Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Diogo Trigo
Citation names
- Trigo, Diogo
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 2C10-94F1-81A7
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-4432-0925
Email addresses
- trigo.diogo@ua.pt (Professional)
Websites
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Diogo_Trigo (Scholar)
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=66B6bs8AAAAJ (Scholar)
- https://www.publico.pt/p3/diogo-trigo (Personal)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Biomaterials
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Spanish; Castilian | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Beginner (A1) | Advanced (C1) | Elementary (A2) |
French | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2021
Concluded
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Tech Transfer Leadership in Life Sciences (Pós-Graduação)
Barcelona School of Management, Spain
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2014
Concluded
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PhD (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Neurology
University College London, United Kingdom
"The Role Of The Periaxonal Space In Sustained Impulse Conduction" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Unanimous Approval |
2007
Concluded
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Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Papel neuromodulador da adenosina na transmissão neuromuscular num modelo animal de miastenia gravis induzida por a-bungarotoxina" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2021 - Current | Auxiliary Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal |
2017/07/10 - 2021/04/30 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal |
2014/01/01 - 2017/01/01 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | King's College London Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, United Kingdom |
2007/12 - 2008/12 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal |
2006/09 - 2007/11 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2009/09/01 - 2014 | PhD Student | University College London Institute of Neurology, United Kingdom |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2021 - 2024/12/31 | Nanoparticle-mediated controlled drug release for spinal cord injury
CI21-00276
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Obra Social La Caixa
Ongoing
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2022/01/01 - 2023/06/01 | Promoting axonal regeneration using gradient release of chemoattractive nanoparticles
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2020 - 2021 | Bridging the lesion site following spinal cord injury
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro
Ongoing
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2019/07 - 2019/08 | The role of autophagy and mitophagy in protein aggregation during ageing
Principal investigator
All Time GABBAs, Portugal
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Universidade do Porto
Concluded
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2018/02 - 2019/07 | A retinoic acid receptor beta agonist for the treatment of spinal cord injury
Post-doc
King's College London Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, United Kingdom
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Medical Research Council
Ongoing
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2018/06/01 - 2018/08/01 | Protein aggregation in ageing human cells
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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All Time GABBAs
Concluded
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2009 - 2014 | The Role Of The Periaxonal Space In Sustained Impulse Conduction
SFRH/BD/33546/2008
University College London Institute of Neurology, United Kingdom
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2021 - 2027 | Mitochondria mediated retinoic acid receptor-dependent therapies as strategies for neuronal healthy ageing
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2017/07/10 - 2021/04/30 | pAge: Agregação proteica ao longo da vida
Centro-01-0145-FEDER-000003
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2013/11 - 2016/11 | Identification of retinoic acid receptor b agonists for the treatment of spinal cord injury
Researcher
King's College London Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, United Kingdom
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Wellcome Trust
Concluded
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2009/07 - 2010/08/31 | NEUROPROMISE (Neuroprotective strategies for multiple sclerosis)
Other
University College London Institute of Neurology, United Kingdom
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European Commission
Concluded
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2006/12 - 2007/12 | Growth factors in heath and disease
Research Technician Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Conference abstract |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2021 | Controlled drug-release for neuroregeneration | Da investigação ao empreendedorismo com impacto -
Casa do Impacto
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2019/10/02 | The role of mitostasis in protein aggregation during ageing | iBiMED Seminars Autumn Series 2019
iBiMED (Aveiro, Portugal)
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2019/01/30 | Axon regeneration and mitochondria dynamics regulation by retinoic acid receptor signaling | iBiMED Seminars Winter Series 2019
iBiMED, Institute for Biomedicine, University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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2018/07 | Ageing related protein aggregation in human cells | IV Simpósio de Pós-Graduação em Biomedicina,
iBiMED, Universidade de Aveiro (Porto, Portugal)
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2017/04 | Axon health and homeostasis | Neuroinflammation unit Departmental Seminar
BRIC - University of Copenhagen (Copenhagen, Denmark)
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2017/03 | The role of mitostasis in axonal health | Pharmacology Wednesday Talk
University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom)
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2016/06/14 | In vivo imaging of mitochondria in PNS axons – new insights into the role of mitochondrial dynamics and function in physiology and disease | Mitochondria: balancing health and disease
University College London CfMR (London, United Kingdom)
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2016/04/13 | Exosome-mediated transport of retinoid metabolites between neurons and NG2 cells | Wolfson CARD seminar
King's College London (London, United Kingdom)
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2013/07 | Illustrating a path for ionic homeostasis in the axon: the role of the periaxonal space. | 2013 Peripheral Nerve Society Meeting
Peripheral Nerve Society (France)
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2013/05 | A role for the periaxonal space in sustained impulse conduction | Queen Square MS Centre: Seminar Series
Institute of Neurology, UCL (London, United Kingdom)
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2012/12 | The effects of sustained impulse activity on the morphology of peripheral nerve fibres, in vivo. | GABBA program 16th Annual Scientific Meeting
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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2008/02 | Impairment of retrograde signalling via adenosine in toxin-induced Myasthenia gravis: cross-talk with muscarinic autoreceptors | IJUP - INVESTIGAÇÃO JOVEM NA UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2020 - 2021 | "The signalling pathways of secretases in APP processing - an OMICS approach for neuronal health".
Co-supervisor
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Molecular Biomedicine (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2018/09 - 2019/12 | The autophagic biomarker p62 as a tool for monitoring age-dependent cellular responses
Co-supervisor
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Mestrado em Biomedicina Molecular (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
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2019/07 - 2019/08 | The role of autophagy and mitophagy in protein aggregation during ageing
Supervisor
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Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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2018/07 - 2018/08 | Protein aggregation in ageing human cells
Supervisor
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Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2019/07 - 2021 | Contributed with a microphotograph to a science outreach exhibition
Exhibition
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Viagem ao Organismo
Ciência Viva, Portugal
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2019/11 - 2019/11 | Round table on "Ser investigador em Portugal"
Round table
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BrainLoad - Power Up Your Knowledge
Scientific Junior Value, Portugal
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2019/03/13 - 2019/03/14 | O nosso cérebro
Workshop
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Semana Internacional do Cérebro
Escola Primária da Vera Cruz, Portugal
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2016/06/14 - 2016/06/14 | Consortium for mitochondrial research
Conference
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Mitochondria: balancing health and disease
University College London Department of Clinical Neurosciences, United Kingdom
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2015 - 2015 | How to peer review a paper
Workshop
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King's College London, United Kingdom
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2014 - 2014 | Grant writing workshop
Workshop
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King's College London, United Kingdom
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2012/07 - 2012/07 | Poster presented in UCL Neuroscience Symposium
Conference
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UCL Neuroscience Symposium
University College London Institute of Neurology, United Kingdom
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2011 - 2011 | Intellectual Property - What is it and how can it be used?
Workshop
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University College London Faculty of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2024 | Nanopartículas como estratégia terapêutica num modelo de Doença de Parkinson
Supervisor
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Beatriz Aleixo (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2022 | Interação entre miRNAs e enzimas modificadoras detRNAs – uma via alternativa de regulação do epitranscriptoma dos tRNAs
President of the jury
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Diana Bastos (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2016 - Current | All Time Gabba |
Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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2015/12 - Current | GABBA Annual Scientific Meeting | Universidade do Porto |
2009/06/08 - 2009/06/09 | Environomme - Sequencing the environment | Universidade do Porto |
Consulting
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2020/03/20 - Current | SARS-CoVUA Taskforce member: helped establish a COVID-19 testing centre to deal with the coronavirus pandemic | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2020 - Current | Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of startup biotech company Axodynamic (axodynamic.com) | |
2014 - 2016 | Manager of the department's confocal microscopy unit | King's College London Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, United Kingdom |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2024 - Current | Curso Avançado em Investigação Científica | New technologies and experimental models in biomedicine (Pós-Graduação) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2020/02/01 - Current | BIOPATOLOGIA 2 | Ciências biomédicas (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal |
2019/02/10 - 2020/06/10 | Mitochondria in sperm cell division; PNS myelination and pharmacology | Sexo, drogas e biologia celular (Mestrado) | Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal |
2019/11 - 2019/11 | Alterações de Proteostasis no Envelhecimento | Programa Doutoral em Biomedicina (Doutoramento) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal |
2017/09/12 - 2018/01/03 | Sistemas Orgânicos e Funcionais III | Biomedical Sciences (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal |
2014/11 - 2016/03 | Practical demonstrator and exam invigilator | Anatomy, Developmental and Human Biology (Bacharelato) | King's College London Department of Anatomy, United Kingdom |
2011/06 - 2011/06 | Workshop on confocal microscopy | Clinical Neuroscience (Mestrado) | University College London Institute of Neurology, United Kingdom |
Evaluation committee
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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2018/09 - 2019/01 | Reviewed, interviewed, graded, and selected final year projects for BSc students - "Formação Clínica" module.
