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Vanessa Coelho-Santos, an Invited Auxiliary Researcher affiliated with CIBIT, is deeply committed to uncovering the mechanisms underlying neurogliovascular unit development and their implications for neurodevelopmental disorders. Vanessa has BSc in Biotechnology in 2009, followed by an MSc in Cellular and Molecular Biology in 2012. She obtained her Ph.D. in Ageing and Chronic Disease from the University of Coimbra, Portugal, in 2018, supported by an Individual Doctoral Fellowship from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. Vanessa's journey into cerebrovascular research began in 2011 as a research fellow at the University of Coimbra, where she established in vitro and ex vivo models of the blood-brain barrier and neurogliovascular unit in both human and rodent systems. To further enhance her expertise, she secured a Luso-American Foundation Fellowship in 2017, relocating to the USA at the Medical University of South Carolina, where she acquired skills in surgery and 2-photon live imaging. During her postdoctoral period at the Seattle Children’s Research Institute/University of Washington, Vanessa investigated cerebrovascular changes induced by early life chronic intermittent hypoxia, employing high-resolution live imaging techniques. In December 2022, she returned to Portugal to commence independent work funded by a La Caixa Junior Leader Fellowship and a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship. Vanessa's research contributions include I have published 25 original articles (12 as 1st author and 5 as corresponding author), 1 editorial, 1 perspective, 1 opinion in international peer-reviewed journals and 3 peer-reviewed book chapters, along with numerous presentations at national and international conferences. She has received 19 awards, including recognition for merit and best scientific images, and has been invited to speak at prestigious international meetings. As a PI, she has accumulated more than €1M in research grants. Beyond her research, Vanessa is actively involved in science communication and outreach, advocating for women's participation in scientific aspirations.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Vanessa Coelho-Santos

Citation names

  • Coelho-Santos, Vanessa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A514-ACDB-0B23
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9450-6103

Email addresses

  • Vcsantos@uc.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • ICNAS, Pólo Das Ciências Da Saúde Azinhaga De, R. Santa Comba, Cibit, 3000-548, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Physiology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/08/14 - 2022/11/25
Concluded
 Postdoctoral Fellow (Doktorexamen)
Seattle Children's Research Institute, United States
2019 - 2020
Concluded
 Science Teaching Experience Program (Postgraduate Certificate)
University of Washington, United States
2012 - 2018/02/22
Concluded
 Inter-universitário de Doutoramento em Envelhecimento e Doenças Crónicas (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Effect of methylphenidate on blood-brain barrier function in health and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2018/02/22
Concluded
 Envelhecimento e Doenças Crónicas (associação) (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"O metilfenidato e as alterações na barreira hemato-encefálica numa situação fisiológica e na perturbação de hiperatividade e défice de atenção" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2017 - 2017
Concluded
 International Training School – Reactive gliosis (Curso médio)
COST - european cooperation in science & technology, Belgium
2017 - 2017
Concluded
 CAJAL Course: Advanced Techniques for Synapse Biology (Curso médio)
Bordeaux Neurocampus, France
2016 - 2016
Concluded
 Immunity in the brain and its role in neuropsychiatric and neurological dis (Curso médio)
Helsingin yliopisto, Finland
2014 - 2014
Concluded
 XIII Course on Laboratory Animal Science - FELASA (Category C) (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
 20
2013 - 2013
Concluded
 Oncobiology course (Curso médio)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2013 - 2013
Concluded
 An integrative approach to cell analysis (5th Edition) (Curso médio)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2013 - 2013
Concluded
 Recent Advances in Neuropathology & Applied Neurobiology, Neuroinflammation (Curso médio)
The Royal Agricultural College Cirencester, United Kingdom
2011 - 2011
Concluded
 Biostatistics (Curso médio)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2009 - 2011
Concluded
 Master in Cellular and Molecular Biology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Methamphetamine induces microglial cell death: protective effect of Interleukine-6." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18/20
2010 - 2010
Concluded
 International curse of Toxicology (Curso médio)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2010 - 2010
Concluded
 Workshop “RNA therapeutics” (Curso médio)
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2009 - 2010
Concluded
 Scientific Research Training course - University Extension (Curso médio)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2009 - 2009
Concluded
 1st Curse of Neurology (Curso médio)
Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal
2006 - 2009
Concluded
 Biotechnology (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
"Avaliação da capacidade antioxidante e neuroprotectora dos metabolitos secundários das folhas de espécies de Quercus num modelo celular de neurodegeneração " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/11/01 - Current Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Imagem Biomédica e Investigação Translacional, Portugal
2019/07/29 - 2022/11/25 Postdoc (Research) Seattle Children's Research Institute, United States
2018/08/14 - 2019/07/28 Postdoc (Research) University of Washington, United States
2013/04 - 2018/02/22 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2018/01/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) Fundação Luso-Americana, Portugal
Medical University of South Carolina, United States
2014/04 - 2014/07 Research Trainee (Research) Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Portugal
