Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships - (BL119/2024-IST-ID) - #240412

Applications are open for 01 Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship(s), within the framework of the project “Pacto da Bioeconomia Azul” (“Blue Bioeconomy Pact at Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento (IST-ID) (Reference C632741873-00467082, investment n.º 16), financed by the European Union and national funds through the “Instituto de Apoio às Pequenas e Médias Empresas e à Inovação” (IAPMEI) and the Recovery and Resilience Plan

Workplan and objectives: ­­

1. Conduct advanced scientific research, blending experimental biology with genomics and metagenomics approaches, on the diversity and roles played by microbial symbionts in macroalgal health and growth in aquaculture facilities;

2. Use bioinformatics tools to process and analyze genomics/metagenomics data (amplicon and shotgun sequencing data) to determine the structure and function of microbiomes across the life-cycle of economically relevant macroalgae (e.g., Porphyra dioica and Porphyra umbilicalis) reared in aquaculture;

3. Perform functional and comparative genomics of bacterial symbionts of macroalgae reared in aquaculture using both genomes from cultivated bacteria and metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) from uncultivated bacteria obtained from macroalgal tissues;

4. Prepare scientific articles and dissemination essays based on the acquired data; co-supervise master and Ph.D. students active on the project (particularly regarding bioinformatics approaches to analyze metagenomics data); and help coordinate science dissemination events (e.g., workshops, colloquia) in the framework of the abovementioned project.

The activities will be carried out in the framework of work package 5 (“WP5 – Algae”) of the “Blue Bioeconomy Pact”, and foster advanced research on the biotechnological potential of algal-bacterial symbioses for the development of safer and viable cultivation of macroalgae in a circular bioeconomy context. The adequate conduction of the workplan is pivotal for the career development of the successful candidate and for the adequate progress of the Blue Bioeconomy Pact project at IST-ID.

Duration: The research fellowship(s) will have a duration of 12 months. It is expected to begin in July 2024, and can be renewed up to the maximum of 36 months, including the duration of the initial contract.

It is mandatory to formalize applications with the submission of the following documents: i) B1 Form – Fellowship application (https://ist-id.pt/concursos/bolsas/ ); ii) Curriculum Vitae; iii)academic degree certificate, or declaration by the granting institution that the degree has been granted to the candidate; iv) motivation letter; v) declaration on honour that the applicant does not exceed with this contract an accumulated period of three years in this type of fellowship, continuously or with interruptions, within the technological and scientific system, and that the research work that led to the PhD degree was carried out in a different entity from the host institution of the fellowship.

Applications must be submitted to the to the following e-mail addresses: *************@tecnico.ulisboa.pt; ***************@tecnico.ulisboa.pt; ******@tecnico.ulisboa.pt