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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Cristina Marquez

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
BD15-4B65-EBC0
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1948-2727
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RHQWiPsAAAAJ&hl=en

Email addresses

  • cmarquez@cnc.uc.pt (Professional)

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
Catalan (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2017
Concluded
 EMBO Laboratory Management: The art of leadership - fewer conflicts, more results. (Diploma de especialização)
Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain
2007
Concluded
 Cours Romand de Formation à l'Expérimentation Animale. (Diploma de especialização)
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lausanne. , Switzerland
2006
Concluded
 Neuroscience (Doctor of Philosophy)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
 With Honors
2001
Concluded
 Neuroscience (Master)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
2001
Concluded
 FELASA Curso de Formación para personal investigador usuario de animales para experimentación y otras finalidades científicas. (Diploma de especialização)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
1999
Concluded
 Psychology (Bachelor)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022 - Current Coordinating Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2016 - 2022 Principal Investigator (Research) Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain
2011 - 2016 Postdoc (Research) Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
2009 - 2011 Postdoc (Research) Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
2006 - 2009 Postdoc (Research) École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Institut des neurosciences, Switzerland

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2004 - 2007 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidad Abierta de Cataluña, Spain
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2026/12/31 DYNAMIC BRAIN FUNCTION: Towards the Understanding and Treatment of Brain Disorders
952422
ERA Chair holder
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2021 - 2024 NeurotechEU Research and Innovation (NeurotechRI)
H2020-IBA-SwafS-Support-2-2020. SEP-210723856, 101035817
Researcher
Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain
 European Commission
Ongoing
2020 - 2023 The European University of Brain and Technology-NeurotechEU
EAC-A02-2019. EPP-EUR-UNIV-2020, 101004080
Researcher
Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain
 European Commission
Concluded
2019 - 2022 Circuits of social observation and decision-making in rats
RTI2018-097843-B-100
Principal investigator
Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain
 Agencia Estatal de Investigación
Concluded
2018 - 2021 Brain-wide functional connectivity of oxytocin neurons
PT/FB/BL-2016-250
Principal investigator
Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain
 Fundação Bial
Concluded
2016 - 2021 Ramon y Cajal fellow
RYC-2014-16450
Principal investigator
Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain
 Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital
Concluded
2018/01 - 2020/01 Dissecting Neural Circuits For Social Reward Integration In Rats
2017-116
Principal investigator
Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain
 National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
Concluded
2016 - 2018 Stress and (pro-)social behaviour: neural circuits on the resilience and vulnerability to psychopathology
SAF2015-70125-R
Principal investigator
Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain
 España Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Concluded
2013 - 2016 Circuits of con-specific observation
337747
Post-doc
Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
 European Research Council
Concluded
2006/07 - 2007/06 Brain energy metabolism, genes and vulnerability to psychopathology
113211
Post-doc Fellow
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Institut des neurosciences, Switzerland
 Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Marquez, Cristina; Ferran Balada; Roser Nadal; Diego Redolar; Jordi Silvestre. Farmacología y endocrinología del comportamiento. Spain: Editorial UOC. 2012.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Gomez-Marin A, Martinez L, C Márquez et al.. "Cognition, collective behaviors and Consciousness.". In Brain, mind & behaviour- CSIC Scientific Challenges : Towards 2030. Madrid, Spain: csic, 2021.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Michael J. M. Gachomba; Esteve-Agraz, Joan; Marquez, Cristina. Corresponding author: Marquez, Cristina. "Prosocial behaviors in rodents". Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 163 (2024): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763424002458?via%3Dihub.
    Published
  2. Madeira, Natália; Marquez, Cristina. Corresponding author: Marquez, Cristina. "Independent neural circuits encode the dynamics of social interaction in rats". PLOS Biology 21 11 (2023): e3002396. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002396.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002396
  3. Ricciardi, Flavia; Marquez, Cristina. Corresponding author: Marquez, Cristina. "The neural circuit that makes maternal mice respond to pups’ cries". Nature 621 7980 (2023): 693-694. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02545-1.
    Published • 10.1038/d41586-023-02545-1
  4. Michael Joe Munyua Gachomba; Joan Esteve-Agraz; Kevin Caref; Aroa Sanz Maroto; Maria Helena Bortolozzo-Gleich; Diego Andrés Laplagne; Marquez, Cristina. Corresponding author: Marquez, Cristina. "Multimodal cues displayed by submissive rats promote prosocial choices by dominants". Current Biology 32 15 (2022): 3288-3301.e8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.06.026.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.cub.2022.06.026
  5. Akam, Thomas; Lustig, Andy; Rowland, James M; Kapanaiah, Sampath KT; Joan Esteve-Agraz; Panniello, Mariangela; Marquez, Cristina; et al. Corresponding author: Akam, Thomas. "Open-source, Python-based, hardware and software for controlling behavioural neuroscience experiments". eLife 11 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/elife.67846.
    Open access • 10.7554/elife.67846
  6. Costa, Diana F.; Moita, Marta A.; Marquez, Cristina. Corresponding author: Marquez, Cristina. "Novel competition test for food rewards reveals stable dominance status in adult male rats". Scientific Reports 11 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93818-0.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41598-021-93818-0
  7. Tzanoulinou, S.; Gantelet, E.; Sandi, C.; Marquez, Cristina. Corresponding author: Marquez, Cristina. "Programming effects of peripubertal stress on spatial learning". Neurobiology of Stress 13 (2020): 100282. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ynstr.2020.100282.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.ynstr.2020.100282
  8. Cruz, A.; Heinemans, M.; Marquez, Cristina; Moita, M.A.. "Freezing Displayed by Others Is a Learned Cue of Danger Resulting from Co-experiencing Own Freezing and Shock". Current Biology 30 6 (2020): 1128-1135.e6. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85079054397&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.025
  9. Marquez, Cristina; Rennie, Scott M.; Costa, Diana F.; Moita, Marta A.. Corresponding author: Marquez, Cristina. "Prosocial Choice in Rats Depends on Food-Seeking Behavior Displayed by Recipients". Current Biology 25 13 (2015): 1736-1745. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.05.018.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.cub.2015.05.018
  10. Marquez, Cristina; Poirier, G L; Cordero, M I; Larsen, M H; Groner, A; Marquis, J; Magistretti, P J; Trono, D; Sandi, C. Corresponding author: Sandi, C. "Peripuberty stress leads to abnormal aggression, altered amygdala and orbitofrontal reactivity and increased prefrontal MAOA gene expression". Translational Psychiatry 3 1 (2013): e216-e216. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/tp.2012.144.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/tp.2012.144
  11. Castro, Jorge E.; Diessler, Shanaz; Varea, Emilio; Marquez, Cristina; Larsen, Marianne H.; Cordero, M. Isabel; Sandi, Carmen. Corresponding author: Sandi, Carmen. "Personality traits in rats predict vulnerability and resilience to developing stress-induced depression-like behaviors, HPA axis hyper-reactivity and brain changes in pERK1/2 activity". Psychoneuroendocrinology 37 8 (2012): 1209-1223. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.12.014.
    Published • 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.12.014
  12. Cordero, M I; Poirier, G L; Marquez, Cristina; Veenit, V; Fontana, X; Salehi, B; Ansermet, F; Sandi, C. Corresponding author: Sandi, C. "Evidence for biological roots in the transgenerational transmission of intimate partner violence". Translational Psychiatry 2 4 (2012): e106-e106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/tp.2012.32.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/tp.2012.32
  13. Calandreau, L.; Marquez, Cristina; Bisaz, R.; Fantin, M.; Sandi, C.. Corresponding author: Sandi, C.. "Differential impact of polysialyltransferase ST8SiaII and ST8SiaIV knockout on social interaction and aggression". Genes, Brain and Behavior 9 8 (2010): 958-967. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1601-183x.2010.00635.x.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1601-183x.2010.00635.x
  14. Rotllant, D.; Marquez, Cristina; Nadal, R.; Armario, A.. Corresponding author: Armario, A.. "The brain pattern of c-fos induction by two doses of amphetamine suggests different brain processing pathways and minor contribution of behavioural traits". Neuroscience 168 3 (2010): 691-705. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.04.020.
    Published • 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.04.020
  15. Castro, Jorge E.; Varea, Emilio; Marquez, Cristina; Cordero, Maria Isabel; Poirier, Guillaume; Sandi, Carmen. Corresponding author: Sandi, Carmen. "Role of the Amygdala in Antidepressant Effects on Hippocampal Cell Proliferation and Survival and on Depression-like Behavior in the Rat". PLoS ONE 5 1 (2010): e8618. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008618.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0008618
  16. Carrasco, Javier; Marquez, Cristina; Nadal, Roser; Tobeña, Adolfo; Fernández-Teruel, Albert; Armario, Antonio. "Characterization of central and peripheral components of the hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal axis in the inbred Roman rat strains". Psychoneuroendocrinology 33 4 (2008): 437-445. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.01.001.
    Published • 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.01.001
  17. Marquez, Cristina; Nadal, R.; Armario, A.. Corresponding author: Armario, A.. "Influence of reactivity to novelty and anxiety on hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal and prolactin responses to two different novel environments in adult male rats". Behavioural Brain Research 168 1 (2006): 13-22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2005.10.004.
    Published • 10.1016/j.bbr.2005.10.004
  18. NADAL, R; ROTLLANT, D; Marquez, Cristina; ARMARIO, A. "Perseverance of exploration in novel environments predicts morphine place conditioning in rats". Behavioural Brain Research 165 1 (2005): 72-79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2005.06.039.
    Published • 10.1016/j.bbr.2005.06.039
  19. Marquez, Cristina; Nadal, Roser; Armario, Antonio. Corresponding author: Armario, Antonio. "Responsiveness of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis to different novel environments is a consistent individual trait in adult male outbred rats". Psychoneuroendocrinology 30 2 (2005): 179-187. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2004.05.012.
    Published • 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2004.05.012
  20. Belda, Xavier; Marquez, Cristina; Armario, Antonio. Corresponding author: Armario, Antonio. "Long-term effects of a single exposure to stress in adult rats on behavior and hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal responsiveness: comparison of two outbred rat strains". Behavioural Brain Research 154 2 (2004): 399-408. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2004.03.011.
    Published • 10.1016/j.bbr.2004.03.011
  21. Armario, Antonio; Vallès, Astrid; Dal-Zotto, Silvina; Marquez, Cristina; Belda, Xavier. "A Single Exposure to Severe Stressors Causes Long-term Desensitisation of the Physiological Response to the Homotypic Stressor". Stress 7 3 (2004): 157-172. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10253890400010721.
    Published • 10.1080/10253890400010721
  22. Marquez, Cristina; Nadal, R; Armario, A. Corresponding author: Armario, A. "The hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal and glucose responses to daily repeated immobilisation stress in rats: individual differences". Neuroscience 123 3 (2004): 601-612. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2003.10.016.
    Published • 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2003.10.016
  23. Finn, David P.; Martí, Octavi; Harbuz, Michael S.; Vallès, Astrid; Belda, Xavier; Marquez, Cristina; Jessop, David S.; et al. "Behavioral, neuroendocrine and neurochemical effects of the imidazoline I2 receptor selective ligand BU224 in naive rats and rats exposed to the stress of the forced swim test". Psychopharmacology 167 2 (2003): 195-202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-003-1392-3.
    Published • 10.1007/s00213-003-1392-3
  24. Marquez, Cristina; Belda, Xavier; Armario, Antonio. "Post-stress recovery of pituitary–adrenal hormones and glucose, but not the response during exposure to the stressor, is a marker of stress intensity in highly stressful situations". Brain Research 926 1-2 (2002): 181-185. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0006-8993(01)03112-2.
    Published • 10.1016/s0006-8993(01)03112-2
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024 Circuits of social decision making in rodents Seminar series
INMED, Marseille, France
2024 Social behaviors in health and disease XIII In4Med - Medical and Scientific Congress of Coimbra, Portugal
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2023 Circuits of social decision making in rodents Seminar series
Université de Lausanne, UNIL. Lausanne, Switzerland (Switzerland)
2023 Circuits of social decision making in rodents
Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany (Bochum, Germany)
2023 Circuits of social decision making in rodents
The European Social Club iniciative. First in person meeting. Erice, Sicily. Italy (Sicily, Italy)
2023 Dominance status modulates prosocial decision making in rats European Brain and Behavior meeting. Amsterdam, The Netherlands
European Brain and Behavior Society (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2023 Social decision-making in foraging contexts 16th International Congress of the Polish Neuroscience Society
Polish Neuroscience Society (Torun, Poland)
2023 Studying social decision making in rodents Proaction Lab seminars
Coimbra University, Psychology department. Portugal (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022 Social decision making in rodents Seminar series
LMU, Munich. Germany (Munich, Germany)
2022 Circuits of social decision making in rodents Institut de Neurociencias UAB annual retreat, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
(Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain)
2022 Social Cognition… Beyond Social Interactions FENS Forum 2022
(Paris, France)
2022 Circuits of social decision making in rodents Centre for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology, CIBB meeting, Portugal.
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2022 Circuits of social decision making in rodents Seminar series
Sussex University, UK
2022 Circuits of social decision making in rodents Neuroscience hot-topic seminars at PRBB, Barcelona. Spain
PRBB (Barcelona, Spain)
2021 Prosocial behavior in rodents X years of Instituto do Cerebro.
Brain Institute Symposium (Natal, Brazil)
2021 Modeling behavior during decision making Modeling behavior during decision making
SENC (Lleida, Spain)
2021 Social decision-making in rodents German Neuroscience Society Meeting. Gottingen, Germany.
(Gottingen, Germany)
2019 Social decision-making in rodents Barcelona Computational, Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience meeting. Spain.
BARCCSYNC (Barcelona, Spain)
2019 Satellite Open Neuroscience: Do it yourself! SENC (Sociedad Española de Neurociencia)-Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
(Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
2018 Special Interest Event @FENS Forum FENS Forum 2018
(Berlin, Germany)
2018 Social decision making in rodents Seminar Series
Institut de Neurociències Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Spain (Bellaterra, Spain)
2018 The brain and social behavior XV Neuroscience National School. Carmona (Sevilla). Spain
(Carmona, Spain)
2018 Investigating social behavior in rodents Seminar Series
Universidad de Valencia. Valencia, Spain (Valencia, Spain)
2018 Prosociality in rodents Seminar series
Universitat Illes Balears. Mallorca, Spain (Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
2017 Circuits of social behavior Seminar series
Centre of Advanced European Studies and Research CAESAR. Bonn, Germany. (Bonn, Germany)
2016 Rats cooperate in the absence of direct benefit: Development of a new behavioural paradigm. EMCCS-EBBS joint satellite meeting @FENS
European Brain and Behavior Society (Copenhaguen, Denmark)
2016 Functional interrogations of the Brain. FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence and Severo Ochoa Mini-Symposium. Alicante. Spain
FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence (Alicante, Spain)
2016 Social behavior in rodents Dutch Neuroscience Meetting.
Dutch Neuroscience Society. (Lunterent, Netherlands)
2014 Prosocial Choice in rats: behavioural mechanisms 11ª Christmas Meeting del Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante. Alicante, Spain
Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante. Alicante, Spain (Alicante, Spain)
2012 Rats cooperate in the absence of direct benefit: Development of a new behavioural paradigm. EBBS Satellite: Stress, the story of our social lives. Satelline of FENS Forum
European Brain and Behavior Society (Barcelona, Spain)
2012 Peripubertal stress at the basis of aggressive behavior in rodents I FALAN Meeting (Federación de Asociaciones Latinoamericanas y del Caribe de Neurociencias). Cancún, Mexico
FALAN (Cancun, Mexico)
2009 Neural correlates of abnormal aggression following peripubertal stress in rats: role of serotonin, vasopressin and oxytocin. 8th World Congress on Neurohypophysial Hormone
8th World Congress on Neurohypophysial Hormone (Kitakyushu, Japan)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/12 - Current Anterior cingulate cortex in the modulation of prosociality in rats
Supervisor of Bárbara Canijo
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2019/10 - Current Identification of the neural mechanism underlying prosocial behaviors in rats
Supervisor of Joan Esteve-Agraz
Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2017 - 2023 Multimodal cues displayed by submissive rats promote prosocial choices by dominants.
Supervisor of Michael Gachomba
Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain
2017 - 2022 Novel competition test for food rewards reveals stable dominance status in adult male rats
Supervisor of Diana Costa
Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain
2019 - 2020 Prosocial choice and social hierarchy in female rats
Supervisor of Helena Bortolozzo Gleich
Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain
2019 - 2020 DeepLabCut Tracking Software Implementation for fine-grained tracking of social interactions during Vicarious Reward in rats.
Supervisor of Adele Duseviciute
Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain
2017 - 2018 Development of a tracking system for the study of social interactions with sub-second resolution.
Supervisor of Joan Esteve-Agraz
Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain
2013 - 2014 Prosocial choice in rats depends on rewards received and food-seeking behavior displayed by recipients.
Co-supervisor of Diana Costa
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2007 - 2007 Validation of a rat behavior software analysis: PanlabStartfreeze for Acoustic Fear Conditioning test in rats
Co-supervisor of Alexandre Sofia

