07/03/2022

Science For Ukraine – COLife is Hosting our colleagues from Ukraine

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Following the current crisis in Ukraine, COLife declares solidarity with our colleagues in Ukraine and invites MSc students, PhD students, Postdocs, and researchers at any level to join one of our Institutes.

You can find bellow all the available positions (this list is being updated during the following days): 

POSITIONS AVAILABLE AT iMM:

- Group Leader: Edgar Gomes

- Website: https://imm.medicina.ulisboa.pt/investigation/laboratories/edgar-gomes-lab/#intro

- Level of scientists: any level (MSc students, PhD students, Postdocs, PIs)

- Expected duration: up to 2 years

- Stipend: Remuneration according to experience

- Contact: edgargomes@medicina.ulisboa.pt

 - Group Leader: Luisa Figueiredo 

Project 1: How do parasites adapt to tissue metabolites? The researcher will use tissue culture systems to test how Trypanosoma brucei adapts its growth and transcriptome to the presence of lypolytic metabolites

Project 2: New biotechnological applications of RNA modifications: The researcher will test the function of m6A in cultured mammalian cells

- Website: https://imm.medicina.ulisboa.pt/investigation/laboratories/luisa-figueiredo-lab/#intro 

- Level of scientists: Masters project or postdoc 

- Expected duration: 12 months

- Stipend:  10.000€/year for Masters student and 20.000€/year for postdoc

- Contact: lpinho@medicina.ulisboa.pt, lmf@medicina.ulisboa.pt

- Group Leader: Gonçalo Bernardes

- Website: www.gbernardeslab.com

- Level of scientists: any level (MSc students, PhD students, Postdocs, PIs)

- Expected duration: 1 year initially

- Stipend: Remuneration, including expenses to travel to and from Portugal

- Contact: gbernardes@medicina.ulisboa.pt; +351 917 630 246

- Group Leader: Bruno Silva-Santos

- Website:  https://imm.medicina.ulisboa.pt/investigation/laboratories/bruno-silva-santos-lab/

- Level of scientists: 1 researcher with a MSc diploma in biological or biomedical sciences

- Expected duration: 12 months 

- Stipend:  1.200  EUR/ month 

- Contact: bssantos@medicina.ulisboa.pt

- Group Leader: Maria M. Mota

- Website: https://imm.medicina.ulisboa.pt/investigation/laboratories/maria-mota-lab  

- Level of scientists: 1 researcher with a MSc diploma or PhD in biological or biomedical sciences

- Expected duration: 6 months initially 

- Stipend:  1.200  EUR/ month (funded by project from FCT/ National Science Foundation)

- Contact: mmota@medicina.ulisboa.pt

- Group Leader: Claus M. Azzalin

- Website: https://imm.medicina.ulisboa.pt/investigation/laboratories/claus-maria-azzalin-lab/#intro

- Level of scientists: 1 student or researcher with a MSc diploma

- Expected duration: Up to 12 months

- Stipend: Available

- Contact: cmazzalin@medicina.ulisboa.pt

- Group Leader: Maria Carmo-Fonseca

- Website:  https://imm.medicina.ulisboa.pt/investigation/laboratories/maria-carmo-fonseca-lab/

- Level of scientists: scientists and lab technicians at any level

- Expected Duration: at least 1 year 

- Stipend: Stipends available

- Contact: carmo.fonseca@medicina.ulisboa.pt

 

Gulbenkian Ciência

POSITIONS AVAILABLE AT IGC:

– Group: Cell Cycle Regulation

– Group Leader: Mónica Bettencourt-Dias

– Website: https://gulbenkian.pt/ciencia/research-groups/mbdias/

– Project: Centrosome Biogenesis and Maintenance

– Level of scientists: all levels ( MSc students, PhD students, Postdocs, senior researcher)

– Expected duration: 6 months – 2 years.

– Stipend: salary according to level of experience

– Contact: mdias@igc.gulbenkian.pt

– Group: Cell Biology of Viral infection lab

– Group Leader: Maria João Amorim

– Website: https://gulbenkian.pt/ciencia/research-groups/mjamorim/

– Project: Liquid-liquid phase separation in zoonotic spillover events

We study viral host interactions, in particular how liquid-liquid phase separation facilitates the viral lifecycle. Our model viruses are influenza A virus and SARS-CoV2.

