FMUP | 1 (ONE) RESEARCH ASSISTANT | PROJECT ''HEALTH-UNORTE II'' (ref. NORTE2030-FEDER-01786400) | R

Organisation/Company Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto Department HR - Human Resources Research Field Medical sciences » Health sciences Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Positions Master Positions Application Deadline 2 Nov 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Country Portugal Type of Contract Permanent Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 35 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Other EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Notice of Opening of an international competitive selection procedure for the recruitment of one research assistant within the scope of the project HEALTH-UNORTE II (REF. NORTE2030-FEDER- ), under a fixed-term employment contract under private law, being carried out at the faculty of medicine of the university of porto (fmup) – invterm-fmup-26-20 By order of the deputy director of fmup, professor filipa abreu gomes de carvalho, dated 9 october 2026, issued in the exercise of the powers delegated under sub-paragraph (iii) of point 1.1 of order no. 9857/2026, published in the official gazette (diário da república), 2nd series, no. 150, of 5 august 2026, public notice is hereby given that this international competitive selection procedure is open for a period of 10 (ten) working days, counting from the working day following the publication of this notice in the official gazette (diário da república), pursuant to the regulation on research, science and technology staff of the university of porto under private law, regulation no. 849/2026, published in the official gazette (diário da república), 2nd series, no. 129, of 7 july 2026 (hereinafter the "regulation"), with a view to the recruitment of one research assistant under an individual fixed-term employment contract, for a maximum period of two years, non-renewable, to carry out research activities in the scientific area of biomedical sciences and related areas, within the scope of the project

health-unorte ii – promoção da saúde_unorte: integrated approaches to prevent, monitor and treat cardiovascular, neurological and infectious diseases and cancer (ref. norte2030-feder- ) , co-funded by the european regional development fund (erdf) through the north regional programme (norte 2030), under portugal 2030, being carried out at fmup.

1. Scientific Area: Biomedical sciences and related areas.

1.1. General admission requirements: The competition is open to national, foreign and stateless candidates holding a master's degree in the scientific areas of health sciences, biological sciences, bioengineering, biochemistry, biomedicine or their related areas, who demonstrate a profile suited to the activities to be carried out, pursuant to article 17(3) of the regulation and in accordance with point 8 of this notice.

1.2. Specific admission requirements: For the purpose of determining the profile suited to the activity to be carried out, the following are specific requirements:

Proven practical laboratory experience in the processing and fractionation of human biological samples (blood, plasma, serum and tissues) in a biobank or biomedical research laboratory setting;

Experience in the technical execution of high-throughput protocols, namely in sample preparation for sequencing (rna/dna), proteomics or metabolomics;

Knowledge of it tools for the entry, organisation and quality control of clinical and molecular metadata.

3.3. Failure to provide proof of the requirements set out in points 3.1 and 3.2 shall result in the exclusion of the application.

4. Preferred selection criteria:

Experience in the technical operation of automated pipetting systems, laboratory robotics or cryopreservation;

Experience in applying biobank standard operating procedures (sops) and in handling laboratory information management systems (lims);

Experience in basic and intermediate molecular biology techniques (nucleic acid extraction, qpcr, western blot) and tissue histology;

Knowledge of or initial experience in the use of programming languages (r or python) for the handling and cleaning of biomedical data matrices;

Previous participation in research teams integrated in funded projects (national or european) in the cardiovascular or cerebrovascular areas.

5. Remuneration: 5.1. The gross monthly base salary corresponds to the 2nd remuneration position, level 2, of annex i to the regulation, in the amount of €2,245.48 (two thousand, two hundred and forty-five euros and forty-eight cents), pursuant to annex ii to the regulation, plus the meal allowance.

5.2. The research assistant works on a full-time basis, corresponding to 35 (thirty-five) working hours per week, pursuant to article 43(7) of and annex i to the regulation.

6. Place of work: The place of work is located on the premises of the faculty of medicine of the universi