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Filipa Baptista got her BSc degree in Biology in 2006 at the University of Coimbra (UC). In 2012 she completed her PhD in Biosciences (specialization in Cell and Molecular Biology at UC) focused on studying impact of diabetes on the central nervous system, elucidating diabetes-induced neuronal changes in diabetic encephalopathy and retinopathy. In 2013, Filipa Baptista got a postdoctoral position at the Center for Cell Biology, University of Aveiro (UA), aiming to develop novel therapeutic strategies to tackle Alzheimer´s disease (AD). But at the end of 2013, after a successful application to FCT postdoctoral grants, she decided to return to UC to carry out her project in the field of Diabetes. Simultaneously, she was a team member of Mantero Belard awarded project, and explored the concept of "the retina as a window to the brain" in AD, clarifying whether the retina can be used as tool for early AD diagnosis, contributed both with her knowledge in vision sciences and expertise in behavioral analysis to the study. In December 2018, Filipa Baptista got her present Researcher position at the Centre for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB) and is working on the field of Developmental programming, investigating how insults in critical periods of development underlie the emergence of disease later in life. Specifically, Filipa Baptista has been investigating the impact of maternal diabetes and prenatal stress on offspring brain investigating its putative long-term implications in cognitive impairment and psychiatric disorders. Filipa Baptista is also investigating putative sex differences in the clinical presentation of psychiatric disorders, opening new avenues for preventing neurodevelopmental changes or therapeutically intervene considering sex differences. Since 2019, FB is also an effective collaborator at Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), a leading institution of the UC, specialized in molecular imaging in Neuroscience and translational research. According to Scopus database Filipa Baptista is the author/coauthor of 39 papers in international peer reviewed journals, originating 1065 citations and an h-index of 18. As an important component of dissemination of research outputs, Filipa Baptista participated in several national and international meetings being an author/coauthor of more than 100 presentations (of which 45 were oral presentations). The total funding gathered from pharmaceutical companies and research programs surpasses 100 000 Euros, as co-Principal Investigator. Filipa Baptista is presently involved on the COST Action (CA22114) "Maternal Perinatal Stress and Adverse Outcomes in the Offspring", and was recently awarded with the best Project award (as PI) by the Portuguese Society of Diabetology (2023 ) on the area of Nutritional Psychiatry. Filipa Baptista frequently engage in outreaching activities, namely Brain Awareness Week, European Researcher´s Night and in several activities for high school students. FB was a member of the organizing committee of a symposium on Microglial cells (2014), the V Symposium of the Portuguese Glial Network (2021), and member of the organizing committee of the 5th CIBB Neuroscience Retreat (2023). Additionally, FB is responsible for the coordination of the weekly institutional Seminars where national and international researchers and clinicians are invited to share their work. FB has been invited as lecturer in several postgraduate courses, as Doctoral Programme in Health Sciences, Master´s in Biomedical Research, Master´s in Molecular and Translational Neuroscience and Integrated Master's in Medicine. FB supervision and training experience is mirrored in 1 PhD thesis (ongoing), 12 Master thesis (1 ongoing) and 30 undergraduate training and lab rotations.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Filipa Baptista

Citation names

  • Baptista, FI

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
241E-D1C2-2DF7
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7972-640X

Email addresses

  • fibaptista@fmed.uc.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 239480235 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra; Azinhaga de Santa Comba-Celas, 3000-548, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2013/10/01 - 2018/12/31
Concluded
 N/A (Pós-doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2013/02/01 - 2013/08/31
Concluded
 N/A (Pós-doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2008/01/01 - 2012/11/28
Concluded
 Biosciences (Doutoramento)
Major in Molecular and Celular Biology
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Impact of diabetes on exocytosis/neurotransmitter release in the retina" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Distinção e Louvor por Unanimidade
2001/09/01 - 2006/09/26
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/12/21 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2013/10/01 - 2018/12/20 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2013/02/01 - 2013/08/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/07/01 - 2024/12/31 Tryptophan supplementation during pregnancy and lactation to improve cognition and metabolism in the offspring of diabetic mothers
Emílio Peres grant
Principal investigator
Ongoing
2021/09 - 2023/12/31 Cerebrovascular hypothesis of stress-induced behavioral alterations
A-29178
Co-Principal Investigator
2022/01/01 - 2023/06/30 Mitochondria as potential drivers of sex-specific microglia dysfunctional remodelling and anxiety caused by prenatal stress
EXPL/MED-NEU/1002/2021
Co-Principal Investigator
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/07/01 - 2020/09 “Predictors of resistance to corticotherapy in children with nephrotic syndrome”
FMUC/Banco Santander-Totta; [PEPITA]2019: Programa de Estimulo a Projectos de Investigação Interdisciplinar e Translacional
Co-Principal Investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Concluded
2016/01/01 - 2018/12/31 “The changing brain in Alzheimer's disease: is the retina a reliable mirror of disease onset and progression?”
Prémios Santa Casa Neurociências: Prémio Mantero Belard
Researcher
Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Portugal
Concluded
2013/10/01 - 2018/12/20 “Unravelling the involvement of neuroinflammation on the impairment of axonal transport in hippocampal neurons under diabetic conditions: contribution to synaptic changes and memory impairment”
SFRH/BPD/86830/2012
Post-doc Fellow
Concluded
2008/01/01 - 2012/11/28 Impact of diabetes on exocytosis/neurotransmitter release in the retina
SFRH/BD/35961/2007
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2013/02/01 - 2013/08/31 “New Strategies Applied to Neuropathological Disorders”
CENTRO-07-ST24-FEDER-002034
Post-doc Fellow
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Andreia Amaro; Mariana Rocha; Cátia Barra; Tamaeh Monteiro; Rodrigo Gomes; Filipa Baptista; Paulo Matafome. "A glicação materna causa alterações metabólicas e do neurodesenvolvimento na descendência de ratos Wistar". Paper presented in Annual meeting of the Portuguese Society of Diabetology, 2021.
  2. Gaspar, Rita; Soares-Cunha, Carina; Coimbra, Bárbara; Baptista, FI; Domingues, Ana Verónica; Fontes-Ribeiro, C. A.; Sousa, Nuno; et al. "Dynamic changes in microglia morphology and higher resilience to stress-induced anxious-behavior in a model of prenatal exposure to glucocorticoids". Paper presented in XVI Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, Lisbon, 2019.
  3. Rodrigues-Neves, A.C.; Carecho, Rafael; Baptista, FI; Moreira, Paula I.; Ambrósio, António F.. "Can the retina show similar molecular and cellular changes as the brain in an animal model of alzheimer’s disease?". Paper presented in XVI Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, Lisbon, 2019.
  4. Portugal, C. C.; Socodato, Renato; Canedo, T; Henriques, J F; Silva, C M; Ferreira M.; Magalhães, J; et al. "Profilin-1 deficiency specifically in microglia leads to microglial disfunction, blood-brain barrier dysfunction and changes in mice behavior". Paper presented in XIV European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease, Porto, 2019.
  5. Rodrigues-Neves AC; Carecho, R.; Baptista, FI; Moreira, P.I.; Ambrósio, AF. "Do the retina and brain share similar glial patterns in an animal model of Alzheimer´s disease?". Paper presented in XIV European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease, Porto, 2019.
  6. Gaspar, R; Soares-Cunha, Carina; Coimbra, Bárbara; Domingues, Ana Verónica; Baptista, FI; Fontes-Ribeiro, C. A.; Sousa, Nuno; et al. "Prenatal glucocorticoid exposure alters microglia in a sex-specific manner and blunts stress-induced behavioral changes in adulthood.". Paper presented in XIV European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease, Porto, 2019.
  7. Baptista, FI; Sousa, Fábio J; Correia, Raquel G.; Gomes, Catarina A.; Ambrósio, A.F.. "Impacto da diabetes materna na neurogénese, sinaptogénese e neurodesenvolvimento da descendência: efeito da especificidade de género". Paper presented in Annual meeting of the Portuguese Society of Diabetology, Vilamoura, 2019.
  8. Baptista, FI; Sousa, Fábio J; Correira, Raquel G.; Gomes, Catarina A.; Ambrósio, A.F.. "Maternal diabetes impairs offspring development and short-term memory". Paper presented in 11th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Berlin, 2018.
  9. Ambrósio, A.F.; Chiquita, Samuel; Neves, Catarina; Carecho, Rafael; Baptista, FI; Campos, Elisa; Moreira, Paula. "Can the retina be used as a reliable mirror to evaluate changes occurring in the Alzheimer’s brain?". Paper presented in ARVO 2017, Baltimore, 2017.
  10. Mendes-Duarte, Joana; Caetano, Liliana; Patrício, Patrícia; Soares-Cunha, Carina; Mateus-Pinheiro A; Alves, Nuno Dinis; Baptista, FI; et al. "Dimorphic, brain region-specific regulation of microglia by adenosine A2AR receptors: uncoupling anxiety and cognition". Paper presented in 7th ISN Special Neurochemistry Conference Synaptic Function and Dysfunction in Brain Diseases, Coimbra, 2016.
