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João Filipe Oliveira is a Principal Investigator at the ICVS 3B's Associate Laboratory. JFO is a pharmacist who received his PhD from Leipzig University, Germany, under the supervision of Prof. Peter Illes. There, he became an expert in electrophysiology techniques to study astrocyte-mediated glutamatergic and purinergic signaling. He moved then to the ICVS (Braga, Portugal) under a Marie Curie Fellowship to study the impact of neuron-glia interactions on complex cognitive functions in health and disease. Taking advantage of the ICVS long record on neuroanatomy and behavioral testing, JFO tackled the unexpected link between astrocyte function and behavior outputs under the mentorship of Prof. Nuno Sousa. Additionally, he led the implementation of state-of-the-art electrophysiological techniques at the ICVS, including patch-clamp and in vivo LFP/spike recordings. Currently, JFO leads a research team that studies astrocyte modulation of brain circuits and behavior in physiological and pathological contexts. He has successfully coordinated 5 projects while 3 are running (over 1.3 million euros). He has established international collaborations and supervised several students (4 PhD and 2 MSc ongoing; 1 Postdoc, 3 PhD, and 9 MSc completed). He has been publishing as a senior/corresponding author in high-impact journals (Molecular Psychiatry, IF=14.5; Trends in Neurosciences, IF=12.5), also in collaboration (Nature Neuroscience IF=20.1; Nature Communications IF=12.1), and his work has been cited over 2400 times (h=22; mean IF last 5 years: 9.51). He is regularly invited to talk at several international and national Neuroscience meetings. He is Associate Editor in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience - Non-Neuronal Cells and MDPI Biology, and he is frequently requested to peer-review for both Journals and Funding Agencies. Finally, as a reflection of the relevance of his work in the field, he has been involved in organizing many relevant events. In 2017, he was the lead organizer of the XV Portuguese Neuroscience Meeting. He integrated the Local Organizing Committee of the XIV European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease in Porto (2019). Indeed, as the chair of the Portuguese Glial Network, JFO has been driving the field of astrocytes forward and becoming recognized in Portugal and internationally. He chairs Symposia in relevant Meetings: Euroglia 2017 Edinburgh, FENS 2022 Paris, and ISN-APSN Meeting 2022 Honolulu. Finally, The organization of an IBRO-PERC-supported Satellite Symposium of Glia 2019 held at ICVS (154 delegates), gathering experts from all over the world, is just an example. These activities and established networks demonstrate the level of research independence reached despite his short career.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
João Filipe Oliveira

Citation names

  • Oliveira, João Filipe

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3314-F338-1963
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1005-2328
Scopus Author Id
44761514800

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
German Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2009
Concluded
 PhD (Doutoramento)
Universität Leipzig Fakultät für Biowissenschaften Pharmazie und Psychologie, Germany
"Neuron-glia interactions mediated by purinergic receptor activation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Magna Cum Laude
2004
Concluded
 Ciências Farmacêuticas (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Licenciatura" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 13
1998
Concluded
 Ensino secundário (Ensino secundário)
Colégio D. Diogo De Sousa, Portugal
"Ensino secundário" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/06/20 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2016/12/01 - 2023/06/19 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2012/12/03 - 2014/12/29 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2009/10/01 - 2012/12/02 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2009/09 - Current Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2004/05/17 - 2005/07/29 Pharmacist Farmácia Barreiros, Portugal
2002/09/16 - 2005/07/29 Pre-doctoral fellow: Characterization of different strains of Candida sp. regarding antifungal behaviour Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2004/01/05 - 2004/05/01 Visiting fellow - Synthesis and bioactivity of polyamine derivative against cancer cells Robert Gordon University School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, United Kingdom
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/12 - 2024/12 Neuron-astrocyte signaling in depression: learning from astrocytes how to effectively treat depression
HR21-01020
Principal investigator
laCaixa Foundation, Spain
 laCaixa Foundation
Ongoing
2019 - 2023 Decoding the neuron-astrocyte dialogue that supports cognitive processing
037/18
Principal investigator
Fundação Bial
Ongoing
2020 - 2022 SynChronize – Focused Ultrasound combined with Stem Cells Secretome and Pharmacotherapies: establishing a Multimodal path for Parkinson’s Disease repair
Mantero Belard - Neurodegenerative Diseases
Researcher
Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
Ongoing
2018/10/01 - 2021/09/30 Mechanistic and optogenetic control of astroglia for neural repair
PTDC/MEDNEU/ 31417/2017
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/07/26 - 2021/07/25 Thin-films based Fabry-Perot optical filters and PDMS coating µ-lenses for optical neural probes
PTDC/CTMREF/ 28406/2017
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Teixeira-Castro, A.; Dias, N.; Rodrigues, P.; Oliveira, J.F.; Rodrigues, N.F.; Maciel, P.; Vilaça, J.L.. An image processing application for quantification of protein aggregates in Caenorhabditis Elegans. 2011.
    10.1007/978-3-642-19914-1_5
Conference paper
  1. Rodrigues, P.L.; Moreira, A.H.J.; Teixeira-Castro, A.; Oliveira, J.; Dias, N.; Rodrigues, N.F.; Vilaça, J.L.. "Automatic segmentation and 3D feature extraction of protein aggregates in Caenorhabditis Elegans". 2012.
    10.1117/12.911567
  2. Dias, N.S.; Silva, M.F.; Ribeiro, J.F.; Cardoso, V.F.; Jacinto, L.R.; Oliveira, J.F.; Cerqueira, J.J.; et al. "Gold coated SU-8-based microelectrodes for in vivo electrophysiological studies: Rapid prototyping protocol-specific microelectrode designs". 2011.
    10.1109/NER.2011.5910549
Journal article
  1. João Filipe Viana; João Luís Machado; Daniela Sofia Abreu; Alexandra Veiga; Sara Barsanti; Gabriela Tavares; Manuella Martins; et al. "Astrocyte structural heterogeneity in the mouse hippocampus". Glia (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/glia.24362.
    10.1002/glia.24362
  2. Joana Martins-Macedo; António Mateus-Pinheiro; Cátia Alves; Fernando José da Silva Veloso; Eduardo D. Gomes; Ines Ribeiro; Joana S. Correia; et al. "StressMatic: A Novel Automated System to Induce Depressive- and Anxiety-like Phenotype in Rats". Cells (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells12030381.
    10.3390/cells12030381
  3. "Astrocyte regulation of neural circuit activity and network states". Glia (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/glia.24178.
    10.1002/glia.24178
  4. Machado-Santos, A.R.; Loureiro-Campos, E.; Patrício, P.; Araújo, B.; Alves, N.D.; Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Correia, J.S.; et al. "Beyond New Neurons in the Adult Hippocampus: Imipramine Acts as a Pro-Astrogliogenic Factor and Rescues Cognitive Impairments Induced by Stress Exposure". Cells 11 3 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85123300852&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/cells11030390
  5. Teresa Canedo; Camila Cabral Portugal; Renato Socodato; Tiago Oliveira Almeida; Ana Filipa Terceiro; Joana Bravo; Ana Isabel Silva; et al. "Astrocyte-derived TNF and glutamate critically modulate microglia activation by methamphetamine". Neuropsychopharmacology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-021-01139-7.
