1 (one) Research Fellowship (BI) for a PhD Student Lisboa

Offer Description

1 (one) Research Fellowship (BI) for a Ph
D Student

• Scientific Area: Agricultural Sciences, Agricultural and Food Biotechnology
• Admission requirements: Have a Master degree, as well as laboratory experience with molecular Biology protocols. Bioinformatic skills including sequence analysis.
• Additional optional skills and qualifications: experience in plant nucleic acid extraction and volatiles extraction; bioinformatic skills with NGS data.
• Contracting requirements: Presentation of the academic qualifications and/or diplomas, if applicable. Enrolment in Ph
  D course.
• Work plan: Aromatic and medicinal plants are very interesting considering the compounds they produce some of them with important properties for humans, including medicinal applications. Within the biodiversity found in Mediterranean climates, where Portugal is included, Thymus caespititius Brot is an interesting plant due to the diverse volatiles and essential oils rich in terpenes it produces. This species in understudied, and it is known that in the Azores archipelago this species presents a high variability in its chemotypes, while in mainland Portugal and Madeira a low chemical variability is found. In this study we propose to study the transcriptomics and chemotypes of some important accessions of this species. The plant collection has already been performed for mainland Portugal and Azores, and the work will proceed with RNA extraction followed by sequencing (NGS) to compare with the volatiles of the same plants. The work plan comprises the following tasks: 1) RNA extraction with good quality from leafy material collected and kept in an ultrafreeze at -80ºC. 2) Sequencing through NGS outsourcing and interpretation of data from bioinformatic analysis. 3) Hydrodistillation of leafy material already collected and kept in a freeze at -20ºC. 4) GC and GC/MS (Gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry) analyses 5) Data interpretation and integration to understand genetic polymorphisms and chemotypes.
• Place of work: The work will be developed at thec
  E3c – Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, under the scientific supervision of Professor Maria Helena Trindade Donato.
• Fellowship duration: This position is initially opened for 6 months due to start in October 2025. The fellowship contract may be potentially renewed until the end of the project, in accordance with the provisions of Regulation of Research Fellowships from the Foundation for Science and Technology, I. P.
• Monthly allowance: The fellowship amounts to €1309, 64, according to table values of the fellowships awarded directly by the FCT, IP. The fellowship holder will have a personal accident insurance and can ensure the right to social security through adherence to the voluntary social insurance scheme, if not covered by any other social protection scheme, pursuant to Código dos Regimes Contributivos do Sistema Previdencial de Segurança Social. The fellowship will be paid monthly by bank transfer.
• Evaluation and selection process: Candidates will be assessed by a) curriculum vitae evaluation: 70%, b) motivation letter: 30%. If considered necessary by the jury, an interview may be carried out with the 2 best candidates in sum of criteria a) and b). If there is an interview, the sum of the classification obtained in the evaluation criteria a) and b) will correspond to 90% of the final classification and the interview will correspond to 10%. Applicants whose application is scored with a final classification of less than 50 points are not eligible for granting a fellowship.
• Publication/notification of results: All the candidates will be notified by
  - mail, sent by the call holder, with the selection meeting minutes enclosed.
• Deadlines: This call for applications is open from 29/09/2025 to 10/10/2025.
• Application: Applications should be sent via
  - mail to mhdonato@fc. ul. pt, by attaching the following documents: a) Curriculum vitae; b) Certificate of completion of previous degree Note 1, 2.
• Processing of personal data: FCiências. ID – Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, as the controller under the General Data Protection Regulation, collects and processes the personal data requested in the context indicated in paragraph 14. , under the legitimate interests in ensuring the award of the research fellowship to candidates with the indicated profile. The personal data will be kept for the period necessary for the execution of the purposes for which they are intended, being ensured the processing and protection in an appropriate and diligent way, the confidentiality and integrity of these data, through appropriate technical and organizational measures. Personal data may be transmitted to third parties, namely the entity funding the research project, solely for the purposes specifically established. In this sense, whenever the transfer of personal data to countries outside the European Union and/or international organizations is necessary, compliance with the applicable legal provisions is ensured. You have the right to request access, rectification, elimination, limitation of processing, the right to object and also data portability (if technically feasible), through the
  - mail address: dpo@fciencias-id. pt. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the National Data Protection Commission. For more information, we recommend consulting the Internal Rules of Data Protection of FCiências. ID - Association for Research and Development of Sciences at https://fciencias-id. pt/.
• Time limits for the appeal procedure: In case of negative decision, the candidates have 10 business days, after the date of announcement of the results of the candidates’ evaluation, to pronounce their disagreement in accordance with the Código do Procedimento Administrativo. Appeals against the final decision may be submitted to the Administration Board of FCiências. ID ( fciencias. id@fciencias-id. pt ) within 15 business days after the notification date.

Note 1: The documents that prove the entitlement of the academic qualifications and diplomas can be dismissed during the application period and replaced by a declaration on their honour from the applicant. Their delivery is mandatory for the fellowship contractualization.

Number of offers available 1

Company/Institute c
E3c – Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes

Country Portugal State/Province Lisboa City Lisboa Postal Code 1749-016 Street Campus da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa