”, Sub-Project 3-Alto Valor: Desenvolvimento de aplicações inovadoras e de alto valor para os mercados da Nutracêutica e Cosmecêutica

Applications are invited for a Scientific Initiation Fellowship Fellowship in the scope of the project “PRR Vertical-Algas, Sub-Project 3-Alto Valor: Desenvolvimento de aplicações inovadoras e de alto valor para os mercados da Nutracêutica e Cosmecêutica, funded by Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência - Agendas/Alianças mobilizadoras para a reindustrialização.

Scientific Area: Biological Sciences / Biology

Academic degree: Secondary Education (12th grade) or equivalent in science and technology

Other requisites: 

• Relevant laboratory experience namely in mycology, analytical chemistry and microscopy;

• Planning and organization skills;

• Proficient in spoken and written English;

• Being enrolled in Bachelor or a Master Course, in accordance with Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia from FCT, law in force.

Working Plan: The fellow will provide technical support in the work plan that aims at screening the production of bioactive compounds in macroalgae. 

Applicable Law and Regulations: Status of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law number 40/2004, of August 18th, changed and republished by Ordinance 202/2012 of August 27th and changed by Ordinance 233/2012 of October 29th and by Law 12/2013 of January 29th and by Ordinance 89/2013 of July 9th and by the Ordinance 123/2019 of August 28th; 

Regulations for Research Fellowships from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf).

Working Place: The work will be carried out in the Applied and Environmental Mycology laboratory at ITQB NOVA, under supervision of Professor Cristina Silva Pereira.

Duration of the fellowship: The fellowship will have the duration of 6 months, eventually renewable, expected to start in April 2023, on a full-time basis, according to according to Fellowship Regulations of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.

Stipend amount: 541,12 €, according to the table of values of grants awarded directly by the FCT, I.P. in the Country (https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_2023.pdf) and payment will be made, monthly, through bank transfer.

Selection procedure: The evaluation procedures will be based on the analysis of the candidates´ Motivation Letter and CV, and if needed an interview for the selected candidates may take place. In this case, the curriculum evaluation and the interview will have a weight of insert the 50% each.

Jury composition: 

Professor Cristina Silva Pereira (president of the jury),

Doctor Patrícia Gonçalves (effective member), 

Doctor Isabel Martins (effective member),

Doctor Vanessa Correia (substitute member).

Application documents: The application should be formalized in a cover letter indicating the corresponding fellowship reference together with the following documents: Motivation Letter, detailed Curriculum Vitae, and scholar certificates. All documents should be sent by email in a single pdf file. If the degree has been conferred by a non-Portuguese higher education institution, the selected candidate must obtain the certificate of the degree recognition, issued by the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education or by a Portuguese Public Higher Education Institution, until the signature of the contract. Regarding this issue, please consult the website of the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education: https://www.dges.gov.pt/en.

Notification of candidates: All the candidates will be informed of the final result by e-mail.

Deadlines and procedures for complaints and appeals: If the result is not favorable, the candidates have a period of 10 working days, after the disclosure of the results, to comment, if desired, in a prior hearing of interested parties, in the terms provided for in the Code of Administrative Procedure.

Application period: From 7 March until 20 March, 2023.

Applications should be sent to:

Doctor Patricia Gonçalves

Email: pgoncalves@itqb.unl.pt

Ref. 026/BIC/2023

ITQB NOVA

OEIRAS

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier – ITQB NOVA

Application for a Master Fellowship

within the PRR Project “Vertical Algas”, Sub-Project 3-Alto Valor: Desenvolvimento de aplicações inovadoras e de alto valor para os mercados da Nutracêutica e Cosmecêutica

Applications are invited for a Master Fellowship in the scope of the project “PRR Vertical-Algas”, Sub-Project 3-Alto Valor: Desenvolvimento de aplicações inovadoras e de alto valor para os mercados da Nutracêutica e Cosmecêutica, funded by Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência - Agendas/Alianças mobilizadoras para a reindustrialização.

Scientific Area: Biological Sciences / Biology.

Academic degree: Master in Biotechnology and related areas. The Master´s average must be equal to or greater than 17 points (0-20 scale).

Other requisites: 

• Relevant experience in mycology, analytical methods (TLC, HPLC, NMR) and molecular biology;

• Experience in the extraction and evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of extracts derived from macroalgae;

• At least two years of laboratory experience in the work field of the grant;

• Very good planning and organization skills;

• Proficient in spoken and written English;

• Being enrolled in a PhD, or in a non-academic degree course, in accordance with number 2 of the Article 6th of Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia from FCT, law in force.

Working Plan: The work plan is part of a project that aims at developing new antimicrobial therapies focused on the production and isolation of bioactive compounds extracted from macroalgae.

Applicable Law and Regulations: Status of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law number 40/2004, of August 18th, changed and republished by Ordinance 202/2012 of August 27th and changed by Ordinance 233/2012 of October 29th and by Law 12/2013 of January 29th and by Ordinance 89/2013 of July 9th and by the Ordinance 123/2019 of August 28th; 

Regulations for Research Fellowships from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf).

Working Place: The work will be carried out in the Applied and Environmental Mycology laboratory at ITQB NOVA, under supervision of Professor Cristina Silva Pereira.

Duration of the fellowship: The fellowship will have the duration of 12 months, eventually renewable, expected to start in April 2023, on a full-time basis, according to according to Fellowship Regulations of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.

Stipend amount: 1199.64 €, according to the table of values of grants awarded directly by the FCT, I.P. in the Country (https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_2023.pdf) and payment will be made, monthly, through bank transfer.

Selection procedure: The evaluation procedures will be based on the analysis of the candidates´ Motivation letter and CV, and if needed an interview for the selected candidates may take place. In this case, the curriculum evaluation and the interview will have a weight of insert the 50% each.

Jury composition: 

Professor Cristina Silva Pereira (president of the jury),

Doctor Patrícia Gonçalves (effective member), 

Doctor Isabel Martins (effective member),

Doctor Vanessa Correia (substitute member).

Application documents: The application should be formalized in a cover letter indicating the corresponding fellowship reference together with the following documents: Motivation Letter, a detailed Curriculum Vitae, and the degree/master certificates. All documents should be sent by email in a single pdf file. If the degree has been conferred by a non-Portuguese higher education institution, the selected candidate must obtain the certificate of the degree recognition, issued by the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education or by a Portuguese Public Higher Education Institution, until the signature of the contract. Regarding this issue, please consult the website of the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education: https://www.dges.gov.pt/en.

Notification of candidates: All the candidates will be informed of the final result by e-mail.

Deadlines and procedures for complaints and appeals: If the result is not favorable, the candidates have a period of 10 working days, after the disclosure of the results, to comment, if desired, in a prior hearing of interested parties, in the terms provided for in the Code of Administrative Procedure.

Application period: From 7 March until 20 March, 2023.

Applications should be sent to:

Doctor Patricia Gonçalves

Email: pgoncalves@itqb.unl.pt

Ref. 027/BI/2023

ITQB NOVA

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