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021 - 2021 Neural basis of rodent social behaviors symposium. (2021 - 2021)
Congress (Co-organisor)
 Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain
2019 - 2021 3D printing for scientific prototyping. Scientific Hardware and Electronics Service. (2019 - 2021)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain
2018 - 2021 How to solder properly my electronic devices? Scientific Hardware and Electronics Service (2018 - 2021)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain
2018 - 2021 Laser cutter for scientific prototyping. Scientific Hardware and Electronics Service. (2018 - 2021)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain
2019 - 2019 Improving openness in animal research in Spain (2019 - 2019)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain

Society for Neuroscience, United States
2019 - 2019 Modulation of behavior by social information across species (2019 - 2019)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Symposium at the European Brain and behavior society meeting , Czech Republic
2018 - 2018 International day of women and girl in science. Organizer. Talks and experiments with kindergarden, primary and secondary school students. European school of Alicante (2018 - 2018)
Festival (Co-organisor)
 Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain
2017 - 2017 IN Bonsai Course 2017: A visual language for reactive programming (2017 - 2017)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain
2016 - 2016 Severo Ochoa Symposium: Circuits and Behavior. (2016 - 2016)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain
2013 - 2013 SeminAr: The Chemistry between us. Larry Young (2013 - 2013)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023 - 2023 European Researchers Night. Coimbra, Portugal.
Other
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2023 - 2023 International day of women and girls in Science. Spanish Institute in Lisbon
Other
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2023 - 2023 International day of women and girls in Science. University of Coimbra, public lecture.
Seminar
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2021 - 2021 Neuromascletà. Science outreach at the Fallas in Valencia
Seminar
Universitat de València, Spain
2019 - 2019 Festival Pint of Science. Sala Clan Cabaret, Alicante. Spain
Seminar
Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain
2019 - 2019 ¿Mejor solo que mal acompañado? Talk for high school students. Viladecans, Barcelona. Spain
Seminar
Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024 Living Experiences, Updating Memories: on the Role of Parvalbumin Interneurons in the Dentate Gyrus
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Elena Perez (PhD)
Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain
2024 Neural circuits for social recognition in mice: a neuroanatomical, behavioral and electrophysiological study.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Manuel Esteban Vila Martin (PhD)
Universitat de València, Spain
2023 Central amygdala- ventral tegmental area: cortical circuits mediate initiation and maintenance of social interaction.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Karolina Rojek-Sito (PhD)
Instytut Biologii Doswiadczalnej im Marcelego Nenckiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Poland
2023 DISSECTING THE ROLE OF PARVALBUMIN POSITIVE INHIBITORY NEURONS IN THE CELLULAR AND BEHAVIORAL PHENOTYPES ASSOCIATED WITH GPRASP2 DELETION
(Thesis) Arguer
 Mariana Barradas Serrano Laranjo (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2023 Social learning about rewards - how information from others helps to adapt to changing environment.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Maciej Winiarski (PhD)
Instytut Biologii Doswiadczalnej im Marcelego Nenckiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Poland
2023 PACAP-PAC1R and Hormonal Modulation of Stress and Fear Extinction Memories in Females
President of the jury
 Eric Raúl Velasco García (PhD)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
2020 Fenotipado conductual y molecular de los circuitos implicados en el comportamiento de dominancia social.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Anna Pallé (PhD)
Instituto de Neurobiología Ramón y Cajal, Spain
2020 The Medial Amygdala as a key neural centre in maternal aggression.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Maria Abellan Alvaro (PhD)
Universitat de València, Spain
2017 Varieties of empathy in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Pérez Manrique (PhD)
Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
2016 Neural coding and integration of temporal patterns in the barrel cortex.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Anna Pitas (PhD)
Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021 - Current Cell
2020 - Current Nature
2020 - Current Nature Communications
2017 - Current PNAS
2017 - Current eLife
2016 - Current Current Biology
2016 - Current JOVE
2016 - Current Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
2016 - Current Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Biological letters
2016 - Current Scientific Reports
2016 - Current Animal Behavior
2016 - Current Neuroscience
2016 - Current Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
2016 - Current Molecular Psychiatry