  11. Pinheiro, H.; Caetano, L.; Patrício, P.; Cunha, C.; Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Alves, N. D.; Baptista, FI; et al. "Dimorphic responses to chronic A2AR blockade in a model of developmental anxiety". Paper presented in 7th ISN Special Neurochemistry Conference Synaptic Function and Dysfunction in Brain Diseases, Coimbra, 2016.
  12. S. Henriques; L. Caetano; P. Patrício; Soares-Cunha, Carina; A. Mateus-Pinheiro; N.D. Alves; Baptista, FI; et al. "Anxiety caused by prenatal immunomodulation is paralleled by an atrophy of microglial processes in the pre-frontal cortex of female rats.". Paper presented in XIVth meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neurosciences, Póvoa do Varzim, 2015.
  13. Baptista, FI; Maria J. Pinto; Filipe Elvas; Tiago Martins; Ramiro D. Almeida; António F. Ambrósio. "Elevated glucose triggers interleukin-1ß production, activates microglia and decreases glial cell proliferation in retinal neural cell cultures.". Paper presented in XIVth meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neurosciences, Póvoa do Varzim, 2015.
  14. Baptista, FI; Pinto, Maria J.; Elvas, Filipe; Martins, Tiago; Almeida, Ramiro D.; Ambrósio, António F.. "Diabetes affects KIF1A, KIF5B motor proteins in the rat retina: Implications for axonal transport.". Paper presented in Annual meeting of the Portuguese Society of Diabetology, Tomar, 2015.
  15. Baptista, FI; Pinto, Maria J.; Elvas, Filipe; Martins, Tiago; Almeida, Ramiro D.; Ambrósio, António F.. "Diabetes induces changes in motor proteins distribution in the rat retina: Implications for axonal transport". Paper presented in FEBS EMBO 2014 conference, Paris, 2014.
  16. Baptista, FI; Pinto, Maria J.; Elvas, Filipe; Almeida, Ramiro D.; Ambrósio, António F.. "Diabetes alters KIF1A and KIF5B motor proteins in the hippocampus". Paper presented in 38th FEBS Congress, Saint Petersburg, 2013.
  17. Baptista, FI; Ambrósio, António F.; Aveleira, Célia A.; Castilho, Áurea F.; Fernandes, Carolina; Simões, Núria. "Cell-specific effects of high glucose and interleukin-1ß in retinal neural cell cultures". Paper presented in Annual meeting of the Portuguese Society of Diabetology, Tomar, 2013.
  18. Baptista, FI; Pinto, Maria J.; Almeida, Ramiro D.; Ambrósio, António F.. "Diabetes affects kinesin motor proteins in the hippocampus.". Paper presented in Annual meeting of the Portuguese Society of Diabetology, Tomar, 2013.
  19. Köfalvi (Kofalvi, Käfalvi), Attila ; Morgado, Carla; Pedro, Joana Reis; Lemos, Cristina; Baptista, FI; Gaspar, Joana M.; Ambrósio, António F.; et al. "Streptozotocin-induced type-1 diabetes triggers deregulation of cerebral glucose metabolism identical to genetic deletion of the CB1 cannabinoid receptor". Paper presented in 8th FENS Forum of Neurocience, Barcelona, 2012.
  20. Baptista, FI; Ambrósio, António F.; Aveleira, Célia; Castilho, Áurea; Fernandes, Carolina. "Interleukin-1 beta affects the expression of IL-1RI and induces proliferation of glial cells in retinal cell cultures". Paper presented in 36thFEBS Congress, Turim, 2011.
  21. Baptista, FI; Pedro, Joana Reis; Duarte, João; Fernandes, Ângela; Gaspar, Joana; Nogueira, Célia; Carvalho, Eugenia; Ambrósio, António F.; Köfalvi (Kofalvi, Käfalvi), Attila. "Neocortical impairment of glucose homeostasis in the early phase of rat model of type-1 diabetes". Paper presented in Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Amsterdan, 2010.
  22. Gaspar, Joana M.; Castilho, Áurea; Baptista, FI; Liberal, Joana; Ambrósio, António F.. "Elevated glucose affects the content and distribution of some exocytotic proteins in hippocampal neurons". Paper presented in 39th Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, 2009.
  23. Baptista, FI; Ambrósio, António F.; Castilho, Áurea; Liberal, Joana; Serra, Sofia; Gaspar, Joana M.; Carvalho, Ana L.. "Elevated glucose, but not diabetes, induces significant changes in the content and distribution of AMPA receptor subunits in retinal neural cells.". Paper presented in 39th Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, 2009.
  24. Áurea Castilho; Joana Liberal; Joana. M. Gaspar; Baptista, FI; Ana Luísa Carvalho; António F. Ambrósio. "Elevated glucose alters the content and distribution of AMPA receptor subunits in retinal neural cells.". Paper presented in 11th Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, Braga, 2009.
  25. Baptista, FI; Joana. M. Gaspar; Joana Galvão; Áurea Castilho; Rodrigo A. Cunha; António F. Ambrósio. "The levels of synaptic proteins in retinal nerve terminals are affected by diabetes". Paper presented in 11th Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, Braga, 2009.
  26. Joana. M. Gaspar; Áurea Castilho; Baptista, FI; Joana Liberal; António F. Ambrósio. "High glucose can affect the content or distribution of some exocytotic proteins in hippocampal neurons". Paper presented in 11th Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, Braga, 2009.
  27. Joana Liberal; Áurea Castilho; Joana. M. Gaspar; Baptista, FI; Sofia S. Serra; Ana Luísa Carvalho; António F. Ambrósio. "High glucose and diabetes do not induce significant and persistent changes in the content of AMPA receptor subunits in hippocampal cells". Paper presented in 11th Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, Braga, 2009.
  28. Gaspar, Joana M.; Baptista, FI; Galvão, Joana; Castilho, Áurea; Cunha, Rodrigo A.; Ambrósio, António F.. "Diabetes alters the content of synaptic proteins in hippocampal nerve terminals". Paper presented in 38th Society for Neuroscience, Washington, 2008.
  29. Baptista, FI; Gaspar, Joana M.; Galvão, Joana; Castilho, Áurea; Cunha, Rodrigo A.; Ambrósio, António F.. "Diabetes induces changes in the levels of presynaptic proteins in the rat retina". Paper presented in 38th Society for Neuroscience, Washington, 2008.
  30. Castilho, Áurea F.; Liberal, J. M.; Serra, S. C.; Gaspar, J.M.; Baptista, FI; Carvalho, A.L.; Ambrósio, A.F.. "Elevated glucose increases total and surface expression of AMPA receptor subunits in retinal neural cells.". Paper presented in 38th Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC, 2008.
  31. Ambrósio, A.F.; Leal, E. C.; Aveleira, C.; Castilho, A.; Baptista, FI. "Muller cells do not influence leukocyte adhesion to retinal endothelial cells". Paper presented in ARVO Annual Meeting 2008, Fort Lauderdale, 2008.
Journal article
  1. Renato Socodato; Tiago O. Almeida; Camila C. Portugal; Evelyn C.S. Santos; Joana Tedim-Moreira; João Galvão-Ferreira; Teresa Canedo; et al. "Microglial Rac1 is essential for experience-dependent brain plasticity and cognitive performance". Cell Reports 42 (2023): 113447.
    Open access • 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113447
  2. Andreia Marreiros Amaro; Diana Sousa; Mariana Sá-Rocha; Marcos Divino Ferreira-Junior; Daniela Rosendo-Silva; Lucas Paulo Jacinto Saavedra; Cátia Barra; et al. "Postnatal Overfeeding in Rodents Induces a Neurodevelopment Delay and Anxious-like Behaviour Accompanied by Sex- and Brain-Region-Specific Synaptic and Metabolic Changes". Nutrients (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/16/3581.
    10.3390/nu15163581
  3. Realinho AM; Boia R; Paiva B; Correia RG; Gaspar R; Ambrósio AF; Baptista FI. "Maternal diabetes affects rat offspring retinal structure and function: Sex-specific vulnerabilities at infancy.". Life sciences (2023): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/37321535.
    10.1016/j.lfs.2023.121852
  4. Amaro, Andreia; Sousa, Diana; Sá-Rocha, Mariana; Ferreira-Junior, Marcos D.; Barra, Cátia; Monteiro, Tamaeh; Mathias, Paulo; et al. "Sex-specificities in offspring neurodevelopment and behaviour upon maternal glycation: Putative underlying neurometabolic and synaptic changes". Life Sciences 321 (2023): 121597. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2023.121597.
    10.1016/j.lfs.2023.121597
  5. Simões-Henriques CF; Rodrigues-Neves AC; Sousa FJ; Gaspar R; Almeida I; Baptista FI; Ambrósio AF; Gomes CA. "Neonatal testosterone voids sexually differentiated microglia morphology and behavior.". Frontiers in endocrinology (2023): https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC10013065.
    10.3389/fendo.2023.1102068
  6. Amaro, Andreia; Baptista, Filipa I.; Matafome, Paulo. "Programming of future generations during breastfeeding: The intricate relation between metabolic and neurodevelopment disorders". Life Sciences 298 (2022): 120526. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2022.120526.
    10.1016/j.lfs.2022.120526
  7. Gaspar, Rita; Soares-Cunha, Carina; Domingues, Ana Verónica; Coimbra, Bárbara; Baptista, Filipa I.; Pinto, Luísa; Ambrósio, António F.; Rodrigues, Ana João; Gomes, Catarina A.. "The Duration of Stress Determines Sex Specificities in the Vulnerability to Depression and in the Morphologic Remodeling of Neurons and Microglia". Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 16 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.834821.
