Master Researcher for the Department – 1. Collaborative Methods in Monitoring and Diagnosis of Pests and Diseases in Collaborative Lab “InnovPlantProtect – Associação”

Publicado 05-08-2021

InnovPlantProtect

Lisboa Lisboa (Educação / Formação)


1. Descrição do cargo/posição/bolsa
1. Job description


Job:
Master Researcher for the Department ? 1. Collaborative Methods in Monitoring and Diagnosis of Pests and Diseases in Collaborative Lab ?InnovPlantProtect ? Associação?
Job/Fellowship Reference: InnovPP031/2021
Main research field: Biological sciences
Sub research field: Biology


Job summary:
Master (Msc.) Researcher for the Department ? 1. New Biopesticides of the Collaborative Laboratory ?InnovPlantProtect ? Association?

Job description:

We are looking for a resourceful master researcher able to immediately integrate a young and very active team, in a friendly environment, involved in the installation of a new institution aiming to develop products and services to protect crops against pests and diseases.

This researcher has to have a Master degree in Microbial Genomics or Bioinformatics or Computational Biology or related fields or in Molecular Microbiology, Microbiology, Phytopathology or related fields.

Main responsibilities

This researcher reports directly to the Director New Biopesticides of InnovPlantProtect and has the following responsibilities:

  • To develop tools and pipelines for the analysis of plant-associated microbial genomes and microbiomes
  • To perform bioinformatic analysis of microbial genomes (genome assembly, annotation, comparative genomics)
  • To perform microbiome analysis
  • To isolate, identify and genetically characterize plant microbiomes
  • To screen natural bacteria and/or fungus isolates as biological control agents

Two profiles are possible:

Bioinformatician

  • Experience in microbial genomics (e.g. genome assembly and annotation, pangenome analysis)
  • Experience in microbiome analysis (amplicon sequencing and/or metagenomics)
  • Programming experience with R or python and ideally with bash

Wet-lab microbiologist

  • Experience in microbiology, high-throughput screenings set-up
  • Experience isolating and culturing plant microbes
  • Experience with carrying inhibition assays between microbes


Specific requirements

  • Expertise in microbiology
  • Interest in plant-microbe interactions
  • Fluency in English, spoken and written

InnovPlantProtect is a private non-profit association

InnovPlantProtect aims to create innovation for the protection of crops, seeds and post-harvest products, in particular through:

  • Development of new technologies and knowledge, as well as the improvement of previously developed technologies, to protect crops, seeds and post-harvest products, as well as their intellectual protection and availability;
  • Development of applied scientific research to introduce the developed technologies in the market, and to develop processes and products;
  • Provide technical support to companies and entities, public or private, assisting them in the introduction of biotechnological strategies, methods and processes, and in the orientation and implementation of industrial research and development, directed towards the protection of crops, seeds and post-harvest products;
  • Collaboration with public or private institutions, national or foreign in their areas of activity.

Workplace

The place of work will be the headquarters of InnovPlantProtect, at the INIAV Elvas pole, in the former National Plant Breeding Station (Elvas, Portugal).


Salary and contract

A full-time contract will be offered, starting September 27, 2021. The contract will last until December, 31, 2022, being renewed annually, and with a trial period of 30 days. The contract will be renewed past 2022 depending on further financial support. All the activities to be developed will be subject to confidentiality clauses.

The gross value of the remuneration will be ? 1.544 (14 months ? 21.616?/year) and 4,77 for meal allowance.

Financial Support

This contract is co-financed by the European Social Fund and Alentejo 2020, under the Operation: Highly qualified employment in companies - Hiring Highly Qualified Human Resources (PME or CoLAB). Project reference: ALT20-59-2018-49

Where to send the application

To the care of the Chief Executive Officer of InnovPlantProtect Collaborative Lab, Professor Pedro Fevereiro ([email protected])

To apply for this position, the following documents should be sent in a single PDF document:

  • Curriculum vitae (CV)

  • Motivation letter

  • Statement of honor on how the data declared in the CV are true.

(If the diploma has not been obtained in a Portuguese Higher Education Institution, the accreditation by the Portuguese state will have to be delivered - Degree and Diploma Recognition | DGES)

Deadlines This call is open from 03 August to 20 August, with a decision expected on 1 September 2021.


General rules of data protection (GDPR)

With the entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 April 2016, commonly known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in order to ensure a fair and transparent treatment of the holder of the data, InnovPlantProtect informs that by applying for this position you are authorizing InnovPlantProtect to (1) collect and process your personal data deemed necessary and relevant to this recruitment process, (2) to disclose the results of the evaluation in accordance with the legislation in force.




Vacant posts: 1

Type of contract: Other

Job country: Portugal

Job city: Elvas

Job company/institute: InnovPlantProtect


Application deadline: 20 agosto 2021
(The Application's deadline must be confirmed on the Job Description)

2. Dados de contactos da organização
2. Organization contact data

Organization/institute: InnovPlantProtect-Associação

Address:
Estrada de Gil Vaz
Elvas - 7350-478
Portugal

Email: [email protected]