2011/10 - 2013/04 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2012/04 - 2012/06 Research Trainee (Research) Chronic Diseases Research Center, Portugal
2012/02 - 2012/04 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011/11 - 2011/12 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2010/09 - 2011/07 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2009/09 - 2010/08 Research Trainee (Research) Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2025/02/20 - Current Unveiling sex-specific patterns in the neonatal brain barriers
2023.12005.PEX
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/01/06 - Current Deciphering the neonatal shift in neurovascular coupling: a multimodal approach
101090271
Principal investigator
European Commission
Cancelled
2023/03 - 2024/08 Prenatal tryptophan as a key player in gut-brain axis dysfunction: an autism spectrum disorder preclinical approach
175477PRJ
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2021/12/31 Imaging Development of Brain Microvascular Networks under Normoxia and Intermittent Hypoxia
20POST35160001
Principal investigator
American Heart Association Inc
Concluded
2013/04/01 - 2017/03/31 EFFECT OF METHYLPHENIDATE ON BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER FUNCTION IN HEALTH AND ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
SFRH/BD/85556/2012
35675DFA
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/06 - 2015/05 Methylphenidate and blood-brain barrier changes in health and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
PTDC/NEU-OSD/0312/2012
124592PRJ
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/04 - 2013/09 Impact of methamphetamine on the blood-brain barrier: unmasking the underlying mechanisms and the role of neuroinflammation
PTDC/SAU-FCF/098685/2008
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/12/01 - 2025/11/30 Deciphering the neonatal shift in neurovascular coupling: a multimodal approach
LCF/BQ/PI22/11910036
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Imagem Biomédica e Investigação Translacional, Portugal
 CaixaForum Barcelona
Ongoing
2018/05/15 - 2022/12 Pericyte structural plasticity and cerebrovascular health
NS085402, NS096997
Post-doc Fellow
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 CNC. IBILI
UID/NEU/04539/2019
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa ¿Laboratório de Instrumentação Engenharia Biomédica e Física da Radiação, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/09/01 - 2018/01/31 In vivo live imaging of neonatal microvasculature and pericytes: a method to study the neurovascular development
2017/165
Principal investigator
Fundação Luso-Americana
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Matias, Diana; Dubois, Luiz Gustavo; Aran, Veronica; Moura-Neto, Vivaldo; Balça-Silva, Joana. "Glioblastoma heterogeneity and resistance: A glance in biology and therapeutic approach". In New Insights Into Glioblastoma, 319-344. Elsevier, 2023.
    10.1016/b978-0-323-99873-4.00018-9
  2. "In Vivo Optical Imaging and Manipulation of Brain Pericytes". 1-37. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-62129-2_1
  3. Leitão, Ricardo Alexandre; Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Silva, Ana Paula. "Methamphetamine and the Blood–Brain Barrier". In Neuropathology of Drug Addictions and Substance Misuse, 155-168. Londres: Elsevier, 2016.
    Published • 10.1016/B978-0-12-800212-4.00015-7
  4. Leitão, R.A.; Coelho-Santos, V.; Silva, A.P.. "Methamphetamine and the Blood-Brain Barrier". 155-168. 2016.
Conference abstract
  1. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa. "Blood-brain barrier dysfunction induced by chronic methylphenidate treatment: control vs. hyperactive rats.". Paper presented in FEBS, Ephesus, 2016.
    Published • 10.1111/febs.13808
Conference poster
  1. Ferreira-Rodrigues, M; Inês Sousa; Margarida Domingues; Baptista, FI; Coelho-Santos, Vanessa. "Exploring the effects of prenatal stress on the development of the gliovascular interface". Paper presented in VIII Symposium Portuguese Glial Network, 2024.
  2. Magda Rodrigues; Inês Sousa; Filipa Baptista; Coelho-Santos, Vanessa. Corresponding author: Coelho-Santos, Vanessa. "Exploring the effects of prenatal stress on the development of the gliovascular interface.". Paper presented in VIII Symposium of the Portuguese Glial Network, 2024.
  3. Taryn Tieu; Andy Y. Shih. "A window with a view to neurovascular unit development". Paper presented in FENS Regional, 2023.
  4. Taryn Tieu; AJ Cruz; Andy Y. Shih. "Live imaging of microglial behavior across the lifespan". Paper presented in Neuroscience 2022, 2022.
  5. Taryn Tieu; Andy Y. Shih. "Microglia dynamics in response to microvascular injury: neonatal brain vs adult brain". Paper presented in 13th Hershey Conference on Developmental Brain Injury, 2022.
  6. "Early-life chronic Intermittent Hypoxia Susceptibility for Anxiety-like Behaviors: Focus On Cerebrovascular Alterations". Paper presented in International Conference of Stroke, 2022.
  7. Taryn Tieu; Andy Y. Shih. "Response to microvascular injury in the neonatal brain: focus on microglia dynamics.". 2021.
  8. "Unraveling the postnatal brain's capillary bed formation". Paper presented in 23rd Biennial Meeting of the International Society of Developmental Neuroscience (ISDN2021), 2021.
  9. "Impact of neonatal chronic intermittent hypoxia on brain vascular network development". Paper presented in Vascular Biology 2021, 2021.
  10. "Venous-derived angiogenic sprouts expand brain capillary networks during postnatal development". Paper presented in Vascular Biology 2020, 2020.
  11. "Live imaging of cerebrovascular remodeling and barrier properties in the postnatal brain using in vivo two-photon microscopy". Paper presented in Brain, 2019.
  12. "In vivo live imaging of brain vasculature development in neonatal mouse". Paper presented in Blood-Brain Barrier”, Cold Spring Harbor, 2019.
  13. "Seeing is believing: In vivo imaging of neonatal cerebral vasculature development". Paper presented in 25th Blood-Brain Barrier Consortium Meeting, 2019.
  14. "In vivo two-photon imaging of early post-natal cerebrovascular development". Paper presented in 11th World Congress for Microcirculation, 2018.
