IBMC
Porto, Portugal
Description
One position is open for the recruitment of a highly motivated research fellow with PhD or Master degrees to work on the project "Biochemical and functional analysis of Cyplasin, a cancer cytotoxic protein from the marine slug Aplysia punctata", funded by “Cyplasin Biomedical Ltd.”, under a research fellowship contract with Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC, Porto, Portugal) and the groups of Chromosome Instability & Dynamics and Protein Crystallography.
PhD or Master degree in Biochemistry or similar areas, with demonstrated lab. experience and autonomy, excellent mastering of molecular biology techniques, recombinant protein expression and purification. Applicants with consolidated experience in protein overexpression in mammalian cells and/or baculovirus, will be considered as very competitive for this position. Preference will be given to applicants with skills in protein characterization by biochemical (e.g enzyme kinetics) and biophysical analysis (e.g. circular dichroism, differential scanning fluorimetry). English communication skills (oral and written) will be required.
More information and applications
The fellowship, under exclusive dedication, will have an initial appointment of 6 months, renewable for up to 12 months, starting on April 1st, 2014. Renewal after this 12 months period will depend on successful achievement of defined milestones, according to the working program attached. The monthly allowance of these fellowships will be € 1.495,00 (PhD) or € 980,00 (Master), which might be supplemented by Volunteer Social Security, paid by bank transfer (preferentially).
Selected candidates will be integrated in a multidisciplinary environment under scientific supervision of Dr. Helder Maiato (Head of the Chromosome Instability & Dynamics Group) and Dr. Sandra Macedo Ribeiro (Head of the Protein Crystallography Group).
Applications should be submitted between February 14th and March 14th include a motivation letter identifying the fellowship of interest (#1) a brief CV and two recommendation letters, submitted directly at the IBMC website:
http://www.ibmc.up.pt/gestaocandidaturas/index.php?codigo=PR331401
For additional information please contact: Dr. Sandra Macedo-Ribeiro (sribeiro@ibmc.up.pt)
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