Susana Isabel Gonçalves Monteiro (9415-59C1-1F93)

Curriculum Vitae

Susana Isabel Gonçalves Monteiro

Susana Monteiro is a Junior Researcher at the Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS) - University of Minho. She completed her PhD in 2016 in Health Sciences (Neuroimmunology). During her scientific training, she was involved in multiple neuroimmunology research projects spanning from clinical research searching for Multiple Sclerosis biomarkers to preclinical research using rodent models of psychiatric disease, to fundamental research understanding how cytokines affect learning and memory. In 2016 she started her postdoc, transitioning to the Spinal Cord Injury field. Her research has focused on understanding the contribution of inflammation for secondary injury and designing immunomodulatory strategies to boost the repair of the injured spinal cord. In 2019, she secured an Junior Investigator salary grant, and in 2018 and 2021 two boost project grants (total ~250k in competitive funding). Her current research interests are: 1) understanding how to engage efficient immune responses to CNS injury repair by manipulating peripheral autonomic neural circuits. 2) exploring how peripheral immune cells shape microglia behavior and CNS local inflammation. 3) identifying peripheral targets for CNS immunomodulation and validate them in translational/clinical studies. She is the author of 31 published papers in international peer reviewed journals (IF/paper: 4,96 (7 as a first (IF=6.23 ) and 4 as a last author (IF= 5,3)), with a H index=14 and 808 citations (Scopus on 28/11/2024). She is co-inventor of two patents (WO/2021/198909) and (DP/01/2022/78133 – provisional). She is a frequent reviewer for the journals Translational Psychiatry, Journal of Neuroinflammation, Molecular Neurobiology, Frontiers in Immunology, among others, and serves as a grant evaluator for European Science Foundation (ESF) and is a member of the Flanders Review College (FWO). She is member of the Editorial Board of Frontiers in Immunology and Frontiers in Neurology (section Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology). Researcher Unique Identifiers: ORCID: 0000-0002-3037-9635; Scopus: 55571426800; Researcher ID (Thomson Reuters): G-6965-2015; Publons: 910988

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Susana Isabel Gonçalves Monteiro

Citation names

Monteiro, Susana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 9415-59C1-1F93
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3037-9635
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=huOqfUQAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Researcher Id: G-6965-2015
Scopus Author Id: 55571426800

Email addresses

susanamonteiro@med.uminho.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone

253604839 (Professional)

Addresses

Universidade do Minho - Escola de Medicina, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Braga, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://icvs.uminho.pt/member/susana-monteiro/ (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Immunology
Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Pathology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Portuguese gestual language	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)		Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2016/07/01 - 2019/04/01 Concluded	Postdoc - "Immunomodulatory strategies in spinal cord Injury" (Pós-doutoramento) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2011/06/01 - 2016/01/21 Concluded	PhD in "Health Sciences" (Doutoramento) Major in Neurociências - Neuroimunologia Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal "The role of IFNg in higher brain function: in health and under chronic stress" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2007/09/01 - 2008/12/22 Concluded	MSc - "Biomolecular Methods" (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal University of Bristol Centre for Comparative and Clinical Anatomy, United Kingdom "Use of immunohistochemical techniques to investigate museum specimens of neurological disease" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2003/09/01 - 2007/06/30 Concluded	BSc - "Pathological, Cytological and Thanatological Anatomy" (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Saude do Norte Escola Superior de Saúde do Vale do Sousa, Portugal

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/04/02 - 2025/04/01	Contracted 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
2016/07/01 - 2019/04/02	Postdoc (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
2011/06/01 - 2016/01/21	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
2009/06/01 - 2011/05/30	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

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2007/11/01 - 2009/05/31	Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior)	University of Bristol Applied and Integrated Medical Sciences Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, United Kingdom
	University of Bristol Applied and Integrated Medical Sciences Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, United Kingdom