Evaluator
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Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal | Universidade de Aveiro |
2018/12/20 - 2018/12/21 | GABBA Annual Scientific Meeting
Specialist
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Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2017/12/21 - 2017/12/22 | GABBA annual scientific meeting
Evaluator
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Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2016/12/19 - 2016/12/20 | GABBA annual scientific meeting
Evaluator
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Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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2022 | Interview with Observador Newspaper | https://observador.pt/2022/09/05/a-tecnologia-que-vai-tratar-as-lesoes-da-medula-no-futuro/ |
2022 | Interview about spinal cord injury research | La Vanguardia |
2016 | Science outreach column in national newpaper | Público |
Interview (tv / radio show)
Program | Topic | |
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2023 - Current | Aula prática | Spinal Cord Injury |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2021 - Current | The Journal of Pathology (1096-9896) | Wiley |
2020/04 - Current | The FASEB Journal (1530-6860) | Federation of American Society for Experimental Biology |
2020/02 - Current | Frontiers in Neuroscience (1662-453X) | Frontiers Media SA |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2018/11 - Current | Mitochondria homeostasis imaging and analysis | Marta Dias |
2017/07 - Current | Cell culture and biochemistry experimentation | André Nadais |
2017/07 - 2018/03 | Fibroblasts as a cellular model to evaluate risk factors associated with Alzheimer's disease | Bárbara Morgado |
2015/02 - 2015/10 | Immunohistochemistry and microscopy protocols | Greg Contento |
2014/09 - 2015/05 | Cell culture and biomolecular tools | Madeleine Eriksson |
2014 - 2015 | Molecular and biochemical techniques | Tanushree Dwivedi |
2012 - 2014 | Live confocal imaging | Fabian Peters |
2012/06 - 2013/09 | Live confocal microscopy imaging | Keila Ida |
2011/04 - 2012 | Confocal microscopy | Ryan Canning |
2011 - 2012 | Electrophisiology | Vincenzo Mastrolia |
2007 - 2008 | Evoked neurotransmitter release | Tiago Morais |
2006 - 2007 | Evoked neurotransmitter release | Isabel Silva |
Distinctions
Award
2020 | EIT Health Jumpstarter Program
European Commission, Belgium
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2020 | FENS-IBRO/PERC grant
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Belgium
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2020 | Rise for Impact
Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Portugal
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2018 | Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Seal of Excellence
EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, Belgium
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2013 | Travel Grant
Peripheral Nerve Society, United States
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Other distinction
2019 | Microphotograph selected for "Viagem ao organismo" exhibition
Ciência Viva, Portugal
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2019 | Maria de Sousa SRP
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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2018 | Maria de Sousa SRP
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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2015 | Image selected for cover of scientific journal
The Physiological Society, United Kingdom
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2009 | PhD Fellowship SFRH/BD/33546/2008,
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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2009 | Selected for Graduate Program in Areas of Basic and Applied Biology (GABBA)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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2008 | Research fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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