  15. "Unmasking the impact of methylphenidate on blood-brain barrier function: in vitro and animal studies.". Paper presented in 18th FEBS Young Scientists' Forum, Prague, Czech Republic from July 4th to 7th / 43rd FEBS Congress, 2018.
  16. "Neurogliovascular alterations triggered by early developmental chronic consumption of methylphenidate". Paper presented in Neural Development – EMBO Workshop, 2018.
  17. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Cardoso, Filipa L; Leitão, Ricardo Alexandre; Magalhães, Ana; Ferreira-Teixeira, Margarida; Gomes, Célia; Rito, Manuel; et al. "Neurogliovascular alterations induced by chronic treatment of methylphenidate: repercussions on memory function". Paper presented in Reactive gliosis - from mechanobiology and signal transduction to molecular targets and disease pathogenesis, 2017.
  18. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Cardoso, Filipa L; Leitão, Ricardo Alexandre; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos; Silva, Ana Paula. "Effects of early developmental chronic exposure to methylphenidate on both brain´s immune privilege and anxiety-like behavior: Control vs ADHD rats". Paper presented in XV Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, 2017.
  19. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Cardoso, Filipa L; Leitão, Ricardo Alexandre; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos; Silva, Ana Paula. "O impacto da administração crónica de metilfenidato na barreira hematoencefálica num modelo animal de hiperatividade". Paper presented in 6º Simpósio de PHDA, 2016.
  20. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Cardoso, Filipa L; Leitão, Ricardo Alexandre; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos; Silva, Ana Paula. "Impact of methylphenidate chronic treatment in brain immune surveillance and neuroinflammation: control vs hyperactive rats". Paper presented in Society for Neuroscience, 2016.
  21. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Socodato, Renato; Portugal, Camila; Rito, Manuel; Barbosa, Marcos; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A.; et al. "Unmasking the underlying mechanisms of methylphenidate effects on human brain endothelial cells". Paper presented in I Concurso Fundação AstraZeneca do IV In4Med, 2015.
  22. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Socodato, Renato; Portugal, Camila; Rito, Manuel; Barbosa, Marcos; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A.; et al. "Unravelling the effect of methylphenidate on human brain endothelial cells". Paper presented in 5th World Congress on ADHD, 2015.
  23. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Socodato, Renato; Portugal, Camila; Leitão, Ricardo Alexandre; Rito, Manuel; Barbosa, Marcos; Cardoso, Filipa L; et al. "Methylphenidate activates Src pathway leading to caveolae-mediated transcytosis in human brain endothelial cells". Paper presented in XIV Portuguese Society for Neurosciences, 2015.
  24. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Cardoso, Filipa L; Leitão, Ricardo Alexandre; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos; Silva, Ana Paula. "Effects of chronic exposure to methylphenidate on behavior and blood-brain barrier function: control vs hyperactive rats". Paper presented in VII Annual Meeting of IBILI, 2015.
  25. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Rito, Manuel; Barbosa, Marcos; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos; Silva, Ana Paula. "Efeito do metilfenidato nas células endoteliais do cérebro". Paper presented in Advances in Pediatrics Neurodevelopmental, Society of Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics of the Portuguese Paediatrics Society, 2014.
  26. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Rito, Manuel; Barbosa, Marcos; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos; Silva, Ana Paula. "Role of oxidative stress in methylphenidate-mediated brain endothelial cell vesicular transport.". Paper presented in International Psychiatric Conference: “Neurobiology and Complex Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders and Addiction”, 2014.
  27. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Rito, Manuel; Barbosa, Marcos; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos; Silva, Ana Paula. "Methylphenidate increases caveolar endocytosis in human brain endothelial cell: role of oxidative stress". Paper presented in 17th International Symposium on Signal Transduction at the Blood-Brain and Blood-Retina Barriers, 2014.
  28. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Leitão, Ricardo Alexandre; Cardoso, Filipa L; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos; Brito, Alexandra; Silva, Ana Paula; Palmela, Inês; et al. "Role of nuclear factor-kappa B signalling in methamphetamine-induced blood-brain barrier dysfunction". Paper presented in 27th ECNP Congress, 2014.
  29. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Rito, Manuel; Barbosa, Marcos; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos; Silva, Ana Paula. "Methylphenidate promotes caveolae-dependent vesicular transport in human brain endothelial cells: role of reactive oxygen species and Src pathway". Paper presented in XVIII Congress of the Portuguese Biochemical Society, 2014.
  30. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Leitão, Ricardo Alexandre; Cardoso, Filipa L; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos; Brito, Maria A; Silva, Ana Paula. "Impact of methamphetamine on the crosstalk between brain endothelial cells and astrocytes: implications for barrier function". Paper presented in Beating the blood brain & other blood barriers, 2013.
  31. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Leitão, Ricardo Alexandre; Cardoso, Filipa L; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos; Brito, Maria A; Silva, Ana Paula. "The role of TNF-a in METH-induced barrier dysfunction". Paper presented in 13th Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neurosciences, 2013.
  32. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Rito, Manuel; Barbosa, Marcos; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos; Silva, Ana Paula. "Methylphenidate increases human endothelial cell permeability". Paper presented in V Annual Meeting of IBILI, 2013.
  33. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos; Silva, Ana Paula. "Methamphetamine-induced permeability in brain endothelial cells". Paper presented in IV Annual Meeting of IBILI, 2012.
  34. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Gonçalves, Joana; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos; Silva, Ana Paula. "Methamphetamine induces microglial cell death: Protective effect of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-6". Paper presented in III Annual Meeting of IBILI, 2011.
  35. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa. "Phytochemical antioxidante capacity of leaves from Quercus sp. Growing in Portugal". Paper presented in Ciência 2010 - Encontro com a Ciência e a Tecnologia em Portugal, 2010.
Journal article
  1. Vanessa Coelho-Santos; Andy Y. Shih. "Pericytes: Unsung heroes in myelin repair after neonatal brain hypoxia". Neuron (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2024.05.030.
    10.1016/j.neuron.2024.05.030
  2. Adeline Collignon; Laurence Dion-Albert; Caroline Ménard; Vanessa Coelho-Santos. "Sex, hormones and cerebrovascular function: from development to disorder". Fluids and Barriers of the CNS (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12987-023-00496-3.
    10.1186/s12987-023-00496-3
  3. Hannah E. Jones; Vanessa Coelho-Santos; Stephanie K. Bonney; Kelsey A. Abrams; Andy Y. Shih; Julie. "Meningeal origins and dynamics of perivascular fibroblast development on the mouse cerebral vasculature". Development (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/dev.201805.
    10.1242/dev.201805
  4. Sheridan M Sargent; Stephanie K Bonney; Yuandong Li; Stefan Stamenkovic; Marc M Takeno; Vanessa Coelho-Santos; Andy Y Shih. "Endothelial structure contributes to heterogeneity in brain capillary diameter". Vascular Biology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1530/VB-23-0010.
    10.1530/VB-23-0010
  5. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa. "Young_Members_Symposia". Journal of Neurochemistry 166 S1 (2023): 21-27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jnc.15895.
    10.1111/jnc.15895
  6. Rui D. M. Travasso; Vanessa Coelho-Santos. "Image-based angio-adaptation modelling: a playground to study cerebrovascular development". Frontiers in Physiology 14 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2023.1223308.
    10.3389/fphys.2023.1223308
  7. Vanessa Coelho-Santos; Anne-Jolene N. Cruz; Andy Y. Shih. "Does Perinatal Intermittent Hypoxia Affect Cerebrovascular Network Development?". Developmental Neuroscience (2023): https://doi.org/10.1159/000530957.
    10.1159/000530957
  8. Vanessa Coelho-Santos. "Pericyte remodeling is deficient in the aged brain and contributes to impaired capillary flow and structure". Nature Communications 13 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33464-w.
    10.1038/s41467-022-33464-w
  9. Vanessa Coelho-Santos. "Special Section Guest Editorial: Imaging Neuroimmune, Neuroglial, and Neurovascular Interfaces". Neurophotonics 9 03 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.nph.9.3.031901.
    10.1117/1.nph.9.3.031901
  10. "Reinforced thinned-skull window for repeated imaging of the neonatal mouse brain". Neurophotonics 9 03 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.nph.9.3.031918.
    10.1117/1.nph.9.3.031918
  11. "Brain vasculature: Architecture, collaterals and capillaries - Symposia". Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism 42 1{\_ (2022): 274-284. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0271678x221096358.
    10.1177/0271678x221096358
  12. Daniel Beard; Mohamad El Amki; Alba Vieites Prado; Chaim Glueck; Mark T Nelson; David Liebeskind. "Symposia". Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism 42 1_suppl (2022): 274-284. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0271678x221096358.
    10.1177/0271678x221096358
  13. "Public Volume Electron Microscopy Data: An Essential Resource to Study the Brain Microvasculature". Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 10 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2022.849469.
    10.3389/fcell.2022.849469
  14. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa. "Pericyte Control of Blood Flow Across Microvascular Zones in the Central Nervous System". Annual Review of Physiology 84 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-physiol-061121-040127.
    10.1146/annurev-physiol-061121-040127
  15. "Abstract TP249: Early-lifechronic Intermittent Hypoxia Susceptibility For Anxiety-like Behaviors: Focus On Cerebrovascular Alterations". Stroke 53 Suppl{\_ (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/str.53.suppl_1.tp249.
    10.1161/str.53.suppl_1.tp249
  16. Coelho-Santos, V.; Berthiaume, A.-A.; Ornelas, S.; Stuhlmann, H.; Shih, A.Y.. "Imaging the construction of capillary networks in the neonatal mouse brain". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118 26 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85108538045&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1073/pnas.2100866118
  17. Ornelas, S.; Berthiaume, A.-A.; Bonney, S.K.; Coelho-Santos, V.; Underly, R.G.; Kremer, A.; Guérin, C.J.; Lippens, S.; Shih, A.Y.. "Three-dimensional ultrastructure of the brain pericyte-endothelial interface". Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85105754859&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1177/0271678X211012836
  18. Socodato, R.; Portugal, C.C.; Canedo, T.; Rodrigues, A.; Almeida, T.O.; Henriques, J.F.; Vaz, S.H.; et al. "Microglia Dysfunction Caused by the Loss of Rhoa Disrupts Neuronal Physiology and Leads to Neurodegeneration". Cell Reports 31 12 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85087074279&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.celrep.2020.107796
  19. Ventura, F.; Muga, M.; Coelho-Santos, V.; Fontes-Ribeiro, C.A.; Leitão, R.A.; Silva, A.P.. "Protective effect of neuropeptide Y2 receptor activation against methamphetamine-induced brain endothelial cell alterations". Toxicology Letters 334 (2020): 53-59. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85091634742&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.toxlet.2020.09.013
  20. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa. "Postnatal development of cerebrovascular structure and the neurogliovascular unit.". Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Developmental biology (2019): https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC7027551.
