PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Biology in Portugal

ITQB NOVA , part of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, is recruiting a postdoctoral PhD holder to work in Oeiras, Portugal, on the project “Advanced cellular models to reshape the innate immune response to gene therapy vectors.” The research is situated at the intersection of biology, biotechnology and neuroscience. The researcher will develop and apply advanced mammalian and human neuronal cellular models to investigate neuroprotection, neuronal survival and neurodegeneration in translational context...

The Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde da Universidade do Porto (i3S) is seeking a Junior Researcher for the Neuroengineering and Computational Neuroscience research group in Porto, Portugal. The position contributes to LOCALISE , a project developing loco-radiolysed multimodal treatment strategies for glioblastoma, self-enhanced chemotherapy, and targeted RNA delivery. The researcher will perform advanced microscopy to investigate therapeutic effects in cell cultures. The work includ...

This postdoctoral position combines laboratory management with research in aquatic comparative physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology . The successful candidate will join the WELL4CATCH project, which develops practical indicators and strategies to improve fish welfare in fisheries . The project is building new data and tools for assessing the welfare of wild-caught fish and is working toward a fish welfare classification framework that can support more consistent assessment and evidence...

PhD-holder researcher position in Neuroscience and Neuroengineering at the Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde da Universidade do Porto (i3S) in Porto, Portugal. The project, LOCALISE (Loco-radiolysed multi-modal treatment for glioblastoma self-enhanced chemotherapy and targeted RNA delivery), sits at the intersection of neural science, imaging, and translational bioengineering. The selected researcher will join the Neuroengineering and Computational Neuroscience group at i3S and contr...

This post-doctoral research grant is hosted by the University of Évora, within the School of Science and Technology and the MED — Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development. The project, OptiGenPIG , focuses on an artificial-intelligence-based genomic optimisation algorithm for precision animal breeding of the Alentejano pig, and the grant supports the in vitro experimental validation of the project’s biological proof of concept. The selected researcher will work on the...

NOVA.id.FCT is recruiting a PhD Researcher for the EU-funded LEAF project, “SeLf-powered self-rEshaping Autarkic skin For wireless motes.” The research will be conducted at the CENIMAT|i3N laboratories at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of NOVA University Lisbon on the Caparica campus in Portugal. The project focuses on sustainable printed electronics and self-powered wireless mote technologies. The researcher will develop sustainable inks based on metal oxide nanostructures and optimize ...

GIMM – Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to join the MCastanho Laboratory coordinated by Miguel Castanho . The position is part of the EvaMobs project, which develops evolvable and rapidly adaptable monobodies as a broad-spectrum antiviral platform. The successful researcher will contribute to the experimental evaluation of antiviral biopharmaceuticals, with a specific focus on Zika virus . The work is set within GIMM’s transdisciplinary research...

This opening is for a PhD Scientific Researcher in the Initial Stage Researcher category within the project Beating4aleft-heart: Ions and cilia motility regulation at the base of heart sidedness (Ref. LCF/PR/HR26/53000026). The project focuses on how ionic regulation and cilia motility contribute to the mechanisms that establish heart sidedness and left-right body asymmetry. The successful researcher will contribute to a work plan centred on two linked aims. First, the project examines a flow ho...

LEAF – “SeLf-powered self-rEshaping Autarkic skin For wireless motes” is a Horizon Europe project hosted by NOVA.id.FCT at CENIMAT|i3N , located at the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa in Caparica. The hired researcher will join a materials-focused environment that brings together Materials Science, Chemistry, Physics and Nanotechnology in a project centered on sustainable inks based on metal oxide nanostructures and their use in printed electronic devices . The ...