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2019/04/02 - 2025/04/01	Repairing the spinal-spleen circuit: a novel approach for spinal cord injury repair? CEECIND/01902/2017 - Salary Grant (6y) Principal investigator Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2018/07 - 2022/07	Terapia Multidisciplinar para Reparar Lesões Vertebro Medulares. Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/BTM-MAT/29968/2017 Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2011/06/01 - 2015/09/30	The role of IFNg in higher brain function: in health and under chronic stress SFRH / BD / 69311 / 2010 PhD Student Fellow Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2011/06 - 2015/09	STRESS-RELATED COGNITIVE DEFICITS: ROLE OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM Provided by PTCRIS: SFRH/BD/69311/2010 Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2009/04/01 - 2011/05/31	New approaches in multiple sclerosis diagnosis: the role of the choroid plexus. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/83231/PT Research Fellow Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2023/12/01 - Current	Wireless Neural Guidance Device for Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration HR23-00484 Researcher	Fundação 'la Caixa' Ongoing
2023/07/01 - Current	Activated Macrophages and Spinal Cord Injury Repair: The Secretome Effect WFL-PT-14/23 Researcher Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation, United Kingdom	Ongoing
2021/01/01 - Current	Microglia-neutrophil interaction in spinal cord injury 2020.07534.BD Supervisor Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	ICVS/3B¿s - Laboratório Associado, Instituto de Ciências da Vida e da Saúde / Grupo de Investigação em Biomateriais, Biodegradaveis e Biomiméticos LA/P/0050/2020 10.54499/LA/P/0050/2020 UID/Multi/50026/2019 Universidade do Minho, Portugal Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2022/01/01 - 2023/07/31	SymPATH - The peripheral sympathetic system as a target for immunomodulation in spinal cord injury pathophysiology EXPL/MED-PAT/0931/2021 Principal investigator Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2022/01 - 2023/06	Ação molecular do Baclofeno como Promotor da Recuperação Neuronal após Lesão Vertebro-Medular Provided by PTCRIS: EXPL/MED-FAR/1529/2021 Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2018 - 2021/06/30	A Multidisciplinary Therapy to Repair the Injured Spinal Cord: Time to Move 02/SAICT/2017 - Project: 29968 NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-029968 Researcher Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal	Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte Concluded
2018 - 2020/12/31	CombiCORD - Inducing Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration through the combinatory action of pharmacotherapies, tissue engineering and epidural stimulation MC-004/17 Researcher Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal	Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa Concluded
2016/07/01 - 2019/11/30	Farmacologia e Células Estaminais para Reparar as Lesões da Medula Espinhal: Será o Todo Maior que a Soma das suas Partes? PTDC/DTP-FTO/5109/2014 Universidade do Minho, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2018/09/27 - 2019/09/27	Wi-Nerved - Development of a Wireless device for NEural Repair Via Electric and Drug delivery Wi-Nerved Principal investigator Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory Concluded
2016/07/01 - 2018/04/30	Combining Pharmacotherapy and Stem Cells to Repair the Injured Spinal Cord: Is it the whole greater than the sum of its parts? PTDC/DTP-FTO/5109/2014 Post-doc Fellow Universidade do Minho, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31	Strategic Project - LA 26 - 2011-2012 PEst-C/SAU/LA0026/2011 Researcher Universidade do Minho, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Monteiro, Susana. "Animal Models of CNS Disorders". In Handbook of Innovations in Central Nervous System Regenerative Medicine. Elsevier, 2020.
Conference paper	Monteiro, Susana; Ferreira, Filipa; Pinto, Vitor; Roque, Susana; Calçada, Daniela; Morais, Mónica; Correia-Neves, Margarida; Cerqueira, João José. "Absence of IFN-gamma leads to an enhanced cognitive phenotype". 2014. Published • 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2014.08.495 Monteiro, Susana; Marques, Fernanda; Correia-Neves, Margarida; Cerqueira, João José. "219. Iron-related proteins in the CSF of early multiple sclerosis patients". 2011. 10.1016/j.bbi.2011.07.222 Roque, Susana; Rodrigues, Bruno; Monteiro, Susana; Branco, Carlos; Sousa, Nuno; Palha, Joana A; Correia-Neves, Margarida. "197. Behavioral alterations caused by Mycobacterium avium chronic infection are mouse strain dependent". 2011. 10.1016/j.bbi.2011.07.200