    10.3389/fnbeh.2022.834821
  8. Ana Sofia Ferreira; Sofia Galvão; Rita Gaspar; Ana C. Rodrigues-Neves; António F. Ambrósio; Paulo Matafome; Catarina A. Gomes; Filipa I. Baptista. "Sex-specific changes in peripheral metabolism in a model of chronic anxiety induced by prenatal stress". European Journal of Clinical Investigation (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/eci.13639.
    10.1111/eci.13639
  9. Rita Gaspar; Carina Soares-Cunha; Ana Verónica Domingues; Bárbara Coimbra; Filipa I. Baptista; Luísa Pinto; António F. Ambrósio; Ana João Rodrigues; Catarina A. Gomes. "Resilience to stress and sex-specific remodeling of microglia and neuronal morphology in a rat model of anxiety and anhedonia". Neurobiology of Stress 14 (2021): 100302-100302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynstr.2021.100302.
    10.1016/j.ynstr.2021.100302
  10. Rodrigues-Neves AC; Carecho R; Correia SC; Carvalho C; Campos EJ; Baptista FI; Moreira PI; Ambrósio AF. "Retina and Brain Display Early and Differential Molecular and Cellular Changes in the 3xTg-AD Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease.". Molecular neurobiology (2021): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/33606195.
    10.1007/s12035-021-02316-x
  11. Baptista, FI. "Microglia Dysfunction Caused by the Loss of Rhoa Disrupts Neuronal Physiology and Leads to Neurodegeneration.". Cell reports (2020): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2020.107796.
    10.1016/j.celrep.2020.107796
  12. Baptista, FI. "Transient Gain of Function of Cannabinoid CB1 Receptors in the Control of Frontocortical Glucose Consumption in a Rat Model of Type-1 Diabetes.". Brain research bulletin (2020): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainresbull.2020.05.004.
    10.1016/j.brainresbull.2020.05.004
  13. Sousa, Fábio J.; Correia, Raquel G.; Cruz, Alexandra F.; Martins, Joana M.; Rodrigues, Matilde S.; Gomes, Catarina A.; Ambrósio, António F.; Baptista, Filipa I.. "Sex differences in offspring neurodevelopment, cognitive performance and microglia morphology associated with maternal diabetes: putative targets for insulin therapy". Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2020.100075.
    Accepted • 10.1016/j.bbih.2020.100075
  14. Baptista, FI. "Microglia cytoarchitecture in the brain of adenosine A2A receptor knockout mice: brain region and sex specificities.". The European journal of neuroscience (2019): https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14561.
    10.1111/ejn.14561
  15. Chiquita S; Ribeiro M; Castelhano J; Oliveira F; Sereno J; Batista M; Abrunhosa A; et al. "A longitudinal multimodal in vivo molecular imaging study of the 3xTg-AD mouse model shows progressive early hippocampal and taurine loss.". Human molecular genetics (2019): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30816415.
    10.1093/hmg/ddz045
  16. Chiquita S; Rodrigues-Neves AC; Baptista FI; Carecho R; Moreira PI; Castelo-Branco M; Ambrósio AF. "The Retina as a Window or Mirror of the Brain Changes Detected in Alzheimer's Disease: Critical Aspects to Unravel.". Molecular neurobiology (2019): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30612332.
    10.1007/s12035-018-1461-6
  17. Baptista FI; Pinheiro H; Gomes CA; Ambrósio AF. "Impairment of Axonal Transport in Diabetes: Focus on the Putative Mechanisms Underlying Peripheral and Central Neuropathies.". Molecular neurobiology (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30003516.
    10.1007/s12035-018-1227-1
  18. Ribeiro M; Castelhano J; Petrella LI; Sereno J; Rodrigues T; Neves C; Letra L; et al. "High-fat diet induces a neurometabolic state characterized by changes in glutamate and N-acetylaspartate pools associated with early glucose intolerance: An in vivo multimodal MRI study.". Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29377412.
    10.1002/jmri.25942
  19. Pinheiro H; Gaspar R; Baptista FI; Fontes-Ribeiro CA; Ambrósio AF; Gomes CA. "Adenosine A2A Receptor Blockade Modulates Glucocorticoid-Induced Morphological Alterations in Axons, But Not in Dendrites, of Hippocampal Neurons.". Frontiers in pharmacology (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29615903.
    10.3389/fphar.2018.00219
  20. Alves MRP; Boia R; Campos EJ; Martins J; Nunes S; Madeira MH; Santiago AR; et al. "Subtle thinning of retinal layers without overt vascular and inflammatory alterations in a rat model of prediabetes.". Molecular vision (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29853770.
  21. Filipa I. Baptista; Célia A. Aveleira; Áurea F. Castilho; António F. Ambrósio. "Elevated Glucose and Interleukin-1ß Differentially Affect Retinal Microglial Cell Proliferation". Mediators of Inflammation (2017):
    10.1155/2017/4316316
  22. Caetano L; Pinheiro H; Patrício P; Mateus-Pinheiro A; Alves ND; Coimbra B; Baptista FI; et al. "Adenosine A2A receptor regulation of microglia morphological remodeling-gender bias in physiology and in a model of chronic anxiety.". (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27725661.
    10.1038/mp.2016.173
  23. Gaspar JM; Baptista FI; Macedo MP; Ambrosio AF. "Inside the diabetic brain: role of different players involved in cognitive decline.". (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26667832.
  24. Baptista FI; Castilho ÁF; Gaspar JM; Liberal JT; Aveleira CA; Ambrósio AF. "Long-term exposure to high glucose increases the content of several exocytotic proteins and of vesicular GABA transporter in cultured retinal neural cells.". (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26141610.
    10.1016/j.neulet.2015.06.044
  25. Baptista FI; Pinto MJ; Elvas F; Martins T; Almeida RD; Ambrósio AF. "Diabetes induces changes in KIF1A, KIF5B and dynein distribution in the rat retina: implications for axonal transport.". (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25064602.
    10.1016/j.exer.2014.07.011
  26. Santiago AR; Baptista FI; Santos PF; Cristóvão G; Ambrósio AF; Cunha RA; Gomes CA. "Role of microglia adenosine A(2A) receptors in retinal and brain neurodegenerative diseases.". (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25132733.
    10.1155/2014/465694
  27. Castilho AF; Liberal JT; Baptista FI; Gaspar JM; Carvalho AL; Ambrósio AF. "Diabetes causes transient changes in the composition and phosphorylation of a-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptors and interaction with auxiliary proteins in the rat retina.". (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24966661.
  28. Baptista FI; Henriques AG; Silva AM; Wiltfang J; da Cruz E Silva OA. "Flavonoids as therapeutic compounds targeting key proteins involved in Alzheimer´s disease.". (2013): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24328060.
  29. Baptista, F.I.; Pinto, M.J.; Elvas, F.; Almeida, R.D.; Ambrósio, A.F.. "Diabetes Alters KIF1A and KIF5B Motor Proteins in the Hippocampus". PLoS ONE 8 6 (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84878951512&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0065515
  30. Castilho, A.F.; Liberal, J.T.; Baptista, F.I.; Gaspar, J.M.; Carvalho, A.L.; Ambrósio, A.F.. "Elevated glucose concentration changes the content and cellular localization of AMPA receptors in the retina but not in the hippocampus". Neuroscience 219 (2012): 23-32. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84864022057&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.05.056
  31. Castilho, Á.F.; Aveleira, C.A.; Leal, E.C.; Simões, N.F.; Fernandes, C.R.; Meirinhos, R.I.; Baptista, F.I.; Ambrósio, A.F.. "Heme oxygenase-1 protects retinal endothelial cells against high glucose- and oxidative/nitrosative stress-induced toxicity". PLoS ONE 7 8 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84864551111&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0042428
  32. Baptista, F.I.; Gaspar, J.M.; Cristóvão, A.; Santos, P.F.; Köfalvi, A.; Ambrósio, A.F.. "Diabetes induces early transient changes in the content of vesicular transporters and no major effects in neurotransmitter release in hippocampus and retina". Brain Research 1383 (2011): 257-269. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79952991975&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.brainres.2011.01.071
  33. Gaspar, J.M.; Castilho, Á.; Baptista, F.I.; Liberal, J.; Ambrósio, A.F.. "Long-term exposure to high glucose induces changes in the content and distribution of some exocytotic proteins in cultured hippocampal neurons". Neuroscience 171 4 (2010): 981-992. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78650169655&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.10.019
  34. Gaspar, J.M.; Baptista, F.I.; Galvão, J.; Castilho, Á.F.; Cunha, R.A.; Ambrósio, A.F.. "Diabetes differentially affects the content of exocytotic proteins in hippocampal and retinal nerve terminals". Neuroscience 169 4 (2010): 1589-1600. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77955414626&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.06.021
  35. Aveleira, C.; Castilho, A.; Baptista, F.; Simões, N.; Fernandes, C.; Leal, E.; Ambrósio, A.F.. "High glucose and interleukin-1ß downregulate interleukin-1 type I receptor (IL-1RI) in retinal endothelial cells by enhancing its degradation by a lysosome-dependent mechanism". Cytokine 49 3 (2010): 279-286. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-75449089500&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cyto.2009.11.014
  36. Santiago, A.R.; Gaspar, J.M.; Baptista, F.I.; Cristóvão, A.J.; Santos, P.F.; Kamphuis, W.; Ambrósio, A.F.. "Diabetes changes the levels of ionotropic glutamate receptors in the rat retina". Molecular Vision 15 (2009): 1620-1630. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-68949158370&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  37. Leal, E.C.; Aveleira, C.A.; Castilho, A.F.; Serra, A.M.; Baptista, F.I.; Hosoya, K.-I.; Forrester, J.V.; Ambrósio, A.F.. "High glucose and oxidative/nitrosative stress conditions induce apoptosis in retinal endothelial cells by a caspase-independent pathway". Experimental Eye Research 88 5 (2009): 983-991. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-64849101327&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.exer.2008.12.010
  38. Leal, E.C.; Aveleira, C.A.; Castilho, A.F.; Baptista, F.I.; Ambrósio, A.F.. "Müller cells do not influence leukocyte adhesion to retinal endothelial cells". Ocular Immunology and Inflammation 16 4 (2008): 173-179. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-50049095985&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/09273940802204535
  39. Baptista, Filipa. "Is the quantity of orbicules released by Dactylis glomerata and Cynosurus echinatus (Poaceae) big enough to play an allergenic role?". Grana (2007): http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00173130701448066#.UooLosS-2M5.
