ITQB NOVA to host “laCaixa” Doctoral INPhINIT Fellowships

The ‘la Caixa’ doctoral INPhINIT Fellowship programme is accepting applications until January 2022. ITQB NOVA is one of the host institutions, with seven research projects available within the Incoming call.

The programme holds two calls:

• Incoming will support 35 PhD students who have resided for less than 12 months in the last three years in the country in which they wish to carry out their research in STEM. In Portugal, candidates can apply to selected projects within research units rated Excellent by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), such as all three ITQB NOVA research units. Scholarships are also available for selected research centres in Spain. The deadline is January 27^th.
• Retaining will support 30 PhD students who have resided for over 12 months in the last three years in the country in which they wish to carry out their research. This call targets researchers willing to pursue their PhD in any research domain and at any University or Research Centre in Portugal or Spain. Therefore, ITQB NOVA programmes are also eligible. The deadline is February 16^th.

Candidates of all nationality can apply to these three-year fellowships.

Find out more about the ITQB NOVA projects available for Incoming applicants:

• Cyber Suber: Modeling and Enhancing the Antimicrobial Properties of Suberin (Manuel N. Melo and Cristina Silva Pereira, Multiscale Modeling Lab, MOSTMICRO) more info

• Exploring anammox bacteria towards a more sustainable environment (Filipe Folgosa, Functional Biochemistry of Metalloenzymes Lab, MOSTMICRO) more info

• Exploring the dynamics of the interaction between mammalian host cells and facultative intracellular bacterial pathogens (Pedro Matos Pereira, Intracellular Microbial Infection Biology Lab, MOSTMICRO) more info

• Protein disorder-based mechanisms of host subversion by bacterial pathogens (Tiago N. Cordeiro, Dynamic Structural Biology Lab, MOSTMICRO) more info

• Study of the traits that define the inheritance of the microbiome in Solanaceae and their effects: from targeted biocontrol to transgenerational priming to improve production (Juan Ignacio Vílchez, Plant Microbiome Interaction Lab, GREEN-IT) more info

• The Life electric: structural and functional characterization of cytochromes that enable bacteria to survive by producing electricity (Ricardo O. Louro, Inorganic Biochemistry and NMR Lab, MOSTMICRO) more info

• The role of the ER membrane complex (EMC) in the biogenesis of the transmembrane proteins (Pedro Domingos, Cell Signalling in Drosophila Lab, MOSTMICRO) more info

Our projects leaders will happy to answer any questions you may have. Please visit the ‘la Caixa’ Foundation website for further information and application conditions.