    10.1002/wdev.363
  21. "Poster Viewing Sessions PB01-B01 to PB03-V09". Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism 39 1{\_ (2019): 167-523. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0271678x19851020.
    10.1177/0271678x19851020
  22. Couto, M.; Coelho-Santos, V.; Santos, L.; Fontes-Ribeiro, C.; Silva, A.P.; Gomes, C.M.F.. "The interplay between glioblastoma and microglia cells leads to endothelial cell monolayer dysfunction via the interleukin-6-induced JAK2/STAT3 pathway". Journal of Cellular Physiology 234 11 (2019): 19750-19760. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85068963247&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/jcp.28575
  23. Coelho-Santos, V.; Cardoso, F.L.; Magalhães, A.; Ferreira-Teixeira, M.; Leitão, R.A.; Gomes, C.; Rito, M.; et al. "Effect of chronic methylphenidate treatment on hippocampal neurovascular unit and memory performance in late adolescent rats". European Neuropsychopharmacology 29 2 (2019): 195-210. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85058246416&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.euroneuro.2018.12.007
  24. de Aquino, C.C.; Leitão, R.A.; Alves, L.A.O.; Coelho-Santos, V.; Guerrant, R.L.; Ribeiro, C.F.; Malva, J.O.; Silva, A.P.; Oriá, R.B.. "Effect of hypoproteic and high-fat diets on hippocampal blood-brain barrier permeability and oxidative stress". Frontiers in Nutrition 5 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85068863086&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fnut.2018.00131
  25. Leitão, Ricardo Alexandre; Sereno, José; Castelhano, João Miguel; Gonçalves, Sónia Isabel; Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos; Castelo-Branco, Miguel; Silva, Ana Paula. "Aquaporin-4 as a New Target against Methamphetamine-Induced Brain Alterations: Focus on the Neurogliovascular Unit and Motivational Behavior". Molecular Neurobiology in press (2017): 1-14.
    Published • 10.1007/s12035-017-0439-0
  26. Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Teresa M.; Laundos, Tiago L.; Pereira-Carvalho, Rita; Batista-Almeida, Daniela; Pereira, Ricardo; Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Silva, Ana P; et al. "Exosomes secreted by cardiomyocytes subjected to ischaemia promote cardiac angiogenesis". Cardiovascular Research in press (2017): NA-NA.
    Published • 10.1093/cvr/cvx118
  27. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Cardoso, Filipa L; Leitão, Ricardo A; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos A; Silva, Ana Paula. "Impact of developmental exposure to methylphenidate on rat brain’s immune privilege and behavior: control versus ADHD model". Brain, Behavior, and Immunity NA (2017): NA-NA.
    Published • 10.1016/j.bbi.2017.10.016
  28. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Filipa L. Cardoso; Ricardo A. Leitão; Ana Paula Silva. "Poster Sessions". The FEBS Journal 283 S1 (2016): 127-427. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/febs.13808.
    10.1111/febs.13808
  29. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Socodato, Renato; Portugal, Camila; Leitão, Ricardo A; Rito, Manuel; Barbosa, Marcos; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; et al. "Methylphenidate-triggered ROS generation promotes caveolae-mediated transcytosis via Rac1 signaling and c-Src-dependent caveolin-1 phosphorylation in human brain endothelial cells". Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 73 24 (2016): 4701-4716. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00018-016-2301-3.
    Published • 10.1007/s00018-016-2301-3
  30. Coelho-Santos, V.; Leitão, R.A.; Cardoso, F.L.; Palmela, I.; Rito, M.; Barbosa, M.; Brito, M.A.; Fontes-Ribeiro, C.A.; Silva, A.P.. "Erratum: The TNF-a/NF-¿B signaling pathway has a key role in methamphetamine'induced blood'brain barrier dysfunction (Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism (2015) 35 (1260-1271))". Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 36 2 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84961296009&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1177/0271678X15619790
  31. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Leitão, Ricardo A; Cardoso, Filipa L; Palmela, Inês; Rito, Manuel; Barbosa, Marcos; Brito, Maria A; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos A; Silva, Ana P. "The TNF-a/NF-¿B signaling pathway has a key role in methamphetamine–induced blood–brain barrier dysfunction". Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism 35 8 (2015): 1260-1271.
    Published • 10.1038/jcbfm.2015.59
  32. "P.6.c.001 Role of nuclear factor-kappa B signalling in methamphetamine-induced blood–brain barrier dysfunction". European Neuropsychopharmacology 24 (2014): S675-S675. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0924-977x(14)71087-9.
    10.1016/s0924-977x(14)71087-9
  33. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Leitão, R.A.; Cardoso, F.L.; Palmela, I.; Rito, M.; Barbosa, M.; Brito, M.A.; Fontes-Ribeiro, C.; Silva, A.P.. "P.6.c.001 Role of nuclear factor-kappa B signalling in methamphetamine-induced blood–brain barrier dysfunction". European Neuropsychopharmacology 24 (2014): S675. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0924-977x(14)71087-9.
    Published • 10.1016/s0924-977x(14)71087-9
  34. Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Gonçalves, Joana; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos; Silva, Ana. "Prevention of methamphetamine-induced microglial cell death by TNF-a and IL-6 through activation of the JAK-STAT pathway". Journal of Neuroinflammation 9 1 (2012): 103-103.
    Published • 10.1186/1742-2094-9-103
Preprint
  1. Magda Rodrigues; Inês Sousa; Filipa Baptista; Vanessa Coelho-Santos. "Stress in utero: effects on gliovascular integrity in female infant offspring". 2024. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.17.589633.
