Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Nélio da Mota Gonçalves
Citation names
- Gonçalves, Nélio
- Gonçalves, N.
- Gonçalves, Nelio
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 8211-6A03-ADFA
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-0295-7143
- Google Scholar ID
- https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=EW7FUIMAAAAJ&hl=en
- Researcher Id
- E-6146-2014
- Scopus Author Id
- 55573902700
Email addresses
- nelio.goncalves@cnc.uc.pt (Professional)
Telephones
- Telephone
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- 239820190 (Professional)
Addresses
- Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC). University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, FMUC Polo I, 1st floor, 3004-504, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Gene-based Diagnostics and Therapeutic Interventions
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
French | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
Portuguese | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2019/06/01 - 2021/11/07
Concluded
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Purinergic Modulation in Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Pós-doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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2017/01/01 - 2019/05/31
Concluded
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Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics based on Purinergic Modulation against the Tumor Microenvironment (Pós-doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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2013/11/30 - 2016/12/31
Concluded
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Purinergic Modulation in Neurologic Disorders (Pós-doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
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2013/11/29
Concluded
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Pharmaceutical Sciences (Doutoramento)
Major in Specialty field of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Gene transfer approaches to study the role of adenosine A2A receptors in Machado-Joseph disease." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Unanimous Distinction and Honors |
2008
Concluded
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Advanced courses at the international PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine (PDBEB) (Curso de doutoramento
(conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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n/a |
2007/07/24
Concluded
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Pharmaceutical Sciences (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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15 (out of 20) |
2006/07
Concluded
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Complementary Degree in Flute (Curso médio)
Major in Baroque and Classical Flute Performer
Conservatório de Música de Coimbra, Portugal
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19 (out of 20) |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2019/06/01 - 2021/07/05 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia (CIBB), Portugal |
Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia (CIBB), Portugal | ||
2015/01/01 - 2019/05/31 | Postdoc (Research) | CNC.IBILI, Portugal |
CNC.IBILI, Portugal | ||
2013/11/30 - 2014/12/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal | ||
2007/10/01 - 2013/11/29 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
2007/04/02 - 2007/06/28 | Research Trainee (Research) | ERASMUS Scientific Research Internship, Belgium |
Université catholique de Louvain Louvain Drug Research Institute, Belgium | ||
2006/12/11 - 2007/01/05 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
Positions / Appointments
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2021/11/08 - Current | R&D Pharmaceutical Project Manager | Bluepharma, Portugal |
Bluepharma, Portugal | ||
2015/01/01 - 2017/04/01 | Director | Associação Filarmónica Artística Pombalense, Portugal |
Associação Filarmónica Artística Pombalense, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2007/01/15 - 2007/03/15 | Extra-curricular Academic Internship | Coimbra Hospital and University Centre - Pediatric Hospital - Pharmaceutical Services, Portugal |
2006/09/04 - 2006/12/09 | Extra-curricular Academic Internship | Community pharmacy: Farmácia Luciano & Matos, Portugal |
2005/11/23 - 2006/04/13 | Extra-curricular Academic Internship | Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia Laboratório de Análises Clínicas, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2014 - 2016 | Role of adenosine A2A receptors in the accumbens and amygdala in the control of chronic stress neuropathology.
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
Concluded
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2013 - 2016 | Caffeine alleviation of MJD/SCA3
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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National Ataxia Foundation (NAF)
Concluded
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2014/09 - 2015 | The up-regulation of hippocampal adenosine A2A receptors is necessary and sufficient to trigger memory dysfunction in Alzheimer’s
disease.
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
Concluded
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2011/04/01 - 2014/08/30 | Cell to cell transport of alpha-synuclein in Parkinson´s Disease. The progression factor?
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2018/07 - Current | A2A receptors control axon formation during neuronal development: new strategies to arrest epileptogenesis.
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2017/01/01 - 2019/05/31 | CANCEL-STEM: Tackling CANcer STEM CELls: a challenge and an opportunity to advance in anti-cancer therapy
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2017/01 - 2019/05 | Towards a single therapy against triple negative breast cancer and neuroblastoma by nucleolin-mediated multicellular targeting
with a synergistic drug combination.
