Job description:
2. Project’s summary
The overall aim of the project is to establish an interdisciplinary transnational collaboration network to analyse migraine epigenetic and neuronal factors in women in order to develop biomarkers for this disease. DNA and RNA will be isolated from peripheral blood, Whole-Genome Bisulfite Sequencing (WGBS) will be performed and regions with different methylation proportions between samples will be identified. In parallel, the electric brain activity from neuronal synapses will be determined through a resting state electroencephalography (EEG). The methylation levels of X chromosome genes will be analysed and validated by qPCR in bisulfite treated DNA. Methylation levels will be correlated with gene expression levels (qPCR) and compared to GTEX data (https://www.gtexportal.org/home/). The global correlation between epigenomics data and brain electric activity will be analysed.
3. Applicable Legislation
Decree-Law no. 57/2016 of 29 August, amended by Law 57/2017 of 19 July, which approved the doctorate hiring regime destined to stimulate scientific and technological employment for all knowledge areas (RJEC).
Labour Code, Law no. 7/2009 of 12 February, on its current draft.
Regulatory Decree Nr 11-A / 2017, of 29th December.
4. Pursuant to article 13 of RJEC, the tender selection panel shall be formed by:
Nádia Maria Gonçalves de Almeida Pinto (President), Sandra Cristina da Silva Martins (member 1), António Manuel Amorim dos Santos (member 2).
5. Workplace shall be at Ipatimup-i3S, Rua de Alfredo Allen, 208, Porto.
6. Monthly remuneration to be paid is the remuneration set by subheading a) nr.1 article 15 of RJEC and article nr 2 of the Regulatory Decree nr. 11-A/2017, corresponding to level 33 of the Single Salary Table, approved by Order no. 1553-C/2008 of December 31st, i.e. 2.128,34 Euros., with the category of Junior Researcher.
7. Any national, foreign and stateless candidate(s) who hold a doctorate degree in Biology or related scientific area and a scientific and professional curriculum whose profile is suited for the activity to be performed can submit their applications. In the event the doctorate degree was awarded by a foreign higher education institution, said degree must comply with the provisions of Decree-Law no. 341/2007 of 12 October, and all formalities established therein must be complied with at the signature of the contract.
8. The tender admission specific requirements are:
• Due to its importance for the project, preference will be given to:
(1) experience in epigenetics and X chromosome inactivation; (2) experience in genomics and NGS data analysis; (3) experience in correlating genetic and EEG data; (4) good level of Spanish (written and conversational)
• Availability to start the contract at 1st May, with a maximum duration of 15 months.
9. Pursuant to article 5 of RJEC, selection is to be made based on candidate scientific and curricular career evaluation.
10. Scientific and curricular career evaluation focuses on relevance, quality and up-to-dateness:
a) of scientific and technological production in the last five years, deemed most relevant by the candidate;
b) of research activities, applied or based on practical work, developed in the last five years, deemed most impactful by the candidate;
c) of knowledge extension and dissemination activities developed in the last five years, namely under the scope of the promotion of culture and scientific practices, deemed most relevant by the candidate.
11. The five-year period mentioned above can be extended by the panel, if requested by the candidate, whenever the suspension of scientific activities is reasoned by socially protected grounds like paternity leave, long-term serious illness, and other legal situations of unavailability to work.
12. Evaluation criteria are the following:
Scientific career and laboratorial and data analysis experience in the field of research (50%)
Scientific and technological production pertinent to the research area and experience in students’ supervision (40%)
Interview (10%)
13. The panel will interview candidates obtaining more than 70% in the remaining selection criteria, aimed to obtain clarifications and details of CV data and additional information.
14. Candidate final classification system shall be given based on a scale 0-20.
15. The panel shall deliberate by means of roll-call vote justified under adopted and disclosed selection criteria, with no abstentions allowed.
16. Minutes of panel meetings shall be executed and shall include a summary of all occurrences of said meeting, as well as of all votes casted by the members and respective reasoning, and shall be provided to candidates whenever required.
17. After selection criteria application, the panel shall prepare a sorted list of approved candidates and respective classification.
18. Panel’s decision shall be validated by the leader of the institution, within no less of two working days counted from the following day of the publication of the sorted list of approved candidates and respective classification. The leader of the institution is also in charge of deciding about the hiring.
19. Application formalization:
19.1 Applications are formalized upon application sent to the President of the Panel, including announcement identification, full name, residence and contact address, including email address and telephone.
19.2 Applications shall include all supported documents encompassed by section 7 and 8 for tender admission, namely:
a) Certificate or diploma copy;
b) Curriculum vitae, detailed and structured pursuant to sections 9 and 11;
c) Other documentation relevant for the evaluation of qualifications in a related scientific area;
d) Brief description of the most relevant scientific activities of the last 5 years (1/2 or 1 page maximum), according to article 5(2) of RJEC and point 9 of this announcement.
19.3 Candidates shall submit their application files and supporting documentation, in a digital form, in PDF format, from the 12th March 2020 to the 25th March 2020, through the link:
https://portal.i3s.up.pt/GestaocandidaturasIPATIMUP/index.php?codigo=RJEC/P30
20. All candidates who formalize their applications in an improper way or fail to prove the requirements imposed by this tender are excluded from admission. In case of doubt, the panel is entitled to request any candidate to present further documentation supporting their statements.
21. False statements provided by the candidates shall be punished by law.
22. Both admitted and excluded candidate list and final classification list shall be published in the website of the Institute and the selected candidate shall be notified by email.
23. This tender is exclusively destined to fill this specify vacancy and can be terminated at any time until approval of final candidate list, expiring with the respective occupation of said vacancy.
24. Non-discrimination and equal access policy: Ipatimup actively promotes a non-discrimination and equal access policy, wherefore no candidate can be privileged, benefited, impaired or deprived of any rights whatsoever, or be exempt of any duties based on their ancestry, age, sex, sexual preference, marital status, family and economic conditions, instruction, origin or social conditions, genetic heritage, reduced work capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality, ethnic origin or race, origin territory, language, religion, political or ideological convictions and union membership.
25. Pursuant to Decree-Law no. 29/2001 of 3 February, disabled candidates shall be preferred in a situation of equal classification, and said preference supersedes any legal preferences. Candidates must declare, on their honor, their respective disability degree, type of disability and communication/expression means to be used during selection period on their application form, under the regulations above.
26. The panel has approved this announcement in meeting held on 02/03/2020.
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