    10.1101/2024.04.17.589633
  2. Taryn Tieu; Anne-Jolene N. Cruz; Jonathan R. Weinstein; Andy Y. Shih; Vanessa Coelho-Santos. "Physiological and injury-induced microglial dynamics across the lifespan". 2024. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.02.615212.
    10.1101/2024.10.02.615212
  3. CP Profaci; KL Foreman; L Spieth; V Coelho-Santos; SA Berghoff; JT Fontaine; DA Jeffrey; et al. "Activity-dependent regulation of vascular cholesterol metabolism acts as a negative feedback mechanism for neurovascular coupling". 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.23.581685.
    10.1101/2024.02.23.581685

Other

Other output
  1. Meningeal origins and dynamics of perivascular fibroblast development on the mouse cerebral vasculature. 2023. Jones, H.E.; Coelho-Santos, V.; Bonney, S.K.; Abrams, K.A.; Shih, A.Y.; Siegenthaler, J.A.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85159576539&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/2023.03.23.533982
  2. Endothelial structure contributes to heterogeneity in brain capillary diameter. 2023. Sargent, S.M.; Bonney, S.K.; Li, Y.; Stamenkovic, S.; Takeno, M.; Coelho-Santos, V.; Shih, A.Y.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85160816275&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/2023.04.26.538503
  3. Pericyte remodeling is deficient in the aged brain and contributes to impaired capillary flow and structure. 2022. Berthiaume, A.-A.; Schmid, F.; Stamenkovic, S.; Coelho-Santos, V.; Nielson, C.D.; Weber, B.; Majesky, M.W.; Shih, A.Y.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85141889027&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/2022.04.28.489881
Technical standard
  1. Primary cultures of human brain endothelial cells. 2015. Leitão, Ricardo Alexandre; Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Doutora Ana Paula Silva, IBILI, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra.
    10.1038jcbfm.2015.59
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/11/18 Imaging the development of brain microvascular architecture: normoxia versus hypoxia Neurorepair 2024
(Germany)
2024/11/15 Breathing life into brain: microvascular growth in normoxia vs hypoxia Mini-Symposium on Cerebrovascular development and maintenance
(France)
2024/06/11 Can Microglia-Vascular Interactions Unveil Heightened Neuroinfections Susceptibility in Developing Brains? Gordon Barriers 2024
(United States)
2023/12/20 Assessing microglia behavior in different stages of life: basal conditions vs in response to focal injury 20th Christmas Neuroscience
(Spain)
2023/12/13 A window with a view to neurogliovascular unit development. Master program in mestrado em bioinformatics and computacional biology.
(Portugal)
2023/08/09 Live imaging of microglia behavior across the life stages of the brain: From neonatal to aging. ISN-ESN
(Porto, Portugal)
2023/07/10 A Window With a View to Cerebrovascular Development. Neuroconnect 2023
(Ireland)
2023/06/15 In vivo imaging of microglia-vascular dynamics across mice lifespan: From neonatal to aging. Live imaging of microglial behavior across the lifespan. Astrocyte Café
2023/05/02 Live imaging of microglial behavior across the lifespan. VII Portuguese Glia
(Alfubeira, Portugal)
2023/03/21 A window with a view to neurovascular unit development|, Cerebrovascular Continuum From Brain Development to Neurological Disorders. American Society for Neurochemistry 2023 Annual Meeting
(Lexington, United States)
2022/06/02 Imaging development of neonatal brain capillary networks under normoxia and hypoxia 13th Hershey Conference on Developmental Brain Injury
(Seattle, United States)
2022/05/29 Imaging development of neonatal brain capillary networks under normoxia and hypoxia. BRAIN & BRAIN PET
(Glasgow, United Kingdom)
2022/01/13 Impact of neonatal chronic intermittent hypoxia on brain vascular network development NAVBO - InFocus Session Pathogenic Endothelial Cell Development
(United States)
2021/12/14 Being a neuroscientist Escola Secundaria de Arganil
(Portugal)
2021/09/16 Imaging the construction of capillary networks in the neonatal mouse brain Open Science Box
2021/03/16 Imaging the postnatal brain's capillary bed formation. 54th Northwest Developmental Biology Meeting,
2021/03 Imaging the postnatal brain's capillary bed formation 54th Northwest Developmental Biology Meeting
2020/07/31 Imaging the basis of capillary network formation during postnatal brain development: clues for neurodevelopmental disorders Towards Targeted Therapies for Neurodevelopmental Disorders
2019/11 Venous-Derived Angiogenic Sprouts Generate the Capillary Network During Postnatal Brain Development 3rd Postdoc and Student Research Symposium
(Seattle, United States)
2018/03 Seeing is believing: In vivo imaging of neonatal Blood-Brain Barrier Consortium Meeting
(Portland, United States)
2018 In vivo multiphoton imaging of the cerebrovasculature during early post-natal development EMBO Workshop Imaging Mouse Development
(Germany)
2017/06 Brain immune response triggered by early developmental chronic consumption of methylphenidate: control vs attention- deficit/hyperactivity disorder rat model 16th European School of Neuroimmunology (ESNI) and XXVI Congress of Italian Association of Neuroimmunology (AINI)
(Venice, Italy)
2017 O neurocientista vai à escola
Expôr o cérebro, Brain Awareness Week (Oliveira do Bairro, Portugal)
2017 Brain immune response triggered by early developmental chronic consumption of methylphenidate: control vs attention- deficit/hyperactivity disorder rat model 16th European School of Neuroimmunology (ESNI) and XXVI Congress of Italian Association of Neuroimmunology (AINI)
(Venice, Italy)
2017 Impact of chronic methylphenidate administration in rat brain immune surveillance: control versus ADHD
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2016 Unraveling the impact of methylphenidate on the blood-brain barrier function: in vitro and animal studies 1st Meeting in Biomedical Research @ UC
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2016 Impact of chronic methylphenidate administration on behavior, blood-brain barrier function and neuroinflammation: control versus hyperactive rats XLVI Reunião Anual Da Sociedade Portuguesa De Farmacologia, XXXIV Reunião De Farmacologia Clínica, XV Reunião de Toxicologia
(Porto, Portugal)
2015 Impact of the psychostimulant methylphenidate on the blood-brain barrier. Dia da Faculdade de Medicina
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2014 Biotech...what? Ciclo de Palestras em Biotecnologia
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2014 Methylphenidate promotes vesicular transport in human brain endothelial cell XLIV Meeting of Portuguese Society of Pharmacology, XXXII Meeting of Clinical Pharmacology and XIII Meeting of Toxicology
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2013 Methamphetamine-induced permeability in brain endothelial cells 4th PF2MUC Symposium “Personalized Medicine: Myth or Reality?