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2022 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências (SPN)
2016 - 2022 Sociedad Española de Neurociencias (SENC)

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022 - 2022 IGC PhD programme. Invited speaker (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2017 - 2022 Neurobiology of complex behaviors Phd in Neuroscience: from bench to bed side (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain
2011 - 2011 PhD programme. Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme (course: Methods in Behavioral Neuroscience) (Doutoramento) Centro Champalimaud, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Master in Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology - Invited speaker. (Mestrado) Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
2009 - 2010 Psychoendocrinology Psychology (Licenciatura) Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
2008 - 2009 PhD programme Life Science School (course: Methods in Behavioral Neuroscience). (Doutoramento) École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
2007 - 2008 PENS training centre: Imaging Brain Function, EPFL. Switzerland (Postgraduate Certificate) École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Institut des neurosciences, Switzerland
2004 - 2007 Psychopharmacology Psychology (Bachelor) Universidad Abierta de Cataluña, Spain
2003 - 2005 Psychology of Individual differences Psychology (Bachelor) Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2022 - 2024 Evaluation pannel for ATIP Avenir Program (France)
Member
 Agence nationale de la recherche, France Agence nationale de la recherche
2019 - 2019 Grant Reviewer for Spanish Agency of Evaluation I+D+I
Member
 España Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain España Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2024 Elon Musk quer ligar o cérebro humano a máquinas. O que é a Neuralink e como funciona? (Interview about neurotechnologies and the recent advances of Neuralink) Publico
2023 O problema não é estar sozinho, é sentir-se sozinho. O que diz a ciência sobre a solidão? (Neural basis of loneliness) Público
2020 La neurociencia explica por qué tenemos «hambre de piel» y necesitamos abrazos Interview regarding the importance of social interactions during COVID times el País
2019 ¿Es innata nuestra capacidad para diferencias a personas de otro sexo? el País
2017 Collaboration with local press about Intelligence Diario Información (Alicante)
2017 Los neurocientíficos presentan el primer mapa cerebral de la empatía la Vanguardia
2013 Coverage about our Translational Psychiatry paper The Scientist
2013 Coverage about our Translational Psychiatry paper Time
2011 Article about stress. Visão
2006 Coverage about our Brain Research paper El Pais

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2018 - Current Science outreach TV show: Felicitat 3.0: Viatjar the Neuroscience behind travelling and the surprise
2022 - 2022 La ciencia tras un puñetazo ¿Cómo es el cerebro violento? (Neurobiology of Violence) Collaboration with cadena SER (national radio) about the neurobiology of violence, after the event of Will Smith at the Oscars ceremony
2022 - 2022 Inquietamente. RNE. Prosocialidad Radio interview in the main Spanish channel about our Current biology paper
2021 - 2021 Inquietamente RNE. El estrés infantil equivale a alteración de memoria y ansied Radio interview in the main Spanish channel about our Neurobiology of stress paper
2020 - 2020 El cerebro en el contacto social The social brain in the times of COVID
2015 - 2015 SIC Noticias TV- Interview in the main national channel. National News (In English and Portuguese) about our Current Biology paper

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2022 - 2024 External grant reviewer for the ERC grants (EU) Starting and Consolidator ERC European Research Council, Belgium
2019 - 2022 External grant reviewer for the Wellcome Trust (UK) Wellcome Foundation Ltd, United Kingdom
2018 - 2021 Grant Reviewer for Spanish Agency of Evaluation I+D+I Agencia Estatal de Investigación, Spain
2019 - 2019 External grant reviewer for the Agence National de Recherche (France) Agence nationale de la recherche, France
Distinctions

Award

2022 ERAChair holder
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

European Commission, Belgium
2017 NARSAD Young Investigator
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, United States
2015 Ramón y Cajal Fellow
España Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain
2014 Best talk award: 11ª Christmas Meeting del Instituto de Neurociencias. Alicante, Spain
Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain
2014 Best poster award "The Brain Conference: Controlling neurons, circuits and behaviour. " Rungstedgaard, Copenhaguen, Denmark
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Belgium
2010 Travel grant. XI Spanish Neuroscience school. Carmona. Spain
Sociedad Española de Neurociencia, Spain
2009 Postdoctoral fellowship Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB).
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
2008 Travel award. 8th World Congress on Neurohypophysial Hormones.
2007 Young investigator Award. Roche Research Foundation.
2007 EPFL-NESTLE Postdoctoral contract.
Nestlé Foundation, Switzerland
2006 Young investigator Award. Swiss National Foundation (SSN-IBRO).
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Switzerland
2004 Travel award 5th World Congress on Stress. UK
2004 Fellowship Spanish Network of addictive behaviors
España Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain
2003 Travel award FENS-IBRO summer school. Elba Island, Italy
International Brain Research Organization, France
2003 Travel award 6th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience. Prague, Czech Republic
International Brain Research Organization, France
2000 UAB Fellowship for master and PhD studies.
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
1999 Fellowship for scientific internship. Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture.
Gobierno de Espana Ministerio de Educación Cultura y Deporte, Spain
1996 ERASMUS fellowship. Université de Liège (Belgium)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain