
Curriculum Vitae
João Carlos Bento Marques
João Carlos Bento Marques. Completed the Doutoramento in Biologia in 2009 by Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia
Química e Biológica. Published 11 articles in journals. Works in the area(s) of Medical and Health Sciences with emphasis
on Basic Medicine with emphasis on Neurosciences. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of
scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: behavioral categorization; whole brain imaging; .
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- João Carlos Bento Marques
Citation names
- Marques, João
- João Carlos Marques
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- DE18-3EB1-A0A4
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-0972-1149
Email addresses
- jcbmarques@gmail.com (Professional)
- joao.marques@neuro.fchampalimaud.org (Professional)
Telephones
- Mobile phone
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- 930563169 (Personal)
Addresses
- Travessa do Crabral 32 4th floor, 1200-057, Lisboa, lisbon, Portugal (Personal)
Websites
- https://github.com/jcbmarques/clusterdv (Scholar)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Spanish; Castilian | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2019/07/01 - 2022/06/30
Ongoing
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Postdoctoral Researcher (Pós-doutoramento)
Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
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2019/01/01 - 2019/06/06
Concluded
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Postdoctoral Researcher (Pós-doutoramento)
Max-Planck-Institut für Neurobiologie, Germany
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2016/06/01 - 2018/12/31
Concluded
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Postdoctoral Researcher (Pós-doutoramento)
Rowland Institute at Harvard, United States
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2009/10/01 - 2016/05/17
Concluded
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Biologia (Doutoramento)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
"Understanding the Neural Mechanisms That Underlay the Optomotor Response in Zerbrafish Larvae" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aprovado, por unanimidade |
2008/09/01 - 2009/08/31
Concluded
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International Neusoscience Doctoral Programme (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
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2007/09/01 - 2008/07/30
Concluded
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mestrado em ciencias farmaceuticas (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Pharmaceutical sciences
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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2006/09/01 - 2008/01/30
Concluded
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master in cell biology and biotechnology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
"Termination of the AI-2 signaling cycle in enteric bacteria" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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1999/09/01 - 2006/03/31
Concluded
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Ciências Biofarmacêuticas (Especialização pós-licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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15 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2019/07/01 - Current | Postdoc (Research) | Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal |
Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal | ||
2019/01/01 - 2019/06/30 | Postdoc (Research) | Max-Planck-Institut für Neurobiologie, Germany |
Max-Planck-Institut für Neurobiologie, Germany | ||
2016/06/01 - 2018/12/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Rowland Institute at Harvard, United States |
Rowland Institute at Harvard, United States | ||
2008/06/01 - 2018/05/31 | Researcher (Research) | Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal |
Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal | ||
2006/09/01 - 2008/09/01 | Research Trainee (Research) | Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal |
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal | ||
2004/03/31 - 2006/03 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal |
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2022/01/01 - 2023/06/30 | How does the Mauthner array generates sequences of escapes.
EXPL/MED-NEU/0957/2021
Principal investigator
Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2019/09/01 - 2021/09/30 | How the brain produces spontaneous behaviour
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Post-doc Fellow
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Germany
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Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Cancelled
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2019/08/01 - 2019/12 | Circuit mechanisms of self-movement estimation during walking
GA 759782
Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
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European Commission
Ongoing
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2022/01/01 - 2024/12/31 | Understanding how the brain produces types of movements
105362
Post-doc Fellow
Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
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Obra Social La Caixa
Ongoing
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2020/06/01 - 2022/06/30 | Understanding how serotonin modulates sensorimotor adaptation in fruit fly
897403
Post-doc Fellow
EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, Belgium
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EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Online resource |
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Preprint |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Working paper |
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Other
Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2023/02/01 | PGCN, a lost tale of a PhD programme | AMeeGuS PhD retreat
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) (Evora, Portugal)
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2022/10/01 | How does the brain generate behavioral hierarchies? |
Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP) (Paris, France)
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2022/10/01 | How does the Mauthner array generates sequences of escapes? | Zebrafish neurobiology and behavior seminar series
Ecole normale supérieure (Paris, France)
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2022/06/01 | How does the brain generate behavioral hierarchies? |
The Centre for Integrative Biology of Toulouse (CBI) (Paris, France)
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2022/04/06 | How does the brain generate behavioral hierarchies? | Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience seminar
Cambridge University (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
