JURY SELECTION MINUTES
Call for contract of a postdoc
Project (ERC-2020-COG – LOFlu - 101001521”, designated by “Controlling
Influenza A Virus Liquid Organelles”)
On the 5th of May 2023, at 11:00, the selection jury formed by Drs Maria João Amorim,Raquel Oliveira and Sílvia Vale Costa, met to analyse the applications to a contract, inthe scope of the project (ERC-2020-COG – LOFlu - 101001521), funded by theEuropean Research Council.
The call was open from 09th of March 2023 until 30th of April 2023. The jury analysed
the documents submitted in the applications. The call received 5 applications that wereclassified in the following way (scores on a scale from 0-100):

CV & previous
experience andreferences(35 %)

Motivation
letter (30 %)Total to 65%(45 %, excl.
entreview)

1 Ana Baptista

35286397

2 Ana Henriques

30

255584.6

3 Lex Van Es

25

255076.94 Asma Ressaissi

20153546.7

5 Lucila Pacífico

1525

4053.8

CV & previous
experience andreferences(35 %)

Motivation
letter (30 %)Total to 65%(45 %, excl.
entreview)

1 Ana Baptista

30275787.7

2 Ana Henriques

32245686

3 Lex Van Es

27235280

4 Asma Ressaissi

25154061.5

5 Lucila Pacífico

15254061.5

CV & previous
experience andreferences(35 %)

Motivation
letter (30 %)Total to 65%(45 %, excl.
entreview)

342559Jury 1 – Maria JoãoAmorim

Jury 2 – Raquel Oliveira

Jury 3 – Sílvia ValeCosta
1 Ana Baptista

Total(100%correction)

Total(100%correction)

Total(100%correction)

90.8

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2 Ana Henriques

28285686.2

3 Lex Van Es

22254772.3

4 Asma Ressaissi

15153046.2

5 Lucila Pacífico

25154061.5

Comments – Ana Baptista had an impressive CV being an expert in microscopy exactly
as requested in the advertisement and that are necessary for the project. Ana Henriques
had experience in tissue culture and some experience in microscopy. The list of her
publications was impressive, with 15 manuscripts peer-reviewed published. Lex Van Es
presented experience in virology but not in microscopy at an advanced level and did not
publish his PhD work. Asma Reissaissi did not have experience in microscopy at anadvanced level and Lucila Pacífico, has a lot of experience in immunology, but not in
microscopy.
After considering all applications, the jury informed three candidates (1, 2 and 3) forinterview. However, Ana Baptista has withdrawn her application as she had foundanother job. Candidates 2 and 3 were interviewed.
The interviews took place in person on 22nd and 24th of May 2023 at 14:00 and wereevaluated as following:

Jury 1 - NOME

Application total
score (65 %)Interview(35 %)

Final score (100%)

1 Ana Baptista

63

N/A

N/A

2 Ana Henriques

55

2580

3 Lex Van Es

50

2070

Jury 2 - NOME

Application total
score (65 %)Interview(35 %)

Final score (100%)

1 Ana Baptista

57

N/A

N/A

2 Ana Henriques

56

3085

3 Lex Van Es

52

2577

Jury 3 - NOME

Application total
score (65 %)Interview(35 %)

Final score (100%)

1 Ana Baptista

59

N/A

N/A

2 Ana Henriques

56

3086

3 Lex Van Es

47

2067

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Comments – Both Ana Henriques and Lex Van Es explained well their career path andprojects they developed. When asked about the LOFlu project specifics, Ana Henriquesdemonstrated she had knowledge on liquid-liquid phase separation and demonstrated
enthusiasm to learn novel approaches and techniques. Lex had limited knowledge aboutphase separation and was enthusiastic about the project. However, as Lex Van Es did not
defend his PhD at the moment of the interview, he could not be eligible for this call andwe couldn’t consider him further.
Following the interviews, the jury decided by unanimity to recommend the hiring ofcandidate number 2 (Ana Henriques) based on her ability to use tissue cultured cells tounderstand which viral and host components undergo liquid-liquid phase separation
using state of the art microscopy-based approaches and the demonstrated motivation todevelop the project:
Summary of jury’s scores for the selected candidateFinal score (%)

Maria João Amorim
Raquel Oliveira
Sílvia Vale Costa

808586

All the candidates were informed of the deliberations of the Jury on the 05th of May 2023.
If there are no complaints during the 10 working days following the communication ofthese results, the decision will be considered as effective.
There being no further matters to discuss, the meeting for which these minutes weredrawn up was closed and signed by all the members of the Jury.
Oeiras, 06 of May 2023

Chair of the Jury (Maria João Amorim __Jury member 1 (Raquel Oliveira)_____
Jury member 2 (Sílvia Vale Costa)(signature)______(signature)_(signature)

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