– Level of scientists: all levels ( MSc students, PhD students, Postdocs, senior researcher)

– Expected duration: up to 1 year

– Stipend: student stipends

– Contact: mjamorim@igc.gulbenkian.pt

– Group: Optical Cell Biology

– Group Leader: Ricardo Henriques

– Website: https://gulbenkian.pt/ciencia/research-groups/rhenriques/

– Project: Developing machine-learning driven super-resolution microscopy

– Research Areas: engineering, optical physics, electronics, biology

– Level of scientists: all levels ( MSc students, PhD students, Postdocs, senior researcher)

– Expected duration: 6 months to 4 years

– Stipend: stipend to students or junior postdocs

– Contact: rjhenriques@igc.gulbenkian.pt

– Group: Chromosome Dynamics

– Group Leader: Raquel Oliveira

– Website: https://gulbenkian.pt/ciencia/research-groups/rcoliveira/

– Project: Mitotic chromosome structure and transcription inactivation

– Level of scientists: all levels ( MSc students, PhD students, Postdocs, senior researcher)

– Expected duration: up to 1 year

– Stipend: student stipend

– Contact: rcoliveira@igc.gulbenkian.pt

– Group: Living Physics

– Group Leader: Pablo Sartori

– Website: https://gulbenkian.pt/ciencia/research-groups/psartori/

– Project: Theoretical quantitative biology or biophysics

– Level of scientists: Masters, PhD, postdoc

– Expected duration: To be discussed

– Stipend: student stipend

– Contact: psartori@igc.gulbenkian.pt

– Group: Lymphocyte Physiology

– Group Leader: Jocelyne Demengeot

– Website: https://gulbenkian.pt/ciencia/research-groups/jdemengeot/

– Project: COVID19 vaccine effectiveness (data analysis)

– Level of scientists: 2 scientists at any level ( MSc students, PhD students, Postdocs, senior researcher)

– Expected duration: until Dec 2022

– Stipend: fellowship

– Contact: jocelyne@igc.gulbenkian.pt

- Group: Microbial Genomis and Symbiosis

- Group Leader: Waldan Kwong

- Website: https://gulbenkian.pt/ciencia/research-groups/wkwong/

- Project: Microbiology, host-microbe interactions, genomics

- Level of scientists: PhD, Masters, Postdoc

- Expected duration: 1 year

- Stipend: I can fully support MSc. and PhD student stipends; potentially a partial or full support for Postdoc

- Contact: wkwong@igc.gulbenkian.pt

 

 

POSITIONS AVAILABLE AT iBET:

– Group: Advanced Cell Models

– Group Leader: Catarina Brito

– Website: www.ibet.pt; www.ardat.org

– Project: development of Immunocompetent 3D cell models of the tissue microenvironment to leverage the preclinical development of ATMPs (target organs: liver and brain; ATMPs: viral vector-based gene therapies and cell-based immunotherapies).

– Level of scientists: postdoc or senior scientist

– Expected duration: up to 3 years

– Stipend: Pos-doc grant or contract (up to 3 years) dependent on CV and experience

– Contact: Catarina Brito (anabrito@ibet.pt)

– Group: Stem Cell Bioengineering

– Group Leader: Margarida Serra

– Website: www.ibet.pt; https://cardiopatch.eu/; https://projectbrave.eu/

– Project: Unveiling the bioactivity of extracelular vesicles derived from human stem cells for application in heart regenerative medicine (human stem cell types: human pluripotent stem cells & cardiac derivatives, mesenchymal stem/stromal cells)

– Level of scientists: postdoc or senior scientist

– Expected duration: up to 3 years

– Stipend: Pos-doc grant or contract (up to 3 years) dependent on CV and experience

– Contact: Margarida Serra (mserra@ibet.pt)

– Group: Cell Line Development and Molecular Biotechnology

– Group Leader: Ana Coroadinha

– Website: www.ibet.pt

– Project: Viral vector engineering for cell and gene therapy applications.

