OPENING OF INTERNATIONAL TENDER PROCEDURE FOR HIRING 2 POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERSWITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PROJECT LCF/PR/HR22/52420023, PROJECT PROPOSAL HR2200799, DESIGNATED BY “T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Origin & Relapse”
1. Within the powers delegated by the Board of Trustees of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation,
the Trustee in charge of the Department of the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência authorized opening of
an international Tender for the 2 positions of Postdoctoral Researchers to carry out scientific research
activities at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) facilities, in Oeiras, Portugal, under an undefined
employment contract, with a view to filling a vacancy within the scope of the project
LCF/PR/HR22/52420023, Project Proposal HR22-00799, with the title “T cell acute lymphoblastic
leukemia: Origin & Relapse”, financed by Fundación Bancaria Caixa d’Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona("La Caixa" Foundation).
The candidate to be selected will work in the laboratory of Lymphocyte Development andLeukemogenesis (https://gulbenkian.pt/ciencia/research-groups/vmartins/ ), directed by Dr. Vera
Martins, being responsible for carrying out scientific research activities in the Project T-ALLOREL:
proposes to study initiation and relapse in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). T-ALL is aparticularly aggressive blood-borne cancer that arises from cells of the immune system: T lymphocytes.
It affects mostly children but can also affect adults. Although T-ALL can be currently cured in 80% ofchildren and 60% of adult patients, it causes severe secondary side effects. Furthermore, 20% of
pediatric and 40% of adult T-ALL cases where therapy fails, succumb to an uncontrollable disease.
Improving therapy requires further understanding of the causes that trigger T-ALL and how the disease
re-emerges in relapse. We propose an innovative approach to address this challenge to reveal how
normal cells become leukemic and how these resist treatment to allow the disease to re-emerge. We
will address these aspects by integrating mouse and human cell work. T-ALLORREL should translate
into the development of novel therapies and strategies to distinguish responders from nonresponders, ensuring more effective therapy for the latter.
Scientific Area: Immunology, Cancer, Mouse models.
2. Applicable legislation: Labour Code, approved Law 7/2009 of February 12th with the changes
introduced by Law 93/2019 of September 4th and complementary legislation.
3. The tender selection panel will be as follows: President: Dr. Vera Martins; Members: Dr. Jocelyne
Demengeot e Dr. Moises Mallo.
4. The place of work is located at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, at Rua da Quinta Grande nº6,Oeiras, Portugal.
5.
The employment contract will be for an uncertain term under article 148 of the Labor Code,with a maximum duration of 4 years.

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6. Monthly remuneration to be paid corresponding to the level TRU38 of the Single Salary Table,approved by Order no. 1553-C/2008, of 31st December, updated under the terms of Decree-Law nº
109-A/2021 of December 7 on exclusive dedication.
7. Applicants to this Tender can be national, foreign, and stateless candidates who hold a doctoral
degree in biology or similar and have a scientific and professional curriculum evidencing an adequate
profile for the activity to be carried out. If the doctorate degree was granted by a foreign higher
education institution, it must comply with the provisions of Decree-Law no. 66/2018, of August 16 andof the Regulatory Ordinance No. 33/2019, of January 25, and all formalities established therein must
be complied with until the fate of signing the contract. In case the doctorate degree of the selectedcandidate does not comply with the Decree-Law above mentioned including all its formalities, theSelection Panel reserves the right to select the next best candidate.
8. General tender admission requirements: Background in Immunology, cancer or developmental
biology. Solid expertise in flow cytometry and the mouse as model organism are required. The
candidate must hold a doctoral degree, and hold a degree in Biology, Biochemistry or related area.
Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required.
9. Evaluation criteria: applications will be evaluated according to the Curriculum vitae (40%), Ref.
Letters 20% and the motivation letter (20%). If deemed necessary by the selection panel, the interview
of the selected candidates will represent 20% of the final classification.
10. The decision is made by nominal vote of the selection panel members, in accordance witheligibility and selection criteria, with no abstentions allowed. The final results will be presented on ascale from 0 to 100.
11. Minutes of the panel meeting should be drawn up to include a summary of all occurrences of said
meeting, as well as all votes cast by the members with the respective justification together with asorted list of approved candidates with their respective classification. These minutes should be madeavailable to candidates whenever requested.
12. The final decision of the jury is approved by the member of the Board of Trustees mandated forthis purpose, who is also responsible for deciding on the hiring.
13. Application formalization:
13.1. Applications are addressed to the Director of the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, and must be
formalized to the email address igcpositions@igc.gulbenkian.pt, containing the identification of thistender, full name, number and date of the identity card, Citizen Card or civil identification number, tax
identification number, date and place of birth, residency address including e-mail address andtelephone number.
13.2. The Applications shall include all documents providing evidence for the conditions laid down
in sections 7 and 8 for admission to this call (single pdf file named “CandidateName_LDL_La Caixa_PD”), namely:

