International selection competition procedure for the hiring of a PhD holder under Articles 18 and 20 of Decree-Law no. 57/2016, of August 29, as amended by Law No. 57/2017, of July 19

13 Mar 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

FCM|NMS|UNL

Research Field

Biological sciences

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Country

Portugal

Application Deadline

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

Type of Contract

Other

Job Status

Other

Offer Starting Date

13 Mar 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

European Union / Next Generation EU

Reference Number

5312/2024/2

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

No

Offer Description

NOTICE

International selection competition procedure for the hiring of a PhD holder under Articles 18 and 20 of Decree-Law no. 57/2016, of August 29, as amended by Law No. 57/2017, of July 19

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 march 15, 2023, the opening of an international selection competition procedure was authorized for the completion of a PhD holder job vacancy for the exercise of scientific research activities, under the funding PAS GRAS - Paula Macedo (CC: 93112056002), financed by EUROPEAN HEALTH AND DIGITAL EXECUTIVE AGENCY (HADEA), 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).

 

1- The work as PhD holder in the scope of the project HORIZON-HLTH-2022-STAYHLTH-01-01-two-stage - 101080329 entitled “PAS GRAS – De-risking Metabolic, Environmental and Behavioural Determinants of Obesity in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults”.- Paula Macedo (CC: 93112056002).

Work Plan: Development of a scientific project in the field of metabolism, with a special focus on type 2 diabetes, obesity, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The project will involve a multidisciplinary approach, with pre-clinical and clinical work within the area of type 2 diabetes, obesity, and/or fatty liver, manipulation of human biological samples, respecting current legislation for their use is intended to perform the following functions:

Implementation of animal colonies with different diets: management of the number of animals required for each protocol and assessment of the impact of diet on metabolism, with a main focus on the brain and liver, peripheral metabolism and microbiome;

Analysis of changes in cellular metabolism associated with the different diets (gene expression, activation of cell signalling pathways and inflammation);

Animal cell culture and processing of human biological samples;

Extraction and analysis of proteins by Western Blot.

Preparation of tissue slices for analysis by immunohistochemistry.

Capacity to develop clinical investigation and processing of human biological samples;

Detailed characterisation of the metabolic phenotype and genotypic of individuals with obesity and/or type 2 diabetes, with or without non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

2 - General requirements of the application:

Candidates may be Portuguese nationals, foreigners and stateless persons, and should holder a scientific and professional curriculum that reveals an adequate profile for the activity to be developed, with the following requirements:

a) Holder of PhD in Biomedicine or related areas.

3 - Specific requirements of the application:

The curriculum evaluation will take into account the following requirements:

Have a special interest and in the above-mentioned scientific area of the project.

Knowledge of physiology, physiopathology, cell biology in the area.

Competitive curriculum vitae with at least three first-author publications.

DGAV accreditation as a researcher (FELASA category B) for the practice of animal experimentation.

Relevant experience in animal model studies (mongoose).

Relevant experience in cell culture, namely immortalised cell lines, but also primary cell culture, specifically neuronal cells.

Experience in manipulating gene expression by transfection, cDNA and siRNA.

Experience in molecular biology, namely: immunocytochemistry, Western Blot, and ELISA.

Experience in processing and analysing mice and human samples.

Interest in clinical investigation.

High motivation to develop a multidisciplinary research project and work in a team.

Excellent organizational and communication skills.

Proficiency in written and spoken English.

4 - Contracting:

The contracting is made through a fixed uncertain term work contract under the Labor Code, as a PhD holder, and is remunerated according to remuneration level 33 of the single  remuneration table (TRU), pursuant to article 5 of Decree-Law no. 11-A / 2017, of December 29.

5 - Place of work:

The workplace is located on Faculdade de Ciências Médicas|NOVA Medical School (FCM|NMS), Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (UNL), at Campo dos Mártires da Pátria, 130, 1169 -056 Lisboa.

6 - Documents that must instruct the application:

i) Motivation Letter;

ii) Detailed curriculum vitae in accordance with the application requirements.

iii) Copy of doctoral certificate or diploma. If the authorization has been conferred by foreign higher education institution must be recognized by a higher education institution Portuguese, pursuant to the provisions of Decree-Law No. 66/2018, published in the Diário da República, 1st series, no. 157, of August 16, 2018, and any formalities established therein must be complied with up to the date of effectiveness of the contract;

iv) Other documents relevant to the assessment of the adequacy of the requested profile.