– Level of scientists: postdoc or senior scientist

– Expected duration: up to 3 years

– Stipend: Posdoc grant or contract (up to 3 years) dependent on CV and experience

– Contact: Ana Coroadinha (avalente@ibet.pt)

– Group: Animal Cell Technology

– Group Leader: Inês Isidro

– Website: www.ibet.pt; and https://www.staccato-eid.eu/

– Project: Development of single-cell transcriptomics workflows for ATMP bioprocesses and advanced cell models.

– Level of scientists: postdoc or senior scientist

– Expected duration: up to 5 years

– Stipend: Pos-doc grant or contract (up to 5 years) dependent on CV and experience

– Contact: Inês Isidro (iaisidro@ibet.pt)

– Group: Cell Based Vaccines Development

– Group Leader: Antonio Roldão

– Website: https://addovenom.com/

– Project: Bioprocess development for production of Adenovirus-like particles (ADDomers) as a snakebite therapy using insect cells.

– Level of scientists: Postdoc (w/ 5y after completion of PhD)

– Expected duration: up to 3 years

– Stipend: Pos-doc grant or contract (up to 3 years) dependent on CV and experience

– Contact: Antonio Roldao (aroldao@ibet.pt)

 

 

POSITIONS AVAILABLE AT Champalimaud Research:

– Group: Immunophysiology

– Group Leader: Henrique Veiga-Fernandes

– Website: https://www.fchampalimaud.org/research/groups/veiga-fernandes

– Project: Role of neuronal and immune system interactions in health and disease.

– Level of scientists: 2 scientists any level (MSc, PhD student, Postdoc, Senior Scientist)

– Expected duration: to be discussed

– Stipend: stipend/fellowship

– Contact: henrique.veigafernandes@research.fchampalimaud.org

– Group: Natural Intelligence

– Group Leader: Daniel McNamee

– Website: https://www.fchampalimaud.org/research/groups/mcnamee

– Project: Computational neuroscience, theoretical neuroscience, machine learning, cognition

– Level of scientists: PhD/Postdoc

– Expected duration: 1 year

– Stipend: stipend/fellowship 1800 €

– Contact: daniel.mcnamee@research.fchampalimaud.org

 

 

POSITIONS AVAILABLE AT CEDOC-NMS:

– Group Leader: Miguel Seabra & Sandra Tenreiro Lab

– Project: A novel therapeutic approach to correct lysosomal dysfunction in early Age-related Macular Degeneration

– Website: https://www.nms.unl.pt/pt-pt/investigacao/grupos-de-investigacao/detalhe/n/mecanismos-moleculares-de-doenca

– Level of scientists: BSc, Msc or PhD students

– Expected duration: 6 months

– Stipend: Short term mission that can eventually be supported by COST ACTION (https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA20121/); other funds can also be considered

– Contact: stenreiro@nms.unl.pt

– Group Leader: Cláudia Nunes dos Santos

– Website: https://www.nms.unl.pt/en-us/research/research-groups/details/n/molecular-nutrition-and-health

– Level of scientists: to be discussed

– Expected duration: to be discussed

– Stipend: Stipend available

– Contact: claudia.nunes.santos@nms.unl.pt

– Group Leader: Cláudia Almeida

– Website: https://www.nms.unl.pt/en-us/research/cedoc

– Project: “Investigating mechanisms of synaptic dysfunction linked to endosomal trafficking in late-onset Alzheimer’s disease”

– Level of scientists: BSc, Msc or PhD students

– Expected duration: 6 months

– Stipend: Short term mission that can eventually be supported by COST ACTION (https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA20121/); other funds can also be considered

– Contact: claudia.nunes.santos@nms.unl.pt

 

NO STIPEND AVAILABLE AT THE MOMENT:

LAB/OFFICE space AVAILABLE AT iMM:

- Group Leader: Claudio Franco

- Website: https://imm.medicina.ulisboa.pt/investigation/laboratories/claudio-franco-lab/#intro

- Level of scientists: any level (MSc students, PhD students, Postdocs, senior researcher)

- Contact: cfranco@medicina.ulisboa.pt

- Group Leader: Ana E Sousa, MD, PhD

- Website: https://imm.medicina.ulisboa.pt/investigation/laboratories/ana-espada-de-sousa-lab/#intro

- Level of scientist: any level (MSc students, PhD students, Postdocs, senior researcher)

- Expected duration: variable depending on the level of the scientist and the possible project

- Stipend:  Currently not available but we can work on fund raising for provide it.