Conference poster	Lentilhas-Graça, José ; Santos, Diogo J; Afonso, João L.; Andreia Monteiro; Vidinha-Mira, André; Marta Ferreira; Mendes, Vera M; et al. "Activated Macrophages and Spinal Cord Injury Repair: The Secretome Effect". Paper presented in Wings For Life Scientific Meeting, Salzburg, Austria., 2024. M. Moura, Maria; Pinho, A.G; Monteiro, Susana; Miranda, Alice; Silva, Nuno A.. Corresponding author: Monteiro, Susana. "The impact of Spinal Cord Injury in the spleen-innervating sympathetic neurons". Paper presented in 23rd Spinal Research Network Meeting, 2023. Pinho, Andreia; de Sousa, Nídia; Fernandes, S; Correia-Silva, A; Lima, F. M; Moura M. M; Falcão, M. A; et al. "Understanding the effect of neutrophil infiltration on microglia population after spinal cord injury". Paper presented in XVI European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease (GLIA 2023), 2023. Cavaleiro, Helena; Cibrão, JR; Pinho, A.G; Santos, Diogo J; Pinho, Tiffany S.; Monteiro, Susana; Barreiro-Iglesias, Antón; de Sousa, Nídia; Salgado, António J. Corresponding author: Salgado, António J. "GABA system activation immunomodulatory role in spinal cord injury". Paper presented in European Society for Clinical Investigation - ESCI 2023, 2023. Rito-Fernandes, Sara; Monteiro, Susana; Silva, Nuno A.. "Sex differences in the sympathetic regulation of the immune response and functional recovery after Spinal Cord Injury". Paper presented in Postgraduate Students Retreat MSc or PhD, grab your future, 2023. Pinho, A.G; de Sousa, Nídia; Fernandes, Sara R. ; Salgado A. J; Monteiro, Susana; Silva, Nuno A.. "Targeting Microglia and Neutrophils in Spinal cord Injury". Paper presented in 2nd INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF THE PORTUGUESE RESEARCH NETWORK ON SPINAL CORD INJURY, 2022. Lentilhas-Graça, José ; Afonso, João L.; Santos, Diogo J; Eduardo Gomes; Lima, Rui; Andreia Pinho; de Sousa, Nídia; et al. Corresponding author: Nuno A. Silva. "Studying the therapeutic effect of the activated spleen macrophages secretome on spinal cord injury repair". Paper presented in 12th International Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapies, 2022. Pinho, A.G; Cibrão, JR; Lima, R; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Serra, C. S; Silva, Nuno A.; Monteiro, Susana; Salgado, A. J. "Immunomodulatory and regenerative effect of the full or fractionated adipose stem cell secretome in spinal cord injury". Paper presented in 12th International Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapies, 2022. Pinho, Andreia G.; de Sousa, Nídia; Salgado, António J; Silva, Nuno A.; Monteiro, Susana. "Microglia and neutrophils: immune play-actors on spinal cord injury". Paper presented in Cell Symposia, The neuro-immune axis, Lisbon, Portugal, 2022. de Sousa, Nídia; Pinho, A.G; Monteiro, Susana; Liberato, Valentina; Santos, Diogo J; Salgado, Antonio. Corresponding author: Salgado, Antonio. "Acute administration of Baclofen after spinal cord injury improves locomotor behavior, bladder control and modulates the inflammatory response". Paper presented in XVII Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, 2021. Pinho, A.G; Monteiro, Susana; Silva, Nuno A.; Salgado, António J. "Microglia specific behavior across the central nervous system". Paper presented in V Symposium of the Portuguese Glial Network, 2021. Pinho, Andreia; António J. Salgado; Monteiro, Susana; Silva, Nuno A.. "¿Glial cells at the crossroad of health and disease¿". Paper presented in V Symposium of the Portuguese Glial Network, 2021. Pinho, A.G; Monteiro, Susana; Silva, Nuno A.; Salgado, António J. "Region-specific morphology and behavior of microglia". Paper presented in EMBO Workshop Microglia 2021, 2021. Santos, Diogo J; Marote, Ana; Rocha, Luís; de Sousa, Nídia; Mendes-Pinheiro, Bárbara; Andreia Pinho; Monteiro, Susana; et al. Corresponding author: Salgado, Antonio J.. "Impact of the Secretome of Induced Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Axonal Growth and Spinal Cord Injury Repair". Paper presented in NeRD Meeting, 2020. Lentilhas-Graça, José ; Gomes, Eduardo; Afonso, João; Lima, Rui; Pinho, Andreia; Santos, Diogo; de Sousa, Nídia; et al. "Spinal Cord Injury: can recovery be