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Henrique Veiga Fernandes. É Investigador Coordenador (carreira) no(a) Fundação Champalimaud. Publicou mais de 50 artigos em revistas especializadas. Possui 3 livro(s).
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Henrique Veiga Fernandes

Citation names

  • Veiga-Fernandes, Henrique

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C919-1B92-794F
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6216-1836

Telephones

Telephone
  • 210480136 (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Immunology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Italian Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Advanced (C1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2002
Concluded
 Thèse de doctorat en Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire (Postgraduate Certificate)
Université Paris Descartes, France
"Characterization of memory CD8 T cell properties" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Très honorable avec félicitations du jury
1996
Concluded
 Medicina Veterinária (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
"Neuropathology of Trypanosoma brucei brucei infection" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15/20 , Thesis: Muito Bom (20/20)
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/12/01 - Current Promotor Limm Therapeutics, France
2016/05/01 - Current Senior Group Leader Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2019/11/01 - 2024 Champalimaud Research Director Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2015/06/01 - 2017/10/30 Promotor StemCell2Max, Portugal
2009/01/01 - 2017/05/31 Group Leader Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2014/01/01 - 2016/05/01 Board of Directors Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2006/06/01 - 2008/09/01 Senior Investigator Scientist National Institute for Medical Research, United Kingdom
2004/02/01 - 2006/05/01 Post-Doctoral fellow National Institute for Medical Research, United Kingdom
2002/11/01 - 2004/01/01 Post-Doctoral Fellow Institut Necker-Enfants Malades, France
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Deciphering the role of IL-17 on peripheral nerve regeneration
2022.01244.PTDC
10.54499/2022.01244.PTDC
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/01/01 - 2020/12/31 An OMICS Network to Prevent and Control Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance (ONEIDA)
SAICTPAC/0015/2015
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2016 - Current Glia-derived factors in innate immune sensing
PTDC/IMI-IMU/3138/2014
Principal investigator
2024 - 2028 Architecture of Peripheral Neuroimmune Circuits and Synapses
101097830; Call: ERC-2022-ADG
Principal investigator
European Research Council, Belgium
2024 - 2027 Better understanding of the impact of risk factors and health determinants on the development and progression of cancer, under Mission Cancer
HADEA - HORIZON-MISS-2021-CANCER-02 - PROJECT 101096312 - GENIAL
Principal investigator
Ongoing
2023/03/01 - 2026/02/28 Decifrar como as células T não convencionais são reguladas por micronutrientes e seu papel na malignidade epitelial.
2022.06145.PTDC
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/02/01 - 2025/01/31 Integration of neuronal signals by tumour-infiltrating natural killer and myeloma cells.
2022.08762.PTDC
10.54499/2022.08762.PTDC
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2022 - 2025 Circadian regulation of pulmonary immunity by neuroendocrine signals
PTDC/MED-IMU/2189/2021
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2021 - 2025 A brain-gut circuit responsible for intestinal immunity and physiology
PTDC/MED-IMU/6381/2020
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Concluded
2023/09/07 - 2024/07/03 Um circuito cérebro-intestinal responsável pela imunidade e fisiologia intestinais.
PTDC/MED-IMU/6381/2020
10.54499/PTDC/MED-IMU/6381/2020
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2021 - 2024 Deciphering pulmonary neuroimmune circuits in health and disease
PTDC/MED-IMU/6653/2020
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2021 - 2024 Regulation of intestinal Immunity by brain-derived signals
PTDC/MED-IMU/0870/2020
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Concluded
2021 - 2024 Commensal microbiota regulation of neuro-immune networks
PTDC/MED-IMU/2628/2020
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2020 - 2024 Unravelling pulmonary neuroimmune circuits during infection (Neurimm KISS)
La Caixa HR20-00841
Principal investigator
2022 - 2023 PT2020-LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-072542
PT2020-LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-072542
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
2018/06/14 - 2022/06/13 Circadian regulation of innate lymphoid cells
2020 - 2022 Unraveling Neuro-immune Interactions at the Single Cell Level
CZI INFL-0000000193
Principal investigator
2015/06/01 - 2021/12/31 Glia-derived factors in innate lymphoid cell sensing and intestinal defence
647274
Principal investigator
2018 - 2021 Neuroimmune system arquitecture
12826
Principal investigator
2018 - 2021 Role of diet-derived retinoids in natural intraepithelial lymphocytes and early-life intestinal immunity
FCT-PTDC/MED-IMU/31194/2017
2017/01/01 - 2020/12/31 ONEIDA: An Omics Network to Prevent and Control Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance.
SAICTPAC/0015/2015
LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-016417
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018 - 2018 Activation of type 3 Innate Lymphoid Cells and innate IL-22 secretion via RET signaling for Inflammatory Bowel Disease treatment
FERRING INC
Principal investigator
2017 - 2018 Neuroimmune activation as a novel therapeutic approach for IBD
764332
Principal investigator
2017 - 2018 Neuroimmune activation as a novel therapeutic approach for mucosal inflammation
INC
Principal investigator
2013/04/08 - 2016/10/07 Animal models of human disease: refinement of strategies and implementation of new technologies
RECI/BIM-MEC/0161/2012
Provided by PTCRIS: 125967
125967
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015 - 2016 Regulation of innate lymphoid cells in the enteric mucosa
KRF
Principal investigator
2013 - 2016 Control of Innate Lymphoid Cell function and intestinal homeostasis by neurotrophic factors
FCT-ANR/IMI-IMU/0094/2012
Principal investigator
2014 - 2015/02 A novel solution to efficient Haematopoietic Stem Cell regeneration
620227
2012 - 2015 Regulation of immune functions by stroma cells
FP7 EU, ITN
FP7 EU, ITN
Principal investigator
N/A
2013 - 2014 Modulation of RET signaling in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
National Blood Foundation
National Blood Foundation
Principal investigator
N/A
2011/01/01 - 2013/02/17 Projecto Estratégico - LA 5 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/SAU/LA0005/2011
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010 - 2013 Role of the proto-oncogene Ret in haematopoiesis
PTDC/SAU-MII/104931/2008
Principal investigator
