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Nuno Dinis Alves (Ph.D.) is a Junior Researcher at the Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS, School of Medicine, University of Minho) He has extensive training and expertise in neural plasticity, neuronal circuitries, and behavioral neuroscience, and specialized in various in vivo methodologies in mouse models of disease. Nuno is interested in dissecting the behavioral contribution of the serotonergic circuits (brain and gut) and unraveling novel therapeutic strategies to rescue behavioral dysfunctions of mental illness. He combines preclinical and clinical studies to elucidate the therapeutic potential of pharmacologic modulation of selective serotonergic pathways to rescue stress-induced cognitive inflexibility and social impairments. Nuno is graduated in Biochemistry from the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD, 2009) and Master in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Coimbra (2011), during which he developed his master's thesis at Janssen Pharmaceutica (Beerse, Belgium). He completed his Ph.D. in Health Sciences at the University of Minho (2017) under the supervision of Dr. Luísa Pinto and Dr. Nuno Sousa. During his doctoral studies, Nuno studied the importance of adult neural plasticity in depression. He revealed that typical antidepressants induce either resilience or susceptibility to recurrent depression according to their neurogenic capacity. During his post-doc at Columbia University (New York, US) and under the supervision of Dr. Mark Ansorge and Dr. Jay Gingrich, Nuno found that serotonin medial prefrontal is necessary and sufficient for cognitive flexibility. In a collaborative study with Dr. Kara Margolis (New York University), he revealed that modulation of serotonin specifically in the gut intestinal epithelium, interferes with anxiety- and depression-like behaviors.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Nuno Dinis Lopes Oliveira Alves

Citation names

  • Alves, Nuno D

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1612-5D79-C47F
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8712-3710
Google Scholar ID
https://goo.gl/9JmAu1

Email addresses

  • nunodalves@med.uminho.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), Campus de Gualtar , 4710-057, Braga, Braga, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2) Beginner (A1)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/08 - 2023/04
Concluded
 Medial prefrontal serotonin input regulates cognitive flexibility in mice (Pós-doutoramento)
Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, United States

New York University, United States
2012/12 - 2017/07/11
Concluded
 Ciências da Saúde (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
""Adult neural plasticity in the pathophysiology of depression: new insights from an animal model of recurrence."" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2009/09 - 2011/07
Concluded
 Biologia Celular e Molecular (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
""Identification of novel compounds with antidepressant potential, through the detection of VEGF-like action on established cell lines and cultured hippocampal neurons"" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2006 - 2009
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/04 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/03 Visiting Researcher (Research) New York University, United States
2018/09 - 2023/03/31 Postdoc (Research) Columbia University, United States
Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, United States
2017/09 - 2018/02 Contracted Researcher (Research) BnML Behavioral and Molecular Lab Lda, Portugal
BnML Behavioral and Molecular Lab Lda, Portugal
2017/09 - 2018/02 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2012/09 - 2017/07 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2010/09 - 2011/07 Research Trainee (Research) Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Belgium
Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Belgium
2009 - 2009 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023 - Current Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013/06/01 - 2013/06/30 Laboratory Rotation Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2013/03/01 - 2013/03/31 Laboratory Rotation Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/03/01 - 2026/02/28 Hippocampal connectivity and behavioral performance in health and depression: where does adult astrogliogenesis stand?
2022.02201.PTDC
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2024 - 2025 Decoding the serotonergic circuitry in the Machado-Joseph disease mouse brain
NA
Invited Scientist Fellow
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 National Ataxia Foundation
Ongoing
2013 - 2016 Adult neural plasticity in the pathophysiology of depression: new insights from an animal model of recurrence
SFRH/BD/89602/2012
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2018 - 2023 Defining the Role of the 5-HT4 Receptor in the Brain, Behavior, and Gut Abnormalities Resulting from In Utero SSRI Exposure
PR160365
Post-doc Fellow
US Department of Defense
Ongoing
2018 - 2023 Serotonergic modulation of hippocampal function
1R01MH113569
Researcher
National Institute of Mental Health
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 ICVS/3B¿s - Laboratório Associado, Instituto de Ciências da Vida e da Saúde / Grupo de Investigação em Biomateriais, Biodegradaveis e Biomiméticos
UID/Multi/50026/2019
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/09 - 2018/02 EpiDep - (Epi)genetic control of brain plasticity and function: a focus on depression
IF/01079/2014
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2016 - 2018 Personalized NOS - NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000013
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-00001
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 European Regional Development Fund
Concluded
2015 - 2018 Gliogenesis control of brain neuroplasticity, neurophysiology and cognitive function
427/14
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação Bial
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2024/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Prefrontal Serotonin Input in Cognitive Flexibility and its ability to revert Impairments in Stress-related disorders
55/2023
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