achieved through the spleen?". Paper presented in NeRD meeting 2020, ICVS, School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, 2020. Pinho, Andreia; de Sousa, Nídia; Lentilhas-Graça, José; Monteiro, Susana; Silva, Nuno. "Microglia-neutrophil interaction in spinal cord injury". Paper presented in NeRD meeting 2020, ICVS, School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, 2020. de Sousa, Nídia; Pinho, Andreia; Monteiro, Susana; Santos, Diogo; Campos, Jonas; Silva, Nuno; Barreiro-Iglesias, Antón; Salgado, António J. "Baclofen as a potential treatment to promote recovery from spinal cord injury.". Paper presented in NeRD meeting 2020, ICVS, School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, 2020. Pinho, Andreia; Lima, Rui; Gomes, Eduardo; Silva, Deolinda; Cibrão, Jorge; Serra, Sofia C; Silva, Nuno A; Monteiro, Susana; Salgado, António J. "Immunomodulatory and regenerative effect of adipose tissue derived stem cell exosomes on spinal cord injury". Paper presented in XVI Meeting of Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, 2019.
Journal article	Rito-Fernandes, Sara; Salgado, António José; Nuno André Martins Silva; Monteiro, Susana. Corresponding author: Monteiro, Susana. "Spinal cord injury–associated disruption of the autonomic immune control: does biological sex matter?". Neural Regeneration Research (2024): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B9q1WJRVyPcV5YDiKuN2v0ocQyHUfh2R/view?usp=sharing. Open access • Accepted de Sousa, Nídia; Correia-Silva, Ariana; Pinho, Andreia G; Vidinha-Mira, André; Cainé, Laura; Lima, Marta F.; Santos, Diogo J; et al. "Baclofen modulates the immune response after spinal cord injury with locomotor benefits". British Journal of Pharmacology (2024): https://drive.google.com/file/d/13JyZ7hqH_YCtm5NyEaY3QjO25TCVuKgF/view?usp=sharing. Open access • Accepted Monteiro, A; Monteiro, S; Silva, N A. "Secretome of polarized macrophages: potential for targeting inflammatory dynamics in spinal cord injury". Neural Regeneration Research (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/nrr.nrr-d-24-00752. Open access • Published • 10.4103/nrr.nrr-d-24-00752 Sara Barsanti; João Filipe Viana; Alexandra Veiga; João Luís Machado; Daniela Sofia Abreu; José Duarte Dias; Susana Monteiro; et al. "Assessing Different Histological Preparations for Reconstruction of Astrocyte Tridimensional Structure". Cells (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13110969. 10.3390/cells13110969 Lentilhas-Graça, José; Santos, Diogo J.; Afonso, João; Monteiro, Andreia; Pinho, Andreia G.; Mendes, Vera M.; Dias, Marta S.; et al. "The secretome of macrophages has a differential impact on spinal cord injury recovery according to the polarization protocol". Frontiers in Immunology 15 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1354479. Open access • Published • 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1354479 Assunção-Silva RC; Pinho A; Cibrão JR; Pereira IM; Monteiro S; Silva NA; Campos J; et al. "Adipose tissue derived stem cell secretome induces motor and histological gains after complete spinal cord injury in Xenopus laevis and mice.". Journal of tissue engineering (2024): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/38343771. 10.1177/20417314231203824 M. Moura, Maria; Andreia Monteiro; Salgado, António J.; Silva, Nuno A.; Monteiro, Susana. Corresponding author: Monteiro, Susana. "Disrupted autonomic pathways in spinal cord injury: Implications for the immune regulation". Neurobiology of Disease (2024): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996124000998. Open access • Published • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2024.106500 Pinho, Andreia G.; Monteiro, Andreia; Fernandes, Sara; de Sousa, Nídia; Salgado, António J.; Silva, Nuno A.; Monteiro, Susana. "The Central Nervous System Source Modulates Microglia Function and Morphology In Vitro". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24 9 (2023): 7685. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24097685. Open access • Published • 10.3390/ijms24097685 Roque, Susana; de Sá-Calçada, Daniela; Cerqueira-Rodrigues, Bruno; Monteiro, Susana; Guerreiro, Susana G.; Palha, Joana A.; Correia-Neves, Margarida. "Chronic Mycobacterium avium infection differentially affects the cytokine expression profile of three mouse strains, but has no effect on behavior". Scientific Reports 13 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33121-2. 