Research Fellowship in the scientific area of Aquaculture – 1 Vacancy

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 Aquaculture within the research project with the reference number CDKL5-22-103-02 – named as CDKL5-2  - “Rescuing functional defects in a zebrafish model of CDKL5 deficiency: Contribution to the identification of therapeutic targets”, funded by The Orphan Disease Center – University of Pennsylvania, 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.

Specifically, the fellowship holder will be involved in the following tasks and objectives:

• Maintenance of zebra fish colonies, with responsibilities in the reproduction, larval, cultivation and feeding of fish in culture; 
• Conducting experimental work with adult fish, larvae and transgenics, included in the objectives of the research project;
• Providing data for the preparation of reports and participating in dissemination activities.