ITQB NOVA hosts Doctoral INPhINIT Fellowships from “la Caixa” Foundation

The ‘la Caixa’ doctoral INPhINIT Fellowship programme is accepting applications until February 2020. ITQB NOVA is one of the host institutions, with nine research projects available within the Incoming call.

The programme holds two calls:

• Incoming will support 35 PhD students who have resided for less than 12 months in the last three years in the country in which they wish to carry out their research in STEM. In Portugal, candidates can apply to selected projects within research units rated Excellent by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), such as all three ITQB NOVA research units. Scholarships are also available for selected research centres in Spain. The deadline is 4 February.
• Retaining will support 30 PhD students who have resided for over 12 months in the last three years in the country in which they wish to carry out their research. This call targets researchers willing to pursue their PhD in any research domain and at any University or Research Centre in Portugal or Spain. Therefore, ITQB NOVA programmes are also eligible. The deadline is 26 February.

Candidates of all nationality can apply to these three-year fellowships.

Find out more about the ITQB NOVA projects available for Incoming applicants:

• The role of the ER membrane complex (EMC) in the biogenesis of transmembrane proteins (Pedro Domingos, Cell Signaling in Drosophila Lab, MOSTMICRO-ITQB) more info
• Tailoring enzymes to serve as technological tools in the biorefinery field (Lígia O Martins, Microbial & Enzyme Technology Lab, MOSTMICRO-ITQB) more info
• Pathogen-driven phase separation during infection (Tiago Cordeiro, Dynamic Structural Lab, MOSTMICRO-ITQB) more info
• Novel Antiviral Agents for HIV resistant strains (Ana Petronilho, Bioorganometallic Chemistry Lab, MOSTMICRO-ITQB) more info
• New organocatalysts for light activated asymmetric catalysis (Rita Ventura, Bioorganic Chemistry Lab, MOSTMICRO-ITQB) more info
• Manganese Complexes as New Drugs Against Antimicrobial Resistance (Beatriz Royo, Organometallic Catalysis Lab, MOSTMICRO-ITQB) more info
• INITIATION - Sulfide Sensing and Homeostasis in Bacterial Pathogens (José Brito, Membrane Protein Crystallography Lab, MOSTMICRO-ITQB) more info
• Exploring thermophilic organisms for enhanced biocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide (Inês Cardoso Pereira, Bacterial Energy Metabolism Lab, MOSTMICRO-ITQB) more info
• Exploring anammox bacteria towards a more sustainable environment (Filipe Folgosa, Metalloenzymes and Molecular Bioenergetics Lab, MOSTMICRO-ITQB) more info
• Assembly and functional architecture of the Clostridioides difficile spore surface layers (Adriano O. Henriques, Microbial Development Lab, MOSTMICRO-ITQB) more info
• Understanding RuBP regeneration to improve crop productivity (Nelson Saibo, Plant Gene Regulation Lab, GREEN-IT) more info
• Regulation of photosynthesis by sugars: understanding the mechanisms to improve crop yields (Elena Baena-Gonzalez, Plant Stress Signaling, GREEN-IT) more info
• Physiological and molecular mechanisms behind cereal crop adaptation to climate change (Rubén Vicente Pérez, soon at GREEN-IT Research Unit at ITQB NOVA) more info
• Building a regulatory network for cork development under different water regimes, from field to genes (Maria Margarida Oliveira, Plant Functional Genomics Lab, GREEN-IT) more info

• Unravelling the role of astrocyte-induced neural microenvironment remodelling in traumatic brain injury pathobiology (Catarina Brito, Advanced Cell Models Lab, iNOVA4Health) more info

• Targeting human hydrogen sulfide metabolism against ovarian and breast cancer (João Filipe Bogalho Vicente, Structural Genomics Lab, iNOVA4Health) more info

• Melanoma-on-a-chip (Abel Martin González Oliva, Biomolecular-diagnostic Lab, iNOVA4Health) more info

• Foodomics approaches to unveil the health benefits of virgin olive oiL towards colorectal cancer (Ana Teresa de Carvalho Negrão Serra, Food Functionality and Bioactives Lab, iNOVA4Health) more info

• Advancing Manufacture of cell-based therapy products through metabolic understanding: application in ischemic Heart diseases (MyHeart) (Maria Margarida de Carvalho Negrão Serra, Stem Cell Bioengineering Lab, iNOVA4Health) more info

Our projects leaders will happy to answer any questions you may have. Please visit the ‘la Caixa’ Foundation website for further information and application conditions.