New York State Psychiatric Institute, United States
Fundação Bial

Ordem dos Médicos
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Alves, Nuno D. "Glial-Restricted Precursors stimulate endogenous cytogenesis and effectively recover emotional deficits in a model of cytogenesis ablation". Molecular Psychiatry (2024):
    Accepted
  2. Voulgaropoulou, Stella D.; Bastiaanssen, Thomaz F.S.; Alves, Nuno D; Viglione, Aurelia; Bordes, Joeri; Jurek, Benjamin; Paribello, Pasquale; Sep, Milou S.C.. "Editorial: An interdisciplinary perspective on resilience - A special section in Neuroscience Applied". Neuroscience Applied 3 (2024): 104044. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nsa.2024.104044.
    Accepted • 10.1016/j.nsa.2024.104044
  3. Martins-Macedo, Joana; Mateus-Pinheiro, António; Alves, Cátia; Veloso, Fernando; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Ribeiro, Inês; Correia, Joana S.; et al. Corresponding author: Pinto, Luísa. "StressMatic: A Novel Automated System to Induce Depressive- and Anxiety-like Phenotype in Rats". Cells 12 3 (2023): 381. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells12030381.
    Published • 10.3390/cells12030381
  4. Nuno Dinis Alves. "Editorial: Neural Plasticity and Behavioral Responses to Adversity". Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 16 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.969371.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.969371
  5. Antunes, Cláudia; Da Silva, Jorge D.; Guerra-Gomes, Sónia; Alves, Nuno D; Loureiro-Campos, Eduardo; Pinto, Luísa; Marques, C. Joana. Corresponding author: Marques, C. Joana. "Tet3 Deletion in Adult Brain Neurons of Female Mice Results in Anxiety-like Behavior and Cognitive Impairments". Molecular Neurobiology 59 8 (2022): 4892-4901. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12035-022-02883-7.
    Published • 10.1007/s12035-022-02883-7
  6. Ana R. Machado-Santos; Eduardo Loureiro-Campos; Patrícia Patrício; Bruna Araújo; Nuno Dinis Alves; António Mateus-Pinheiro; Joana Sofia Correia; et al. "Beyond New Neurons in the Adult Hippocampus: Imipramine Acts as a Pro-Astrogliogenic Factor and Rescues Cognitive Impairments Induced by Stress Exposure". Cells 11 3 (2022): 390-390. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11030390.
    10.3390/cells11030390
  7. Silveira-Rosa, Tiago; Mateus-Pinheiro, António; Correia, Joana Sofia; Silva, Joana Margarida; Martins-Macedo, Joana; Araújo, Bruna; Machado-Santos, Ana Rita; et al. Corresponding author: Pinto, Luísa. "Suppression of adult cytogenesis in the rat brain leads to sex-differentiated disruption of the HPA axis activity". Cell Proliferation 55 2 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cpr.13165.
    Published • 10.1111/cpr.13165
  8. Loureiro-Campos, Eduardo; Mateus-Pinheiro, António; Patrício, Patrícia; Soares-Cunha, Carina; Silva, Joana; Sardinha, Vanessa Morais; Mendes-Pinheiro, Bárbara; et al. Corresponding author: Alves, Nuno D. "Constitutive deficiency of the neurogenic hippocampal modulator AP2¿ promotes anxiety-like behavior and cumulative memory deficits in mice from juvenile to adult periods". eLife 10 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/elife.70685.
    Published • 10.7554/elife.70685
  9. Patrício, Patrícia; Mateus-Pinheiro, António; Machado-Santos, Ana Rita; Alves, Nuno D; Correia, Joana Sofia; Morais, Mónica; Bessa, João Miguel; et al. Corresponding author: Pinto, Luísa. "Cell Cycle Regulation of Hippocampal Progenitor Cells in Experimental Models of Depression and after Treatment with Fluoxetine". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 21 (2021): 11798. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms222111798.
    Published • 10.3390/ijms222111798
  10. Mateus-Pinheiro, António; Patrício, Patrícia; Alves, Nuno D; Martins-Macedo, Joana; Caetano, Inês; Silveira-Rosa, Tiago; Araújo, Bruna; et al. Corresponding author: Pinto, Luísa. "Hippocampal cytogenesis abrogation impairs inter-regional communication between the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex and promotes the time-dependent manifestation of emotional and cognitive deficits". Molecular Psychiatry 26 12 (2021): 7154-7166. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41380-021-01287-8.
    Published • 10.1038/s41380-021-01287-8
  11. Ana R. Machado-Santos; Alves, Nuno D; Bruna Araújo; Joana S. Correia; Patrícia Patrício; António Mateus-Pinheiro; Eduardo Loureiro-Campos; et al. Corresponding author: Luísa Pinto. "Astrocytic plasticity at the dorsal dentate gyrus on an animal model of recurrent depression". Neuroscience 454 (2021): 94-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.10.032.
    Published • 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.10.032
  12. Patrício, Patrícia; Mateus-Pinheiro, António; Alves, Nuno D; Morais, Mónica; Rodrigues, Ana João; Bessa, João Miguel; Sousa, Nuno; Pinto, Luísa. Corresponding author: Pinto, Luísa. "miR-409 and miR-411 Modulation in the Adult Brain of a Rat Model of Depression and After Fluoxetine Treatment". Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 14 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.00136.
    Published • 10.3389/fnbeh.2020.00136
