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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Sofia Caride Gregório Barata Figueira

Citation names

  • Gregório Figueira, Ana Sofia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D310-B8AC-F59F
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1887-3793

Email addresses

  • afigueira@cnc.uc.pt (Professional)
  • anasofiagfigueira@gmail.com (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Proficiency (C2)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/01 - 2026/12
Ongoing
 EIT Health Ageing PhD School (Doutoramento)
EIT Health, Germany
2022/10 - 2026/10
Ongoing
 PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/11
Concluded
 Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy (Outros)
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2019/09 - 2022/02
Concluded
 Cellular and Molecular Biology (Mestrado)
Major in Neurobiology
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Unraveling the role of P2Y1 receptor and CRMP2 in Aß-synaptotoxicity" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2020/11
Concluded
 Modular Training in Laboratory Animal Science Function A (Outros)
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2015/09/14 - 2018/07/06
Concluded
 Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/09 - Current Researcher (Research) Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/01/06 - 2020/03/31 Research Trainee (Research) Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/02 - 2018/07 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/03 - 2024/08 Role of adenosine P1 receptors in the control of cortical neurons migration – the first unilateral mechanism in brain development?
2022.03263.PTDC
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/03/22 - 2021/08/31 BrainHealth 2020 - Detecção Precoce, