Job: Research Grant (BI) for Marine Aquaculture Nutrition and Physiology Trials;
Job/Fellowship Reference: ARDITI-OOM/2016/007;
Main research field: n/a;
Sub research field: n/a;
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Job summary: The Ocean Observatory Madeira opens a Research Grant (BI) at MSc. Degree level, for Marine Aquaculture Nutrition and Physiology Trials |
Job description: The Oceanic Observatory of Madeira Project (M1420-01-0145-FEDER-000001-Observatório Oceânico da Madeira-OOM) aims to support and promote Science and Technological Research and improve performance of Madeira´s Marine Research, Development and Innovation Institutions.
The ideal candidate will have a MSc. Degree in Marine Biology (or other related field), with work experience in nutrition and physiology trials using marine animals and demonstrate experience in the following areas:
The work will be coordinated by Dr. Carlos Andrade, Dra. Silvia Lourenço and Natacha Nogueira (Msc.) at the Mariculture Centre of Calheta – Madeira Fisheries Directorate, in Madeira Island (Portugal). Duration 1 year, renewable up to 3 years. Salary The monthly maintenance stipend for "Bolsa de Investigação (BI): Msc" (980€) and regulations are determined by ‘FCT-Fundação para a Ciência Tecnologia’ (http://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores.phtml.pt). Evaluation criteria The following evaluation criteria will be applied: FS = QA + EP FS – Final Score QA – Qualifications EP – Experience QA: 5 points – MSc. in Marine Biology (or related field of study) EP: 4 points - Experience with breeding and larval rearing of aquaculture species (0.0: No experience; 1.0 for each year of experience to a maximum of 4.0 points); 4 points - Experience with design and setting up of marine fish feeding trials (0.0: No experience; 1.0 for each trial to a maximum of 4.0 points); 2 points - Experience with in vivo metabolic studies, using a combination of tube-feeding with radioisotope tracer techniques (0.0: No experience; 0.5 for each study to a maximum of 2.0 points); 2 points - Experience with basic histology techniques (0.0: No experience; 0.5 for each work/study to a maximum of 2.0 points); 2 points - Experience with gene expression analysis (transcriptomics; RT-PCR) (0.0: No experience; 0.5 for each work/study to a maximum of 2.0 points); 1 point - Experience with writing of scientific papers (0.5 for each publication to a maximum of 1.0 point). Selection panel Dr. Carlos Andrade (OOM-ARDITI) Dra. Sílvia Lourenço (OOM-ARDITI) Eng. Clemente de Aguiar (ARDITI) Application contents -Motivation Letter (emphasizing the candidate’s adequacy to each evaluation criteria) -Curriculum Vitae - MSc. certificate and digital copy of the thesis Anouncement of the results ARDITI (http://www.arditi.pt). Via e-mail. Application submission and deadline The application is to be submited by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. until the 15th april 2016 |