2008 - 2013 Role of the proto-oncogene Ret in the immune system
207057
Principal investigator
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
 European Research Council
2008 - 2013 Requirements for lymphoid organogenesis
EMBO YIP, installation grant
EMBO YIP, installation grant
Principal investigator
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
 N/A
Concluded
2012/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Microbiota and enteric ILC differentiation
1648
Principal investigator
2010 - 2012 Role of haematopietic subsets during lymphoid organogenesis
PTDC/SAU-MII/100016/2008
Principal investigator
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Cupedo, T.; Coles, M.C.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.. Structure and development of Peyer's patches in humans and mice. 2011.
    10.1007/978-3-642-14429-5_9
  2. Cupedo, T.; Coles, M.C.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.. Development and structure of lymph nodes in humans and mice. 2011.
    10.1007/978-3-642-14429-5_7
  3. Alden, K.; Andrews, P.S.; Timmis, J.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.; Coles, M.. Towards argument-driven validation of an in silico model of immune tissue organogenesis. 2011.
    10.1007/978-3-642-22371-6_7
Conference poster
  1. Ferreira, Manuela; Bastos-Amador, Patricia; Silva, Ana Raquel; Raposo, Bruno; Torres, Júlio; Oliveira-Machado, Tomás; Casquinha, Maria; et al. "Retinoid signals in epithelial unconventional T cells: implications for intestinal malignancy control". Paper presented in Champalimaud Research Symposium 2024, 2024.
  2. Ferreira, Manuela; Sílvia Madeira-Arroz; Ana Raquel Silva; BASTOS-AMADOR, PATRICIA; Bruno Raposo; Oliveira-Machado, Tomás; Diogo Vieira da Silva ; et al. Corresponding author: Ferreira, Manuela. "Unravelling the role of retinoic acid-controlled Hes1 in iNKT cells". Paper presented in XLIX - Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology, 2024.
  3. Ferreira, Manuela; Silva, Diogo; Oliveira-Machado, Tomás; Veiga-Fernandes, Henrique. Corresponding author: Ferreira, Manuela. "The role of micronutrients of invariant Natural Killer T cells and their function in colon cancer". Paper presented in IV Metabolism, Ageing & Disease (MAD) Meeting, 2024.
  4. Pessoa da Silva, Raquel; Martínez-Lopez, María; Veiga-Fernandes, Henrique. "Dendritic cells: bridging neuromodulation and immunity". Paper presented in Champalimaud Research Symposium 2022, 2022.
Journal article
  1. Šestan, Marko; Raposo, Bruno; Rendas, Miguel; Brea, David; Pirzgalska, Roksana; Rasteiro, Ana; Aliseychik, Maria; et al. "Neuronal-ILC2 interactions regulate pancreatic glucagon and glucose homeostasis". Science 387 6731 (2025): https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adi3624.
    10.1126/science.adi3624
  2. Douglas, Aaron; Stevens, Brenneth; Rendas, Miguel; Kane, Harry; Lynch, Evan; Kunkemoeller, Britta; Wessendorf-Rodriguez, Karl; et al. "Rhythmic IL-17 production by ¿d T cells maintains adipose de novo lipogenesis". Nature 636 8041 (2024): 206-214. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08131-3.
    10.1038/s41586-024-08131-3
  3. Šestan, Marko; Mikašinovic, Sanja; Benic, Ante; Wueest, Stephan; Dimitropoulos, Christoforos; Mladenic, Karlo; Krapic, Mia; et al. "An IFN¿-dependent immune–endocrine circuit lowers blood glucose to potentiate the innate antiviral immune response". Nature Immunology 25 6 (2024): 981-993. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-024-01848-3.
    10.1038/s41590-024-01848-3
  4. Mohanta, Sarajo K.; Yin, Changjun; Weber, Christian; Godinho-Silva, Cristina; Veiga-Fernandes, Henrique; Xu, Qian J.; Chang, Rui B.; Habenicht, Andreas J.R.. "Cardiovascular Brain Circuits". Circulation Research 132 11 (2023): 1546-1565. https://doi.org/10.1161/circresaha.123.322791.
    10.1161/circresaha.123.322791
  5. Pirzgalska, Roksana M.; Veiga-Fernandes, Henrique. "Type 2 neuroimmune circuits in the shaping of physiology". Immunity 56 4 (2023): 695-703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2023.03.016.
    10.1016/j.immuni.2023.03.016
  6. Penny, Hugo A.; Domingues, Rita G.; Krauss, Maria Z.; Melo-Gonzalez, Felipe; Lawson, Melissa A. E.; Dickson, Suzanna; Parkinson, James; et al. "Rhythmicity of intestinal IgA responses confers oscillatory commensal microbiota mutualism". Science Immunology 7 75 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciimmunol.abk2541.
    10.1126/sciimmunol.abk2541
  7. Klein Wolterink, Roel G.J.; Wu, Glendon S.; Chiu, Isaac M.; Veiga-Fernandes, Henrique. "Neuroimmune Interactions in Peripheral Organs". Annual Review of Neuroscience 45 1 (2022): 339-360. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-neuro-111020-105359.
    10.1146/annurev-neuro-111020-105359
  8. Simões, Anabel R.; Neto, Marta; Alves, Carolina S.; Santos, Mariana B.; Fernández-Hernández, Ismael; Veiga-Fernandes, Henrique; Brea, David; et al. "Damage-responsive neuro-glial clusters coordinate the recruitment of dormant neural stem cells in Drosophila". Developmental Cell 57 13 (2022): 1661-1675.e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2022.05.015.
    10.1016/j.devcel.2022.05.015
  9. Brea, David; Veiga-Fernandes, Henrique. "Inflammation in the gut is encoded by neurons in the brain". Nature 602 7896 (2022): 217-218. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03802-x.
    10.1038/d41586-021-03802-x
  10. Henrique Veiga-Fernandes. "Benedita Rocha (1949–2021)". Nature Immunology (2022): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-021-01074-1.
    10.1038/s41590-021-01074-1
  11. Filipa Cardoso; Roel G. J. Klein Wolterink; Cristina Godinho-Silva; Rita G. Domingues; Hélder Ribeiro; Joaquim Alves da Silva; Inês Mahú; Ana I. Domingos; Henrique Veiga-Fernandes. "Neuro-mesenchymal units control ILC2 and obesity via a brain–adipose circuit". Nature 597 7876 (2021): 410-414. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03830-7.
    10.1038/s41586-021-03830-7
  12. Klose, Christoph S. N.; Veiga-Fernandes, Henrique. "Neuroimmune interactions in peripheral tissues". European Journal of Immunology 51 7 (2021): 1602-1614. https://doi.org/10.1002/eji.202048812.
    10.1002/eji.202048812
  13. Jun R. Huh; Henrique Veiga-Fernandes. "Neuroimmune circuits in inter-organ communication". Nature Reviews Immunology (2019): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41577-019-0247-z.
    10.1038/s41577-019-0247-z
  14. Godinho-Silva, Cristina; Domingues, Rita G.; Rendas, Miguel; Raposo, Bruno; Ribeiro, Hélder; da Silva, Joaquim Alves; Vieira, Ana; et al. "Light-entrained and brain-tuned circadian circuits regulate ILC3s and gut homeostasis". Nature 574 7777 (2019): 254-258. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1579-3.
    10.1038/s41586-019-1579-3
  15. Godinho-Silva, Cristina; Cardoso, Filipa; Veiga-Fernandes, Henrique. "Neuro–Immune Cell Units: A New Paradigm in Physiology". Annual Review of Immunology 37 1 (2019): 19-46. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-immunol-042718-041812.
    10.1146/annurev-immunol-042718-041812