    10.1038/s41386-021-01139-7
  6. Escartin, C.; Galea, E.; Lakatos, A.; O’Callaghan, J.P.; Petzold, G.C.; Serrano-Pozo, A.; Steinhäuser, C.; et al. "Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions". Nature Neuroscience 24 3 (2021): 312-325. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85100133612&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/s41593-020-00783-4
  7. Loureiro-Campos, E.; Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Patrício, P.; Soares-Cunha, C.; Silva, J.; Sardinha, V.M.; Mendes-Pinheiro, B.; et al. "Constitutive deficiency of the neurogenic hippocampal modulator AP2¿ promotes anxiety-like behavior and cumulative memory deficits in mice from juvenile to adult periods". eLife 10 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85121998696&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.7554/eLife.70685
  8. Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Patrício, P.; Alves, N.D.; Martins-Macedo, J.; Caetano, I.; Silveira-Rosa, T.; Araújo, B.; et al. "Hippocampal cytogenesis abrogation impairs inter-regional communication between the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex and promotes the time-dependent manifestation of emotional and cognitive deficits". Molecular Psychiatry (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85115138614&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/s41380-021-01287-8
  9. Rafael Falcón-Moya; Mikel Pérez-Rodríguez; José Prius-Mengual; Yuniesky Andrade-Talavera; Luis E. Arroyo-García; Rocío Pérez-Artés; Pedro Mateos-Aparicio; et al. "Astrocyte-mediated switch in spike timing-dependent plasticity during hippocampal development". Nature Communications (2020): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18024-4.
    10.1038/s41467-020-18024-4
  10. Guerra-Gomes, Sónia; Cunha-Garcia, Daniela; Marques Nascimento, Diana Sofia; Duarte-Silva, Sara; Loureiro-Campos, Eduardo; Morais Sardinha, Vanessa; Viana, João Filipe; et al. "IP3R2 null mice display a normal acquisition of somatic and neurological development milestones". European Journal of Neuroscience (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14724.
    10.1111/ejn.14724
  11. Batiuk, Mykhailo Y.; Martirosyan, Araks; Wahis, Jérôme; de Vin, Filip; Marneffe, Catherine; Kusserow, Carola; Koeppen, Jordan; et al. "Identification of region-specific astrocyte subtypes at single cell resolution". Nature Communications 11 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14198-8.
    10.1038/s41467-019-14198-8
  12. Rodrigues, J.A.; Pimenta, S.; Pereira, J.P.; Gomes, N.M.; Souto, M.R.; Fernandes, H.C.; Caetano, I.; et al. "Low-cost silicon neural probe: fabrication, electrochemical characterization and in vivo validation". Microsystem Technologies (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85085568772&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00542-020-04898-3
  13. Campos, J.; Guerra-Gomes, S.; Serra, S.C.; Baltazar, G.; Oliveira, J.F.; Teixeira, F.G.; Salgado, A.J.. "Astrocyte signaling impacts the effects of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells secretome application into the hippocampus: A proliferation and morphometrical analysis on astrocytic cell populations". Brain Research 1732 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85079162176&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.brainres.2020.146700
  14. Duarte, J.M.; Gaspar, R.; Caetano, L.; Patrício, P.; Soares-Cunha, C.; Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Alves, N.D.; et al. "Region-specific control of microglia by adenosine A2A receptors: uncoupling anxiety and associated cognitive deficits in female rats". GLIA 67 1 (2019): 182-192. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85056875204&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/glia.23476
  15. Guerra-Gomes, S.; Sousa, N.; Pinto, L.; Oliveira, J.F.. "Functional roles of astrocyte calcium elevations: From synapses to behavior". Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 11 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85041287914&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fncel.2017.00427
  16. Guerra-Gomes, S.; Viana, J.F.; Nascimento, D.S.M.; Correia, J.S.; Sardinha, V.M.; Caetano, I.; Sousa, N.; Pinto, L.; Oliveira, J.F.. "The role of astrocytic calcium signaling in the aged prefrontal cortex". Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 12 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85056874209&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fncel.2018.00379
  17. Tavares, G.; Martins, M.; Correia, J.S.; Sardinha, V.M.; Guerra-Gomes, S.; das Neves, S.P.; Marques, F.; Sousa, N.; Oliveira, J.F.. "Employing an open-source tool to assess astrocyte tridimensional structure". Brain Structure and Function 222 4 (2017): 1989-1999. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84989199342&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00429-016-1316-8
  18. Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Alves, N.D.; Patrício, P.; Machado-Santos, A.R.; Loureiro-Campos, E.; Silva, J.M.; Sardinha, V.M.; et al. "AP2¿ 3 controls adult hippocampal neurogenesis and modulates cognitive, but not anxiety or depressive-like behavior". Molecular Psychiatry 22 12 (2017): 1725-1734. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84992390012&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/mp.2016.169
  19. Caetano, L.; Pinheiro, H.; Patrício, P.; Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Alves, N.D.; Coimbra, B.; Baptista, F.I.; et al. "Adenosine A 2A receptor regulation of microglia morphological remodeling-gender bias in physiology and in a model of chronic anxiety". Molecular Psychiatry 22 7 (2017): 1035-1043. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84991030115&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/mp.2016.173
  20. Sardinha, V.M.; Guerra-Gomes, S.; Caetano, I.; Tavares, G.; Martins, M.; Reis, J.S.; Correia, J.S.; et al. "Astrocytic signaling supports hippocampal–prefrontal theta synchronization and cognitive function". GLIA 65 12 (2017): 1944-1960. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85029309636&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/glia.23205
  21. Kafetzopoulos, V.; Kokras, N.; Sotiropoulos, I.; Oliveira, J.F.; Leite-Almeida, H.; Vasalou, A.; Sardinha, V.M.; et al. "The nucleus reuniens: a key node in the neurocircuitry of stress and depression". Molecular Psychiatry (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85017512568&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/mp.2017.55
  22. Oliveira, J.F.; Gomes, C.A.; Vaz, S.H.; Sousa, N.; Pinto, L.. "Editorial: Glial plasticity in depression". Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 10 JUN (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84975261124&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fncel.2016.00163
  23. Lopes, S.; Lopes, A.; Pinto, V.; Guimarães, M.R.; Sardinha, V.M.; Duarte-Silva, S.; Pinheiro, S.; et al. "Absence of Tau triggers age-dependent sciatic nerve morphofunctional deficits and motor impairment". Aging Cell 15 2 (2016): 208-216. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84960087157&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/acel.12391
  24. Oliveira, J.F.; Sardinha, V.M.; Guerra-Gomes, S.; Araque, A.; Sousa, N.. "Do stars govern our actions? Astrocyte involvement in rodent behavior". Trends in Neurosciences (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84940099870&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.tins.2015.07.006
  25. Lima, A.; Sardinha, V.M.; Oliveira, A.F.; Reis, M.; Mota, C.; Silva, M.A.; Marques, F.; et al. "Astrocyte pathology in the prefrontal cortex impairs the cognitive function of rats". Molecular Psychiatry 19 7 (2014): 834-841. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84903591506&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/mp.2013.182
  26. Oliveira, J.F.; Dias, N.S.; Correia, M.; Gama-Pereira, F.; Sardinha, V.M.; Lima, A.; Oliveira, A.F.; et al. "Chronic stress disrupts neural coherence between cortico-limbic structures". Frontiers in Neural Circuits JAN (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84872852217&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fncir.2013.00010
  27. Teixeira-Castro, A.; Ailion, M.; Jalles, A.; Brignull, H.R.; Vilacã, J.L.; Dias, N.; Rodrigues, P.; et al. "Neuron-specific proteotoxicity of mutant ataxin-3 in C. elegans: Rescue by the DAF-16 and HSF-1 pathways". Human Molecular Genetics 20 15 (2011): 2996-3009. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79960114573&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/hmg/ddr203
  28. Oliveira, J.F.; Riedel, T.; Leichsenring, A.; Heine, C.; Franke, H.; Krügel, U.; Nörenberg, W.; Illes, P.. "Rodent cortical astroglia express in situ functional P2X 7 receptors sensing pathologically high ATP concentrations". Cerebral Cortex 21 4 (2011): 806-820. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79952830371&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/cercor/bhq154
  29. Nörenberg, W.; Schunk, J.; Fischer, W.; Sobottka, H.; Riedel, T.; Oliveira, J.; Franke, H.; Illes, P.. "Electrophysiological classification of P2X7 receptors in rat cultured neocortical astroglia". British Journal of Pharmacology 160 8 (2010): 1941-1952. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77954885998&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.00736.x
  30. Köles, L.; Gerevich, Z.; Oliveira, J.F.; Zadori, Z.S.; Wirkner, K.; Illes, P.. "Interaction of P2 purinergic receptors with cellular macromolecules". Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology 377 1 (2008): 1-33. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-39149095572&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00210-007-0222-2
  31. Oliveira, J.F.; Krügel, U.; Köles, L.; Illes, P.; Wirkner, K.. "Blockade of glutamate transporters leads to potentiation of NMDA receptor current in layer V pyramidal neurons of the rat prefrontal cortex via group II metabotropic glutamate receptor activation". Neuropharmacology 55 4 (2008): 447-453. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-49949085530&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.neuropharm.2008.07.032
  32. Pinto, E.; Queiroz, M.-J.R.P.; Vale-Silva, L.A.; Oliveira, J.F.; Begouin, A.; Begouin, J.-M.; Kirsch, G.. "Antifungal activity of synthetic di(hetero)arylamines based on the benzo[b]thiophene moiety". Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 16 17 (2008): 8172-8177. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-50349093579&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bmc.2008.07.042
  33. Oliveira, J.; Ralton, L.; Tavares, J.; Codeiro-da-Silva, A.; Bestwick, C.S.; McPherson, A.; Thoo Lin, P.K.. "The synthesis and the in vitro cytotoxicity studies of bisnaphthalimidopropyl polyamine derivatives against colon cancer cells and parasite Leishmania infantum". Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 15 1 (2007): 541-545. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33750942260&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bmc.2006.09.031
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Oliveira, João. "Neuron-glia interactions mediated by P2 receptor activation". PhD, Leipziger Universitätsverlag GmbH, 2009.

Intellectual property

Provisional application for patent
  1. 2022. "A NOVEL METHOD TO MANIPULATE A PATHWAY TO PREVENT DEPRESSIVE-LIKE BEHAVIOR nr PPP117831 (updated details in ORCID)".
    Protected
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/10 The involvement of astrocyte calcium-dependent signaling in fear memory VI Symposium PT Glial Network
Portuguese Glial Network (Porto)
2022/09 The involvement of astrocyte calcium-dependent signaling in behavior ISN-APSN Meeting
International Society for Neurochemistry (Honolulu, United States)
2022/07 The involvement of astrocyte calcium-dependent signaling in behavior FENS Forum 2022
(Paris, France)
2022/05 Emocional-MENTE - Seguindo as estrelas do cérebro para contrariar os efeitos nocivos do stress Pint of Science
(Braga)
2022/04 The role of astrocytes in complex cognitive processing Bial Symposium
(Porto)
2022/04 Descodificar o diálogo entre neurónios e astrócitos para entender o funcionamento do cérebro Jornadas da Ciência
School of Science - University of Minho (Braga)
2021/11 The involvement of astrocytes in cortico-limbic function and behavior: 3 stories MSc Neuro Lisbon
Medicine Faculty - university of Lisbon
2021/06 The involvement of astrocytes in cortico-limbic function and cognition IMM Neurosciences Seminar
Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2020/12/16 The involvement of astrocytes in cognitive function Neuroscience Talks
CEDOC - Nova Medical School, Lisbon
2020/11/06 The involvement of astrocytes in cognitive processing NICO NeuroWebinar
University of Turin, Italy
2020/06 The involvement of astrocytes in cognitive function
IX Ciclo de Conferências Científicas para Docentes (3º Ciclo e Secundário) (Portugal)
2020/01 The involvement of astrocytes in cognitive function
University of Pablo Olavide (Sevilla, Spain)
2019/09 The involvement of astrocytes in cognitive processing Neurons in Action Meeting
Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology (Warsaw, Poland)
2019/08 The involvement of astrocytes in cognitive processing ISN ASN Meeting
International Society for Neurochemistry (Montreal, Canada)
2019/07 Astrocytes what they are and what they do XIV European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease
Network Glia (Porto, Portugal)
2019/07 Astrocytes support neural synchronization and cognition ICVS Satellite Meeting - Glia 2019
(Braga, Portugal)
2018/10 The other brain: astrocytes modulate neural circuits and support cognitive functions Minho Medical Meeting
NEMUM (Braga, Portugal)
2018/05 The involvement of astrocytes in cognitive processing III Symposium of the PT Glial Network, Porto
I3S, Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2018/02 The involvement of astrocytes in cognitive processing CNC.IBILI Seminars