10.1038/s41598-023-33121-2 Nidia de Sousa; Diego Robledo; Laura González-Llera; Andreia G. Pinho; Diogo J. Santos; Susana Monteiro; Jonas Campos; et al. "Spinal cord RNA-seq data after a baclofen treatment in mice with a spinal cord injury". Data in Brief (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108809. 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108809 Rui Lima; Andreia Monteiro; António J. Salgado; Susana Monteiro; Nuno A. Silva. "Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Approaches for Spinal Cord Injury". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232213833. 10.3390/ijms232213833 Araújo, Bruna; Caridade-Silva, Rita; Soares-Guedes, Carla; Martins-Macedo, Joana; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Monteiro, Susana; Teixeira, Fábio G.. "Neuroinflammation and Parkinson’s Disease—From Neurodegeneration to Therapeutic Opportunities". Cells 11 18 (2022): 2908. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells11182908. 10.3390/cells11182908 de Sousa, Nídia; Pinho, Andreia G.; Monteiro, Susana; Liberato, Valentina; Santos, Diogo J.; Campos, Jonas; Cibrão, Jorge R.; et al. "Acute Baclofen administration promotes functional recovery after Spinal Cord Injury". The Spine Journal (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2022.09.007. 10.1016/j.spinee.2022.09.007 Pinho, Andreia G.; Cibrão, Jorge R.; Lima, Rui; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Serra, Sofia C.; Lentilhas-Graça, José; Ribeiro, C.; et al. "Immunomodulatory and regenerative effects of the full and fractioned adipose tissue derived stem cells secretome in spinal cord injury". Experimental Neurology (2022): 113989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.expneurol.2022.113989. In press • 10.1016/j.expneurol.2022.113989 Correia, Joana Sofia; Neves-Carvalho, Andreia; Mendes-Pinheiro, Bárbara; Pires, Joel; Teixeira, Fábio Gabriel; Lima, Rui; Monteiro, Susana; et al. "Preclinical Assessment of Mesenchymal-Stem-Cell-Based Therapies in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3". Biomedicines 9 12 (2021): 1754. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9121754. 10.3390/biomedicines9121754 Lima, Rui; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Cibrão, Jorge R.; Rocha, Luís A.; Assunção-Silva, Rita C.; Rodrigues, Cláudia S.; Neves-Carvalho, Andreia; et al. "Levetiracetam treatment leads to functional recovery after thoracic or cervical injuries of the spinal cord". npj Regenerative Medicine 6 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41536-021-00121-7. 10.1038/s41536-021-00121-7 de Sousa, Nídia; Santos, Diogo; Monteiro, Susana; Silva, Nuno; Barreiro-Iglesias, Antón; Salgado, António J. "Role of Baclofen in Modulating Spasticity and Neuroprotection in Spinal Cord Injury". Journal of Neurotrauma (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/neu.2020.7591. Published • 10.1089/neu.2020.7591 Monteiro, Susana. "Splenic sympathetic signaling contributes to acute neutrophil infiltration of the injured spinal cord". Journal of Neuroinflammation (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12974-020-01945-8. 10.1186/s12974-020-01945-8 Monteiro, Susana; Lima, Rui; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Vasconcelos, Natália L.; Assunção-Silva, Rita; Morais, Mónica; Salgado, António J.; Silva, Nuno A.. "Citalopram Administration Does Not Promote Function or Histological Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21 14 (2020): 5062. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21145062. Published • 10.3390/ijms21145062 das Neves, Sofia P.; Santos, Gisela; Barros, Catarina; Pereira, Diana Rodrigues; Ferreira, Ricardo; Mota, Cristina; Monteiro, Susana; et al. "Enhanced cognitive performance in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis mice treated with dimethyl fumarate after the appearance of disease symptoms". Journal of Neuroimmunology 340 (2020): 577163. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroim.2020.577163. Published • 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2020.577163 Pinho, Andreia G.; Cibrão, Jorge R.; Silva, Nuno A.; Monteiro, Susana; Salgado, António J.. "Cell Secretome: Basic Insights and Therapeutic Opportunities for CNS Disorders". Pharmaceuticals 13 2 (2020): 31. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ph13020031. Published • 10.3390/ph13020031 Mota, Cristina; Taipa, Ricardo; das Neves, Sofia P.; Monteiro-Martins, Sara; Monteiro, Susana; Palha, Joana Almeida; Sousa, Nuno; Sousa, João C; Cerqueira, João José. "Structural and molecular correlates of cognitive aging in the rat". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-39645-w. Published • 10.1038/s41598-019-39645-w Monteiro, Susana; Salgado, António J.; Silva, Nuno A. "Immunomodulation as a neuroprotective strategy after spinal cord injury". Neural Regeneration Research 13 3 (2018): 423-423. https://doi.org/10.4103%2F1673-5374.228722. Published • 10.4103/1673-5374.228722 Lima, Rui; Monteiro, Susana; Lopes, José; Barradas, Pedro; Vasconcelos, Natália; Gomes, Eduardo; Assunção-Silva, Rita; et al. "Systemic Interleukin-4 Administration after Spinal Cord Injury Modulates Inflammation and Promotes Neuroprotection". Pharmaceuticals 10 4 (2017): 83. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ph10040083. Published • 10.3390/ph10040083 Monteiro, Susana; Roque, Susana; Marques, Fernanda; Correia-Neves, Margarida; Cerqueira, João José. "Brain interference: Revisiting the role of IFNgamma in the central nervous system". Progress in Neurobiology 156 (2017): 149-163. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pneurobio.2017.05.003. Published • 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2017.05.003 Monteiro, Susana; Novais, Ashley; Roque, Susana; Correia-Neves, M; Sousa, Nuno. "How age, sex and genotype shape the stress response". Neurobiology of Stress* 6 (2017): 44-56. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ynstr.2016.11.004. Published • 10.1016/j.ynstr.2016.11.004 Monteiro, Susana; Ferreira, Filipa; Pinto, Vitor; Roque, Susana; Morais, Mónica; de Sá-Calçada, Daniela; Mota, Cristina; Correia-Neves, Margarida; Cerqueira, João José. "Absence of IFNgamma promotes hippocampal plasticity and enhances cognitive performance". Translational Psychiatry 6 1 (2016): e707-e707. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/tp.2015.194. Published • 10.1038/tp.2015.194 de Sá-Calçada, Daniela; Roque, Susana; Branco, Carlos; Monteiro, Susana; Cerqueira-Rodrigues, Bruno; Sousa, Nuno; Palha, Joana A.; Correia-Neves, Margarida. "Exploring Female Mice Interstrain Differences Relevant for Models of Depression". Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 9 (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00335. Published • 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00335 Monteiro, Susana; Roque, Susana; de Sá-Calçada, Daniela; Sousa, Nuno; Correia-Neves, Margarida; Cerqueira, João José. "An efficient chronic unpredictable stress protocol to induce stress-related responses in C57BL/6 mice". Frontiers in Psychiatry 6 FEB (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84926682006&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Published • 10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00006 Mateus-Pinheiro, António; Pinto, Luisa; Bessa, João; Morais, Mónica; Alves, Nuno; Monteiro, Susana; Patrício, Patrícia; Almeida, Osborne; Sousa, Nuno. "Sustained remission from depressive-like behavior depends on hippocampal neurogenesis.". Translational psychiatry 3 (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84879414589&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Published • 10.1038/tp.2012.141 Monteiro, Susana; Cerqueira, João José. "Fingolimod mode of action \| Modo de ação do fingolimod". Sinapse 12 2 SUPPL.1 (2012): 23-29. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84872948133&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Preprint	Moura, Maria; Miranda, Alice; Campos, Jonas; Pinho, Andreia G.; Rito-Fernandes, Sara; Soares-Cunha, Carina; Salgado, António J.; Silva, Nuno; Monteiro, Susana. Corresponding author: Monteiro, Susana. "Macro- and Microanatomy of Spleen-Innervating Sympathetic Neurons". 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4835357. 10.2139/ssrn.4835357 Andreia G Pinho; Andreia Monteiro; Sara Fernandes; Nídia De Sousa; António Salgado; Nuno A. Silva; Susana Monteiro. Corresponding author: Susana Monteiro. "Central Nervous System Source Modulates Microglia Function and Morphology In Vitro". 2023. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202303.0542.v1. 10.20944/preprints202303.0542.v1
Thesis / Dissertation	Monteiro, Susana Isabel Gonçalves. "The role of IFNgamma in higher brain function: in health and under chronic stress". PhD, Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/40776. Monteiro, Susana Isabel Gonçalves. "Use of immunohistochemical techniques to investigate museum specimens of neurological disease". Master, Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/3062.

