PhD holder Researcher (Reference REQUIMTE 2026-56)

REQUIMTE - Rede de Quimica e Tecnologia; Portugal; Presencial; EUR 34 000 - 46 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

REQUIMTE - Rede de Quimica e Tecnologia invites applications for a PhD researcher to join the NUTRIBRAIN project at ISEP in Portugal. The position is a temporary contract aimed at pursuing scientific research activities in chemistry and bioactivity of natural products, including development of food supplements.

The successful candidate will contribute to extraction, chemical characterization, and cell-based assays, supported by FEDER funds.

Qualificações

• Must hold a doctorate in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biotechnology or related field.
• Experience in extraction of bioactive metabolites from natural matrices using different techniques.
• Chromatographic characterization of natural products (HPLC-PDA, LC-MS) is highly desirable.

Responsabilidades

• Extraction of bioactive metabolites from natural matrices.
• Chemical characterization of extracts, fractions and compounds by chromatographic techniques.
• Cultivation and maintenance of cell cultures and execution of cellular assays relevant to the project.

Conhecimentos

Bioactive extraction

Cell culture techniques

Biological activity assays

Analytical chemistry

Formação académica

PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences or Biotechnology

Ferramentas

HPLC-PDA

LC-MS

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Organisation/Company REQUIMTE - Rede de Quimica e Tecnologia Research Field Other Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Positions PhD Positions Application Deadline 12 Oct 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Country Portugal Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Reference:REQUIMTE 2026-56

Main research field: Health Sciences

Sub research field: Chemistry and bioactivity of natural products

1. In a meeting the Board of Directors ofREQUIMTE has decided to open an international call for PhD holder Researchers, under a work contract for a non-fixed term. This announcement is intended to 1 (one) research position to pursue scientific research activities in the on the project “NUTRIBRAIN - Coastal Flora for Mental Well-being Promotion: Development of food supplements based on dune plant compounds with impact on BDNF-TrkB signalling”, with reference COMPETE2030-FEDER-00686600, operation nº 15759, supported by FEDER (COMPETE 2030) and national funds by FCT / MECI, in the areaof Health Sciences, under a work contract for a non-fixed term, aiming at the development of research activities in the area of chemistry and bioactivity of natural products, as well as design, development and characterization of food supplements.

Law no. 55/2025 of April 28; Portuguese Labour Code, approved by Law 7/2009 of February 12, in its actual form; and Scientific Employment Regulation published in Diário da República under the number 607-A/2017 of November 22, modified by Regulation 1083/2023 of October 12.

3. Pursuant to article 13 of RJEC, the tender selection panel is formed by: Ana Clara Fortio Mourato Teixeira Grosso Gonçalves (Researcher at REQUIMTE, acting as chairperson by delegation of the President of REQUIMTE; Maria Manuela Barbosa Correia (Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at ISEP; Graciliana Luísa Lino Lopes (Researcher at CIIMAR) and Ana Isabel Oliveira (Coordinating Professor at ESS, substitute member).

4. The workplace shall be at ISEP.

5. The gross monthly salary entitle is € 3.576,56, corresponding to 195 index of the Scientific Research Career ( Annex 3 of Decreto-Lei nº 408/89, of 18 de November).

6. Application can be submitted by any national, foreign and stateless candidate(s) holding a doctorate degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biotechnology and related area and a scientific and professional curriculum whose profile is suited for the activity described below (item 7).

In case the doctorate degree was awarded by a foreign higher education institution, it must comply with the provisions of Decree-Law no. 66/2018 of 16th August , and all formalities established therein must be complied with at the signature of work contract.

7.The tender admission general requirements are those defined in the previous point 6, and additional specific requirements are proven experience in:

• (1) the extraction of bioactive metabolites from natural matrices, using different extraction techniques;
• (2) the chemical characterization of extracts, fractions and/or compounds of natural origin, by chromatographic techniques (HPLC-PDA and LC-MS), with particular relevance in the characterization of phenolic composts;
• (3) the cultivation and maintenance of cell cultures, such as the implementation, validation and execution of tests in cellular models for the evaluation of biological activities, particularly using cell lines relevant to the scope of the project, designated SH-SY5Y, CACO-2, Hep