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 February 1, 2022, 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 financed by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, under an uncertain fixed-term employment contract under the Labor Code in the Faculdade de Ciências Médicas|NOVA Medical School, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. Deadline: 9th March 2022.
1 — The PhD work in the scope of Research Project PTDC/CTM -REF/2679/2020, is intended to perform the following functions:
a) In vitro evaluation of films for controlled drug release;
b) Isolation, handling and use of primary fibroblasts;
c) Evaluate the in vivo bicompatibility of films for the controlled release of drugs in a animal model.
2 — General requirements of the application:
a) Portuguese nationals, foreigners or stateless persons, holding a PhD degree in Mechanisms of Disease, Regenerative Medicine;;
b) Holders of a scientific and professional curriculum appropriate to the project to be developed.
If the PhD has been awarded by a foreign higher education institution, it must comply with the provisions of Decree-Law no. 341/2007, of October 12, and any formalities established there must be fulfilled until the formalization of job contract.
3 — Specific requirements of the application:
a) Proven experience (publications, conference communications) in cell culture
and in vitro toxicity/biocompatibility testing of drug delivery systems in ophthalmology;
b) Knowledge proven by publications, communications at conferences in the preparation
of films by the layer-on-layer technique with nanomaterials, namely with graphene oxide;;
c) Proven experience (publications, conference communications) in animal models
of eye diseases, in particular of the retina;
d) Proven experience (publications, conference communications) in handling and
processing and analysis of clinical samples.
4 — Contracting:
The contracting is made through a fixed uncertain term work contract under the Labor Code, as a PhD, and is remunerated according to the 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 the Chronic Diseases Research Center (CEDOC), Faculdade de Ciências Médicas|NOVA Medical School - UNL, Rua Câmara Pestana n.º 6, 1150-082 Lisboa.
6 —Documents that must instruct the application:
i) Motivation letter;
ii) Detailed Curriculum vitae according to the application requirements;
iii) Copy of PhD certificate or diploma;
iv) Other relevant documents for assessing the adequacy of the requested profile.
7 — 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 favored 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.
8 — In accordance with article 13 of Decree-Law no. 57/2016, of August 29, the Jury is composed as follows:
President of the Jury – Professor Gabriela Araújo da Silva, Assistant Professor with Aggregation, NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa;
1st Effective Member – Doctor Quirina Ferreira,Investigator, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Instituto Superior Técnico;
2nd Effective Member – Professor José António Belo, Associate Professor with Aggregation, NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa;
1st Substitute member – Doctor Rune Matthiesen, PhD Researcher, NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa;
2nd Substitute member – Professor Otília Vieira, Assistant Professor, NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa.
9 —Notification of candidates:
Candidates are notified by e-mail.
10 — The ordering lists of the candidates as well as the homologation of the final deliberation of the Jury are made available in the page of the Faculdade de Ciências Médicas|NOVA Medical School.
11 — 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 ec.applications@nms.unl.pt.
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