.Ocean Fellowship: CCMAR Biological Sciences Research Fellowship Posted On December 14, 2023 The Centre for Marine Sciences (CCMAR) opens one (01) Research Fellowship (BI) for a person with a Master Degree (Bolsa de Investigação não conducente à obtenção de grau académico para mestre), of any nationality, including stateless candidates, and holders of political refugee statute, in the scientific field of Biological Sciences within the research project: HealthyBi4Namibe—Development of technological tools to improve and reduce health risks for bivalve consumption in Angola funded by the Aga Khan, Network for Development and the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P/MCTES under the following conditions: This fellowship is intended for master's degree holders that are enrolled in a non-academic degree course, integrated in the educational project of a higher education institution, and developed in association or cooperation with one or more R&D units at the starting date of the fellowship. Work Plan, Tasks to perform and objectives: The HealthyBi4Namibe project aims to study and characterize the impact of environmental threats (pathogens, toxic blooms, and environmental pollutants) on marine bivalves to develop and implement technologies to assess and ameliorate their quality and safety risk for human consumption in Namibe (Angola). Specifically, the fellowship holder will be involved in the following tasks and objectives: Participation in sampling campaigns for collection of environmental samples and bivalves in Faro and Namibe Development of molecular techniques for pathogen detection and gene expression analysis Development of microbiological and biochemical techniques to isolate and characterize marine pathogenic bacteria from water and bivalve samples Environmental sample handling for molecular biology and chemical analysis Planning and experimental design in the context of the project objectives Activities of technology/knowledge transfer and outreach and scientific paper writing in the context of the project objectives Contribute to the general maintenance of the host laboratory Workplace: The workplace is CCMAR (Gambelas Campus of the Algarve University, Faro, Portugal), with possible trip to Angola. Requirements for the application: Applicants must meet all the conditions stated below: Master's degree in Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Biology or related fields Good knowledge of written and spoken English Availability to travel to, and work for short periods (up to 2 months) in Angola This fellowship will only be granted to those who do not exceed, with the conclusion of the present fellowship contract, an accumulated period of two years in this type of fellowship, consecutive or otherwise, and the required information should be explicit in the candidate's CV Non-compliance justifies exclusion from the procedure
