022/BI/2024 - Fellowship for Masters

21 Feb 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier ITQB NOVA

Research Field

Chemistry » Other

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Portugal

Application Deadline

6 Mar 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)

Type of Contract

To be defined

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

35

Offer Starting Date

22 Feb 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Reference Number

022/BI/2024

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier
Application for a Master Fellowship
within the internal ITQB NOVA project IC223011

Applications are invited for a Master Fellowship in the scope of an internal ITQB NOVA project (IC223011).

Scientific Area: Chemistry.

Academic degree: Applicants should hold an MSc degree in the areas of Computational Chemistry, Computational Biochemistry, Computational Biology or Computational Physics, with a final score no lower than 16/20.

Other requisites:
We are looking for a young, highly motivated and creative researcher, looking forward to embracing a challenging project to advance simulation of membrane pores. Candidates should:
-    have experience in molecular dynamics simulations;
-    have experience in the simulation of coarse-grained biomolecular systems, preferably of biological membranes;
-    have experience in the development of coarse-grain molecular dynamic parameters;
-    have experience with the Linux operating system and scripting languages such as Python;
-    be interested in developing innovative research and in progressing as scientists;
-    have capacity to supervise younger students;
-    be proficient in spoken and written English;
-    be available to start in April 2024.
-    be enrolled, by the date of the start of the contract, in a PhD, or in a non-academic degree course, in accordance with the Article 6th of “Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. from FCT”, law in force.
A one-page motivation letter must be included stating the candidate’s expertise and motivation for developing this project.

Working Plan: The candidate will employ specific simulation and analysis methods to evaluate and further develop the Martini coarse-grained force-field, towards a more realistic description of pore formation in membranes.
The selected candidate will:
-    characterize the current state of the Martini force-field in the formation of pores;
-    identify structural and dynamic determinants responsible for any lack of representativity in pore formation;
-    study pore formation in conjugation with the presence of membrane-active peptides;
-    propose new force-field parameters that bring Martini poration better in line with expected behavior.

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://former.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019DR.pdf ).

Working Place: The work will be carried out in the Multiscale Modeling Lab at ITQB NOVA, under supervision of Doctor Manuel N. Melo.

Duration of the fellowship: The fellowship will have the duration of 6 months, eventually renewable, expected to start in April 2024, on a full-time basis, according to Fellowship Regulations of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.

Stipend amount: €1259,64, 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/2024/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_atu… ) and payment will be made, monthly, through bank transfer.

Selection procedure: The evaluation procedures will be based on a ranking of the candidates’ CVs. Interviews will be carried out for the top ranked candidates only if their CV scores are within a short range of one another. The CV evaluation and interview will then have a weight of 50% each. If interviews are not necessary, selection will be made solely by ranking the eligible applicants’ CV scores.

Jury composition:
Doctor Manuel N. Melo (president)
Doctor Diana Lousa (effective)
Doctor João B. Vicente (effective)
Professor Cláudio M. Soares (substitute)

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 for MSc and BSc degrees including final grades converted to the Portuguese system. All documents should be in a single pdf file, preferably sent by email and mentioning the reference below. If the MSc/BSc degrees have been conferred by a non-Portuguese higher education institution, the selected candidate must obtain the certificates 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 22nd of February to 6th of March, 2024.

Applications should be sent to:
Doctor Manuel N. Melo
[email protected]
Ref. 022/BI/2024
ITQB NOVA
OEIRAS

 

Requirements

Research Field

Chemistry » Other

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Additional Information
Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

ITQB NOVA

Country

Portugal

State/Province

Oeiras

City

Oeiras

Postal Code

2780-156

Street

Av da Republica, INIAV

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

State/Province

Lisboa

City

Oeiras

Website

http://www.itqb.unl.pt/

Street

Av. da República, E.A.N

Postal Code

2780-156

E-Mail

[email protected]

STATUS: EXPIRED