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number and email addressd) List of up to 3 most relevant publications and reasons for selecting them;e) Other documents relevant to assess the application and the capacity in the relatedscientific area.
All candidates (taxpayers in Portugal) are required to present evidence of fulfilment of their individual
obligations towards the Portuguese Tax Authority and Social Security. Failure to comply with thisrequirement will be considered as a reason for exclusion from the selection process.
13.3. The period for submitting the applications to this Tender, is from 22/12/2022 until the vacancy
is filled.
14. All applicants who fail to submit their application correctly or who fail to provide the requirements
imposed by this Tender within the dates indicated or who do not meet the legal requirements
necessary to be hired under a term employment contract herein are excluded from admission. In caseof doubt, the panel is entitled to request further documentation to support candidate statements.
15. False statements by the applicants shall be punished by the law.
16. The list of admitted and excluded applicants, as well as the final classification list, will be publishedon the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência internet site at http://www.igc.gulbenkian.pt. The Applicants
will be notified by e-mail with receipt of delivery of the notification.
17. Deadline for Final Decision and Claims: within a maximum period of 90 days, counting from thedeadline for the submission of the applications, the final decision of the selection panel shall beannounced. After being notified of the panel's decision, applicants shall have 10 working days to issue
an opinion.
18. This tender is intended exclusively to fill this specific vacancy and can be terminated at any time
until the approval of the final candidate list, expiring with the respective occupation of said vacancy.
19. The hiring decision may, by duly substantiated act of the member of the Board of Trustees
mandated for this purpose, be revoked for reasons of strategic management, determined by thereorganization of the organic unit in question or by unforeseeable supervening circumstances at thedate of approval of the list of final ranking of candidates, relating to the assumptions of the decision
to hire and based on reasons of manifest public and institutional interest that justify it.
20. On-discrimination and equal access policy:
The Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation actively promotes a nondiscrimination and equal access policy, so that no candidate can be privileged, benefited, harmed orFinanciado por:deprived of any right or exempt from any duty on grounds, in particular, of ancestry, age, sex, sexualorientation, marital status, family and economic conditions, education, origin or social condition,
genetic heritage, reduced work capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality, ethnic origin or race,origin territory, language, religion, political or ideological beliefs and trade union membership.
21. Privacy Policy:
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is the controller responsible for the processing of Personal Datain accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Regulation on Data Protection).
The personal data processed within the scope of this tender procedure are processed within theframework of said tender procedure only and will be processed by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
with the purpose of verifying the fulfilment, by the applicants, of the assumptions established in theapplicable legislation for their contracting. Opposition to the processing of the data by the applicants
will make it impossible to accept the application and, therefore, to analyse and evaluate it.
The personal data of the Data Subject, if indispensable for the fulfilment of the obligations of theCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation, may be disclosed to third parties, namely the Funding Entities
identified in this public notice.
The personal data shall be retained for a period of five years pursuant to Article 32 (1) of the Labour
Code.
The Data Subject is entitled to oppose to the collection and processing of data, has the right toverification, the right to rectification, the right to deletion, and the right to restriction of processing of
the data collected. However, the exercise of such rights may be excluded when the personal data isused to protect public interest, namely in the detection and prevention of crimes or when subject toprofessional rules of confidentiality.
The Data Subject has the right of access and portability of the data.
The exercise of the aforementioned rights must be made in writing and addressed to the Privacy
Committee of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, by email to privacy@gulbenkian.pt or,alternatively, through the postal address at Avenida de Berna 45-A, 1067-001 Lisbon.
The applicant also has the right to submit a complaint to the National Data Protection Commission orother competent control authority in accordance with the law if he/she considers that the data are notbeing processed in accordance with the European and/or national legislation applicable.
22. Pursuant to D.L. No. 29/2001, of February 3, disabled applicants have preference in an equalclassification situation, which supersedes any legal preference. Applicants must state, when applying,under oath, the respective degree of disability, the type of disability and the means of communication
to be used in the selection process, under the terms of the aforementioned diploma.

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