7 - Application deadline:

The applications, duly instructed with the documents referred to in item 6 of this Notice, must be submitted within 10 working days of the day immediately following the publication of this Notice in the Diário da República and must be sent by e-mail, indicating the reference in Title to the electronic address [email protected]

Applications can be submitted in Portuguese or English.

The deadline for submitting an application is 24 hours (00:00 hours in Portugal) of the last day of the term.

Non-compliance with the established application submission deadline, as well as the formalization incorrect application, determines the exclusion of the application. The exclusion decision is communicated to the candidates by email, for the purpose of holding the hearing of those interested.

False statements made by candidates will be punished under the terms of the law.

8 - Methods of selection and definition of the respective weights:

a) The curricular evaluation will be performed in a numerical scale ranging from 0 to 20 and will consider the items i) and ii) defined above ascribing the following ponderation:

i) Motivation Letter (30%); ii) Detailed Curriculum vitae (70%).

b) If deemed necessary by the jury, the top three candidates will be selected for an individual interview.

c) In this latter case, the curricular evaluation will have a weight of 90% and the interview a weight of 10%. The final classification of each individual candidate will result from the average of the evaluations provided by the jury members.

d) In case there is no interview, the final classification will be equal to the classification obtained in the curriculum evaluation.

e) In the case of a tie, it is incumbent to the president of the jury to choose the candidate.

f) In accordance with Decree-Law no. 29/2001, of February 3, candidates with disabilities are favoured when equally classified. This prevails above any other legal preference. The candidates must declare their type and degree of disability in their motivation letter, as well as the means of communication/expression to be used in the selection process.

9 - In accordance with article 13 of Decree-Law no. 57/2016, of August 29, the Jury is composed as follows:

President of the Jury – Maria Paula Macedo, Full Professor , Faculdade de Ciências Médicas|NOVA Medical School, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa;

1st Effective Member – Rita Patarrão, Assistant Professor, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas|NOVA Medical School, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa;

2nd Effective Member – Rita Machado de Oliveira, Principal Investigator, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas|NOVA Medical School, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa;

1st Substitute member – Sofia Pereira, Associate Professor, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas|NOVA Medical School, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa.;

2nd Substitute member – João Raposo, Assistant Professor, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas|NOVA Medical School, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa.

The Jury's deliberations are taken by reasoned nominal vote in accordance with the selection criteria adopted and disclosed, with no abstentions allowed.

10 - Participation of the interested parties and decision:

The final ordering is notified to the candidates, by email, so that they can comment on the purpose of holding the hearing for the interested parties, pursuant to article 121 and following of the Code of Administrative Procedure.

After the hearing of the interested parties, the jury assesses the allegations offered and approves the final ranking list of successful candidates.

The final deliberation of the jury is approved by the M.I. Rector of UNL, who is also responsible for decide on hiring.

11 - This Notice is advertised on the Bolsa de Emprego Público, at www.bep.gov.pt , on the first business day following its publication in the Diário da República, as well as on the https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu and on the electronic page of the Faculdade de Ciências Médicas|NOVA Medical School of the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa.

12 - In all that is not expressly provided for in this Notice, the procedure is governed, in particular, by the provisions contained in Decree-Law no. 57/2016, of August 29, as amended by Law no. 57/1017, of July 19, in Regulatory decree no. 11-A / 2017, of December 29, in the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic and in the Code of Administrative Procedure.

13 - Non-discrimination and equal access policy:

Faculdade de Ciências Médicas|NOVA Medical School, an organic unit of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, actively promotes a policy of non-discrimination and equal access, so that no candidate can be privileged, benefited, harmed or deprived of any right or exempt from any duty due, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, economic situation, education, social origin or condition, genetic heritage, reduced working capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality, ethnic origin or race, language, religion, political or ideological convictions and trade union membership.

 

20, fevereiro, 2024. — The Director, Professor Helena Canhão.

 

Requirements

Research Field

Biological sciences

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Additional Information

Website for additional job details

https://www.nms.unl.pt/pt-pt/nova-medical-school/junte-se-a-nms/recrutamento/de…

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

FCM|NMS|UNL

Country

Portugal

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

State/Province

Lisbon

City

Lisbon

Website

https://www.nms.unl.pt/pt-pt/NMS

Street

Campo Mártires da Pátria n.º 130

Postal Code

1169-056

STATUS: EXPIRED