Carrer Path

Rui Alves

Pre-PhD pre 1995

Escola Politecnica

Campo Grande

The Scientific Stage 1995

Instituto Rocha Cabral

Construção e Análise de um Modelo Matemático da Fosforilação Oxidativa Mitocondrial

Fernando Antunes

Armindo Salvador

Ruy Pinto

Funding: Smal PRODEP Fellowship

Decision: Ph. D or no Ph. D.

PhD: The First Year 95/96

PGDBM IGC, Oeiras

Funding: PGDBM

PhD: The Work 97/00

U Michigan Medical School

IGC, Oeiras

Mike Savageau

Decision: Post Doc or get out

Did a couple of industry interviews, one of them produced an offer, decided not to take up an industry position

Why? Not sure; idea of making methodological Ph.D. work into a proprietary commodity was very repelling to me; also did not like the interview that much.

The Post Doc Year(s): London 01

Mike Sternberg

Funding: ICRF & BBSRC FellowshipNot Won: EMBO FelllowshipDeclined by me: Marie Curie

Decision: Continue in London or get out

Bored with work + personal though time in London

Did another industry interview, decided not to take up the position

Why? Moving to Singapore required economical part to be very worth while, not due to distance but due to dictatorship. Offer made was not convincing enough.

The Invited Professor Year: Lleida 02http://www.irblleida.org/ca/contacte/index.aspx

Albert Sorribas, Biostatistics and Biomathematics Groups

Ester Albert Montse Moma Javier

Funding: Spanish Invited Professorship

The Invited Scientist Years: Lleida 03-04

http://www.irblleida.org/ca/contacte/index.aspx

Albert Sorribas, Biostatistics and Biomathematics Groups

Ester Albert Montse Moma Javier

Funding: FCT

The Invited Scentist Years: Davis 05

Funding: NIH

Decision: Do less or get lab or permanent position

Started applying to assistant professorships and to tenure track positions

Decision: Coming back to europe difficult decision. Easier and more opportunities in the US; however i was only interested in remaining if permantely and partner was only interested in remaining if temporary.

Industry contacted me this time, but I was not considering it anymore

The Ramon y Cajal 11/2 year: Lleida 06-

Albert Sorribas, Biostatistics and Biomathematics Groups

Ester Albert Montse Moma Javier

Funding: RyC Program; Spanish MCyT (1+1 projects); Small Network Grant

Decision: Coming back to Portugal. U Aveiro. Investigador Associado to organize/collaborate in their molecular bioinformatics program

Declined for two-fold personal reasons (not sure if I could function appropriately in Portuguese university system. Aveiro a good choice; partner had worked in Coimbra; has very bad impression of Portuguese university; was not convinced to move)

The Ramon y Cajal 11/2 year: LLeida

Albert Sorribas, Biostatistics and Biomathematics Groups

Ester Albert Montse Moma Javier

Funding: RyC Program; Spanish MCyT (1+1 projects); Small Network Grant

Cell Cycle/ Marti Aldea

Non-apoptotic,non-necrotic cell death caused by 7BIO/ Targets of 7BIO/ Jacint Boix

Organization & Teaching

University of Michigan/UC Davis Molecular and Cellular Networks

PGDBM/PDBCoimbra/PDBC

Masters Bioinformatics FCUL

UdL Grad Students (Bioinformatics)

Assorted International Courses and Workshops

Organized a few national/international meetings

This Year:

Undergrad Bionformatics (Biotechnology Major, UdL)

Grad Students (Pakistan, over the web)

http://web.udl.es/pg193845/testsite/index.htm