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Portuguese Minister of Health visited INL

The Portuguese Minister of Health, Paulo Macedo, visited the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) to get to know the main research projects carried out in the area of nanomedicine. The full press release can be read here (only in Portuguese).

Call for Expressions of Interest for Postdoctoral Research

The International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) is launching a Call for Expressions of Interest (EOI) for Postdoctoral Research fellow positions. The International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) is an institution with international legal status, registered at the United Nations created to foster interdisciplinary research in Nanotechnology and Nanosciences. INL is a global centre of excellence in applied nanotechnology research, aiming to attract the world’s best scientists and engineers. More information here.

New PhD Student Positions

The International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) is launching 3 PhD student positions. The laboratory provides a high-tech research environment formed by state-of-the-art infrastructure equipped with the latest technologies, to address the major challenges in nanofabrication, nanocharacterization and other nanotechnologies applied to environmental & food control, nanomedicine and nanoelectronics. Successful candidates will work on (1) Microfluidic platforms for circulating cancer tumour cells separation and detection; (2) Synthesis of size-controlled Ag clusters by electrochemical methods: optimization and scaling up. Study of their catalytic and antimicrobian properties and (3) Magnetic Nanoparticles for enhanced contrast in MRI imagiology. A successful applicant must have a degree that will allow him/her to embark in a PhD programme. The applicant should have a strong enthusiasm for work and excellent communication skills. Interested applicants should submit, until October 31st 2013, their curriculum vitae and a cover letter describing motivation through INL’s recruitment website at: http://inl.int/job_offers under the “scholarship” section. More information here.

Spintronics in Graphene – 11 PhD & 4 Post-Doctoral Positions available

The SPINOGRAPH – “Spintronics in Graphene” is a Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ITN) providing state-of-the-art training for early-stage researchers (ESR) and Experienced Researchers (ER) in the field of Spintronics in Graphene. The network brings together 9 world-leading partners and offers a total of 11 Early Stage Research (ESR) PhD positions for 36 months and 4 Experienced Researcher (ER) post-doctoral positions for 24 months. Host institutions are INL, Braga, Portugal-Coordinator (2 PhD), AMO GmbH, Aachen, Germany (1 postdoc), CIC Nanogune, San Sebastian, Spain (2 PhD), CNRS, Paris, France (1 postdoc), CSIC Madrid, Spain (2 PhD), Graphenea, San Sebastian, Spain (1 postdoc), University of Aachen, Germany (1 PhD, 1 Postdoc), University of Groningen, Netherlands (2 PhD), University of Manchester, UK (2 PhD). The recruited researchers will participate in challenging and exciting projects at the forefront of research on Spintronics in Graphene and benefit from several network-wide schools, workshops and specific training courses. More information here.

INL will award 21 COFUND fellowships

The International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) will award 21 COFUND NanoTRAINforGrowth Fellowships. The fellowship programme supports promising postdoctoral researchers in their academic career development through integration into research groups, facilitating new co-operations in a stimulating and interdisciplinary research environment. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to plan a research project and work on their own research idea, at INL´s facilities. The Cofund fellowships will be awarded in the main focus areas of INL, respectively Nanomedicine (emphasis on cancer research) and Nanotechnologies for food safety and environmental control. The programme will also provide training on leadership and communication skills, project management and on obtaining research funding. INL´s NanoTRAINforGrowth fellowship programme will allow international researchers to develop their work over a period of two years.Researchers will be selected through a competitive call, expected to be launched in January 2013. The NanoTRAINforGrowth fellowship programme will run for four years (2013 – 2016) with an overall budget of 3.3M€ and is co-financed by the Marie Curie Actions of the European Union.

Ministers of Science of Portugal and People’s Republic of China visited the INL

The Portuguese Minister of Education and Science of Portugal, Nuno Crato, and the Minister of Science and Technology, of the People’s Republic of China, Wan Gang, visited the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory. After a short meeting with the aim of presenting to the Chinese delegation the INL project, a state-of-the-art facility, fully dedicated to nanotechnology and nanosciences, the two ministers visited the laboratories dedicated to nanomaterial’s, energy storage and conversion, nanochemistry and nanoparticle synthesis , spintronics and magnetometry. In the last two laboratories the Chinese Minister of Science had the chance to meet two Chinese researchers who are developing their work at INESC-MN, in collaboration with INL. The tour through the facilities, guided by INL’s the director-general, José Rivas, and deputy director general, Paulo Freitas included also the high accuracy laboratories where the Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang took a closer look at the transmission electron microscopy (TEM), the scanning electron microscopy (STEM), as well as the focus ion beam (FIB). Nanotechnology is one of the areas included in the memorandum of understanding signed between the government of People’s Republic of China and Portugal to promote collaborative research.

Nobel Laureate Harold Kroto gave lecture at INL

Sir Harold Kroto, one of the co-recipients of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry delivered (June 1st) at INL, in Braga (Portugal) a lecture entitled «Carbon in Nano and Outer Space». The Nobel laureate stressed the importance of improving the general level of scientific understanding and awareness worldwide. «Acceptance of the truth» should go hand in hand with «understanding the truth». Harold Kroto invited the young scientists in the audience to address present challenges and to think out of the box, to focus their creativity and commitment in the subject they feel genuinely passionate about. Referring to the importance of the discovery of penicillin and anaesthetics and its impact on the improvement of human well-being, Kroto directed the attention to a present challenge: the decreasing effectiveness of antibiotics. Prof. Kroto began his lecture telling the story of his and his colleagues’ odyssey towards the discovery of C60. In 1970 his research group conducted laboratory began spectroscopic studies on long linear carbon chain molecules with colleague David Walton. This research led to radio astronomy searches with Takeshi Oka and Canadian astronomers (Lorne Avery, Norman Broten and John McLeod) at the National Research Council in Canada which made the surprising discovery that […]

The Princes of Asturias visited INL

Their Royal Highnesses the Princes of Asturias, Felipe de Borbón y Grécia, and Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano visited the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory on the 31st of May. The visit was part of the official tour of the Royal Couple to the Republic of Portugal, from May 30th to June 1st, 2012.

More than 160 students applied for the 2012 INL Summer Scholarships

More than 160 students applied for an opportunity to work closely with INL researchers. Starting late June, the second edition of INL summer courses will offer 20 students from Portugal and Spain hands-on training in advanced research projects with INL scientists for two months. Scholars will have the opportunity of sharing the initial research steps of an international and multidisciplinary community working on nanotechnology projects, formed by scientists and engineers from all over the world. All candidates will be informed before the end of May about the outcome of their scholarship application.

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