Intellectual property

Patent	Monteiro, Susana. 2021. "Compositions for treatment of spinal cord injury, methods and uses thereof". Allowed
Provisional application for patent	2020. "Electric stimulator for cell culture, device, methods and uses thereof".

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2022/06/13	The impact of Spinal Cord Injury on immune cells: the role of the spleen sympathetic overstimulation	2nd International of Portuguese Spinal Cord Injury Researchers University of Porto
2019/07/09	Exploring the Importance of Splenic Nerve Sympathetic Fibers in the Inflammatory Response to Spinal Cord Injury	5th International Symposium on Peripheral Nerve Regeneration European Society for the study of peripheral nerve repair and regeneration (Porto, Portugal)
2018/05/21	Importance of the Spleen for Spinal Cord Injury Inflammation	4ªReunião da rede portuguesa em lesões vertebro-medulares IBIMED (Aveiro, Portugal)
2017/10/20	Neuroprotective therapies for Spinal Cord Injury	Conferências Santa Casa Neurociências 2017 Santa Casa Misericordia Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/04/19	Stress and its impact in the immune system	Mindfulness as a therapeutic approach Escola Superior de Saúde (Porto, Portugal)
2017/03/03	How chronic stress affects your health and how to cope with it	Seminar Cycles at the Valongo Library - Senior audience (above 65 year old) Biblioteca Municipal de Valongo (Valongo, Portugal)
2013/05/30	IFNgamma leads to an enhanced cognitive phenotype	Portuguese Society of Neuroscience (SPN) Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências (Luso, Portugal)
2011/09/16	IL-10 plays a role in the several behavioral dimension of depression.	VI YES Meeting (Porto, Portugal)
2011/03/16	IL-10 is a key molecule in different behavioral domains present in depression	International Medical Students' Conference (LIMSC) (Leiden, Netherlands)
2009/05/05	Anatomy museum specimens: from building to restoring	II Simpósio Técnico de Anatomia Patológica Escola Superior de Tecnologias da Saúde do Porto (Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/09 - Current	Correlates of Spinal Cord Injury-Induced Immune Dysfunction: From Preclinical Models to Human Studies Supervisor of Nicole Pezzi	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal Centro Hospitalar do Médio Ave EPE, Portugal
2024 - Current	Exploring TRPV4 as a molecular mechanism driving inflammatory cells’ infiltration into the spinal cord after injury Supervisor of Inês Maria Pereira de Castro	Health Sciences (Master) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2024 - Current	A Novel Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury Repair Based on Regenerative Macrophages Extracellular Vesicles Supervisor of Andreia Monteiro	Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg, Austria
2023/09/01 - Current	Sex differences in the sympathetic regulation of the immune response after Spinal Cord Injury Supervisor of Sara Rito Fernandes	Health Sciences (Master) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2020/01/01 - 2024/12/31	Microglia-Neutrophil Interaction in Spinal Cord Injury Supervisor of Andreia G Pinho	Health Sciences (PhD) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2022/10/01 - 2023/10/01	The impact of Spinal Cord Injury in the Sympathetic Neuronal Activity to the Spleen Supervisor of Maria Moreira Moura	MSc Molecular Genetics (Master) Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2023/03/01 - 2023/04/15	The role of the splenic sympathetic signaling in SCI-associated neutrophil infiltration Supervisor of Karen Nuely Xavier Furtado	Minho MD - major Biomedical Research (Degree) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2022/12/01	Contribuição dos neutrófilos para a patologia da lesão medular Supervisor of Inês Duarte Martins	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina - Projeto Opção 3 (Scientific initiation)
2019/06/01 - 2019/12/22	Exploring the role of sympathetic signalling for inflammation after spinal cord injury Supervisor of Mara Areias Macieira	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Master) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2019/09/24	Impact of the proteic and vesicular secretome of adipose tissue derived stem cells in spinal cord injury Co-supervisor of Andreia Filipa Gomes Pinho	Mestrado em Ciências da Saúde (Master) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2019 - 2019	Minocyclin as a neuroprotective therapy for Spinal Cord Injury Supervisor of Daniel Roçadas Santos Silva	Integrated masters in Medicine (Optional Project 3rd year) (Other) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2019 - 2019	Minocyclin as a neuroprotective therapy for Spinal Cord Injury Supervisor of João Carlos Moreira Alves	Integrated masters in Medicine (Optional Project 3rd year) (Other) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2024/04/16 - 2024/04/16	8th Symposium of the Portuguese Glial Network (2024/04/16 - 2024/04/16) Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
2019 - 2019	Neuroscience Research Domain Anual Retreat (2019 - 2019) Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2019 - 2019	MiSCI - The Minho Spinal Cord Injury Meeting (2019 - 2019) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Portuguese Network for Spinal Cord Injury Research, Portugal
2018 - 2018	Neuroscience Research Domain Anual Retreat (2018 - 2018) Meeting	Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2017 - 2017	Neuroscience Research Domain Anual Retreat (2017 - 2017) Meeting	Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2012 - 2012	PhDESC Doctoral program Anual Retreat (2012 - 2012) Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2011 - 2011	Congress for the Portuguese Society of Pathological Anatomy technicians (2011 - 2011) Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)	Associação Portuguesa de Técnicos de Anatomia Patológica, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2023/03/15 - Current	Neurospike Exhibition	Brain awareness week Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2019 - Current	The current model of Science Publishing: where are we heading? (Moderator) Round table	2019 NeRD Retreat Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2018/07/23 - Current	Summer in the Campus - Introduction to ICVS Research (prospective undergrad students) Exhibition	Summer in the Campus Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2019/05/14 - 2019/05/14	What is like to be a neuroscientist? (9-10 years old) - Outreach activity	Escola Básica do Valado, Portugal
2018/08/08 - 2018/08/08	"Neuroscience for kids" (6-9year old) Outreach activity Other	Summer at the Library
2015/11/25 - 2015/11/25	Neuroscience for kids - Outreach activity Exhibition	Science and Technology Week Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2015 - 2015	The Nerve Impulse - Outreach activity Exhibition	Brain Awareness Week Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2024/01/29	Extracellular vesicles from mesenchymal stem cells reverse neuroinflammation and cognitive and motor impairment in rats with mild liver damage (Thesis) Main arguer	Gergana Mincheva Ganeva (PhD) Universitat de València, Spain
2023/11/30	From the gut to the brain: is microbiome a new paradigm for Parkinson's disease treatment? (Thesis) Main arguer	Cristiana Andreia Sousa Vilela (Master) Escola Superior de Tecnologias da Saúde do Porto, Portugal
2023/11/28	Determining the impact of perinatal inflammation induced by Group B Streptococcus on long-term brain deficits (Thesis) Main arguer	Joana Cruz Soares (Master) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2023/04/26	Exploring SNX3 and SNX27 role in nervous system function - insights from aged and “stressed” synapses (Thesis) Main arguer	Ana Beatriz Lima da Costa Ferreira do Vale (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/09/29	The role of aging-related microglia dysfunction in the neurodegenerative process of Machado-Joseph disease (Thesis) Arguer	Ana Bela Campos (PhD)