  16. Chesné, Julie; Cardoso, Vânia; Veiga-Fernandes, Henrique. "Neuro-immune regulation of mucosal physiology". Mucosal Immunology 12 1 (2019): 10-20. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41385-018-0063-y.
    10.1038/s41385-018-0063-y
  17. Klein Wolterink, Roel G.J.; Pirzgalska, Roksana M.; Veiga-Fernandes, Henrique. "Neuroendocrine Cells Take Your Breath Away". Immunity 49 1 (2018): 9-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2018.06.010.
    10.1016/j.immuni.2018.06.010
  18. Veiga-Fernandes, Henrique; Artis, David. "Neuronal–immune system cross-talk in homeostasis". Science 359 6383 (2018): 1465-1466. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aap9598.
    10.1126/science.aap9598
  19. Emgård, Johanna; Kammoun, Hana; García-Cassani, Bethania; Chesné, Julie; Parigi, Sara M.; Jacob, Jean-Marie; Cheng, Hung-Wei; et al. "Oxysterol Sensing through the Receptor GPR183 Promotes the Lymphoid-Tissue-Inducing Function of Innate Lymphoid Cells and Colonic Inflammation". Immunity 48 1 (2018): 120-132.e8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2017.11.020.
    10.1016/j.immuni.2017.11.020
  20. Henrique Veiga-Fernandes; Vassilis Pachnis. "Neuroimmune regulation during intestinal development and homeostasis". Nature Immunology 18 2 (2017): 116-122. https://doi.org/10.1038/ni.3634.
    10.1038/ni.3634
  21. Mowel, W.K.; McCright, S.J.; Kotzin, J.J.; Collet, M.A.; Uyar, A.; Chen, X.; DeLaney, A.; et al. "Group 1 Innate Lymphoid Cell Lineage Identity Is Determined by a cis-Regulatory Element Marked by a Long Non-coding RNA". Immunity 47 3 (2017): 435-449.e8. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85031753412&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.immuni.2017.08.012
  22. Veiga-Fernandes, H.; Freitas, A.A.. "The S(c)ensory Immune System Theory". Trends in Immunology 38 10 (2017): 777-788. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85014686079&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.it.2017.02.007
  23. Alden, K.; Timmis, J.; Andrews, P.S.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.; Coles, M.. "Extending and Applying Spartan to Perform Temporal Sensitivity Analyses for Predicting Changes in Influential Biological Pathways in Computational Models". IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics 14 2 (2017): 431-442. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85017135851&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1109/TCBB.2016.2527654
  24. Cardoso, V.; Chesné, J.; Ribeiro, H.; Garcia-Cassani, B.; Carvalho, T.; Bouchery, T.; Shah, K.; et al. "Neuronal regulation of type 2 innate lymphoid cells via neuromedin U". Nature 549 7671 (2017): 277-281. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85030777338&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/nature23469
  25. Ibiza, S.; García-Cassani, B.; Ribeiro, H.; Carvalho, T.; Almeida, L.; Marques, R.; Misic, A.M.; et al. "Glial-cell-derived neuroregulators control type 3 innate lymphoid cells and gut defence". Nature 535 7612 (2016): 440-443. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84978128198&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/nature18644
  26. Veiga-Fernandes, H.; Mucida, D.. "Neuro-Immune Interactions at Barrier Surfaces". Cell 165 4 (2016): 801-811. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84965155641&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cell.2016.04.041
  27. Goverse, G.; Labao-Almeida, C.; Ferreira, M.; Molenaar, R.; Wahlen, S.; Konijn, T.; Koning, J.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.; Mebius, R.E.. "Vitamin A controls the presence of ROR¿+innate lymphoid cells and lymphoid tissue in the small intestine". Journal of Immunology 196 12 (2016): 5148-5155. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84974801198&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.4049/jimmunol.1501106
  28. Ettersperger, J.; Montcuquet, N.; Malamut, G.; Guegan, N.; Lopez-Lastra, S.; Gayraud, S.; Reimann, C.; et al. "Interleukin-15-Dependent T-Cell-like Innate Intraepithelial Lymphocytes Develop in the Intestine and Transform into Lymphomas in Celiac Disease". Immunity 45 3 (2016): 610-625. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84990890397&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.immuni.2016.07.018
  29. Marc Veldhoen; Henrique Veiga-Fernandes. "Feeding immunity: skepticism, delicacies and delights". Nature Immunology 16 3 (2015): 215-219. https://doi.org/10.1038/ni.3100.
    10.1038/ni.3100
  30. Fonseca-Pereira, D.; Arroz-Madeira, S.; Rodrigues-Campos, M.; Barbosa, I.A.M.; Domingues, R.G.; Bento, T.; Almeida, A.R.M.; et al. "The neurotrophic factor receptor RET drives haematopoietic stem cell survival and function". Nature 514 7520 (2015): 98-101. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84908019053&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/nature13498
  31. Alden, K.; Andrews, P.S.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.; Timmis, J.; Coles, M.. "Utilising a simulation platform to understand the effect of domain model assumptions". Natural Computing 14 1 (2015): 99-107. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84924222158&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11047-014-9428-7
  32. Monteiro, M.; Agua-Doce, A.; Almeida, C.F.; Fonseca-Pereira, D.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.; Graca, L.. "IL-9 expression by invariant NKT cells is not imprinted during thymic development". Journal of Immunology 195 7 (2015): 3463-3471. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84942446783&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.4049/jimmunol.1403170
  33. Alden, K.; Andrews, P.S.; Polack, F.A.C.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.; Coles, M.C.; Timmis, J.. "Using argument notation to engineer biological simulations with increased confidence". Journal of the Royal Society Interface 12 104 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84923253582&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1098/rsif.2014.1059
  34. Xu, W.; Domingues, R.G.; Fonseca-Pereira, D.; Ferreira, M.; Ribeiro, H.; Lopez-Lastra, S.; Motomura, Y.; et al. "NFIL3 Orchestrates the emergence of common helper innate lymphoid cell precursors". Cell Reports 10 12 (2015): 2044-2055. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84925943039&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.celrep.2015.02.057
  35. Fernandes SM; Pires AR; Ferreira C; Foxall RB; Rino J; Santos C; Correia L; et al. "Enteric mucosa integrity in the presence of a preserved innate IL-22 compartment in HIV-1 treated individuals.". (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24604817.
    10.1093/infdis/jiu126
  36. Godinho-Silva, C.; Marques, S.; Fontinha, D.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.; Stevenson, P.G.; Simas, J.P.. "Defining Immune Engagement Thresholds for In Vivo Control of Virus-Driven Lymphoproliferation". PLoS Pathogens 10 6 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84903453422&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.ppat.1004220