(Portugal)
2012 Avaliação das propriedades antioxidantes de folhas de Quercus num modelo celular de neurodegeneração Biotechnology Day
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2012 Protective effect of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-6 against methamphetamine-induced microglial cell death XLI Meeting of Portuguese Society of Pharmacology, XXIX Meeting of Clinical Pharmacology and X Meeting of Toxicology
(Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/12/01 - Current Neurovascular Coupling Development: Astrocytic Endfeet as the Key Link Between Neurons and Vessels
Supervisor
2024/09/01 - Current MICROVASCULAR DEVELOPMENT AND MATURATION IN THE CEREBELLUM: ALLERGY EFFECTS
Supervisor
2024/09/01 - Current Insights into neurovascular coupling development: mapping neonatal brain metabolism positron emission tomography (PET) imaging
Supervisor
2022/09/01 - Current Modeling neurovascular coupling in neonatal brain vascular networks.
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2024/09/18 Modeling the capillary construction: angiogenesis and tissue irrigation in the neonatal mouse brain cortex
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024/02/01 - 2024/06/26 Hemodynamic Response in neonatal mice.
Supervisor
 Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024/02/01 - 2024/06/26 Impact of Prenatal Stress on Blood-Brain Barrier: Alterations in Claudin-5 expression and Albumin Leakage
Supervisor
 Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/11/07 - Current 3rd Postdoc and Student Research Symposium (2019/11/07)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Seattle Children's Research Institute, United States
2016 - 2016 V annual meeting Inter-University Doctoral Programme in Ageing and Degeneration of Complex Biological Systems
Meeting (Other)
2013 - 2013 II annual meeting Inter-University Doctoral Programme in Ageing and Degeneration of Complex Biological Systems
Meeting (Other)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2016 - 2016 V annual meeting Inter-University Doctoral Programme in Ageing and Degeneration of Complex Biological Systems, Coimbra
Meeting
2013 - 2013 II annual meeting Inter-University Doctoral Programme in Ageing and Degeneration of Complex Biological Systems
Meeting
 II annual meeting Inter-University Doctoral Programme in Ageing and Degeneration of Complex Biological Systems
2007 - 2007 Thematic days of Biotechnology in College of Agriculture of Coimbra
Workshop

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/11/15 Evolution of the cerebrovascular architecture over the post-natal life of a mouse
(Thesis) Arguer
 Elisa de Launoit (PhD)
Institut du Cerveau, France
2024/10/21 The Impact of Maternal Immune Activation on Neurodevelopmental Disorders
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Marta Madeira Oliveira (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2024/09/26 Formulations For The Treatment of Vascular Aging
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Carolina Rodrigues Guímaro (Master)
2024/07/18 Characterizing the Effect of Brain Metastatic Breast Cancer Secretome in Brain Pericytes
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Edward Ciputra (Master)
2021/12/17 IMPACT OF BIOLOGICAL SEX IN A MOUSE MODEL OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER: FOCUS ON ULTRASONIC VOCALIZATION PRODUCTION
(Thesis) Arguer
 Sofia Ferreira Santos (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/07/22 - Current Nature Communications
2024/04/01 - Current Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism
2023/04/01 - Current Communications Biology

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2017/03 - Current International Society of Neuroimmunology - ISNI
2017 - Current International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN)
2016 - Current Society for Neuroscience
2013 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Bioquímica
2012 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2018 - Current Online Classes Brazil High Schools Association for World Innovation in Science and Health Education
2024/03/18 - 2024/03/22 Neurovascular Unit: Structure and Function in Health and Disease (Doutoramento)
2020/05 - 2020/07 Senior Seminar in Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Biology Hit the snooze button on aging University of Washington, United States
2013/09 - 2014 Practical classes of Master of Experimental Pathology Experimental Pathology (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2023/07/02 Investigadora de Coimbra estuda desenvolvimento cerebrovascular de bebés
2023/03/08 Stories of Women in Neuroscience (WIN)
2023/02/09 Desenvolvimento do cérebro dos bebés pode ajudar a identificar patologias futuras. Público
2023/02/09 Investigadora de Coimbra estuda desenvolvimento cerebrovascular de bebés Diario de Coimbra
2022/10/16 Sofrimento fetal: quando é que os neurónios e os vasos sanguíneos começam a comunicar? Observador

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2024/10/28 - Current Mentes Brilhantes
2023/06/21 - Current 90 Segundos de Ciência
