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João Guimarães has a bachelor´s degree in Biology from the Faculty of Science of the University of Porto (FCUP). Thereafter, he obtained a MSc degree in Neurobiology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP), in November of 2021. His work was published and presented at 5 international and national scientific meetings, where he presented 3 posters and 2 oral communications, being awarded best poster communication in one of them. Furthermore, he mentored several bachelor´s and master´s students and was a tutor of mathematics and science to younger students in the hopes to instigate the sparkle that led him to his scientific career. He also organised and taught the "Freezing Life Workshop" on embryonic development, at the international conference YES MEETING in 2022. He was a scientific researcher at the Pain Neurobiology group at i3s, where he has a paper as a first author published in Neural Development and a second paper that is under final preparation. Currently, he is a PhD student at the Synapse Biology group at i3s under the supervision of Dr. Matthew Holt. He has fellowship on the project H2020-WIDESPREAD-2018-2020-6-951923_NCBio. His focus is on identifying astrocyte secreted proteins and understand their influence on synaptogenesis.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
João Pedro Baltar Guimarães
Date of birth
1998/07/02
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • Baltar, João

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1213-C045-0669

Email addresses

  • joao.p.baltar@gmail.com (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • (+351) 918756590 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Avenida 1º de maio, nº527, 4795-158, Rebordões, Santo Tirso, Portugal (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023 - 2027
Ongoing
 PhD in Neurosciences (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2024/05/13 - 2024/05/16
Concluded
 Introduction to Python and Machine Learning for the Biosciences | 7 th Edition (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2023/12/13 - 2023/12/15
Concluded
 PRINCIPLES OF HIGH-THROUGHPUT PROTEOMICS RESEARCH (Outros)
Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal
 20 out of 20
2023/10 - 2023/12
Concluded
 Introductory Course in Laboratory Science (Functions A and D - Mice and Rat species specific) (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2019/09 - 2021/11/24
Concluded
 Master in Neurobiology (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Insight into the differentiation of spinal dorsal horn neurons" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2016/09 - 2019/07/08
Concluded
 Bachelor in Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Role of Casz1 in developing dorsal root ganglion neurons" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2022/01 - 2023/06 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2020/09 - 2021/11 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2018/09 - 2019/07 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/07 - 2022/07 Monitor in the activity "DNA à Lupa" during Universidade Júnior Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/07 - 2019/07 Monitor in the activity "DNA à Lupa" during Universidade Júnior Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/09/03 - Current Unlocking excellence in research and innovation in neurobiology and neurological disorders at IBMC/I3S
H2020-WIDESPREAD-2018-2020-6-951923_NCBio
PhD Student Fellow
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Baltar, João; Luisa Florido; Simone Bessa; Matthew G. Holt. "Proximity Biotinylation as a Tool to Unravel the Secretome of the Brain’s Immune and Glial Cells". Paper presented in At the Crossroads of Neuroscience and Immunology: Advances and Innovations, Porto, 2024.
    Accepted
  2. Luísa Florido; Baltar, João; Simone Bessa; Matthew Holt. "Validation of a genetic system to unravel the astrocyte specific secretome through proximity biotinylation". Paper presented in 17th Edition of Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto, Porto, 2024.
    Published
  3. Cabral, Maria; Baltar, João; Reguenga, Carlos; Monteiro, Filipe A.. "Defining Prrxl1 transcriptional program in developing dorsal root ganglion neurons". Paper presented in 16th Edition of Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto, Porto, 2023.
    Published
  4. Baltar, João; Samina, MC; Dias, AF; Reguenga, Carlos; Monteiro, Filipe A.. "Insight into the differentiation of spinal dorsal horn neurons". Paper presented in 16th YES (Young European Scientist) Meeting, 2022.
    In press
  5. Baltar, João; Samina, MC; Dias, AF; Reguenga, Carlos; Monteiro, Filipe A. "A genetic interplay between Tlx3 and Prrxl1 in dorsal horn neurons differentiation". Paper presented in 15th Edition of Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto, Porto, 2022.
    Published
  6. Baltar, João; Samina, MC; Dias, AF; Reguenga, Carlos; Monteiro, Filipe A. "Study of the transcriptional network controlling the differentiation of dorsal horn neurons". Paper presented in XVII Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, Coimbra, 2021.
  7. Baltar, João; Dias, AF; Reguenga, Carlos; Monteiro, Filipe A. "Dissecting the molecular basis for Tlx3 and Prrxl1 cooperation in the development of excitatory dorsal horn neurons". Paper presented in 14th Edition of Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto, 2021.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Baltar, João; Samina, MC; Dias, AF; Reguenga, Carlos; Monteiro, Filipe A.. "Insight into the differentiation of spinal dorsal horn neurons". Paper presented in 16th YES (Young European Scientist) Meeting, 2021.
    In press
Conference poster
  1. Cabral, Maria; Baltar, João; Reguenga, Carlos; Monteiro, Filipe A.. "Defining Prrxl1 transcriptional program in developing dorsal root ganglion neurons". Paper presented in 16th Edition of Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto, 2023.
  2. Baltar, João; Samina, MC; Dias, AF; Reguenga, Carlos; Monteiro, Filipe A. "Study of the transcriptional network controlling the differentiation of dorsal horn neurons". Paper presented in XVII Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, 2021.
  3. Baltar, João; Samina, MC; Dias, AF; Reguenga, Carlos; Monteiro, Filipe A. "Insight into the differentiation of spinal dorsal horn neurons". Paper presented in 16th YES Meeting, 2021.
  4. Baltar, João; Dias, AF; Reguenga, Carlos; Monteiro, Filipe A. "Dissecting the molecular basis for Tlx3 and Prrxl1 cooperation in the development of excitatory dorsal horn neurons". Paper presented in 14th Edition of Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto, 2021.
Journal article
  1. Baltar, João; Rafael Mendes Miranda; Maria Cabral; Sandra Rebelo; Florian Grahammer; Tobias B. Huber; Carlos Reguenga; Filipe Almeida Monteiro. "Neph1 is required for neurite branching and is negatively regulated by Prrxl1 homeodomain factor in the developing spinal cord dorsal horn". Neural Development (2024):
    Accepted
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Insight into the differentiation of spinal dorsal horn neurons". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, 2021.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/05 A genetic interplay between Tlx3 and Prrxl1 in dorsal horn neurons differentiation 15º Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto (IJUP)
2021/04 Dissecting the molecular basis for Tlx3 and Prrxl1 cooperation in the development of excitatory dorsal horn neurons Students´Talks (Biomedicine Department - FMUP)
Student´s from the PhD in Neuroscience and the Master in Neurobiology (Porto, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/09 - 2022/09 Organization and teaching of the "Freezing Life Workshop" on embryonic development, at the international conference YES MEETING in 2022. (2022/09 - 2022/09)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2022 - 2022 Participation in the "2nd International Meeting of the Portuguese Research Network on Spinal Cord Injury".
2021 - 2021 Participation in the seminar in qPCR in gene expression, miRNA, and genotyping¿
2018 - 2018 Participation in the seminar in “Open Session of the Neurobiology and Neurologic Disorders Integrative Program”
Seminar
2016 - 2016 Participation of the Entrepreneurial Ideas Contest.
Call
 Entrepreneurial Ideas Contest

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2024/09 - Current Thesis / Dissertation in MSc Program on Neurobiology (FMUP) Ricardo Ribeiro
2023/09 - 2024/10 Thesis / Dissertation in MSc Program on Neurobiology (FMUP) Luísa Florido
2024 - 2024 M.Sc. Student, University of Hamburg, Germany Ahmed Obaid
2023 - 2024 Erasmus+ master student, University of Heidelberg, Germany Julia Oster
2023/04 - 2023/07 Tutor of students from 7th grade to 9th grade at Império do Estudo Students from 7th grade to 9th grade
2022/09 - 2023 Mentoring/Tutoring of a BSc student (Biology) Rafaela Gomes
2022/05 - 2023 Thesis / Dissertation in MSc Program on Molecular Genetics (U.Minho) Maria Cabral
2022/05 - 2023 Thesis / Dissertation in MSc Program on Neurobiology (FMUP) Diana Carvalho
2022/05 - 2023 Thesis / Dissertation in MSc Program on Neurobiology (FMUP) Catarina Vandervoordt
2022 - 2023 Thesis / Dissertation in MSc Program Maria Botelho
2021/10 - 2022/06 Tutor of Mathematics and Science at Trignometria III Students from 5th grade to 11th grade
2019/11 - 2020/06 Mentoring/Tutoring of a Medicine student (FMUP) Rafaela Pinto de Sá
2019/01 - 2019/07 Final BSc Project in Biomedical Sciences (U.Algarve): "Impact of EH1 motif mutation on LBX1 transcriptional activity" Beatriz Mateus
2018/12 - 2019/06 Mentoring/Tutoring of a BSc student (U.Aveiro) Raquel Coelho
Distinctions

Award

2021 Best e-Poster Communication in the Health Sciences area
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2016 Awarded (3th Place) in the Entrepreneurial Ideas Contest