- Contact: Afonso Almeida, PhD: afonso.almeida@medicina.ulisboa.pt

- Group Leader: Mário Ramirez

- Website: https://imm.medicina.ulisboa.pt/investigation/laboratories/mario-ramirez-lab/#intro

- Level of scientists: PhD students, Postdocs, PIs

- Expected duration: evaluated in a case by case

- Contact: ramirez@fm.ul.pt

- Group Leader: Leonor Saúde

- Website: https://imm.medicina.ulisboa.pt/investigation/laboratories/leonor-saude-lab/#intro

- Level of scientists: any level (MSc students, PhD students, Postdocs, senior researcher)

- Contact: msaude@medicina.ulisboa.pt

- Head: Leonor Saúde

- Website: https://imm.medicina.ulisboa.pt/support_structure/zebrafish-unit/#intro

- Level of scientists: any level (MSc students, PhD students, Postdocs, senior researcher)

- Stipend: no stipend available at the moment

- Contact: msaude@medicina.ulisboa.pt

Group Leader: Pedro Sousa-Victor and Joana Neves

Website: https://imm.medicina.ulisboa.pt/investigation/laboratories/joana-neves-lab or https://imm.medicina.ulisboa.pt/investigation/laboratories/pedro-victor-lab

Level: MSc Students

Expected duration: Up to 12 months

Contacts: psvictor@medicina.ulisboa.pt  and joana.neves@medicina.ulisboa.pt

Group Leader: Vanessa Morais

Website: https://imm.medicina.ulisboa.pt/investigation/laboratories/vanessa-morais-lab/#intro

Level of scientists: MSc and PhD students, and postdocs

Expected duration: 9 to 12 months

Contact: vmorais@medicina.ulisboa.pt

Group Leader: Miguel Castanho

Website: https://imm.medicina.ulisboa.pt/investigation/laboratories/miguel-castanho-lab/#intro

Level of scientists: PhD student

Expected duration: 1 year (eventually renewable)

Contact: macastanho@medicina.ulisboa.pt

- Group Leader: Nuno C. Santos (https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=hmISCFoAAAAJ&hl=en)

- Website: https://imm.medicina.ulisboa.pt/investigation/laboratories/nuno-santos-lab/#intro

- Level of scientist: any level (MSc students, PhD students, Postdocs, senior researcher)

- Expected duration: variable depending on the level of the scientist and the possible project

- Stipend:  Currently not available, but we can work on fund raising to provide it.

- Contact: nsantos@fm.ul.pt

- Group Leader: Marc Veldhoen

- Website: https://imm.medicina.ulisboa.pt/investigation/laboratories/marc-veldhoen-lab/#intro 

- Level of scientists: MSc and PhD students, and postdocs

- Expected duration: 9 to 12 months

- Contact: marc.veldhoen@medicina.ulisboa.pt

- Group Leader: Sergio Almeida

- Website: https://imm.medicina.ulisboa.pt/investigation/laboratories/sergio-de-almeida-lab/#intro 

- Level of scientists: MSc students, Postdocs, PIs

- Expected duration: up to 2 years

- Contact: sergioalmeida@medicina.ulisboa.pt

Group Leader: Ana Sebastião

Website: https://imm.medicina.ulisboa.pt/en/investigacao/labs/sebastiao-ana-lab/

Level of scientists: any level (MSc students, PhD students, Postdocs, senior researcher)

Expected duration: evaluated in a case by case

Contact: anaseb@medicina.ulisboa.pt

- Group Leader: João T. Barata

- Website:  https://imm.medicina.ulisboa.pt/investigation/laboratories/joao-barata-lab/#intro

- Level of scientists: any level (MSc students, PhD students, Postdocs, senior researcher)

- Expected duration: evaluated case by case

- Contact: joao_barata@medicina.ulisboa.pt