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Renato José Melo Sousa. 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: Decision-making; Striatum; Tail of the striatum; Hippocampus; Social behavior; .
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Renato José Melo Sousa

Citation names

  • Sousa, Renato

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0415-CC61-A304
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5382-9494

Email addresses

  • renato.sousa@research.fchampalimaud.org (Professional)

Addresses

  • Rua da Quinta Grande, 6, 2780-156, Oeiras, Oeiras, Portugal (Professional)
  • Av. Brasília, Doca de Pedrouços, 1400-038, Belém, Lisbon, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2017 - 2022
Ongoing
 Biologia Integrativa e Biomedicina (Doutoramento)
Major in Neurobiology
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
"Contributions of contrasting neural systems during decisions in a dynamic value landscape" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014 - 2016
Concluded
 Mestrado em Biologia Celular e Molecular (Mestrado)
Major in Neurobiology
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
"Dissection of hierarchy formation in mice: behavioral and molecular correlates of dominance" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19 out of 20
2011 - 2014
Concluded
 Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura)
Major in Molecular Biomedicine
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
 15 out of 20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/03 - Current Research Trainee (Research) Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2017/09 - Current Research Trainee (Research) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/09 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2015/09 - 2016/09 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/03 - Current Contributions of contrasting neural systems during decisions in a dynamic value landscape
PD/BD/138247/2018
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/03 - 2019/03 Oxytocinergic and dopaminergic contributions for social reward in juvenile zebrafish
PD/BD/138247/2018
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2015/09 - 2016/09 Dissection of hierarchy formation in mice: behavioral and molecular correlates of dominance
SousaRRobin2016
Other
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Concluded
2015/06 - 2015/07 In vivo electrophysiological characterization of mice dyads in the tube-test behavioral paradigm
SousaHierarchy2015
Other
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Concluded
2015/02 - 2015/02 Behavioral and cellular characterization of mice subjected to early-life stress
SousaMSUS2015
Other
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Concluded
2015/02 - 2015/02 Characterization of miR candidates regulating autism-related genes
SousaMIR2015
Other
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Sousa, Renato; Orger, Michael B.; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Oxytocinergic and dopaminergic contributions for social reward in juvenile zebrafish". Paper presented in 13th AMeeGuS Retreat, 2019.
  2. Franco, Lara; Sousa, Renato; Fernandes, Joana; Cardoso, Ana Luísa; Peça, João. "Win or Lose – Behavior, cellular and molecular characterization of social subordinance". Paper presented in 5th Champalimaud Neuroscience Symposium, 2016.
  3. Franco, Lara; Fernandes, Joana; Sousa, Renato; Cardoso, Ana Luísa; Peça, João. "Win or Lose – Behavior, cellular and molecular characterization of social subordinance". Paper presented in 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, 2016.
  4. Franco, Lara; Fernandes, Joana; Sousa, Renato; Cardoso, Ana Luísa; Peça, João. "Does early life adversity affects social hierarchy in adulthood?". Paper presented in 7th Special ISN Neurochemistry Conference, 2016.
  5. Franco, Lara; Fernandes, Joana; Sousa, Renato; Cardoso, Ana Luísa; Peça, João. "Social submissive behaviour in ranked hierarchies is triggered by early life adversity and stress". Paper presented in XIII CNC Annual Meeting, 2015.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Sousa, Renato. "Dissection of hierarchy formation in mice: behavioral and molecular correlates of dominance". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, 2016. https://estudogeral.sib.uc.pt/handle/10316/33746.
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018/03 - 2019/03 Organization of the 13th edition of the Annual Meeting of Gulbenkian Students (AMeeGuS), held in Terceira island, Azores. (2019/03 - 2019/03)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2018/10 - 2018/10 Course in animal sciences within the European Union recommendations for Functions A + D. Co-organized by CONGENTO.
Workshop
 Laboratory Animal Sciences
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2018/02 - 2018/03 Introductory bioinformatics course, part of the PhD Programme in Integrative Biology and Biomedicine.
Workshop
 Introductory Bioinformatics
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2015/05 - 2015/05 This course is part of the PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine from the University of Coimbra and consists of theoretical classes of neuronal circuits and behavior.
Other
 Neuronal Circuits and Behavior
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2014/10 - 2014/10 This course is part of the PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine from the University of Coimbra and consists of theoretical-practical classes of human neuroanatomy.
Other
 Functional Neuroanatomy
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2016/05 - 2016/06 Laboratory rotation Tiago Reis