    10.1080/00173130701448066
Preprint
  1. Socodato R; Almeida TO; Portugal CC; Santos ECS; Tedim-Moreira J; Canedo T; Baptista FI; et al. "Rac1 signaling in microglia is essential for synaptic proteome plasticity and experience-dependent cognitive performance". 2021. http://europepmc.org/abstract/PPR/PPR409062.
    10.1101/2021.10.18.464802
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Baptista, FI. "Impact of diabetes on exocytosis/neurotransmitter release in the retina". PhD, Universidade de Coimbra, 2012.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/03/16 Filipa I. Baptista, Ana M. Realinho, Raquel Boia, Beatriz Paiva, Raquel G. Correia, Rita Gaspar, António F. Ambrósio. Offspring retinal structural and functional alterations indiced by maternal diabetes at infancy: sex-specific vulnerabilities. Oral presentation at the 19th Annual meeting of the Portuguese Society of Diabetology. Vilamoura, Portugal, March 16-18, 2023.
2023/02/03 Daniela M. Simões, Alexandre Henriques, Eliane Swely Sanches, Filipa I. Baptista, Ana Paula Silva. Acute stress induces rat behavioural alterations and triggers a neuroinflammatory response. Oral presentation at the Annual meeting of Portuguese Society for Pharmacology (SPF), 41th Clinic Pharmacology meeting, 22nd Toxicology meeting 1-3 February 2023, Coimbra, Portugal
2022/09/19 Amaro A, Sá-Rocha M, Sousa D., Barra C, Monteiro T, Mello-Gomes R, Baptista F, Matafome, P. Neurometabolic and behavioural alterations in the adolescent offspring upon maternal glycation. 58th EASD Annual Meeting, Stockholm, 19 - 23 September 2022
2022/09/19 Amaro A, Sá-Rocha M, Sousa D., Barra C, Monteiro T, Mello-Gomes R, Baptista F, Matafome, P. Neurometabolic and behavioural alterations in the adolescent offspring upon maternal glycation. 58th EASD Annual Meeting, Stockholm, 19 - 23 September 2022
2022/06/08 Andreia Amaro, Mariana Sá-Rocha, Diana Sousa, Marcos F. Júnior, Cátia Barra, Tamaeh Monteiro, Rodrigo Mello-Gomes, Filipa I. Baptista, Paulo Matafome. Neurometabolic and behavioral alterations in the adolescent offspring upon maternal glycation.Oral communication presented at “56th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation (ESCI)”. Bari, Italy. June 8-11, 2022
2022/03/10 Andreia Amaro, Mariana Sá-Rocha, Diana Sousa, Marcos F. Júnior, Cátia Barra, Tamaeh Monteiro, Rodrigo Mello-Gomes, Filipa I. Baptista, Paulo Matafome. A Glicação Materna Causa Alterações Metabólicas e no Neurodesenvolvimento da Descêndencia, Induzindo um Menor Comportamento Ansioso. Oral communication presented at “18th Annual meeting of the Portuguese Society of Diabetology”. Vilamoura, Portugal. March 10-12, 2022
2022/02/10 Ana C. Rodrigues-Neves, Rita Gaspar, Patrícia Patrício, Susana Lima, Tiago Rosa, Joana Macedo, Bruna Araújo, Filipa I. Baptista, António F. Ambrósio, Luísa Pinto, João Bessa, Catarina A. Gomes. Characterization of disease-associated microglia upon the prenatal exposure to the toxin methylazoxymethanol acetate. Oral presentation in LII Annual meeting of Portuguese Society for Pharmacology (SPF), XL Clinic Pharmacology meeting, XXI Toxicology meeting 9-11 February 2022, Coimbra, Portugal
2021/02/19 Microglia morphology in hypo- and hyperfunctional pathways: insights from a rodent model of schizophrenia. LI Annual meeting of Portuguese Society for Pharmacology (SPF), XXXIX Clinic Pharmacology meeting, XX Toxicology meeting
2021/02/18 Physiological Sex Differences in Microglia and Behavior: Organizational Effects of Testosterone XLI Annual meeting of Portuguese Society for Pharmacology (SPF), XXXIX Clinic Pharmacology meeting, XX Toxicology meeting
2021/02/18 Stress at adulthood upon prenatal stress: impact on behavior and cell morphology XXXIX Clinic Pharmacology meeting, XX Toxicology
2021/02/18 Physiological Sex Differences in Microglia and Behavior: Organizational Effects of Testosterone Carla Henriques, Alexandra Cruz, Sofia Ferreira, Sofia Galvão, Catarina Neves, Rita Gaspar, António Francisco Ambrósio, Catarina Gomes, Filipa Baptista. XLI Annual meeting of Portuguese Society for Pharmacology (SPF), XXXIX Clinic Pharmacology meeting, XX Toxicology meeting
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2020/06/26 Influence of prenatal exposure to dexamethasone on neurodevelopmental behaviour. Annual Meeting 2020 ESTeSC,
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2020/02/07 Higher resilience to stress in an anxiety model and sex-specific changes in microglia morphology in nucleus accumbens L Annual Meeting of Portuguese Society of Pharmacology
Portuguese Society of Pharmacology (Coimbra, Portugal)
2020/02/07 Early developmental and social deficits in an animal model of schizophrenia: new clues anticipating diagnosis? L Annual Meeting of Portuguese Society of Pharmacology
Portuguese Society of Pharmacology (Coimbra, Portugal)
2020/02/07 Prenatal exposure to dexamethasone improves offspring development in a sex-independent manner L - Annual meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology
Portuguese Society of Pharmacology (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/05/31 Dynamic changes in microglia morphology and higher resilience to stress-induced anxious-behavior in a model of prenatal exposure to glucocorticoids XVI Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience
Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/05/22 Prenatal stress exerts a sex-specific effect in programming stressCoping strategies in adulthood and in modulating microglia Morphology in the nucleus accumbens 45th Course of the International School of Ethology on “Sex differences, dimorphisms, divergences: Impact on brain and behaviour in health and disease”
International School of Ethology (Sicily, Italy)
2019/04/06 Neurodevelopmental assessment may anticipate chronic anxiety states at adulthood in individuals prenatally exposed to glucocorticoids Annual Meeting 2019 ESTeSC
ESTeSC (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/04/05 Glucocorticoid Fetal Programming: A comparative study between dexamethasone and betamethasone Annual Meeting 2019 ESTeSC
ESTeSC (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/04/05 Antenatal glucocorticoid impact in peripheral metabolism: gender-specific alterations in glycemia levels Annual Meeting 2019 ESTeSC
ESTeSC (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/02/08 Gender-specificities of antenatal glucocorticoid exposure: focus on the peripheral metabolism and glucose homeostasis XLIX Reunião sociedade portuguesa de farmacologia, XXXVII Reunião farmacologia clínica, XVIII Reunião toxicologia
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (C, Portugal)
2019/02/07 Neurodevelopmental assessment in rats prenatally exposed to glucocorticoids may anticipate chronic anxiety states later in life XLIX Reunião sociedade portuguesa de farmacologia, XXXVII Reunião farmacologia clínica, XVIII Reunião toxicologia
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (Porto, Portugal)
2019/02/06 Glucocorticoid Fetal Programming: A comparative study between dexamethasone and betamethasone XLIX Reunião sociedade portuguesa de farmacologia, XXXVII Reunião farmacologia clínica, XVIII Reunião toxicologia
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (Porto, Portugal)
2018/09/12 Is the retina a reliable window to look into the brain in alzheimer's disease? Lessons from an animal model XXIII Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Eye Research-ISER
International Society for Eye Research-ISER (Belfast, Ireland)
2018/06/06 Molecular mechanisms regulating glia homeostasis 19th biennial meeting for the Society for Free Radical Research International (SFRRI)
Society for Free Radical Research International (SFRRI) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/03/11 Efeitos da diabetes durante a gravidez no neurodesenvolvimento e processos de memória da descendência Annual meeting of the Portuguese Society of Diabetology
Portuguese Society of Diabetology (Vilamoura, Portugal)
2018/02/25 Maternal Diabetes impairs the offspring development and short-term memory IV – Reunião Nacional de Bioquímicos
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/10/05 Alzheimer’s disease: can the retina be a window to the brain? EVER 2017
EVER (Nice, France)
2017/03/11 Níveis elevados de adiponectina sérica em doentes com Demência de Alzheimer como possível estratégia sensibilizadora de insulina no hipocampo Annual meeting of the Portuguese Society of Diabetology
Portuguese Society of Diabetology (Albufeira, Portugal)
2017/02/04 The effects of long-term globular adiponectin peripheral administration on hippocampal insulin signaling pathway XLVI Annual meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology
Portuguese Society of Pharmacology (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/02/03 Exposure of hippocampal neurons to glucocorticoids induces dendritic and axonal divergent morphogenesis pattern XLVI Annual meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology
Portuguese Society of Pharmacology (Coimbra, Portugal)
2016/09/30 Dimorphic brain region regulation of microglia morphology by adenosine A2A receptors: uncoupling anxiety and cognition 3rd Bordeaux Neurocampus Conference
(Bordeaux, France)
2016/02/05 Gender-specific regulation of microglia morphology by glucocorticoid adenosine A2A receptor interaction - implications for anxiety genesis and treatment XLVI Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia. XXXIV Reunião de Farmacologia Clínica. XV Reunião de Toxicologia
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (Porto, Portugal)
2015/12/18 Adenosine A2A receptors control microglia remodelling, which parallel gender biases in developmental genesis and treatment of anxiety. Annual Meeting of CNC
CNC (Coimbra, Portugal)
2015/12/04 Adenosine A2A receptors control microglia remodelling, which parallel gender biases in developmental genesis and treatment of anxiety VII Annual Meeting of IBILI
IBILI (Coimbra, Portugal)
2015/12/03 Early retinal changes in a rat model of prediabetes: assessment of blood-retinal barrier permeability, structural changes and inflammatory mediators VII Annual Meeting of IBILI
IBILI (Coimbra, Portugal)
2015/03/14 Prediabetes does not induce changes in tight junction proteins, neural markers and inflammatory mediators in the rat retina 9th Leiden International Medical Students Conference
(Leiden, Netherlands)
2015/02/05 Antenatal immunomodulation triggers parallel microglia atrophy and age-dependent changes of adenosine A2A receptors in the pre-frontal cortex associated with an anxiogenic effect in adult rats XLVI Annual meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology
Portuguese Society of Pharmacology (Lisboa, Portugal)
2013/10/04 Effects of high glucose and interleukin-1ß in the different retinal neural cells in culture European Retina Meeting 2013
(Alicante, Spain)
2012/12/06 Effect of diabetes on synaptic and motor proteins in the retina and the hippocampus III Annual meeting of IBILI
IBILI (Coimbra, Portugal)
2011/04/02 Molecular and cellular changes triggered by diabetes in the hippocampus: a sweet-bitter connection GIFT (Grupo de Investigação Fundamental e Translacional) Meeting
Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Diabetologia (Tomar, Portugal)
2010/12/11 Molecular and cellular changes triggered by diabetes in the hippocampus: a sweet-bitter connection II Annual Meeting of IBILI
IBILI (Coimbra, Portugal)
2009/02/16 Diabetes alters the content of synaptic proteins in hippocampal nerve terminals Projectos GAPI 2008 “Dia da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra”
Faculty of Medicine of Universitiy of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2006/12/14 Is the orbicules quantity emitted from Dactylis glomerata and Cynosurus echinatus significant enough to support their role in allergy? XLI Congress of the Portuguese Society for Microscopy
Portuguese Society for Microscopy (Braga, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/10/15 - Current Impact of prenatal stress in the neurovascular unit: sex differences and implications for psychiatric disorders
Supervisor
2022/09/01 - 2023/10/16 Blood-brain barrier dysregulation induced by acute stress: role of neuroinflammation
Co-supervisor
 Master Course in Molecular and Translational Neuroscience (Master)
2022/11/01 - 2023/09 Depicting the intricate relation between neurodevelopmental disorders and energy balance pathways in the offspring of diabetic mothers
Co-supervisor
2022/09/01 - 2023/09 New insights on the impact of prenatal stress on offspring retinal function and structure
Supervisor
 Master Course in Medicinal Chemistry (Master)
2021/09/01 - 2022/09/01 Impact of chronic stress in blood-brain barrier: focus on c3 complement pathway and sex differences
Co-supervisor
 Master Course in Molecular and Translational Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine (Master)
2021/09/01 - 2022/09 Impact of maternal diabetes on offspring retinal structure and function
Supervisor
 Master Degree in Biomedical Engineering (Master)
2021/09/01 - 2022/09 Evaluating photodynamic therapy usefulness in retinoblastoma
Co-supervisor
 Master Course in Biomedical Research (Master)
2019/09/01 - 2020/12/11 Adenosine A2a receptor ability to retrieve microglia morphology and behavior upon brain masculinization of females prenatally exposed to dexamethasone
Supervisor
 Master Course in Biomedical Research (Master)
2018/09/01 - 2019/09/13 Gender-specificities of exercise effects in a model of chronic anxiety: focus on the peripheral metabolism and glucose homeostasis
Supervisor
 Master Course in Biomedical Research (Master)
2018/09/01 - 2019/09/13 Gender-specificities of exercise benefits in a model of chronic anxiety: focus on the neuroimune axis
Co-supervisor
 Master Course in Biomedical Research (Master)
2019/02/01 - 2019/07/02 Sex-specificities of exercise effects in a model of chronic anxiety: focus on hypothalamic synapses
Supervisor
 Biochemistry (Degree)
2019/02/01 - 2019/07/02 Sex-specificities of exercise effects in a model of chronic anxiety: focus on hypothalamic synapses
Supervisor
2019/02/01 - 2019/07/02 Sex-specific effects of aerobic exercise in hippocampal synapses in an animal model of chronic anxiety
Supervisor
2018/02/01 - 2018/07/05 Impact of maternal diabetes on offspring AMPA receptor content and neurogenesis in the developing hippocampus
Supervisor
2018/02/01 - 2018/07/05 Impact of maternal diabetes on offspring hippocampal synaptogenesis
Supervisor
2016/09/01 - 2017/09/25 Impact of maternal diabetes on offspring memory
Supervisor
2016/09/01 - 2017/09/20 Can the retina be a window to the changing brain in Alzheimer´s disease
Co-supervisor
 Master Course in Biomedical Research (Master)
2017/02/01 - 2017/07/24 Impact of maternal diabetes on offspring retina
Supervisor
2016/09/01 - 2016/12/12 Study of the potential neuroprotective effect of minocycline in the retina of an animal model of diabetes
Co-supervisor
2016/02/01 - 2016/07/13 Unravelling the impact of microgliosis on cognition under diabetes
Supervisor
2016/02/01 - 2016/06/20 Microgliose na diabetes: Impacto no transporte axonal e contribuição para alterações sinápticas - Unidade Curricular de Investigação Aplicada IV
Supervisor
2015/09/01 - 2015/12/20 Microgliose na diabetes: transporte axonal e alterações sinápticas - Unidade Curricular de Investigação Aplicada III
Supervisor
2015/02/01 - 2015/06/29 Early retinal changes in a rat model of prediabetes: assessment of blood-retinal barrier permeability, neural markers and inflammatory mediators
Supervisor

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/11/14 - Current Coordination and participation in Outreach activity regarding “Diabetes Day”. Visit to school Escola Martins de Freitas. Coimbra, November 14, 2022. (2022/11/14)
2022/07/09 - Current Member of the organizing committee of the Outreach activity “PicNic com Saúde” at Polo Ciências da Saúde da Universidade de Coimbra. Coimbra, July 9, 2022 (2022/07/09)
2021 - 2021/11/30 Member of the organizing committee of the Meeting of the Portuguese Glial Network 2021 (2021 - 2021)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
2021/05/18 - 2021/05/26 Participation on “Achucarro International Glia School 2021”, virtual school, Spain, May 18-26, 2021. (2021/05/18)
2020/01/23 - 2020/01/23 Participation in scientific divulgation related activities, with a visit of the school “Escola do 2º e 3ºciclo Martins de Freitas” to open labs at iCBR (23rdJanuary). (2020/01/23 - 2020/01/23)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
2017/09/01 - 2020 Coordinator of the weekly institutional seminars at iCBR. Seminars with national and international speakers occur every Wednesdays (September 2017-Present). (2017/09/01 - 2020)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/11/28 - 2019/11/28 Participation in scientific divulgation related activities, as part of the “Semana C&T 2019”, with visit to the school “Escola do 2º e 3ºciclo Martins de Freitas” (28thNovember). (2019/11/28 - 2019/11/28)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
2019/09/27 - 2019/09/27 European Researcher´s Night; Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra (27th September). (2019/09/27 - 2019/09/27)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
2019/03/01 - 2019/04/05 Organizing committe of “Brain Awareness Week”; Participation in scientific divulgation related activities, as part of the Program “Brain Awareness Week” (12th, 15th March, 5th April). (2019/03/01 - 2019/04/05)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
2018/11/22 - 2018/11/30 Participation in scientific divulgation related activities, as part of the “Semana C&T 2018”, with visits to nursery schools (22nd November) and high-school students visiting the labs (30thNovember). (2018/11/22 - 2018/11/30)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
2018/09/28 - 2018/09/28 European Researcher´s Night; Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra (28th September). (2018/09/28 - 2018/09/28)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/03/08 - 2018/04/13 Participation in scientific divulgation related activities, as part of the Program “Brain Awareness Week” (8th March, 23rd March, 12-13rd April). (2018/03/01 - 2018/04/13)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017/03/22 - 2017/04/01 Participation in scientific divulgation related activities, as part of the Program “Brain Awareness Week” (22th March, 31st March and 1st April 2017). (2017/03/01 - 2017/04/01)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2014/12/17 - 2014/12/17 Member of the organizing committee of the PF2MUC symposium “Zoom in microglia” The symposium was held as a satellite meeting of the XVIII Congress of the Portuguese Biochemical Society; Coimbra, December 17, 2014. http://www.uc.pt/en/fmuc/pf2muc/5Symp/Abstracts_Book_Zoom_in_Microglia.pdf (2014/12/17 - 2014/12/17)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/03/01 - Current Participation in Outreach activity regarding “Rare Disease Day”. Visit the Guide Dog School. Mortágua, Portugal. March 1, 2023
2022/03/22 - Current Participation in scientific divulgation related activities, as part of the Program “Brain Awareness Week” (March 22 -Escola Secundária José Falcão, Coimbra).