  13. Antunes, Cláudia; Da Silva, Jorge D.; Guerra-Gomes, Sónia; Alves, Nuno D; Ferreira, Fábio; Loureiro-Campos, Eduardo; Branco, Miguel R.; et al. Corresponding author: Marques, C. Joana. "Tet3 ablation in adult brain neurons increases anxiety-like behavior and regulates cognitive function in mice". Molecular Psychiatry 26 5 (2020): 1445-1457. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41380-020-0695-7.
    10.1038/s41380-020-0695-7
  14. Duarte, Joana Mendes; Gaspar, Rita; Caetano, Liliana; Patrício, Patrícia; Soares-Cunha, Carina; Mateus-Pinheiro, António; Alves, Nuno D; et al. Corresponding author: Gomes, Catarina A.. "Region-specific control of microglia by adenosine A2A receptors: uncoupling anxiety and associated cognitive deficits in female rats". Glia 67 1 (2018): 182-192. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/glia.23476.
    Published • 10.1002/glia.23476
  15. Mateus-Pinheiro, Antonio; Alves, Nuno D; Sousa, Nuno; Pinto, Luisa. Corresponding author: Pinto, Luisa. "AP2¿: A New Player on Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis Regulation". Journal of Experimental Neuroscience 12 (2018): 117906951876689. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1179069518766897.
    Published • 10.1177/1179069518766897
  16. Alves, Nuno D; Patrício, Patrícia; Correia, Joana S.; Mateus-Pinheiro, António; Machado-Santos, Ana R.; Loureiro-Campos, Eduardo; Morais, Mónica; et al. Corresponding author: Pinto, Luísa. "Chronic stress targets adult neurogenesis preferentially in the suprapyramidal blade of the rat dorsal dentate gyrus". Brain Structure and Function 223 1 (2017): 415-428. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00429-017-1490-3.
    Published • 10.1007/s00429-017-1490-3
  17. Morais, M; Patrício, P; Mateus-Pinheiro, A; Alves, Nuno D; Machado-Santos, A R; Correia, J S; Pereira, J; et al. Corresponding author: Bessa, J M. "The modulation of adult neuroplasticity is involved in the mood-improving actions of atypical antipsychotics in an animal model of depression". Translational Psychiatry 7 6 (2017): e1146-e1146. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/tp.2017.120.
    Published • 10.1038/tp.2017.120
  18. Alves, Nuno D; Correia, J S; Patrício, P; Mateus-Pinheiro, A; Machado-Santos, A R; Loureiro-Campos, E; Morais, M; et al. Corresponding author: Pinto, L. "Adult hippocampal neuroplasticity triggers susceptibility to recurrent depression". Translational Psychiatry 7 3 (2017): e1058-e1058. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/tp.2017.29.
    Published • 10.1038/tp.2017.29
  19. Mateus-Pinheiro, A; Alves, Nuno D; Patrício, P; Machado-Santos, A R; Loureiro-Campos, E; Silva, J M; Sardinha, V M; et al. Corresponding author: Pinto, L. "AP2¿ controls adult hippocampal neurogenesis and modulates cognitive, but not anxiety or depressive-like behavior". Molecular Psychiatry 22 12 (2016): 1725-1734. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mp.2016.169.
    Published • 10.1038/mp.2016.169
  20. Caetano, L; Pinheiro, H; Patrício, P; Mateus-Pinheiro, A; Alves, Nuno D; Coimbra, B; Baptista, F I; et al. Corresponding author: Gomes, C A. "Adenosine A2A receptor regulation of microglia morphological remodeling-gender bias in physiology and in a model of chronic anxiety". Molecular Psychiatry 22 7 (2016): 1035-1043. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mp.2016.173.
    Published • 10.1038/mp.2016.173
  21. Patrício, Patrícia; Mateus-Pinheiro, António; Irmler, Martin; Alves, Nuno D; Machado-Santos, Ana R; Morais, Mónica; Correia, Joana S; et al. Corresponding author: Pinto, Luísa. "Differential and Converging Molecular Mechanisms of Antidepressants’ Action in the Hippocampal Dentate Gyrus". Neuropsychopharmacology 40 2 (2014): 338-349. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npp.2014.176.
    Published • 10.1038/npp.2014.176
  22. Mateus-Pinheiro, António; Patrício, Patrícia; Alves, Nuno D; Machado-Santos, Ana R.; Morais, Monica; Bessa, João M.; Sousa, Nuno; Pinto, Luisa. Corresponding author: Pinto, Luisa. "The Sweet Drive Test: refining phenotypic characterization of anhedonic behavior in rodents". Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 8 (2014): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00074.
    Published • 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00074
  23. Mateus-Pinheiro, A; Pinto, L; Bessa, J M; Morais, M; Alves, Nuno D; Monteiro, S; Patrício, P; Almeida, O F X; Sousa, N. Corresponding author: Pinto, L. "Sustained remission from depressive-like behavior depends on hippocampal neurogenesis". Translational Psychiatry 3 1 (2013): e210-e210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/tp.2012.141.
    Published • 10.1038/tp.2012.141
Preprint
  1. Ashlea A. Morgan; Nuno D. Alves; Gregory S. Stevens; Tamanna T. Yeasmin; Alexandra Mackay; Saige Power; Derya Sargin; et al. "Medial Prefrontal Cortex Serotonin Input Regulates Cognitive Flexibility in Mice". 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.30.534775.
    10.1101/2023.03.30.534775
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Alves, Nuno Dinis Lopes Oliveira. "Adult neural plasticity in the pathophysiology of depression: new insights from an animal model of recurrence". PhD, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/48617.
  2. "Search for novel compounds with anti-depressants potential through the detection of VEGF-like action on established cell lines and primary hippocampal cultures". Master, Universidade de Coimbra, 2011.

Other

Other output
  1. Constitutive AP2¿ deficiency reduces postnatal hippocampal neurogenesis and induces behavioral deficits in juvenile mice that persist during adulthood. 2021. Eduardo Loureiro-Campos; Nuno Dinis Alves; António Mateus-Pinheiro; Patrícia Patrício; Carina Soares-Cunha; Joana Silva; Vanessa Morais Sardinha; et al. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.07.447328.
    10.1101/2021.06.07.447328
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023 Medial Prefrontal Serotonergic Input Regulates Cognitive Flexibility Behavior in Mice ISSR Meeting 2023
(United States)
2022/08 Medial Prefrontal Serotonergic Input Regulates Cognitive Flexibility Behavior in Mice ISN-APSN Meeting 2022
(United States)
2022/03/09 A contribuição funcional dos neurónios serotoninérgicos no cérebro adulto. VII Jornadas de Bioengenharia
Nucleo de Estudantes de Bioengenharia da UTAD (Vila Real, Portugal)
2017 Adult neural plasticity in the pathophysiology of depression: new insights from an animal model of recurrence. Seminar
Columbia University (New York, United States)
2017 Adult neural plasticity in the pathophysiology of depression: new insights from an animal model of recurrence Seminar
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (New York, United States)
2016 Adult hippocampal neuroplasticity triggers susceptibility to recurrent depression. XIX National Congress of Biochemistry
(Guimarães, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023 - Current Modulation of newborn neuronal cells on the hippocampal DG on an animal model of depression
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2023 - Current Prefrontal Serotonin Input in Cognitive Flexibility and its Ability to Revert Impairments in Stress-related Disorders
Supervisor
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2017 - 2021/12/14 Serotonin Input to the Medial Prefrontal Cortex Promotes Behavioral Flexibility
Co-supervisor
Columbia University, United States
2019/04 - 2020 Functional impact of optogenetic stimulation of dorsal hippocampal serotonergic neurons in a developmental mouse model of 5-HTergic dysfunction
Co-supervisor
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland

Columbia University, United States
2019 - 2020 The Role of Serotonergic Inputs in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex (mPFC) on Behavioral Flexibility
Co-supervisor
Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, United States

Barnard College, United States
2018 - 2020 Role of Serotonergic Inputs in Medial Prefrontal Cortex Function
Co-supervisor
Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, United States
2018 - 2019 Role of Serotonergic Inputs in the ventral CA1 on Memory & Emotion-Based Behavior
Co-supervisor
Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, United States

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2016 - Current Annual Meeting of the Inter-University Doctoral Program in Ageing and Chronic Diseases (2016)
2017 - 2017 XV Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (2017 - 2017)
2011 - 2017 Open Lab Days at Brain Awareness Week (2011)
Workshop (Other)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023 Microglial responses to sleep manipulation in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease
(Thesis) Arguer
 Ana Beatriz Neves de la Féria (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021 - Current The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2016 - 2017 Pedagogical Committee at School of Medicine (University of Minho)
2016 - 2017 Representative of Graduate students at School of Medicine, University of Minho

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2023 - Current Spokesperson, Young Mediterranean Neuroscience Society Committee
Member
2023 - Current Chapter Representative, Minho – Portugal Chapter
Coordinator
 Society for Neuroscience, United States
2023 - Current Member of the Early career shell of the Resilience Network
Member
 European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Netherlands
2023 - Current Member, Society of Biological Psychiatry, Mediterranean Neuroscience Society, International Society for Serotonin Research, European Society for Neurochemistry
Member
2021 - Current Columbia University Postdoctoral Society
Member
 Columbia University, United States

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2024/09/25 - 2024/09/27 10th International Symposium on Resilience Research. (Mainz, Germany)

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2021 - 2023 Selection committee for the Columbia Neuroscience Seminars
Evaluator
 Columbia University, United States
2021 - 2021 Evaluator of studies at the AstraZeneca Foundation Innovate Competition – iMed Conference
Evaluator
 Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021 - Current Frontiers in Pharmacology Frontiers
2021 - Current Brain Behavioral Research
2021 - Current Communications Biology
2021 - Current Frontiers in Psychiatry
2020 - Current Frontiers in Neuroscience Frontiers

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2020 - 2021 International Mentoring Program – IMFAHE, Boston, US Patricia Correia
2019 - 2020 International Mentoring Program – IMFAHE, Boston, US Luis Santos
Distinctions

Award

2023 Maria de Sousa Award
Fundação Bial, Portugal

Ordem dos Médicos, Portugal
2022 Sackler Innovation Award
Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, United States
2022 International Society for Neurochemistry Travel Award
International Society for Neurochemistry, Switzerland
2017 Junior Investigator Travel Award
BioLegend Inc, United States
2017 Member Travel Grant
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Belgium
2016 Student Scholarship
Sociedade Portuguesa de Bioquímica, Portugal
2016 Registration fee waiver
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Belgium
2015 Travel Grant
European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Netherlands
2015 Seminar Award
European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Netherlands
2014 Travel Grant
R&D Systems Inc, United States

Other distinction

2019 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellowships in Aging Research (selected LOI (26 in 198)
American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), United States
2012 PhD Scholarship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2010 ERASMUS - European Lifelong Learning Program
European Commission, Belgium
2008 ERASMUS - European Student Exchange Program
European Commission, Belgium