CNC.IBILI (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/10/06 Astrocytes support hippocampal-prefrontal theta synchronization and cognitive function BIGS Meeting
(Bonn, Germany)
2017/09/29 The involvement of astrocytes in cognitive processing Simposium 17th National Congress of the Spanish Neuroscience Society
(Alicante, Spain)
2017/09/02 The involvement of astrocytes in cognitive processing Young Scientists Meeting
(Erlangen, Germany)
2017/07/09 Astrocytes support hippocampal-prefrontal theta synchronization and cognitive function XIII European Meeting on Glial Cells
(Edimburgh, United Kingdom)
2016/11/02 The involvement of astrocytes in behavior I Symposium of the PT Glial Network
(Braga, Portugal)
2016/06/27 The involvement of astrocytes in cognitive processing Mind-Brain College lectures
IMM, University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2016/04/14 The involvement of astrocytes in cognitive processing International Astrocyte School
(Bertinoro, Italy)
2015/01/23 Understanding astrocyte roles in the modulation of brain function Instituto Cajal - CSIC
Instituto Cajal - CSIC (Madrid, Spain)
2009/06/04 Neuron-glia interactions: P2X7 receptor, the new player of the astrocytic receptor team 11th Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neurosciences,
Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine (Braga, Portugal)
2008/05/19 Characterization of purinergic receptors in astroglial cells of the prefrontal cortex INTERNEURO
(Leipzig, Germany)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/01 - Current Decoding the neuron-astrocyte dialogue that supports cognitive processing
Supervisor
2023/01 - Current Neuron-astrocyte signaling in depression: learning from astrocytes how to effectively treat depression
Supervisor

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/09 - 2022/09 Symposium at International Society for Neurochemistry-APSN Meeting, Honolulu, USA (2022 - 2022)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 International Society for Neurochemistry, Switzerland
2019 - 2019 Local Organizer of the XIV European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease (2019/07/10 - 2019/07/13)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Network Glia, Germany
2019 - 2019 ICVS Satellite Meeting in Braga - Decoding astrocyte-neuron dialogues that produce brain outputs (2019/07/09 - 2019/07/09)
Symposium (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Hands-on the rodent brain: from intracellular trafficking to brain connectome (2018/02/19 - 2018/03/09)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Coordinator of XV Meeting of the Portuguese Neuroscience Society (2017/05/25 - 2017/05/27)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Advanced Hands-on the Rodent Brain: from intracellular trafficking to brain connectome (2017/04/26 - 2017/05/12)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2017 - Current Chair Symposium 12 GLIA 2017
Congress
 XIII European Meeting on Glial Cells (Edimburgh, United Kingdom)
2018/03 - 2018/03 EEG Research Day, EEG, Braga Round Table “An helicopter view over research”
Round table
 An helicopter view over research
Universidade do Minho Escola de Economia e Gestão, Portugal
2016/07/02 - 2016/07/06 Poster presentation FENS 2016
Congress
 FENS 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark
2016/03/30 - 2016/04/02 Poster Presentation 11th Bial Foundation Symposium
Symposium
 11th Bial Foundation Symposium, Porto, Portugal
2015/11/11 - 2015/11/13 Poster Presentation NeuroConferences 2015
Conference
 NeuroConferences 2015 - Psychopharmacology, Braga, Portugal, November 2015
2015/10/17 - 2015/10/21 Poster Presentation Neuroscience 2015
Congress
 Neuroscience 2015 - Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, USA
2015/07/12 - 2015/07/18 Poster Presentation 12th European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease
Meeting
 12th European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease, Bilbao
2014/11/15 - 2014/11/19 Poster Presentation Neuroscience 2014
Congress
 Neuroscience 2014 - Society for Neuroscience, Washington, USA, 15-19 November 2014
2014/07/05 - 2014/07/09 Poster Presentation 9th FENS 2014
Congress
 9th FENS 2014 - Milan, Italy
2013/07/03 - 2013/07/06 Poster Presentation 11th European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease
Meeting
 11th European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease, Berlin
2012/10/13 - 2012/10/17 Poster Presentation Neuroscience 2012
Congress
 Neuroscience 2012 - Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, USA
2012/07/14 - 2012/07/18 Poster Presentation 8th FENS 2012
Congress
 8th FENS 2012 - Barcelona, Spain