2022/03/18 - Current Participation in scientific divulgation related activities, as part of the Program “Brain Awareness Week” (March 18 -Escola EB1 Olivais, Coimbra).
2022/03/14 - Current Participation in scientific divulgation related activities, as part of the Program “Fala-me Neuro - O cérebro e o tempo” (March 14 -Escola Martins de Freitas, Coimbra).
2023/03/23 - 2023/03/23 Participation in scientific divulgation related activities, as part of the Program “Brain Awareness Week” (March 23 -Escola EB1 da Figueira da Foz).
2021/09/24 - 2021/09/24 Participation in scientific divulgation related activities, as part of the European Researcher´s Night “Ciência para o Clima” (24th September)
Exhibition
2021/03/17 - 2021/03/17 Participation in scientific divulgation related activities, as part of the Program “Brain Awareness Week” (17th March-Online class; Escola Básica da Ponte das Três Entradas, Oliveira do Hospital).
2020/01/23 - 2020/01/23 - Participation in scientific divulgation related activities, with a visit of the school Escola do 2º e 3ºciclo Martins de Freitas to open labs at iCBR (23rdJanuary).
2019/12/19 - 2019/12/19 Chair at “CIBB Meeting 2019”; Session I – Neuroscience & Disease, December, 19, 2019.
Conference
 CIBB Meeting 2019
2019/07/22 - 2019/07/22 Participation in “Universidade de Verão”, outreach activities for High School students (22nd July).
Workshop
2019/02/23 - 2019/02/23 Workshop VIII In4Med: “Workshop in Animal Experimentation”; (23rd February 2019), Coimbra, Portugal
2018/06/28 - 2018/06/28 Participation on iCBR Scientific picture outreach “[SciPics] Artérias-relâmpago: uma rede de transporte neuronal” (28th June 2018). “[SciPics]"
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018/01/31 - 2018/02/15 Participation in outreach activities for High School students (31st January 2018; 15th February 2018).
Workshop
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017/09/26 - 2017/09/26 European Researcher´s Night; “Uma noite com sentidos”; Science Museum of the University of Coimbra (26th September).
Workshop
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017/07/17 - 2017/07/17 Participation in scientific divulgation related activities to Summer school “Universidade de Verão” (17th July 2017).
Workshop
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017/05/22 - 2017/05/22 Participation in scientific divulgation related activities “Peddy Brain at FMUC”, Escola Jaime Cortesão, (22nd May 2017).
Workshop
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017/05/02 - 2017/05/02 Participation in scientific divulgation related activities. Oral presentation “Academic path of a biologist”, High School students, Alvaiázere (2nd May 2017).
Seminar
2016/11/28 - 2016/11/28 Science Coffee initiative “Ciclo de cafés ciência - Guerra dos sexos: sem elas, eles nada seriam” (28th November 2016).
Round table
2016/09/30 - 2016/09/30 European Researcher´s Night; “Guerra dos sexos: sem elas, eles não seriam nada”; Science Museum of the University of Coimbra (30th September).
Workshop
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/04/16 - 2016/04/16 Tutorial class on “Biologia Celular e Molecular: Técnicas básicas”; Pre-Exchange Training/Training for Professional Exchange (PET/T4PE), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (16th April 2016).
Workshop
2016/03/16 - 2016/03/16 Participation in scientific divulgation related activities, as part of the Program “Brain Awareness Week” (16th March 2016).
Workshop
2015/04/18 - 2015/04/18 Tutorial Class for students participating on the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA) program (18th April 2015).
2014/05/24 - 2014/05/24 Tutorial Class for students participating on the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA) program; PET/T4PE (24th May 2014).
Workshop

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/01/26 Astrocytic connexin 43 hemichannels activity under alzheimer’s disease-like conditions: regulation by adenosine a2a receptors
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joana Domingues (Master)
2022/10/25 Influence of carnitine isoforms and curcumin in models of Alzheimer’s disease - Role of encapsulation in a nanoformulation
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Bernardo Figueiredo (Master)
2022/10/10 Mother-offspring relationshipIn autism spectrum disorder: Influence on development and behavi
(Thesis) Arguer
 Helena Ferreira (Master)
2022/09/27 Impact of maternal diabetes on offspring retinal structure and function
Supervisor
 Margarida Realinho (Master)
2022/09/22 Impact of chronic blockade of adenosine A2A receptors on neurobehavioral changes induced by intermittent ethanol exposure in adolescent female rats – focus on the prefrontal cortex
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joana Santos (Master)
2021/12/17 Impact of biological sex in a mouse Model of autism spectrum disorder: Focus on ultrasonic vocalization production
(Thesis) Arguer
 Sofia Santos (Master)
2021/12/17 The role of carbon monoxide on modulation of microglial phagocytosis as neuroinflammatory response
(Thesis) Arguer
 Raquel Domingues (Master)
2021/10/12 Cannabis: putative therapy for Alzheimer´s disease
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Tânia Alves (Master)
2021/09/23 Psychotic Disorders and the Use of Cannabis in Adolescents and Young Adults
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Sofia Costa (Master)
2021/07/15 Microglia Morphology and Susceptibility to Depression - Impact of Sex differences
(Thesis) Arguer
 Ana Rita Gaspar (PhD)
2020/12/11 Jury member in Master thesis defense of Alexandra Cruz, ¿Microglia Morphology and Behavior upon Testosterone Administration of Females Prenatally Exposed to Dexamethasone¿- Master¿s program in Biomedical Research; December 11, 2020.
Supervisor
 Alexandra Cruz (Master)
2020/12/03 Jury member in Master thesis defense of Rafael Dias, ¿Astrocytic cAMP signaling and metabolism: adenosine A2AR modulation¿- Integrated Master's in Biochemistry; December 3, 2020.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rafael Dias (Master)
2020/07/29 Jury member in Master thesis defense of Mariana Ferreira, ¿Glucocorticoids in the prenatal therapy: long-term effects on neurodevelopment¿- Integrated Master´s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences; July 29, 2020.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Mariana Ferreira (Master)
2020/07/02 Jury member in Master thesis defense of Francisco Ferrer, Prenatal Immunomodulation, Microglia and Behavioral Changes¿- Integrated Master's in Medicine; July 2, 2020.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Francisco Ferrer (Master)
2019/09/13 Jury member in Master thesis defense of Ana Sofia Ferreira, Sex-specificities of antenatal glucocorticoid exposure: Focus on peripheral metabolism and glucose Homeostasis- Master´s program in Biomedical Research; September 13, 2019.
Supervisor
 Ana Sofia Ferreira (Master)
2019/06/11 Jury member in Master thesis defense of Eliana Almeida, Influence of immune-inflammation in depression: Gender dimorphism- Integrated Master in Medicine; June 11, 2019.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Eliana Almeida (Master)
2018/11/20 Jury member in Neurobiology Master Thesis defense of Tiago Almeida, Rac1 Regulation of Microglia Homeostasis and Activation During Neuroinflammation; November 20, 2018.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Tiago Almeida (Master)
2017/09/25 Jury member in Master thesis defense of Fábio Sousa; Impact of maternal diabetes on offspring memory. Master in Cell and Molecular Biology, September 25, 2017.
