Description
Organisation/Company: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária
Research Field: Biological sciences › Biology
Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)
Application Deadline: 24/06/2022 00:00 - Europe/London
Location: Portugal › Lisboa
Type Of Contract: Temporary
Job Status: Full-time
Hours Per Week: 35
Offer Starting Date: 11/05/2022
The fellowship is integrated in the research project “EMOTION - authEntic
cheesoMics: from big data, through labOratory, towards the future of protected
desIgnation of OrigiN” (PTDC/OCE-ETA/1785/2020), financed by national funds
(PIDDAC) through FCT/MCTES.
Duration of the fellowship is 6 months, renewable, for an equal period of time
and with the maximum duration of 1 year (12 months). Renovation is
conditioned by the achievement of the aims displayed in the description of the
experimental work. A final report must be presented.
The fellowship holder will participate in the isolation, characterization and
maintenance of microorganisms isolated from food, in the optimization and
application of OMIC technologies (e.g., metagenOMICs) for the
characterization of Portuguese traditional cheeses and corresponding data
analysis. The fellowship holder will also participate in the elaboration of
the project's indicators and results dissemination, through scientific
publications and participation in conferences, as well as in other tasks
related to the project's implementation.
To apply to this fellowship, under penalty of non-admission, applicants must
include the following documents: (1) Letter of interest; (2) Detailed
curriculum vitae, additional training and professional experience, and other
supporting documents considered relevant; (3) Certificates of qualification
of the academic degrees held, specifying the final classification and, if
possible, the classifications obtained in all subjects taken, or,
alternatively, the candidate's declaration of honor that he completed the
master's degree by the end of the term of this application; (4) Record of
recognition of academic degrees awarded by foreign higher education
institutions and record of the conversion of the respective final
classification to the Portuguese classification scale, or, alternatively, the
candidate's declaration of honor that she/he obtained recognition of the
foreign degree equivalent to that of graduated by the end of the application
period (applicable to candidates holding foreign academic degrees); (5)
Declaration of enrollment in a course not leading to an academic degree, in
the academic year 2021/2022. This document can be replaced by a declaration of
commitment of honor by the candidate, with verification of this condition
occurring only in the phase of contracting the fellowship; and (6) all
application documents, including the motivation letter, must be written in
Portuguese or in English
Benefits
Fellowship attributed directly by FCT, I.P. according to details displayed at
the following website: https: // www. fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores
Selection process
Applications considered admissible will be scored on a scale from 0 to 20,
taking into account the candidate's merit and the result in each of the
following evaluation criteria:
Criterion A: Curricular evaluation, with a weight of 60%;
Master's Degree in the area of the competition with a classification higher
than 16 points (40%)
Scientific publications in Microbiology (10%), only indexed journals will be
considered, publications in Q1 journals focused on Food Microbiology of
Traditional Portuguese Products will receive a bonus; Proven experience in the
methodologies mentioned in point 5 (10%)
Criterion B: Motivation letter (10%)
Criterion C: Other factors considered relevant, including participation in
specialty conferences and involvement in activities considered relevant within
the scope of the project (10%)
Criterion D: Interview, with a weight of 20% (limited to the four candidates
with the best classification resulting from the application of criteria A, B
and C).
Note: If the interview is not carried out, the 20% weight given to it adds to
the weighting of the motivation letter.
For the purposes of the decision on the granting of the research fellowship,
candidates will be ranked according to the weighted average of the
classification obtained in each of the four criteria, translated by the
following formula:
Final Classification =( 0.6 ×A)+( 0.1 ×B)+( 0.1 ×C) +( 0.2 ×D)
Additional comments
Research in Microbiology (preferably food microbiology and/or MetagenOMICs)
Required Languages: Portuguese; English
Required Education Level: Main Research Field / Level Biological Sciences-
Microbiology/MSc
Web site for additional job details
https:// www. fmv.ulisboa.pt
Required Research Experiences
RESEARCH FIELD
Biological sciences › Laboratory animal science
YEARS OF RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1 - 4
Offer Requirements
REQUIRED EDUCATION LEVEL
Biological sciences: Master Degree or equivalent
REQUIRED LANGUAGES
PORTUGUESE: Excellent
OTHER: Good
Skills/Qualifications
Previous experience in laboratorial microbiology, molecular biology and
metagenOMICsPrevious experience in laboratorial microbiology, molecular
biology and metagenOMICs
Specific Requirements
Microbiological laboratorial experience in the last three years.
Publications in Food Microbiology
Experience in data analysis, namely genetic data and MetagenOMICs
Contact Information
Organisation/Company: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária
Department: Biologia
Organisation Type: Higher Education Institute
Website: https:// www. fmv.ulisboa.pt/
E-Mail: tlemsaddek@fmv.ulisboa.pt
Country: Portugal
City: Lisboa
State/Province: Lisboa
Postal Code: 1300-477
Street: Av. da Universidade Técnica