  37. Almeida, A.R.M.; Fonseca-Pereira, D.; Arroz-Madeira, S.; Ribeiro, H.; Labão-Almeida, C.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.. "The neurotrophic factor receptor RET regulates IL-10 production by in vitro polarised T helper 2 cells". European Journal of Immunology 44 12 (2014): 3605-3613. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84922534024&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/eji.201344422
  38. Klose, C.S.N.; Flach, M.; Möhle, L.; Rogell, L.; Hoyler, T.; Ebert, K.; Fabiunke, C.; et al. "Differentiation of type 1 ILCs from a common progenitor to all helper-like innate lymphoid cell lineages". Cell 157 2 (2014): 340-356. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84898640432&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cell.2014.03.030
  39. Van De Pavert, S.A.; Ferreira, M.; Domingues, R.G.; Ribeiro, H.; Molenaar, R.; Moreira-Santos, L.; Almeida, F.F.; et al. "Maternal retinoids control type 3 innate lymphoid cells and set the offspring immunity". Nature 508 1 (2014): 123-127. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84897480560&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/nature13158
  40. Ferreira, M.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.. "Pre-birth world and the development of the immune system: Mum's diet affects our adult health: New insight on how the diet during pregnancy permanently influences offspring health and immune fitness Prospects & Overviews M. Ferreira and H. Veiga-Fernandes". BioEssays 36 12 (2014): 1213-1220. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85027919069&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/bies.201400115
  41. Coles, M.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.. "Insight into lymphoid tissue morphogenesis". Immunology Letters 156 1-2 (2013): 46-53. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84885740894&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.imlet.2013.08.001
  42. Alden, K.; Read, M.; Timmis, J.; Andrews, P.S.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.; Coles, M.. "Spartan: A Comprehensive Tool for Understanding Uncertainty in Simulations of Biological Systems". PLoS Computational Biology 9 2 (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84874780992&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002916
  43. Baptista, A.P.; Olivier, B.J.; Goverse, G.; Greuter, M.; Knippenberg, M.; Kusser, K.; Domingues, R.G.; et al. "Colonic patch and colonic SILT development are independent and differentially regulated events". Mucosal Immunology 6 3 (2013): 511-521. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84876355773&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/mi.2012.90
  44. Patel, A.; Harker, N.; Moreira-Santos, L.; Ferreira, M.; Alden, K.; Timmis, J.; Foster, K.; et al. "Differential RET signaling pathways drive development of the enteric lymphoid and nervous systems". Science Signaling 5 235 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84864554059&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1126/scisignal.2002734
  45. Alden, K.; Timmis, J.; Andrews, P.S.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.; Coles, M.C.. "Pairing experimentation and computational modeling to understand the role of tissue inducer cells in the development of lymphoid organs". Frontiers in Immunology 3 JUL (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84874214076&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fimmu.2012.00172
  46. Almeida, A.R.M.; Arroz-Madeira, S.; Fonseca-Pereira, D.; Ribeiro, H.; Lasrado, R.; Pachnis, V.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.. "RET/GFRa Signals Are Dispensable for Thymic T Cell Development In Vivo". PLoS ONE 7 12 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84871649026&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0052949
  47. Ferreira, M.; Domingues, R.G.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.. "Stroma cell priming in enteric lymphoid organ morphogenesis". Frontiers in Immunology 3 JUL (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84874209855&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fimmu.2012.00219
  48. Veiga-Fernandes, H.; Foster, K.; Patel, A.; Coles, M.; Kioussis, D.. "Visualisation of lymphoid organ development.". Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 616 (2010): 161-179. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77954064750&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/978-1-60761-461-6_11
  49. Foster, K.E.; Gordon, J.; Cardenas, K.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.; Makinen, T.; Grigorieva, E.; Wilkinson, D.G.; et al. "EphB-ephrin-B2 interactions are required for thymus migration during organogenesis". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107 30 (2010): 13414-13419. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77955818628&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1073/pnas.1003747107
  50. Karamitros, D.; Kotantaki, P.; Lygerou, Z.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.; Pachnis, V.; Kioussis, D.; Taraviras, S.. "Life without geminin". Cell Cycle 9 16 (2010): 3181-3185. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77955727593&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.4161/cc.9.16.12554
  51. Menzel, U.; Ktistaki, E.; Tolaini, M.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.; Kioussis, D.. "Replication allows inactivation of a knocked-in locus control region in inappropriate cell lineages". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107 39 (2010): 16928-16933. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78049283757&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1073/pnas.1010317107
  52. Coles, M.; Kioussis, D.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.. "Cellular and molecular requirements in lymph node and Peyer's patch development". Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science 92 C (2010): 177-205. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77958125277&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S1877-1173(10)92008-5
  53. Coles, M.; Kioussis, D.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.. "Commentary on "lymphoid tissue inducer cells and the evolution of cd4 dependent high-affinity antibody responses"". Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science 92 C (2010): 175-176. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77958125900&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S1877-1173(10)92016-4
  54. Gascoyne, D.M.; Long, E.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.; De Boer, J.; Williams, O.; Seddon, B.; Coles, M.; Kioussis, D.; Brady, H.J.M.. "Erratum: The basic leucine zipper transcription factor E4BP4 is essential for natural killer cell development (Nature Immunology (2009) 10 (1118-1124))". Nature Immunology 11 6 (2010): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77952566710&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/ni0610-543a
  55. Karamitros, D.; Kotantaki, P.; Lygerou, Z.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.; Pachnis, V.; Kioussis, D.; Taraviras, S.. "Differential geminin requirement for proliferation of thymocytes and mature T cells". Journal of Immunology 184 5 (2010): 2432-2441. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77951929029&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.4049/jimmunol.0901983
  56. Veiga-Fernandes, H.; Kioussis, D.; Coles, M.. "Natural killer receptors: The burden of a name". Journal of Experimental Medicine 207 2 (2010): 269-272. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77149154687&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1084/jem.20100105
  57. Gascoyne, D.M.; Long, E.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.; de Boer, J.; Williams, O.; Seddon, B.; Coles, M.; Kioussis, D.; Brady, H.J.M.. "The basic leucine zipper transcription factor E4BP4 is essential for natural killer cell development". Nature Immunology 10 10 (2009): 1118-1124. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70349446453&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/ni.1787
  58. Foster, K.; Sheridan, J.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.; Roderick, K.; Pachnis, V.; Adams, R.; Blackburn, C.; Kioussis, D.; Coles, M.. "Contribution of neural crest-derived cells in the embryonic and adult thymus". Journal of Immunology 180 5 (2008): 3183-3189. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-49149124183&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  59. Williams, A.; Harker, N.; Ktistaki, E.; Veiga-fernandes, H.; Roderick, K.; Tolaini, M.; Norton, T.; Williams, K.; Kioussis, D.. "Position effect variegation and imprinting of transgenes in lymphocytes". Nucleic Acids Research 36 7 (2008): 2320-2329. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-42449110778&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/nar/gkn085
  60. Peixoto, A.; Evaristo, C.; Munitic, I.; Monteiro, M.; Charbit, A.; Rocha, B.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.. "CD8 single-cell gene coexpression reveals three different effector types present at distinct phases of the immune response". Journal of Experimental Medicine 204 5 (2007): 1193-1205. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34249032702&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1084/jem.20062349
  61. McMahon, K.A.; Hiew, S.Y.-L.; Hadjur, S.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.; Menzel, U.; Price, A.J.; Kioussis, D.; Williams, O.; Brady, H.J.M.. "Mll Has a Critical Role in Fetal and Adult Hematopoietic Stem Cell Self-Renewal". Cell Stem Cell 1 3 (2007): 338-345. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34548413178&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.stem.2007.07.002
  62. Veiga-Fernandes, H.; Coles, M.C.; Foster, K.E.; Patel, A.; Williams, A.; Natarajan, D.; Barlow, A.; Pachnis, V.; Kioussis, D.. "Tyrosine kinase receptor RET is a key regulator of Peyer's Patch organogenesis". Nature 446 7135 (2007): 547-551. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34047158654&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/nature05597
  63. Coles, M.C.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.; Foster, K.E.; Norton, T.; Pagakis, S.N.; Seddon, B.; Kioussis, D.. "Role of T and NK cells and IL7/IL7r interactions during neonatal maturation of lymph nodes". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103 36 (2006): 13457-13462. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33748634935&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1073/pnas.0604183103
  64. Peixoto, A.; Monteiro, M.; Rocha, B.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.. "Quantification of multiple gene expression in individual cells". Genome Research 14 10 A (2004): 1938-1947. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-6344291988&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/gr.2890204
  65. Veiga-Fernandes, H.; Rocha, B.. "High expression of active CDK6 in the cytoplasm of CD8 memory cells favors rapid division". Nature Immunology 5 1 (2004): 31-37. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0346496026&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/ni1015
  66. Tralhão, J.G.; Schaefer, L.; Micegova, M.; Evaristo, C.; Schönherr, E.; Kayal, S.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.; et al. "In vivo selective and distant killing of cancer cells using adenovirus-mediated decorin gene transfer.". The FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 17 3 (2003): 464-466. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037364506&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  67. Nair, S.; Poyart, C.; Beretti, J.-L.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.; Berche, P.; Trieu-Cuot, P.. "Role of the Streptococcus agalactiae ClpP serine protease in heat-induced stress defence and growth arrest". Microbiology 149 2 (2003): 407-417. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037291879&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1099/mic.0.25783-0
  68. Bourgeois, C.; Veiga-Fernandes, H.; Joret, A.-M.; Rocha, B.; Tanchot, C.. "CD8 lethargy in the absence of CD4 help". European Journal of Immunology 32 8 (2002): 2199-2207. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036686891&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/1521-4141(200208)32:8<2199::AID-IMMU2199>3.0.CO;2-L
  69. Veiga-Fernandes, H.; Walter, U.; Bourgeois, C.; McLean, A.; Rocha, B.. "Response of naïve and memory CD8+ T cells to antigen stimulation in vivo". Nature Immunology 1 1 (2000): 47-53. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034231222&partnerID=MN8TOARS.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Veiga-Fernandes, Henrique. 2016. "RET agonist molecules are critical to control type 3 innate lymphoid cell-derived interleukin 22, intestinal inflammation and infection". Portugal.
    Granted/Issued
  2. Veiga-Fernandes, Henrique. 2016. "Neuromedin U is a uniquely potent regulator of type 2 innate lymphoid function in the context of inflammation, infection, tissue repair and organ homeostasis". Portugal.
    Granted/Issued
  3. Veiga-Fernandes, Henrique. 2012. "RET agonist molecules are critical to Haematopoietic stem cell (HSC) expansion protocols and HSC transplantation therapy". Portugal.
    Granted/Issued
  4. Veiga-Fernandes, Henrique. 2004. "Method and means for quantitative analysis of the number of molecules coding for different genes in cells.". France.
    Expired
Provisional application for patent
  1. 2021. "Neuro-mesenchyme units control ILC2 and obesity via a brain-adipose circuit.".
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025 Neuroimmune Ecosystems Institute of Immunology and Immune Health (I3H), Immunology Colloquium Seminar Series, Philadelphia, US
2025 Neuroimmune Ecosystems Janelia Washington, US
2025 Neuroimmune Ecosystems EMBO Membership Committee meeting 2025, Heidelberg, Germany
2024 Neuroimmune Ecosystems CIBB, Coimbra
2024 Neuroimmune Ecosystems EMBO Marseille - “Tissue Resident Immune cells in Health and Disease”, Marseille
2024 Neuroimmune Ecosystems EMBO Heidelberg, Germany
2024 Neuroimmune Ecosystems Seminar at University of Geneva, Switzerland
2024 Neuroimmune Ecosystems ENII 2024, Sardinia, Italy
2024 Neuroimmune Ecosystems Italian Society of Immunology for 2024, Monopoli (Bari), Italy
2024 Neuroimmune Ecosystems The 88th Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Symposium on Quantitative Biology - Brain Body Physiology, Cold Spring Harbour, NY
2024 Neuroimmune Ecosystems Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
2024 Neuroimmune Ecosystems ICMI 2024, Copenhagen, Denmark
2024 Neuroimmune Ecosystems ILC5 Cambridge, UK
2024 Neuroimmune Ecosystems International Biomedicine Workshops of our university, "Cellular Sensors", Current Trends in Biomedicine
2023 Neuroimmune Ecosystems FENS, January 29 - February 4, Innsbruck, Austria
2023 Neuroimmune Ecosystems Dutch Immunology Society, NVVI Spring Symposium 2023, Netherlands
2023 Neuroimmune Ecosystems Cell Symposia: Neurometabolism in health and disease, Biopolis, Singapore
2023 Neuroimmune Ecosystems Neurotrophic Mechanisms in Health and Disease, Rhode Island, USA
2023 Neuroimmune Ecosystems CRG, PRBB-CRG Sessions series, Barcelona, Spain
2023 Neuroimmune Ecosystems EMIG 2023 Meeting in Bern, Switzerland
2023 Neuroimmune Ecosystems CNB Cycle Talks, Madrid, Spain
2022 Neuroimmune Ecosystems -TALES workshop: Neuroimmune cross-talk in health and disease, Hasselt,Bruxelles, Belgium
2022 Neuroimmune Ecosystems Cytokines 2022 Hybrid Meeting, ILCs, September 20-23 (remote)
2022 Neuroimmune Ecosystems BraYn ROME, Italy
2022 Neuroimmune Ecosystems Keystone Colorado, USA (remote)
2022 Neuroimmune Ecosystems Janelia’s 4D Cellular Physiology Symposium, Ashburn, VA, US
2022 Neuroimmune Ecosystems Advanced Immunology lecture series at the University of Basel, Switzerland
2022 Neuroimmune Ecosystems Rogan Institute, Cambridge,MA,US, November 3-4
2022 Neuroimmune Ecosystems Seminar, Alicante, Spain
2022 Neuroimmune Ecosystems 2022 SFI meeting, November 22-24, Nice, France
2022 Neuroimmune Ecosystems BSI Liverpool, UK
2022 Neuroimmune Ecosystems Type 2 responses Ghent, Belgium
2021 Neuroimmune interactions in health and Disease
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Germany)
2021 Neuroimmune interactions in health and Disease Global Immunotalks
University of California San Diego
2021 Neuroimmune interactions in health and Disease Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (United States)
2021 Neuroimmune interactions in health and Disease CIML, Université de Marseille
CIML, Université de Marseille
2021 Neuroimmune interactions in health and Disease Gastronauts Global
Gastronauts Global (France)
2021 Neuroimmune interactions in health and Disease University of Bonn
University of Bonn (Germany)
2021 Neuroimmune interactions in health and Disease Harvard University
Harvard University (United Kingdom)
2021 Keystone symposium: NeuroImmune Interactions in Health and Disease Keystone symposium
Keystone symposium (United States)
2021 Neuroimmune interactions in health and Disease Chernajovsky Foundation
Chernajovsky Foundation (United Kingdom)
2019/11 Neuronal regulation of immune fitness Immunity and Metabolism
2019/11 Neuronal regulation of immune fitness Manchester Immunology Group Seminar
2019/10 Neuronal regulation of immune fitness Immunogenomics
2019/09 Neuronal regulation of innate immunity Seminar at Institut Pasteur
2019/09 Neuronal regulation of immune fitness BASEL LIFE
2019/05 Neuronal regulation of innate lymphoid cells Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Inmunologia
2019/05 Neuronal regulation of immune fitness Switzerland-Portugal Workshop
2019/05 Neuronal regulation of inflammation CZI
2019/04 Neuronal regulation of innate lymphoid cells WIRM
2019/03 Neuronal regulation of immunity DC workshop
2019/03 Neuronal regulation of innate lymphoid cells NYU
2019/03 Neuronal regulation of innate lymphoid cells FASI
2019/02 Neuronal regulation of innate lymphoid cells Type 2 Immunity in Homeostasis and Disease
2019/01 Neuronal regulation of innate lymphoid cells Gordon Research Conferences
2018/12 Neuronal regulation of innate lymphoid cells ILC 2018
2018/10 Neuronal regulation of innate lymphoid cells Immunology Seminar - Crick
2018/10 Neuronal regulation of innate lymphoid cells THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
2018/10 Neuronal regulation of innate lymphoid cells Cytokines 2018
2018/09 Neuronal regulation of innate lymphoid cells Kennedy Institute
2018/09 Neuronal regulation of innate lymphoid cells ECI 2018
2018/07 Innate lymphoid cells and the second brain Mucosal Immunology Course & Symposium
2018/06 Innate lymphoid cells and the second brain Gordon Research Conferences, Mount Snow in West Dover VT
2018/05 Innate lymphoid cells and the second brain ENII,Cappo Caccia
2018/04 Neuronal regulation of ILC Exploring Frontiers: Rethinking the Neuroimmune System
2018/03 Innate lymphoid cells and the second brain Spring School on Immunology, Ettal, Bavaria
2018/02 Innate lymphoid cells and the second brain NIRIBHM, Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie Humaine et Moléculaire
2018/01 Innate lymphoid cells and the brains NIF Winter School on Advanced Immunology 2018
2017/12 Innate lymphoid cells and the second brain ILC winter school DFG
2017/11 Innate lymphoid cells and the second brain IITM Oxford University
2017/10 Innate lymphoid cells and the second brain CIML
2017/10 Innate lymphoid cells and the second brain Symposium on Precision Medicine and the Microbiome
2017/10 Immune regulation and the second brain Champalimaud Research Symposium
2017/09 Innate lymphoid cells and the second brain Max Planck
2017/07 Innate lymphoid cells and the second brain ICMI 2017
2017/06 Lymphoid organogenesis and innate immunity GABBA PhD program
2017/06 Innate lymphoid cells and the second brain 4th Lymphoid Tissue Meeting
2017/05 Innate lymphoid cells and the second brain ENII Summer School
2017/03 Innate lymphoid cells and the second brain Instituto de Medicina Molecular
2017/03 Innate lymphoid cells and the second brain Gothenburg University
2017/02 Innate lymphoid cell sensing IGC
2017/01 Environmental sensing by innate lymphoid cells Champalimaud Foundation
2017 Innate lymphoid cells and the second brain RISP Summer school, Kawasaki
2016/12 Environmental sensing by innate lymphoid cells British Society of Immunology
2016/12 Innate lymphoid cells and the second brain ILC meeting
2016/06 Tales of the sensory immune system and the second brain IGC
2016/06 Lymphoid organogenesis and innate immunity GABBA PhD program
2016/05 Environmental sensing by immune cells ENII Summer School
2016/03 Environmental sensing by innate lymphoid cells CEDOC
2016/03 Environmental sensing by innate lymphoid cells ITQB
2016/02 Environmental sensing by innate lymphoid cells Keystone symposium
2015/10 Environmental sensing by immune cells CRCL
2015/10 Environmental sensing by immune cells EMBO members meeting
2015/10 Environmental sensing by immune cells Annual meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology
2015/07 Neurotrophic factors control innate lymphoid cells and intestinal defense Annual scientific meeting Kenneth Rainnin Foundation
2015/06 Environmental sensing by immune cells IGC
2015/05 Environmental sensing by immune cells ENII Summer School
2015/03 Environmental sensing by immune cells Cambridge University
(United Kingdom)
2015/01 Environmental sensing by immune cells IMP
2014/11 Environmental sensing by Haematopoietic cells Edinburgh University
(United Kingdom)
2014/11 Prebirth world and ILC regulation Catalan Society of Immunology
(Spain)
2014/10 Environmental sensing by Haematopoietic cells Spanish/Japanese developmental biology societies
(Spain)
2014/09 Environmental sensing by Haematopoietic cells The Rockefeller University
(United States)
2014/09 Prebirth world and ILC regulation ILC meeting
(France)
2014/07 Control of innate lymphoid cells and gut defense by neurotrophic factors Annual scientific meeting Kenneth Rainnin Foundation
(United States)
2013/09 Prebirth world and the regulation of adult immune fitness VU University Medical Center
(Netherlands)
2013/09 Prebirth world and the regulation of adult immune fitness Lymphoid Tissue LT3 meeting
(Netherlands)
2013/07 Prebirth world and the regulation of adult immune fitness Young Scientist Forum - EMBO,
(Portugal)
2013/05 Beyond neuroregulatory functions of neurotrophic factors Istituto Gaslini
(Italy)
2013/05 Lymphoid organogenesis in brief ENII Summer School
(Italy)
2013/03 Beyond neuroregulatory functions of neurotrophic factors Erasmus University
(Netherlands)
2012/10 Lymphoid organogenesis in brief IBILI
(Portugal)
2012/09 Haematopoietic-Stroma cell interactions in the intestine Rennes University
(France)
2012/05 Beyond neuroregulatory functions of neurotrophic factors EMBO YIP meeting
(Portugal)
2012/04 Neurotrophic factors and immune cell functions SINAL2012 meeting
(Portugal)
2011/11 Neurotrophic factors and immune cell functions EMBL
(Italy)
2011/09 Neurotrophic factors and immune cell functions SFB854 International Symposium
(Germany)
2011/05 Lymphoid organogenesis ENII Summer School
(Cappo Caccia, Italy)
2010/05 Neurotrophic factors and immune cell functions EMBO YIP meeting
(Heidelberg, Germany)
2010/05 Lymphoid organogenesis ENII,Cappo Caccia
(Sardinia)
2010/05 Neurotrophic factors and immune cell functions ICVS
(Braga, Portugal)
2010/01 Lymphoid organogenesis ICH
(Milão)
2010/01 Lymphoid organogenesis IEO
(Milão)
2009/11 Lymphoid organogenesis CMDT
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2009/10 Lymphoid organogenesis Professor Maria de Sousa Jubilee
(Cascais, Portugal)
2009/10 Enteric Lymphoid organogenesis Meeting: MicroAnatomy of the Immune System
(Birmingham, United Kingdom)
2009/06 Regulatory mechanisms of enteric lymphoid organogenesis ESMI meeting
(Barcelona, Spain)
2009/03 Enteric Lymphoid organogenesis IGC
(Portugal)
2008/12 Enteric Lymphoid organogenesis Institut Pasteur
(Paris, France)
2008/10 Enteric Lymphoid organogenesis Annual meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology
(Porto, Portugal)
2007/06 Visualizing Lymphoid tissue development University of York
(York, United Kingdom)
2007/06 Enteric Lymphoid organogenesis Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB)
(Cambridge)
2006/10 Visualizing Lymphoid tissue development Institute of Molecular Medicine
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2006/02 Lymphoid organogenesis Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology
(Porto, Portugal)
2006/01 Lymphoid organogenesis Cancer Research UK
(Londres, United Kingdom)
2002/08 Cell Cycle regulation and Memory T PhD program in immunology
(Ribeirão Preto, Brazil)
2002/06 Cell Cycle regulation and Memory T cell Cancer Research UK
(Londres, United Kingdom)
2001/10 Memory T cell cell responses Euresco conference
(San Feliu de Guixols, Spain)
2000/05 Memory T cells responses Société Française d’Immunologie
(Paris, France)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2018 - Current Control of innate lymphoid cells by circadian cues
Supervisor of Miguel Rendas
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2016 - Current Regulation of type 2 innate lymphoid cells at barrier sites
Supervisor
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Regulation of type 2 innate lymphoid cells in the adipose tissue
Co-supervisor of Gonçalo Malpica
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Neuronal-intraepithelial lymphocyte interactions at the intestinal mucosa
Co-supervisor
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Alveolar macrophages in pulmonary neuro-immune communication
Supervisor of Ana Rasteiro
2018 - 2019 Regulation of invariant Natural Killer T cell development by diet-derived retinoids
Co-supervisor of Raquel Silva
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2015 - 2019 Control of Mucosa defense and Innate Immunity by neuroregulators
Supervisor of Vânia Cardoso
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2013 - 2018 Role of RET tyrosine kinase in foetal haematopoiesis
Supervisor of Sílvia Madeira
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2012 - 2017 Role of the neurotrophic factors in ILC3
Supervisor of Bethania García Cassani
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Environmental sensing by immune cells
Co-supervisor of Luís Almeida
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Retinoic Acid in Intraepithelial Lymphocytes
Co-supervisor of Bruno Raposo
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2013 - 2015 Sensing and Transcriptional requirements of Innate Lymphoid Cells
Supervisor
2013 - 2014 Interplay between intestinal microbiota and innate lymphoid cells
Co-supervisor of Hélder Ribeiro
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2012 - 2013 Regulation of the enteric immune system of retinoic acid signalling
Supervisor
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2012 - 2013 Role of the neurotrophic factor receptor RET in haematopoietic stem cells
Supervisor
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2008 - 2013 Role of RET tyrosine kinase in haematopoiesis
Supervisor of Diogo Pereira
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2010 - 2011 Retinoic Acid in Enteric Lymphoid Organogenesis
Supervisor
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2009 - 2010 Role of the proto-oncogene Ret during haematopoietic differentiation
Supervisor of Mariana Campos
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2009 - 2010 Role of RET tyrosine kinase in foetal haematopoiesis
Supervisor
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2020 - 2020 Nature Conference: Neuroimmune interactions in health and Disease (2020/12 - 2020/12)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Centro Champalimaud, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Champalimaud Research Symposium 2017. Organising committee. Lisbon, Portugal (2017 - 2017)
Congress (Co-organisor)
2013 - 2013 EMBO Young Scientist Forum. Organising committee. Lisbon, Portugal (2013 - 2013)
Congress (Co-organisor)