Supervisor
 Fábio Sousa (Master)
2016/09/14 Jury member in Master thesis defence of Helena Pinheiro, Glucocorticoid effects in the developing brain a road to neuropsychiatric disorders; Master´s program in Biomedical Research, September 14, 2016.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Helena Pinheiro (Master)
2015/09/22 Jury member in Master thesis defence of Sónia Henriques, Microglia as cellular targets for immunomodulation during neurodevelopment; Master´s program in Biomedical Research, September 22, 2015.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Sónia Henriques (Master)

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/03/25 - 2023/03/25 Theoretical class on “Animal models of Psychiatric pathology”; Master´s in Experimental Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra
2023/03/15 - 2023/03/15 Theoretical class “Impact of Maternal Diabetes on Offspring Retinal Structure and Function ”; PhD Programme in Health Sciences, Advanced Course in Vision Sciences; Master´s in Molecular and Translational Neuroscience, Advanced Course in Visual System and Associated Pathologies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra
2023/03/03 - 2023/03/03 Theoretical class on “Animal models of Psychiatric pathology”; Advanced Course on Animal Models of Human Diseases, PhD Programme on Health Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra
2022/11/02 - 2022/11/02 Theoretical class on “Impact of maternal diabetes in offspring retinal structure and function”. Vis.o @ MIB – Research Methods and Techniques; Master’s program in Biomedical Research, University of Coimbra
2022/10/11 - 2022/10/11 Theoretical-practical class on article presentation; Soft-skills for medical research; Integrated Master's in Medicine, University of Coimbra (11th October, 2022).
2022/09/26 - 2022/10/10 Practical laboratory classes - Cell Regulation Master’s program in Biomedical Research, University of Coimbra; “Impact of LPS and retinal ischemia/reperfusion in the reactivity of microglial cells”. (26th September -10th October 2022)
2022/03/15 - 2022/03/15 Theoretical class “Sex differences on offspring retina development, structure and function associated with maternal diabetes”; PhD Programme in Health Sciences, Advanced Course in Vision Sciences; Master´s in Molecular and Translational Neuroscience, Advanced Course in Visual System and Associated Pathologies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (15th March 2022).
2022/01/28 - 2022/01/28 Theoretical class on “Animal models of Psychiatric pathology”; Advanced Course on Animal Models of Human Diseases, PhD Programme on Health Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (28th January 2022) PhD Programme on Health Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine
2021/12/02 - 2021/12/02 Theoretical class on “Animal models of Depression”; Non Clinical Assays; Master of Science in Medicinal Chemistry, University of Coimbra (2 December 2021). Master of Science in Medicinal Chemistry
2021/11/03 - 2021/11/03 Theoretical class on “Sex differences on offspring retina development, structure and function associated with maternal diabetes”. Visão @ MIB – Research Methods and Techniques; Master’s program in Biomedical Research, University of Coimbra (3 November 2021). Master’s program in Biomedical Research
2021/10/25 - 2021/10/25 Theoretical class in the Intensive course of scientific methodology in Dental Medicine: “Fraud, Ethics and Scientific integrity- Scientific Reproducibility”, University of Coimbra (25 October 2021) Intensive course of scientific methodology in Dental Medicine
2021/04/30 - 2021/04/30 Theoretical class on “Animal models of Psychiatric pathology”; Advanced Course on Animal Models of Human Diseases, PhD Programme on Health Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (30th April 2021). PhD Programme on Health Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine
2021/03/10 - 2021/03/10 Theoretical class “Molecular and cellular retinal changes underlying neural dysfunction upon diabetes”; PhD Programme in Health Sciences, Advanced Course in Vision Sciences; Master in Molecular and Translational Neuroscience, Advanced Course in Visual System and Associated Pathologies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (10th March 2021). PhD Programme in Health Sciences, Advanced Course in Vision Sciences; Master in Molecular and Translational Neuroscience
2021/02/24 - 2021/02/24 Theoretical class on “Fraud, ethics and scientific integrity”; Soft-skills for medical research; Integrated Master's in Medicine, University of Coimbra (24 February 2021). Integrated Master's in Medicine
2020/12/17 - 2020/12/17 Theoretical-practical class on article presentation; Soft-skills for medical research; Integrated Master's in Medicine, University of Coimbra (17th December 2020).
2020/12/15 - 2020/12/16 Practical laboratory classes- Research Methods and Techniques-PIM “A2a adenosine receptor blockade reduces microglia reactivity triggered by an inflammatory stimulus” Master’s program in Biomedical Research, University of Coimbra; (15-16th December 2020)
2020/12/02 - 2020/12/02 Theoretical-practical class “Design of a screening test for an anxiolytic or antidepressant drug”; Non Clinical Assays; Master of Science in Medicinal Chemistry, University of Coimbra (2 December 2020).
2020/11/26 - 2020/11/26 Tutorial class “Animal models of Depression; In vivo tests to assess antidepressant effect”; Non Clinical Assays; Master of Science in Medicinal Chemistry, University of Coimbra (26 November 2020).
2020/11/12 - 2020/11/12 Tutorial class “Immunomodulators during development: are brain alterations paralleled by retinal changes?”; Visão @ MIB – Research Methods and Techniques; Master’s program in Biomedical Research, University of Coimbra (12nd November 2020).
2020/10/21 - 2020/10/21 Tutorial class on “Fraud, ethics and scientific integrity; Reproducibility in science”; Soft-skills for medical research; Integrated Master's in Medicine, University of Coimbra (21 October 2020).
2020/10/13 - 2020/10/13 Practical laboratory classes-Pharmacology “In vivo methodologies for assessing anxiolytic drugs” Integrated Master's in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Coimbra; (13th October 2020)
2020/09/30 - 2020/10/01 Practical laboratory classes- Cell Regulation “Basic experimental methods in molecular biology: applications for retinal slices” Master’s program in Biomedical Research, University of Coimbra; (30 September-1 October 2020)
2020/05/08 - 2020/05/08 Tutorial class on “Animal models of Psychiatric pathology”; Advanced Course on Animal Models of Human Diseases, PhD Programme on Health Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (8th May 2020). (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/11/22 - 2019/11/22 Tutorial class “Immunomodulators during development: are brain neuropsychiatric alterations paralled by retinal changes?”; Visão @ MIB – RMT; Master’s program in Biomedical Research, University of Coimbra (22nd November 2019).
2019/10/07 - 2019/10/11 Practical laboratory classes- RMT “What kind of effect does proinflammatory stimuli cause the reactivity of microglial cells?” Master’s program in Biomedical Research, University of Coimbra; (7-11th October 2019)
2019/02/28 - 2019/02/28 Tutorial class “Inside the diabetic retina: molecular and cellular changes underlying neural dysfunction”; Advanced Course on Visual Sciences; PhD Programme on Health Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (28th February 2019).
2018/11/07 - 2018/11/07 Tutorial class “Early retinal changes in a rat model of prediabetes”; Visão @ MIB – RMT; Master’s program in Biomedical Research, University of Coimbra (7th November 2018).
2018/10/15 - 2018/10/15 Lab Talks on the Project “Impact of prenatal stress on offspring neurodevelopment”; Master’s program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Coimbra (15th October 2018)
2018/09/17 - 2018/09/20 Tutorial laboratorial classes in the Master’s program in Biomedical Research, University of Coimbra (17-20th September 2018)
2018/03/15 - 2018/03/15 Tutorial class: “Inside the diabetic retina: molecular and cellular changes underlying neural dysfunction”; Advanced Course on Visual Sciences; PhD Programme on Health Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (15th March 2018).
2018/03/12 - 2018/03/12 Tutorial laboratorial class “Observation of models and techniques used in Vision Sciences research”; Advanced Course on Visual Sciences; PhD Programme on Health Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (12nd March 2018).
2018/03/06 - 2018/03/06 Tutorial class on “Animal model of type 1 diabetes: a useful tool to study retinal and hippocampal changes under diabetes”; Advanced Course on Animal Models of Human Diseases, PhD Programme on Health Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (6th March 2018).
2017/11/09 - 2017/11/09 Tutorial class on the Project “Impact of maternal diabetes on offspring retina”; Master’s program in Biomedical Research, University of Coimbra (9th November 2017).
2017/10/25 - 2017/10/25 Tutorial class on the Project “Impact of maternal diabetes on offspring retina”; Master’s program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Coimbra (25th October 2017).
2017/10/09 - 2017/10/12 Lab classes on Cell Regulation; Master’s program in Biomedical Research, University of Coimbra (9-12th October 2017).
2017/04/19 - 2017/04/19 Tutorial class on “Animal model of type 1 diabetes: a useful tool to study retinal and hippocampal changes under diabetes”; Advanced Course on Animal Models of Human Diseases, PhD Programme on Health Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (19th April 2017).
2017/02/09 - 2017/02/09 Tutorial Class: “Inside the diabetic retina: cellular and molecular changes involved in neural dysfunction”; Advanced Course on Visual Sciences; PhD Programme on Health Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (9th February 2017).
2017/02/06 - 2017/02/06 Tutorial Lab Class “Observation of models and techniques used in Vision Sciences research”; Advanced Course on Visual Sciences; PhD Programme on Health Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (6th February 2017).
2016/11/08 - 2016/11/08 Tutorial Class: “Developmental programming by diabetes in pregnancy: focus on microglia as dynamic mediators of synapse formation”; Master Course in Biomedical Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (8th November 2016).
2016/05/02 - 2016/05/02 Tutorial class on “Animal model of type 1 diabetes: a useful tool to study retinal and hippocampal changes under diabetes”; Advanced Course on Animal Models of Human Diseases, PhD Programme on Health Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (2nd May 2016).