ENMed/0005/2015
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2016/05 - 2019/04 | Role of astrocytes in the control of memory-focus on adenosine A2A receptors
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2016/05 - 2018/10 | Hybrid ionotropic receptors: a new concept of receptor
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2015/11 - 2018/10 | P2Y1 receptor-CRMP2 control synaptic loss and memory impairment in early Alzheimer’s Disease
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Alzheimer's Association
Concluded
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2013/12 - 2015 | New Treatments for Stress-induced Dysregulation of Circuits Regulating Reward, Fear, and Habit Learning
09-68-ESR-FP-010
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Concluded
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2012/04 - 2014/09 | Role of accumbens and amygdala in the control of chronic stress neuropathology
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2011/10 - 2013/11 | New Treatments for Stress-induced Dysregulation of Circuits Regulating Reward, Fear, and Habit Learning
DARPA-09-68-ESR-FP-010
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Concluded
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2010/02 - 2013/04 | The role of calpain-mediated proteolysis of ataxin-3 in Machado-Joseph disease: a molecular therapy approach with viral vectors
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2007 - 2013 | Aging, Stress and Chronic Diseases: From Mechanisms to Therapeutics
CENTRO-07-ST24-FEDER-002006
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar
Concluded
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2010/03 - 2012/02 | Role of adenosine A2A receptors in microglia and glutamatergic synapses in the control of synaptic plasticity and brain damage
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2007/04/02 - 2007/06/28 | Tumoral microenvironment study after the electroporation of a plasmid coding for an antiangiogenic factor.
Other
Université catholique de Louvain Louvain Drug Research Institute, Belgium
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European Commission Sixth Framework Programme
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Conference abstract |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Magazine article |
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Other
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2019/11/15 | Synergistic cytotoxicity of targeted liposomal C6-ceramide and doxorubicin against nucleolin-overexpressing cancer cells is supported by the downregulation of the PI3K/Akt pathway. | 1st Annual Meeting in Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Coimbra, Faculty of Pharmacy (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2019/11/15 | Nucleolin downregulation in triple negative breast cancer cells: exploring the phenotypic implications of a therapeutic target. | 1st Annual Meeting in Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Coimbra Faculty of Pharmacy (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2019/09/04 | Cortical neuronal migration entails A2A receptor-driven neuronal polarization and axon formation. | 1st European Purine Meeting
Spanish Purine Club (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
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2019/09/04 | ATP-derived adenosine controls synaptic and memory dysfunction in ß-amyloid models of Alzheimer’s disease. | 1st European Purine Meeting
Spanish Purine Club (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
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2019/07/20 | The potential of liposomal C6-ceramide/doxorubicin targeted to nucleolin to decrease triple-negative breast cancer stem cell population relative to a standard of treatment. | 2019 Annual Meeting
Controlled Release Society (Valencia, Spain)
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2019/05/10 | Adenosine A2A receptor contributes to hipocampal mossy fiber sprouting during epileptogenesis. | I CIBB Neuroscience and Disease Retreat
Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (Miranda do Corvo, Portugal)
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2019/02/06 | Adenosine A2A receptors in the rat prelimbic medial prefrontal cortex control delay-based cost-benefit decision making. | XLIX Annual Meeting
Portuguese Pharmacological Society (Porto, Portugal)
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2017/10/13 | Adenosine A2A receptors induce the formation of abnormal secondary axons in rat hippocampal neurons: a new target to arrest epileptogenesis. | 12th Biennial Conference
Chinese Neuroscience Society (Tianjin, China)
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2017/09/14 | Astrocytic A2A receptors: novel targets to manage brain disorders. | 12th Young European Scientist Meeting
(Porto, Portugal)
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2017/08/20 | Cortical principal neurons migration entails A2A receptor-driven neuronal polarization and axon formation. | ISN-ESN Biennial Meeting
ISN-ESN (Paris, France)
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2017/05/25 | Cortical neuronal migration entails A2A receptor-driven neuronal polarization and axon formation. | XV Annual Meeting
Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (Braga, Portugal)
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2017/05/25 | Activation of neuronal A2AR by ATP-derived adenosine facilitates hippocampal LTP: physiopathological role of CD73. | XV Annual Meeting
Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (Braga, Portugal)
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2017/02/02 | Selective down-regulation of amygdala neuronal A2A receptors prevents behavioural modifications induced by stress. | XLVII Annual Meeting
Portuguese Pharmacological Society (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2017/02/02 | The blockade of neuronal A2A adenosine receptors prevents impairment by ß-amyloid of hippocampal synaptic plasticity. | XLVII Annual Meeting
Portuguese Pharmacological Society (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2017/02/02 | ATP-derived adenosine is responsible for the activation of neuronal A2A receptors to facilitate long-term potentiation in the mouse hippocampus. | XLVII Annual Meeting
Portuguese Pharmacological Society (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2017/01/30 | Adenosine A2A receptors control cortical neurons migration. | BEB Day: not so usual insights into a PhD
Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2016/11/18 | Adenosine A2A receptor controls cortical neuronal migration. | Brain With]Out[ Borders
University of Coimbra Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2016/05/12 | The ablation of neuronal A2AR selectively in the amygdala prevents mood changes triggered by chronic stress. | VI Brazilian Purine Club Meeting
Purine Club Meeting (Paraíba, Brazil)
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2016/05/12 | Purinergic control of neurodegeneration triggered by convulsions. | VI Brazilian Purine Club Meeting
Purine Club Meeting (Paraíba, Brazil)
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2016/02/04 | Selective amygdala neuronal down-regulation of A2A receptors prevents behavioural modifications induced by stress | XLVI Annual Meeting
Portuguese Pharmacological Society (Porto, Portugal)
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2016 | Adenosine A2A receptors control cortical neurons migration. | XLVI Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology, XXXIV Clinic Pharmacology & XV Toxicology
Portuguese Society of Pharmacology (Porto, Portugal)
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2015/12/17 | Neuropeptide Y mitigates neuropathology and motor deficits in mouse models of Machado-Joseph disease | XIII Annual Meeting
Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2015/12/17 | Adenosine A2A receptors control cortical neurons migration. | XIII Annual Meeting
Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2015/06/04 | The triad of behavioural modifications characteristic of depression is abrogated by the selective amygdala neuronal down-regulation of adenosine A2A receptors. | XIV Annual Meeting
Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal)
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2015/03/25 | Therapeutic role of neuropeptide Y in mouse models of Machado-Joseph Disease. | International Ataxia Research Conference
Ataxia UK (Windsor, United Kingdom)
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2015/02/05 | Adenosine A2A receptors selectively modulate long-term plasticity in the amygdala of mice and control fear memory. | XLV Annual Meeting
Portuguese Pharmacological Society (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2015/02/05 | Neuropeptide Y alleviates neuropathological and behavioral abnormalities in mice models of Machado-Joseph Disease. | XLV Annual Meeting
Portuguese Pharmacological Society (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2014/12/15 | Medial prefrontal cortex adenosine A2A receptors control impulsive behavior and long-term potentiation – interaction with dopamine D2-like receptors. | XII Annual Meeting
Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2014/11/06 | Depression: searching for new therapeutic targets. | VIII Scientific Congress: Brain and (dys)functions
Universidade de Coimbra, Núcleo de Estudante da Faculdade de Farmácia (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2014/11/06 | Depression: searching for new therapeutic targets | Brain and (Dys)Functions | Cérebro e (Dis)Funções
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2014/03 | Caffeine alleviates progressive motor deficits in MJD transgenic mice. | AIM 2014 – 5th Ataxia Investigators Meeting
National Ataxia Foundation (Las Vegas, Nevada, United States)
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2014/02/05 | Adenosine A2A receptors in the amygdala control behavioural modifications in rats subjected to repeated restraint stress. | XLIV Annual Meeting
Portuguese Pharmacological Society (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2014/02/05 | Orally-administered calpain inhibitor BDA-410 reduces ataxin-3 cleavage and alleviates neuropathology in a lentiviral mouse model of Machado-Joseph disease. | XLIV Annual Meeting
Portuguese Pharmacological Society. (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2014/02/05 | Neuropeptide Y neuroprotective role in a lentiviral model of Machado-Joseph Disease. | XLIV Annual Meeting
Portuguese Pharmacological Society. (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2014/02/05 | Role of adenosine A2A receptors in the amygdala: Implications for mood disorders. | XLIV Annual Meeting
Portuguese Pharmacological Society (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2013/11/09 | Orally-administered calpain inhibitor BDA-410 reduces ataxin-3 cleavage and alleviates neuropathology in a lentiviral mouse model of Machado-Joseph disease. | Neuroscience 2013, 43th Annual Meeting
Society for Neuroscience (San Diego, California, United States)
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2013/05/30 | Impact of ventro-medial striatal adenosine A2A receptors on mood- and anxiety-related behavioral modifications in rats subjected to repeated restraint stress. | XIII Annual Meeting
Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (Luso, Portugal)
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2013/05/30 | Orally-administered calpain inhibitor BDA-410 reduces ataxin-3 cleavage and alleviates neuropathology in a lentiviral mouse model of Machado-Joseph disease. | XIII Annual Meeting
Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (Luso, Portugal)
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2013/05/30 | Adenosine A2A receptors in the amygdala control behavioral modifications in rats subjected to repeated restraint stress. | XIII Annual Meeting
Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (Luso, Portugal)
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2013/05/30 | Role of adenosine A2A receptors in the amygdala : implications for mood disorders. | XIII Annual Meeting
Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (Luso, Portugal)
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2013/05/30 | Adenosine A2A receptors in the prefrontal cortex controls impulsive behavior in rats. | XIII Annual Meeting
Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (Luso, Portugal)
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2013/05/30 | Adenosine A2A receptors control the modification caused by repeated restraint stress of synaptic plasticity in the pre-frontal cortex from rat brain slices. | Annual Meeting
Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (Luso, Portugal)
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2012/02/02 | Pharmacological antagonism or genetic deletion of adenosine A2A receptors delay neurodegeneration in a lentiviral mouse model of Machado-Joseph disease. | XLI Annual Meeting
Portuguese Pharmacological Society (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2011/02/02 | Calpains cleave mutant ataxin-3 promoting Machado-Joseph Disease. | XLI Annual Meeting
Portuguese Pharmacological Society. (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2010/12/20 | Pharmacological antagonism or genetic deletion of adenosine A2A receptors delay neurodegeneration in a lentiviral mouse model of Machado-Joseph disease. | VIII Annual Meeting
Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2010/12/20 | Calpain-mediated proteolysis promotes mutant ataxin-3 translocation to the nucleus and neurodegeneration. | VIII Annual Meeting
Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology. (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2009/04/01 | Gene transfer approach for the study of the adenosine A2A receptors role in Machado-Joseph disease. | V International Workshop on MJD.
(S. Miguel, Azores, Portugal)
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2009/04/01 | Inhibition of calpains in a lentiviral mouse model of MJD prevents nuclear localization and reduces neuronal dysfunction and degeneration. | V International Workshop on MJD
(S. Miguel, Azores, Portugal)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2018/09 - 2019/09 | Targeted delivery of doxorubicin and C6-ceramide drug combinations to non-small cell lung cancer cells.
Co-supervisor
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Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
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2018/09 - 2019/09 | Impact of nucleolin downregulation on the cellular and molecular features presented by breast cancer cells.
Co-supervisor
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Investigação Biomédica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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2015/09 - 2016/06 | Astrocytic adenosine A2A receptors: novel targets to manage brain disorders.
Supervisor
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Investigação Biomédica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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2014/09/01 - 2015/09/07 | Adenosine A2A receptors role in stress-induced neurobiological modifications.
Supervisor
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Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2014/09 - 2015/09 | Adenosine A2A receptors and stress-induced alterations in the rat ventral striatum.
Co-supervisor
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Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
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Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2010 - 2019 | Brain Awareness Weeks: yearly organized by CNC sponsored by SPN), Ciência Viva Agency, FENS and The Dana Foundation. “Neuroscientists
go to Schools” and “Open Laboratories” are organized in close collaboration with School clusters, the Science Museum, Science
Center and local City Council.
Meeting
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Brain Awareness Weeks
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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2010 - 2019 | Science and Technology weeks
Meeting
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Science and Technology weeks
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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2010 - 2019 | Open Lab activities for teenager and young adult audiences; visiting children’s schools and receiving high school and undergraduated
students in the laboratory.
Workshop
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Open Lab Days
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2016/09/12 | Astrocytic A2A receptors : novel targets to manage brain disorders.
Supervisor
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Vanessa Jorge Henriques (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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2015/09/14 | Adenosine A2A receptors role in stress-induced neurobiological modifications.
Supervisor
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Sara Beatriz Gomes Fernandes (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
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Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2012/01/30 - 2012/02/03 | Gene and Cell Therapy of CNS: from microRNAs to IPS cells | Doctoral Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine (PDBEB) (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
2010/11/01 - 2010/11/05 | Cell Regulation and Signalling | Doctoral Programme in Health Sciences (PhDHS) (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) | Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal |
2010/10/25 - 2010/10/29 | Recombinant DNA Technology | Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (Mestrado) | Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal |
2010/10/04 - 2010/10/08 | Research Methods and Techniques | Doctoral Programme in Health Sciences (PhDHS) (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) | Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
2014 | Junior Trainee Lecturer Award, AIM 2014 – 5th Ataxia Investigators Meeting
National Ataxia Foundation (NAF), United States
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2014 | Best National Talent Award under 35 years old in Science at PrémiosNovos
Cego, Surdo e Mudo-Produções Multimédia, Portugal
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2014 | Best Paper Award in the category of Neurobiology of Diseases – 2014
Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, Portugal
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2013 | Best Paper Award in Neurobiology of Diseases – 2013
Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, Portugal
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Other distinction
2007 | ERASMUS scholarship funded by the European Commission
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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