GIMM - Job Opportunity - Lab Technician

iMM is recruiting a Lab Technician under an Employment Contract – Reference IMM/CT/50-2024

The iMM – Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes is a leading Portuguese private non-profit research institute that offers a vibrant scientific environment, aiming to nurture innovative ideas in basic, clinical and translational Biomedical Research. Created in 2002, iMM Lisboa has established itself as a leading national and internationally competitive biomedical institute. Its strategy has been defined by promotion of excellence, leveraged by high-quality human resources, increasing expenditure in infrastructures and knowledge transfer to the society.

What iMM seeks: At this moment, iMM is looking for a Lab Technician to join the Organismal Metabolic Physiology Laboratory coordinated by Zita Carvalho-Santos, under the research project PTDC/BIA-CEL/3594/2020 – “The role of healthy cells on the elimination of premalignant cells” funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT, I.P.) through Portuguese National Funds (PIDDAC), to execute the following activities under the supervision of Dr. Catarina Brás Pereira:

• Maintenance and generation of Drosophila stocks;
• Genotyping;
• Dissection of Drosophila tissues;
• Immunostaining and confocal microscopy;
• Image analysis and data quantification.

Profile of Candidate

• MSc in Biological Sciences;
• Experience with image analysis (e.g. ImageJ, Imaris);
• Focused, well-organized and very reliable working style;
• Motivation and interest for science;
• Good capacity and value for teamwork, and communication skills;
• Ability to work and learn independently, critical thinking capacity to independently develop research project;
• Fluency in English.

Preferential Factors

• Research experience, with hands-on technical experience in Drosophila husbandry and genetics, cell biology and molecular techniques and data analysis;
• Knowledge in cancer cell biology and cell competition.

What iMM offers: iMM will offer outstanding working conditions in this area in Portugal, including a full-time and unfixed-term contract, starting predictably in 1^st of October 2024 for an estimated period of 5 (five) months. To the selected candidate will be paid a gross monthly salary of 1.500€, in accordance with the funding budget and iMM Career By-Law, as well as Holidays and Christmas allowances subject to the current mandatory taxes accordingly to Portuguese Labor Law. A meal allowance will also be paid in the amount of 6€ per each working day.

Please note that the job opportunity announced here is under the entity of the Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM) and will result in a contractual relationship with the new entity, GIMM – Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine.

For more information about GIMM and the merger between IGC and iMM, please visit: https://gimm.pt/. If you have any questions, please contact us at people@gimm.pt.

How to apply: Please submit your Motivation Letter in English, Detailed CV and MSc degree certificate in PDF format to Human Resources through the email imm-hr@medicina.ulisboa.pt, from 9^th of August until 6^th of September 2024.

Note: Candidates who incorrectly formalize their application or do not submit the documents proving the compliance with the requirements indicated in the call will be excluded. The jury has the right to require to any candidate, in case of doubt, to present documents proving their statements.

Non-discrimination and equal access policy: iMM 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.

International environment and experience: Diversity is a fundamental aspect of the essence of iMM, where researchers and non-researchers of different nationalities, backgrounds and areas of study work together, promoting the exchange of experiences and interactions, contributing to the personal and professional development of each person and to the existence of an international, inclusive and stimulating environment.

Pursuant to Decree-Law nr 29/2001 of 3^rd February, disabled candidates shall be preferred in a situation of equal classification, and said preference supersedes any legal preferences. Candidates must declare, on their honour, 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.

Evaluation Criteria: Applications will be evaluated by Catarina Brás Pereira, Zita Carvalho Santos and Patrícia Francisco, in accordance with the following method:

• 1^st Phase: Curricular evaluation (50%) and Motivation Letter (25%);
• 2^nd Phase: Interview (25%). Only the 3 candidates with the highest score in 1^st Phase with a minimum of 65%, will be selected for Interview.

Results: Both admitted and excluded candidates list and final classification list shall be communicated to all admitted candidates through email.

Preliminary Hearing and Final Decision Deadline: After notification, all candidates have 10 working days to respond. Panel’s final decisions are pronounced within a period of 90 days, from application deadline.

The present call is exclusively aimed at filling the indicated vacancy and may be terminated until the homologation of the final candidates’ ranking list and expires with the respective occupation of the position on offer.Lisbon, 8^th of August 2024

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