2023/02/09 - Current RTP noticias - País
2023/02/09 - Current Sic Noticias

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2021 - Current Laboratory Supervision of a PhD thesis Cara Nielson
2013 - Current Laboratory Supervision of a master fellow Madalena Curva Esteves
2017 - 2021 Laboratory Supervision of a PhD thesis Andree-Anne Berthiaume
2017 - 2018 Laboratory Supervision of a Master thesis Fabiana Ventura
2016 - 2017 Laboratory Supervision of a master thesis Teresa Lourenço
2016 - 2016 Laboratory Supervision of a master thesis - lab rotation Cátia Caratão
2016 - 2016 Laboratory Supervision of a Master thesis - lab rotation Nadiya Kubasova
2015 - 2016 Laboratory Supervision of a master thesis Marina Alexandra Moreira do Couto
2015 - 2015 Laboratory Supervision of a Master thesis - lab rotation Guida Bento
2015 - 2015 Laboratory Supervision of a PhD thesis - lab rotation Claudia Antunes
2015 - 2015 Laboratory Supervision of a PhD thesis - lab rotation Claudia Pereira
2012 - 2013 Laboratory Supervision of a Master thesis Tânia Capelôa
2012 - 2012 Laboratory Supervision of a summer internship Rok Kosmina
2011 - 2012 Laboratory Supervision of a Master thesis Ricardo Alexandre Gomes Leitão
Distinctions

Award

2024 FLAD USA@Papers
Fundação Luso-Americana, Portugal
2023 Portuguese Society for Neuroscience Travel grant for FENS Regional
2023 Young Symposia and travel grant for ISN 2023
2023 Chair’s Choice award for Cerebrovascular Continuum From Brain Development to Neurological Disorders, American Society for Neurochemistry 2023 Annual Meeting, Lexington, March 18-23, 2023.
2023 Immunotools 2023
2022 Women In Bio Founder's Professional Development Scholarship
2022 Award of outstanding Poster at 13th Hershey Conference on Developmental Brain Injury, Union, Washington, USA, May 31 - June 3 (as senior author).
2022 Seal of Excellence Project 2BOLD “Deciphering the neonatal shift in neurovascular coupling: a multimodal approach”
European Commission Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, Belgium
2021 Award of outstading ePoster
North American Vascular Biology Organization, United States
2020 Award of outstading ePoster
North American Vascular Biology Organization, United States
2019 Winner of Best Oral Presentation
Seattle Children's Research Institute, United States
2019 Travel Scholarship Awards
Oregon Health & Science University Neuro-Oncology and Blood-Brain Barrier Program, United States
2016 2016 Trainee Professional Development Award Recipient
Society for Neuroscience, Portugal
2016 Travel award to Society for Neuroscience
Hello Bio Ltd, United Kingdom
2016 Trainee Professional Development Award Recipient
Society for Neuroscience, United States
2015 3rd place in the best poster competition “In4Med Meeting"
Fundação AstraZeneca, Portugal
2015 3º poster in I Concurso Fundação AstraZeneca do IV In4Med
Fundação AstraZeneca, Portugal
2014 ECNP Travel Awards 2014, 27th ECNP Congress, Berlin, Germany
European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP), Portugal
2014 Best Poster in VIII Seminary - Advances in Pediatrics Neurodevelopmental
2013 Best Image Technical and Scientific
GAI, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, Portugal

Other distinction

2024 Merit Medal
2017 Fellowship to attend the training school " "Reactive gliosis - from mechanobiology and signal transduction to molecular"
COST action EuroCellNet, Portugal
2017 Travel Grant
International Society of Neuroimmunology - ISNI, Portugal
2017 CAJAL stipend
CAJAL Advanced Neuroscience Training Programme, Portugal
2017 “R&D@PHD” INTERNSHIP GRANTS IN THE USA
Luso-American Development Foundation, Portugal
2017 Fellowship to attend the training school "Reactive gliosis - from mechanobiology and signal transduction to molecular targets and disease pathogenesis"
COST action EuroCellNet, Portugal
2016 Travel award
Taconic Bioscience, Portugal
2016 Travel award
Hello Bio, Portugal
2016 SPN Travel Award to attend SfN 2016
Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
2016 Travel grant to attend the course “Immunity in the brain and its role in neuropsychiatric and neurological diseases”
FENS and IBRO-PERC, Portugal
2016 FENS and IBRO-PERC to attend the course “Immunity in the brain and its role in neuropsychiatric and neurological diseases”
FENS and IBRO-PERC, Portugal
2016 Neuroscience 2016 Travel Grant
Taconic Biosciences Inc, United States
2016 Travel Award
2014 IBRO International Travel Grants
International Brain Research Organization (IBRO), Portugal
2013 Bursary for BNS Summer School
British Neuropathology Society, Portugal
2013 PhD Fellowship
Foundation for Science and Technology-FCT, Portugal
2009 Merit student in College of Agriculture of Coimbra
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal
2009 Scientific research Initiation grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2008 Merit student in College of Agriculture of Coimbra
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal
2007 Merit student in College of Agriculture of Coimbra
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal
2006 3rd place of Merit Student
2005 2nd place of Merit Student