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019 - Current Reviewer of applications for the Wellcome Trust. UK
2016 - Current Remote reviewer for the European Research Council (ERC)
2015 - Current Reviewer of applications to Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), France
2010 - Current Reviewer for the Institut Carnot, France
2010 - Current Remote reviewer for the Institut Pasteur France
2008 - Current Reviewer of applications to Institut de la souris, Strasboug, France

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2010 - Current Panels for fellowships and projects from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
Evaluator
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2009 Multiple interviews to the major National Newspapers, including, but not restricted to: Expresso, DN, Público, Visão, etc

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2009 - Current Multiple National TV and Radio appearances. Including RTP, SIC, TSF, Antena 1, Antena 2, RR

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2015 - Current Immunity (1074-7613) Elsevier
2015 - Current Mucosal Immunology (1935-3456) Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2014 - Current Nature Immunology (1529-2916) Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2014 - Current Cell
2014 - Current Science
2008 - Current Nature (1476-4687) Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Distinctions

Award

2022 Best Paper award 2022. Portuguese society of Immunology, Portugal
Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Portugal
2022 Pfizer award for Basic Science
2021 Best Paper award 2021. Portuguese Society of Immunology, Portugal
2020 Pfizer award for Basic Science
2020 La Caixa Foundation Health Research
2020 Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) Award
2019 Allen Distinguished Investigator. The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, US
2018 Best Paper award 2018. Portuguese society of Immunology, Portugal

Title

2025 European Research Council Ambassador
European Research Council, Belgium
2024 EMBO membership Committee

Other distinction

2021 National Council of Science, Technology and Innovation
Governo da República Portuguesa, Portugal
2021 Board of Reviewing Editors. Science AAAS
2017 Best Paper award 2017
2017 ERC Proof of Concept 2017
Educational Research Centre, Lebanon
2017 Ferring Research Innovation Grant
Ferring Holding SA, Switzerland
2016 Best paper award 2016
2016 GQ men of the year Science
2016 Pfizer award for Basic Science
2015 ERC Consolidator grant
Educational Research Centre, Lebanon
2015 EMBO member
Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Lebenswissenschaften Heidelberg GmbH, Germany
2015 Commander of Ordem Militar de Sant’Iago da Espada
2014 Breakthrough Award
2014 Senior research award CCFA
2014 Best 2014 Paper award
2014 Pfizer/SCML award for Basic Science
2013 Innovator Awards Program
2013 Best 2013 Paper award
2013 Investigator FCT
2012 National Blood Foundation Fellow
2009 Figures of the future-Science
2008 EMBO Young Investigator Programme, Installation grant
Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Lebenswissenschaften Heidelberg GmbH, Germany
2008 ERC starting grant
Educational Research Centre, Lebanon
2008 Ciência 2007 award
2007 Best presentation
2003 Post-doctoral fellowship
1998 PhD fellowship
1996 PhD programme scholarship