Curriculum Vitae
RITA LEIRIA LOPES FÉLIX
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- RITA LEIRIA LOPES FÉLIX
Citation names
- Félix, Rita
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- BC1D-185D-7F93
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-6186-1494
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
| French | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2020/10/01 - 2021/03/30
Concluded
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Digital Illustration (Diploma de especialização)
Lisbon School of Design, Portugal
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2013/04/01 - 2020/06/25
Concluded
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Neurociências (Doutoramento)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
"Sensory and motor representations in the inferior olive of larval zebrafish" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2010
Concluded
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Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"The relationship of ERG Potassium Channel with programmed cell death in the vertebrate developing limb" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18 valores |
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2008
Concluded
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Biologia Molecular e Genética (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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13 valores |
Affiliation
Other Careers
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/07/01 - 2024/01/09 | Carreiras / Categorias Subsistentes | Science Crunchers, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2024/01/22 - Current | Institutional Communication Manager & Designer | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
| 2013/04/01 - 2020/06/25 | PhD student in the Vision to Action laboratory with the FCT project "Linking activity in genetically defined neurons to visuomotor adaptation in zebrafish cerebellum" | Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal |
| 2012/10/01 - 2013/03/29 | Trainee in the Vision to Action and Neural Circuits and Behavior laboratories | Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal |
| 2011/12/01 - 2012/07/31 | Trainee in the Patterning and Morphogenesis Lab Collaboration in a research project elucidating the role of Gdf11 in the formation of the tail bud during mouse development. | Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal |
| 2011/09/01 - 2011/11/30 | Trainee in the Organogenesis Lab Responsible for an individual research project in the area of Evolutionary and Developmental Biology entitled "The relationship of ERG Potassium Channel with programm | Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal |
| 2011/01/03 - 2011/07/29 | Trainee Responsible for an individual research project in the area of Neural Regeneration focused in the neurogenesis and differentiation of dopaminergic neurons. | Instituto de Salud Carlos III Campus de Majadahonda, Spain |
| 2009/09/01 - 2010/10/29 | Masters Student in Evolutionary and Developmental Biology Responsible for an individual research project entitled "The relationship of ERG Potassium Channel with programmed cell death in the vertebra | Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013/04/01 - 2020/06/25 | Linking activity in genetically defined neurons to visuomotor adaptation in zebrafish cerebellum" and reference SFRH/BD/90105/2012
SFRH/BD/90105/2012
PhD Student Fellow
Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2011/01 - 2011/06 | Programa de Estágios Internacionais Inov Contacto
RitaFelix2011
Other
aicep Portugal global, Portugal
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Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2018/07/17 - 2020/09/30 | Whole-brain mechanisms of operant learning in zebrafish: cells, circuits and behaviour.
PTDC/MED-NEU/32664/2017
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2016/06 - 2020/06 | The neural circuit basis of oculomotor behavior in zebrafish
PTDC/NEU-SCC/5221/2014
Other
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme
UID/NEU/04443/2019
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2014/04/01 - 2015/03/31 | Desenvolvimento de métodos não invasivos de imagiologia "light sheet" para o estudo de circuitos neuronais em animais durante
comportamento natural
EXPL/NEU-SCC/2370/2013
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2014/04 - 2015/03 | Non-invasive whole brain imaging in behaving animals using light-sheet microscopy
EXPL/NEU-SCC/2370/2013
Other
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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| Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2023/06/02 | How to design a graphical abstract | 5th Retreat Neuroscience & Disease CIBB Retreat
CNC-UC/CIBB (Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2023/06 | PhD careers round table invited speaker | iMed.Ulisboa Postgraduate Students Meeting
iMed Faculdade de Farmácia (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2019/02/20 | Sensory and motor representations in the inferior olive of larval zebrafish | Dynamic Neuronal Circuit Motor Behavior Workshop
OIST (Okinawa, Japan)
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| 2010/11/12 | ERG activity triggers interdigital cell death during digit development | Joint Meeting of the Portuguese and Spanish Developmental Biology Societies
Portuguese and Spanish Developmental Biology Societies (Badajoz, Spain)
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2018/11 - 2018/11 | Poster presentation at 5th Conference on Imaging Structure and Function of the Zebrafish Brain
Conference
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5th Conference on Imaging Structure and Function of the Zebrafish Brain |
| 2018/10 - 2018/10 | Poster presentation at the Champalimaud Research Symposium 2018: Quantitative approaches to Behaviour
& Neural Systems
Conference
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Champalimaud Research Symposium 2018: Quantitative approaches to Behaviour & Neural Systems |
| 2018/07 - 2018/07 | Poster presentation at 11th FENS Forum of Neuroscience
Meeting
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11th FENS Forum of Neuroscience |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2012 - Current | Animal handling and experimentation course - FELASA category B |
Distinctions
Award
| 2020 | FENS-IBRO/PERC travel grant |
| 2019 | Neuronal Circuit Motor Behavior Workshop young talent invited talk |
Other distinction
| 2017 | EuFishBioMed short term fellowship |
| 2012 | phD fellowship with title "Linking activity in genetically defined neurons to visuomotor adaptation in zebrafish cerebellum"
and reference SFRH/BD/90105/2012
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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| 2011 | INOV CONTACTO - Estágios Internacionais para Jovens Quadros |