2011/09/13 - 2011/09/17 Poster Participation 10th European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease
Meeting
 10th European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease, Prague,
2010/11/08 - 2010/11/19 Course on Laboratory Animal Science (Cat. C, FELASA) ICVS/3B´s Associate Laboratory
Workshop
 Course on Laboratory Animal Science
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2010/07/02 - 2010/07/06 Poster Presentation 7th FENS 2010 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Congress
 7th FENS 2010 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
2009/11/22 - 2009/12/04 Biostatistics Course ICVS/3B´s Associate Laboratory University of Minho, Braga, Portugal Portugal
Workshop
 Biostatistics Course
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2009/07/17 - 2009/07/20 Poster Presentation Third Joint Italian-German Purine Club Meeting
Meeting
 Third Joint Italian-German Purine Club Meeting - Camerino, Italy
2009/02/02 - 2009/02/06 EURON - Stereotaxy course: from drug delivery to deep brain stimulation Maastricht University Medical Centre, Netherlands
Workshop
 EURON - Stereotaxy course: from drug delivery to deep brain stimulation
Maastricht Universitair Medisch Centrum+, Netherlands
2008/12 - 2008/12 Poster Presentation 7th Leipzig Research Festival
Meeting
 7th Leipzig Research Festival
2008/10/20 - 2008/10/22 Experimental animal science course: rodents Centre for Experimental Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany Alemanha
Workshop
 Experimental animal science course in rodents
Universität Leipzig Medizinische Fakultät, Germany
2007/09 - 2007/09 Poster Presentation Second Joint Italian-German Purine Club Meeting
Meeting
 Second Joint Italian-German Purine Club Meeting, Leipzig

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/01 Investigating the neuronal ensembles encoding valence in the Laterodorsal Tegmentum
(Thesis) Arguer
 Ricardo Filipe Bastos Gonçalves (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2022/12 Evaluation of promising miRNA modulation in neural cells and derived secretomes as therapeutic tools in ALS
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Marta Isabel da Silva Rodrigues Barbosa (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2022/12 Impact of astrocytic GLUT1 ablation on glucose homeostasis and cognition
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Carlos Garcia Ardanaz (PhD)
Universidad de Navarra, Spain
2022/02/17 The puzzle: absence seizures, astrocyte complexity, and memory impairments
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Mariana Serra de Sequeira Neuparth Sottomayor (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/12/22 Role of SNARE-dependent gliotransmitters release in alzheimer’s disease: from astrocytes to behaviour
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Daniela Sofia Da Costa Abreu (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/12 Molecular Therapies to Repair the Injured Spinal Cord
(Thesis) Arguer
 Rui Augusto Ribeiro Lima (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2021/11/15 Carbon Monoxide Modulation Of Glial Cells On Cytoprotection
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Daniela Patrícia Martins Dias Pedroso (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/10/20 Astrosomes: a novel approach for the regulation of neuronal communication
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Adam D'Armada Moreira (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020/03/03 Role of SNARE-dependent gliotransmitters release by astrocytes upon Aß-mediated excitotoxicity
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joana Isabel Ferreira da Graça Gomes (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020/02 Role of astrocytes in an in vitro model of ischemic stroke
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Cláudio André Martins Roque (PhD)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2019/10 GABAergic Dysfunction in Childhood Absence Epilepsy: From Astrocytes to Circuits
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Carolina de Campos Pina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/05 Novel therapeutic approach to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: targeting neurotoxic astrocytes before transplantation
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Cátia Sofia Vicente Gomes (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2018/12/20 Role of laterodorsal tegmentum in motivation and reward
(Thesis) Arguer
 Bárbara Guimarães Salazar Coimbra (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2018/10/09 The role of astrocytes in the control of dopamine homeostasis
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Carolina Cardoso Gonçalves (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018/10/04 Astrocytic CB1R-mediated calcium signalling: impact in glutamate transport and interaction with adenosine receptors
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joana Filipa Gonçalves Ribeiro (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/01/19 Interaction between adenosine A2A receptors and cannabinoid CB1 receptors at the hippocampus: consequences for memory and plasticity
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Francisco Melo Albuquerque Saraiva Mouro (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017/10/17 Role of aquaporin-4 in methamphetamine-induced blood-brain barrier dysfunction and cerebral edema formation
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ricardo Alexandre Gomes Leitão (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2010/11/10 mGluR5-mediated calcium signalling in rat forebrain astrocytes: modulation by adenosine A1 and A2A receptors
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Haíssa de Castro (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023 - Current Nature Communications
2022 - Current Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
2022 - Current Neuropsychopharmacology
2022 - Current Cells
2022 - Current Aging Cell
2021 - Current Heliyon Cell Press Cell Press
2021 - Current Glia John Wiley & Sons
2021 - Current Biological Psychiatry Elsevier
2020 - Current Progress in Neurobiology Elsevier
2020 - Current Neurochemical Research Springer Science+Business Media
2019 - Current eNeuro Society for Neuroscience
2017 - Current PLOS ONE Public Library of Science
2018 - 2018 Brain Structure and Function (1863-2661) Springer-Verlag
2018 - 2018 Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (1662-5102) Frontiers Media SA
2018 - 2018 JOVE
2017 - 2017 Frontiers in Neuroanatomy (1662-5129) Frontiers Media SA
2017 - 2017 Neuropharmacology (0028-3908) Elsevier
2016 - 2016 Neuroscience (0306-4522) Elsevier
2014 - 2016 Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (1662-5102) Frontiers Media SA
2013 - 2013 Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience (1663-3563) Frontiers Media SA
2013 - 2013 Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (1662-5153) Frontiers Media SA
2011 - 2011 Purinergic Signalling (1573-9546) Springer-Verlag

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2016/04/12 - Current Coordinator Portuguese Glial Network Portugal
Coordinator
 Portuguese Glial Network, Portugal
2009 - Current Scientific Council of the ICVS
Member
2021 - 2022 Scientific Council of the School of Medicine
Member
 Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Scientific Council of the School of Medicine
Member
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Advisory Board XVI Meeting of the Portuguese Neuroscience Society
Advisor / Consultant
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
2002/10/20 - 2003/10/19 Vice-President Portuguese Pharmacy Students Federation Portugal
President / Vice-president
 Portuguese Pharmacy Students Federation, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2021 - Current Research Grant Evaluation
Evaluator
 National Science Centre, Poland
2019 - Current Research Grant Evaluation
Evaluator
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2019 - Current Research Grant Evaluation
Evaluator
 French National Research Agency, France
2019 - 2019 Research Grant Evaluation
Evaluator
 Israel Science Foundation, Israel
2016 - 2016 ERC Grant evaluation
Evaluator
 European Research Council, Belgium

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2019 - Current Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience - Non-neuronal cells Frontiers Media SA
2019 - Current Frontiers in Pharmacology - Neuropharmacology Frontiers Media S.A.
2019 - 2022 Brain Sciences MDPI Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing
Distinctions

Award

2022 La Caixa Foundation Grant
laCaixa Foundation, Spain
2019 Mantero Belard Prize
Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Portugal

Other distinction

2015 FCT INVESTIGATOR Starting Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2013 Post-Doctoral fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2011 Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship for career development (IEF)
EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, Belgium
2009 Post-Doctoral fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2005 PhD Fellowship
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Germany
2005 Grant for Intensive Course of German Language in Germany
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Germany
2004 SOCRATES/ERASMUS Scholarship