2016/02/29 - 2016/02/29 Tutorial Lab Class “Observation of models and techniques used in Vision Sciences research”- Advanced Course on Visual Sciences; PhD Programme on Health Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (29th February 2016).
2015/11/03 - 2015/11/03 Tutorial class on “Microglia impact on hippocampal axonal transport: contribution for synaptic changes and memory impairment under diabetes” (“Mestrado em Investigação Biomédica”; 3rd November 2015).
2014/06/22 - 2014/06/22 Tutorial class on the II Cell Culture and Tissue Training Course “Beyond the Microscope, Culturing Life!” (22nd June 2014).
2014/03/24 - 2014/03/24 Lab Class; Advanced Course on Visual Sciences; PhD Programme on Health Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (24th March 2014).

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2021/07 Contribution to VoiceMed Newsletter #28 (Publicações em Destaque) Released in July regarding the publication of our article “Sex-specific changes in peripheral metabolism in a model of chronic anxiety induced by prenatal stress”.
2018/07/31 Participation on Faculty of Medicine Newsletter VoiceMed#8 “Pequenas alterações na retina podem antecipar perda de visão”; https://voicemed.fmed.uc.pt/8/publicacao_1.html (31st July 2018). Faculty of Medicine Newsletter VoiceMed#8

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2021/02/15 - Current Retina development of male and female offspring of diabetic dams Beatriz Paiva
2021/02/15 - 2022/07/01 Impact on LPS stimuli in the retina funcion previous to diabetes Angela Soares
2021/02/15 - 2021/07/01 Impact on LPS stimuli in the retina ganglion cells previous to diabetes João Lourenço
2021/02/15 - 2021/07/01 Impact of LPS stimuli in retina structure previous to diabetes Rita Pais
2020/09/01 - 2021/02/15 Impact of maternal diabetes on offspring retina Dunya Selemangel
2020/07/06 - 2020/07/31 Impact of diabetes during pregnancy on offspring retina Beatriz Paiva
2020/02/01 - 2020/06/25 Effects of prenatal exposure to dexamethasone and the role of physical exercise on rat anxious-like behavior José Carreira
2020/02/01 - 2020/06/23 Impact of physical exercise on chronic anxiety: focus on muscle-brain crosstalk Carolina Nabais
2020/04/06 - 2020/04/24 Prenatal stress and chronic anxiety: focus on brain immune cells¿ Carolina Jorge
2020/03/09 - 2020/03/27 Chronic anxiety and microglia: focus on sex-differences¿ Tatiana Estima
2020/02/10 - 2020/02/28 Retrieval of microglia morphology and anxious behavior with Adenosine A2A receptor antagonist upon brain masculinization¿ João Santos
2020/02/10 - 2020/02/28 Retrieval of microglia morphology and anxious behavior with Adenosine A2A receptor antagonist upon brain masculinization¿ Ana Almeida
2019/02/01 - 2019/07/02 Sex-specificities of exercise effects in a model of chronic anxiety: focus on hypothalamic synapses Diana Silva
2019/02/01 - 2019/07/02 Sex-specific effects of aerobic exercise in hippocampal synapses in an animal model of chronic anxiety Jéssica Tavares
2019/01/21 - 2019/02/15 Gender-specificities of exercise benefits in a model of chronic anxiety Joana Carreira
2018/09/01 - 2018/09/30 Impact of maternal diabetes on offspring neurogenesis Marija Juric
2017/09/01 - 2018/07/31 Impact of maternal diabetes on retina development Raquel Correia
2018/02/01 - 2018/07/05 mpact of maternal diabetes on offspring AMPA receptor content and neurogenesis in the developing hippocampus Alexandra Cruz
2018/02/01 - 2018/07/05 Impact of maternal diabetes on offspring hippocampal synaptogenesis Matilde Rodrigues
2018/03/05 - 2018/03/23 Impact of maternal diabetes on offspring hippocampal synapse formation Ana Sofia Ferreira
2016/02/01 - 2017/12/05 Microgliose na diabetes: Impacto no transporte axonal e contribuição para alterações sinápticas Roberto Jorge Ameiro
2017/09/04 - 2017/09/29 Developmental programming by gestational diabetes: focus on microglia as dynamic mediators of synapse formation Monika Tesarova
2017/07/01 - 2017/07/31 NPY3-35 retinal cell protective effects Amaia De Diego
2017/02/01 - 2017/07/24 Impact of maternal diabetes on offspring retina Raquel Correia
2017/04/26 - 2017/05/19 Can maternal diabetes affect hippocampal neurogenesis in the offspring? Cátia Lopes
2016/09/01 - 2016/12/12 Study of the potential neuroprotective effect of minocycline in the retina of an animal model of diabetes Flávia Rodrigues
2016/09/01 - 2016/12/11 The retina as a window to the brain Joana Antunes Pereira
2016/10/19 - 2016/11/30 Impact of prediabetes in the rat retina Mariana Alves
2016/09/01 - 2016/09/30 Microgliosis under diabetes: impact on axonal transport and memory performance Seda Boztosun
2016/02/01 - 2016/07/13 Unravelling the impact of microgliosis on cognition under Diabetes. Ana Raquel Amaral
2015/09/01 - 2015/09/30 Microgliosis under diabetes: impact on motor proteins in the retina Henry Adjei-Mensah
2015/02/01 - 2015/06/29 Early retinal changes in a rat model of prediabetes: assessment of blood-retinal barrier permeability, neural markers and inflammatory mediators Mariana Alves

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019/11/25 - 2019/11/25 Jury member for selecting a Master fellowship regarding the Project: ¿BrainHealth 2020 - Detecção Precoce, Neuro-modulação e Terapias Avançadas para Neuropatologias (CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000008)¿, BIM 2.5, November 25, 2019.
2018/12/05 - 2018/12/05 Jury member in BSc thesis defense of Tatiana Maurício, ¿O Papel da Proteína a-Aducina no Cérebro¿; December 5, 2018.
2018/06/08 - 2018/06/08 Jury member in MedChem Train Laboratorial rotation defense of Cátia Marques, ¿Comparative study of steroid diastereoisomeric drugs in neurodevelopment¿; June 8, 2018.
2017/09/04 - 2017/09/04 Jury member for selecting a Postdoc fellowship regarding the Project: ¿BrainHealth 2020 - Detecção Precoce, Neuro-modulação e Terapias Avançadas para Neuropatologias (CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000008). September 4, 2017.
Distinctions

Award

2023 Best Oral Communication: Offspring retinal structural and functional changes induced by maternal diabetes at infancy: Sex-specific vulnerabilities
Sociedade Portuguesa de Diabetologia, Portugal
2023 Emílio Peres grant award: Tryptophan supplementation during pregnancy and lactation to improve cognition and metabolism in the offspring of diabetic mothers
Sociedade Portuguesa de Diabetologia, Portugal
2018 Portuguese Society for Neurosciences - SPN award to participate at “11th FENS Forum of Neuroscience”, Berlin, Germany, July 7-11, 2018
2018 Best scientific Poster award: Fábio J. Sousa, Raquel G. Correia, Catarina A. Gomes, António F. Ambrósio, Filipa I. Baptista. Maternal Diabetes: The Impact of Gestational Environment on Offspring Postnatal Development and Memory. Poster presented at “XI En
2018 Best Oral communication award: Fábio J. Sousa, Raquel G. Correia, Catarina A. Gomes, António F. Ambrósio, Filipa I. Baptista. Maternal Diabetes impairs the offspring development and short-term memory. Oral communication at “IV – Reunião Nacional de Bioquí
2017 EASD HCP award to participate at the “European Association for the study of Diabetes meeting”, Lisbon, Portugal, September 11-15, 2017.
2017 Best Oral communication award: Liliana Letra, Paulo Matafome, Tiago Rodrigues, Filipa I Baptista, Ana Pereira, André Almeida, Raquel Seiça. “Níveis elevados de adiponectina sérica em doentes com Demência de Alzheimer como possível estratégia sensibilizado
2015 Best scientific Poster award: Filipa I. Baptista, Maria J. Pinto, Filipe Elvas, Tiago Martins, Ramiro D. Almeida and António F. Ambrósio. Diabetes affects KIF1A, KIF5B motor proteins in the rat retina: Implications for axonal transport”. Poster presented
2015 Travel Grant award (IBRO Pan-European Regional Committee (PERC) /Federation of European Neuroscience Societies) for participation on the “9th IBRO World Congress on Neuroscience”, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (July 7-11, 2015).
2015 Best rapid fire oral communication award: L. Caetano, S. Henriques, H. Pinheiro, P. Patrício, C. Cunha, A. Mateus-Pinheiro, N. D. Alves, F. Baptista, A. R. Santos, S. G. Ferreira, V. Sardinha, J. F. Oliveira, N. Sousa, A. F. Ambrósio, A. J. Rodrigues, R
2014 Grant awarded to participate on the 14th Young Scientific Forum and FEBS-EMBO 2014 Conference (27th August-4th September, 2014).
2013 FEBS Bursary Winner for attending “38th FEBS Congress”, Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 6-11, 2013.
2011 Travel Grant Award for attending the “8th IBRO World Congress”, July 14-18, 2011, Florence, Italy