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2022/04/06 | A nonlinear oscillator coordinates internal states during foraging. | National Postdoc Exchange Program seminar series
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Oeiras)
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2022 | How does the brain generate behavioral hierarchies? |
Paris Brain Institute (Paris, France)
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2021/07/10 | Internal state dynamics shape brain-wide activity and foraging behavior. | Internal seminar in Paris-Saclay Neuroscience Institute (NeuroPsi)
Paris-Saclay Neuroscience Institute (NeuroPsi) (Paris, France)
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2019/12/17 | Internal state dynamics shape brain-wide activity and foraging behavior. | ICM seminar series
Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière (paris, France)
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2018/05/31 | Pan-neural calcium imaging during hunting in freely moving zebrafish larvae. | second annual Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Postdoctoral Research Symposium
Harvard University (cambridge, United States)
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2017/11/12 | Pan-neuronal calcium imaging of prey capture and reward circuitry in freely swimming larval zebrafish. | 2017 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting
Society for Neuroscience (washington, United States)
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2017/11/12 | Pan-neuronal calcium imaging in freely swimming larval zebrafish by high speed tracking microscopy. | 2017 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting
Society for Neuroscience (washington, United States)
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2015/04/01 | Zebrafish behavioral classification using density valley clustering. | European Neuroscience Conference by Doctoral Students (ENCODS)
Federation of European Neuroscience societies (Sesimbra, Portugal)
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2013/10/06 | The swim types of the zebrafish larvae | Curia, Event Celebrating 20 Years of the IGC PhD Programmes
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (Curia, Portugal)
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2013/10/01 | The behavioral repertoire of the zebrafish larvae. | 10th National Congress of Ethology
Portuguese Society of Ethology (li, Portugal)
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Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2019/09/01 - 2019/09/10 | Workshop about how to do experimental work with fruit flies.
Workshop
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Landing in the Drosophila World
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
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2013/07/01 - 2013/07/20 | Computational & Cognitive Neuroscience Summer School organized by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Beijing, China.
Workshop
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Computational & Cognitive Neuroscience Summer School Cold Spring Harbor Asia
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States
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2011/03/21 - 2011/04/01 | FELASA Level C course to have permission to do animal experiments.
Workshop
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FELASA Level C animal course
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
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Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2023/03/01 - 2023/03/01 | Master of Neurosciences at the Autonomous University of Madrid | Master of Neurosciences (Master) | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain |
2019/02/01 - 2019/06/30 | Computational analysis and modelling course. | M.Sc. Biomedical Neuroscience (Mestrado) | Technische Universität München, Germany |
Evaluation committee
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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2023/01/01 - 2024/04/30 | Evaluator for the La Caixa Postgraduate fellowship awards
Specialist
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Fundação 'la Caixa', Portugal | Fundação 'la Caixa' |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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2022/01/18 | Interview to the Portuguese newspaper “Observador” about the Postdoctoral Junior Leader La Caixa Fellowship that I won and how this project will allow to identify the neural circuits that generate movement types (2022). | Observador |
2018/03/26 | The Journal Lab Animal interviewed me with the aim of writing a Research Highlight about the findings of paper I published: Structure of the zebrafish locomotor repertoire revealed with unsupervised behavioural clustering. | Lab Animal |
Interview (tv / radio show)
Program | Topic | |
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2022/02/12 - Current | Interview to the Portuguese podcast “Mentes Brilhantes” from radio “Observador”. | This interview was about how animals an alphabet of movements that allows them to have flexible behaviors. |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2023/07/01 - 2024/09/30 | Develop a behavioral paradigm of working memory for zebrafish larvae | Catarina Matos |
2024/01/01 - 2024/02/29 | Effect of overexpression of the Pth2 neuropeptide in zebrafish social behaviour | Tomas Levezinho |
2019/10/01 - 2020/07/31 | HAC de Aprendizagem Científica | Sofiya Joosab |
2019/11/01 - 2019/11/30 | Motor adaption in fruit flies. | Anh Nguyen |
2019/03/01 - 2019/06/30 | Develop an optogenetic set up for zebrafish larvae that tracks fish in real time | Katharina Koetter |
2018/06/01 - 2018/12/31 | Understand how serotonin influences hunting of zebrafish larvae. | Briana McRae |
2017/06/01 - 2017/08/31 | Develop a drug delivery system compatible with a whole-brain imaging microscope for larval zebrafish. | Shubhayu Bhattacharyay |
2016/06/01 - 2016/08/31 | Develop a hunting assay for zebrafish larvae compatible with a whole-brain imaging tracking microscope. | Jaclyn Long |
Distinctions
Award
2018 | Travel award to 2018 Champalimaud Research Symposium
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
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2017 | Best poster award in the 2017 FASPDA Symposium
Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences, United States
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2017 | Talk selected as a Hot Topic in Society for Neuroscience 2017 meeting |
2013 | Travel award to go to Computational & Cognitive Neuroscience Summer School Cold Spring Harbor Asia
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States
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2010 | Best poster award in 2010 AMeeGuS conference
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
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2008 | Best poster award in 2008 AMeeGuS conference
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
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