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2023 - Current	Frontiers in Immunology
2022 - Current	Molecular Neurobiology	Springer
2021 - Current	Journal of Neuroinflammation (1742-2094)	BioMed Central
2020 - Current	Applied Sciences
2018 - Current	Brain Sciences (2076-3425)	MDPI AG
2017 - Current	International Journal of Molecular Sciences (1422-0067)	MDPI AG
2016 - Current	Translational Psychiatry (2158-3188)	Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2023/09 - 2023/09	Fundamentals in Neuroscience	(Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
2023/02/27 - 2023/02/27	Temas Avançados em Biologia - Neurodegeneração	Ensino de Biologia e Geologia no 3.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico e no Ensino Secundário (Curso de mestrado (conclusão do curso de especialização))	Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2022/09/01	Fundamentals in Neuroscience	(Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
2021/09/20 - 2021/09/20	Fundamentals in Neuroscience	(Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
2020/03 - 2020/03	Recent Trends in Regenerative Medicine	(Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
2019/09 - 2019/09	Fundamentals in Neuroscience	(Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2023/03/21 - 2024/03/20	Frontiers in Immunology - section Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology (Editorial board)	Frontiers
2023/03/21 - 2024/03/20	Frontiers in Neurology - section Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology (Editorial Board)	Frontiers

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2022/07/01 - 2022/08/01	Exploring neuro-immune interactions after Spinal Cord Injury	Sarjo Danso
2022/07/01 - 2022/08/01	Exploring neuro-immune interactions after Spinal Cord Injury	Bálint Turcsàn
2021/07/01 - 2021/07/31	Exploring neuro-immune interactions after Spinal Cord Injury	Theresa Wculek
2020 - 2020	Laboratory rotation "Laboratory Animal Sciences"	Rita Caridade
2020 - 2020	Laboratory rotation "Laboratory Animal Sciences"	Natacha Gaspar
2019 - 2019	Laboratory rotation "Laboratory Animal Sciences"	Tiago André Moreira Gomes
2019 - 2019	Laboratory rotation "Laboratory Animal Sciences"	João Vítor Lemos Afonso
2018 - 2018	Laboratory rotation "Laboratory Animal Sciences"	Andreia Filipa Gomes Pinho
2017 - 2017	Laboratory rotation "Laboratory Animal Sciences"	Luís António Ferreira Rocha

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2024/02 - Current	Grant Evaluator	European Science Foundation, France
2024 - Current	Selected member of the Flanders (FWO) Review College

Distinctions

Award

2020	Manuel Teixeira da Silva Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2015	Top 3 poster "Impact of dimethylfumarate on cognitive dysfunction and its correlates in the EAE mouse model" Ordem dos Médicos, Portugal
2013	Best fire talk in Neuroinflammation "Absence of IFN-¿ leads to an enhanced cognitive phenotype" Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, Portugal
2011	Honorable mention (oral presentation) "IL-10 plays a role in the several behavioral dimension of depression" Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2010	Best Poster "Chronic Mycobacterium avium infection reduces depressive-like behavior and improves cognitive performance of CD1 mice" Associação Nacional de Estudantes de Medicina, Portugal
2010	Honorable mention (poster) "Behaviour Disorders in CD1 Mice Chronically Infected with Mycobacterium avium" Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2008	Top 3 poster “The Optimisation of Histological Methods for Investigating Museum Specimens of Neurological Disease Escola Superior de Tecnologias da Saúde do Porto, Portugal
2008	Honorable mention (poster) "From Macroanatomy to Microanatomy" Institute of Anatomical Sciences, United Kingdom

Other distinction

2018	Junior Investigator position (competitive call - CEEC 2017) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2017	Travel Grant European School of Neuroimmunology (AINI-ESNI), Venice, Italy International Society for Neuroimmunology, Italy
2010	PhD Fellowship (competitive call) SFRH / BD / 69311 / 2010 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal