CCMAR/BM/Master Fellowship - Aquaculture,Biology and Zoology; M/F Job Faro North Carolina USA,Science

Position: CCMAR/BM/03/2024 - Master Fellowship - Aquaculture, Biology and Zoology (M/F) - 1 Vacancy
Location: Faro

Master Fellowship - Aquaculture, Biology and Zoology

The Centre for Marine Sciences (CCMAR) opens one (01) Master's Fellowship, for applicants of any nationality, including stateless candidates, and holders of political refugee status, in the scientific field of Aquaculture, Biology or Zoology, within the research project Spermantiox – /CVT-CVT/4109/2020 – "New approaches on the antioxidant diet-effect in fish sperm traits: the role of sperm microRNAs on transgenerational transmission", funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P./MCTES through national funding (PIDDAC), under the following conditions:

Host and Contracting Institution: CCMAR

This fellowship is intended for R&D activities to be performed by a student with a bachelor degree, enrolled in a Master's Degree at the beginning of the fellowship, to consolidating his/her scientific training, through the development of research work leading to the achievement of a Master's degree.

Work Plan, Tasks to perform and objectives:

It is foreseen that the fellowship holder will give support in all tasks of the project, specifically:

Zoo technical aquaculture routines (such as maintenance and feeding) of gilthead seabream brood stock and juveniles housed at Ramalhete research station, as well as zebrafish stock;

Participation in the scheduled samplings as part of ongoing experiments, in particular microinjection trials with MicroRNAS in zebrafish;

Assistance in laboratory analyses of collected samples, both gametes and seminal plasma. For gametes analysis the techniques predicted are the following: sperm motility monitoring using the CASA system, determination of lipid per oxidation by MDA, and DNA fragmentation assessment through the comet assay. Regarding seminal plasma samples, it is expected that the grantee will support activities related to the extraction of MicroRNAs from extracellular vesicles;

Support in other activities within the project or the Aquaculture Research Group at CCMAR.

Scientific Supervisor:

Professor Doctor Elsa Cabrita, Professor at University of Algarve, group leader, coordinator of the project and researcher at CCMAR (President of the jury).

Work place:

CCMAR (Campus de Gambelas da Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal) and eventually other places necessary for the completion of the work plan.

Requirements for the application:

Applicants must meet the following conditions stated below:

Bachelor´s degree in Marine Sciences, Biological Sciences or similar areas;

Experience in fish reproduction and notion of gamete quality analysis;

Basic knowledge on protocols of extracellular vesicles extraction;

Good knowledge of English (oral and written).

Evaluation criteria:

Through the analysis of the application documents the evaluation criteria for the applications and their relative weight for ranking are as follows:

Bachelor´s degree final grade (25%);

Demonstrated experience in fish reproduction and gamete analysis (25%);

Notions of techniques of extracellular vesicles extraction (25%);

English level (25%).

Application period: from 8th of May 2024 to 22nd of May 2024 at 23:59 (Lisbon time, Portugal).

Application process and mandatory documents:

Complete applications must be submitted online and must include at risk of exclusion, the following documents:

A motivation letter (in English);

A detailed Curriculum Vitae (in English);

A copy of the Bachelor degree Certificate;

The email contact of up to 3 references.

Results and Preliminary Hearing:
The admission and evaluation results will be communicated by email within 90 working days after the Final date to receive applications. After notification, candidates have 10 working days to contest the preliminary decision.

Selection Committee:

Professor Doctor Elsa Cabrita, Professor at University of Algarve, group leader, project Coordinator and researcher at CCMAR (President of the jury), Doctor Elvira Fatsini, researcher at CCMAR (member);
Doctor Alexandros Tsakogiannis, researcher at CCMAR (member) and Doctor Catarina Oliveira researcher at CCMAR and UALG (substitute member).

Notes:

Hiring Documents

After the candidate is selected and for the hiring purpose the following documentation/information will…

CCMAR​/BM​/Master Fellowship - Aquaculture, Biology and Zoology; M​/F

CCMAR/BM/Master Fellowship - Aquaculture, Biology and Zoology; M/F