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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
CATARINA MARIA RODRIGUES AFONSO DA CRUZ

Citation names

  • Cruz, Catarina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
6015-B017-58AF
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9139-8453
Education
Degree Classification
2016/07/03
Concluded
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
 16 valores
2016
Concluded
 Medicina (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Effects of chronic ethanol intake and withdrawal on neuroinflammation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16 valores
2008
Concluded
 Bioquimica (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2008
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: Biologia Molecular
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Sonic Hedgehog and the Regulation of Neural Progenitor Properties: New Roles for Hedgehog Signaling During Neural Tube Development" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2003
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2009 - 2010 Postdoc (Research) MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, United Kingdom
2008 - 2009 Postdoc (Research) National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2012 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016 - 2018 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, Portugal
2013 - 2016 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2013 - 2015 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018 - Current Medico Ministério da Saúde, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Cruz, Catarina; Meireles, Manuela; Silva, Susana M.. "Chronic ethanol intake induces partial microglial activation that is not reversed by long-term ethanol withdrawal in the rat hippocampal formation". NeuroToxicology 60 (2017): 107-115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuro.2017.04.005.
    10.1016/j.neuro.2017.04.005
  2. Pereira, Pedro A.; Neves, João; Vilela, Manuel; Sousa, Sérgio; Cruz, Catarina; Madeira, M. Dulce. "Chronic alcohol consumption leads to neurochemical changes in the nucleus accumbens that are not fully reversed by withdrawal". Neurotoxicology and Teratology 44 (2014): 53-61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ntt.2014.05.007.
    10.1016/j.ntt.2014.05.007
  3. Rabadán, M.A.; Cayuso, J.; Le Dréau, G.; Cruz, C.; Barzi, M.; Pons, S.; Briscoe, J.; Martí, E.. "Jagged2 controls the generation of motor neuron and oligodendrocyte progenitors in the ventral spinal cord". Cell Death and Differentiation 19 2 (2012): 209-219. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84855712585&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/cdd.2011.84
  4. Cruz, C.; Ribes, V.; Kutejova, E.; Cayuso, J.; Lawson, V.; Norris, D.; Stevens, J.; et al. "Foxj1 regulates floor plate cilia architecture and modifies the response of cells to sonic hedgehog signalling". Development 137 24 (2010): 4271-4282. http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/dev.051714.
    10.1242/dev.051714
  5. Scott, Charlotte E; Wynn, Sarah L; Sesay, Abdul; Cruz, Catarina; Cheung, Martin; Gaviro, Maria-Victoria Gomez; Booth, Sarah; et al. "SOX9 induces and maintains neural stem cells". Nature Neuroscience 13 10 (2010): 1181-1189. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn.2646.
    10.1038/nn.2646
  6. Ribes, V.; Balaskas, N.; Sasai, N.; Cruz, C.; Dessaud, E.; Cayuso, J.; Tozer, S.; et al. "Distinct Sonic Hedgehog signaling dynamics specify floor plate and ventral neuronal progenitors in the vertebrate neural tube". Genes & Development 24 11 (2010): 1186-1200. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/gad.559910.
    10.1101/gad.559910
  7. Taymans, Jean-Marc; Cruz, Catarina; Lesage, Anne; Leysen, Jos??e E.; Langlois, Xavier. "MK-801 alters RGS2 levels and adenylyl cyclase sensitivity in the rat striatum". NeuroReport 16 2 (2005): 159-162. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00001756-200502080-00018.
    10.1097/00001756-200502080-00018
  8. Taymans, Jean-Marc; Kia, Hossein Kami; Claes, Robby; Cruz, Catarina; Leysen, Josee. "Dopamine receptor-mediated regulation of RGS2 and RGS4 mRNA differentially depends on ascending dopamine projections and time". (2004):
    10.1111/j.0953-816x.2004.03336.x
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2009 Varicela na Gravidez III Jornadas de Corino de Andrade
(Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018/07/12 - Current Membro da Comissão Organizadora das II Jornadas da USF Aqueduto (2018/08/12 - 2018/08/12)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 USF Aqueduto, ACES Povoa de Varzim/Vila do Conde, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2019/05/21 High-caloric diets lead to neuroinflammation and oxidative stress in the hippocampal formation of adolescent rats
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Sílvia Cristina Neves Ferreira (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2018 - Current Morfofisiologia do Sistema Cardiovascular e do Sangue Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016 - Current Morfofisiologia do Sistema Nervoso Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2012 - 2016 Anatomia I Medicina Dentária (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, Portugal
2012 - 2016 Anatomia II Medicina Dentária (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, Portugal
2012 - 2013 Anatomia I Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2019 Prémio Melhor Comunicação Oral
2018 Prémio Melhor Poster (2º prémio)