Pursuant to the provisions of article 11, paragraph 2, of Decree-Law no. 57/2016, of August 29, it becomes public that by Dean’s decree of October 25, 2022, the opening of an international selection competition procedure was authorized for the completion of a Assistant Researcher job vacancy in the scientific areas of Biomedicine, with special emphasis on the area of Cellular and Molecular Biology, under the funding 02/SAICT/2020/072552 granted by the Programa Operacional Regional de Lisboa supported by the FEDER and by national funds, through the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (FCT, I.P.), under an uncertain fixed-term employment contract, under the Labor Code, at Faculdade de Ciências Médicas|NOVA Medical School (FCM|NMS), Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (UNL).
Application deadline: December 14, 2022.
- The position of Assistant Researcher, in the scientific area of Biomedicine, with
special emphasis on the area of Cellular and Molecular Biology, with a view to the performance of following functions:
a) Detailed study of the biogenesis of exosomes and their possible functions;
b) Study of the role of exosomes in COVID-19 disease;
c) Development of research projects in the scientific area of the competition and obtaining financing.
- Admission requirements:
Candidates for the contest may be nationals, foreigners and stateless persons, holders
of a scientific and professional curriculum that reveals an adequate profile for the activity to be developed, with the following requirements:
a) Curriculum vitae that reveals experience in the area of Biomedicine, with special emphasis on the study of exosomes and COVID-19;
b) For the purposes of evaluating the Curriculum vitae, candidates must prove their overall scientific production and over the last 5 years, by publication in scientific journals, which are part of the Scopus database, by adding the impact factor of the 2 best publications of the last 5 years, as first author or corresponding author, of at least 25.
- Documents that must accompany the application:
i) Career development plan describing the relevance of the scientific path and other activities carried out for the functions to be performed;
ii) Detailed curriculum vitae in accordance with the application requirements;
iii) Copy of doctoral certificate or diploma. If the qualification has been conferred by a foreign higher education institution, it will have to be recognized by a Portuguese higher education institution, in accordance with the provisions of Decree-Law no. 66/2018, published in the Diário da República, 1st series, n. 157, of August 16, 2018, and any formalities established therein must be fulfilled by the date of the contracting;
iv) Copy of the 5 most relevant publications;
v) Other documents relevant to the assessment of the adequacy of the requested profile.
Additional Information in the attached Notice (Portuguese and English versions) and on the EURAXESS platform.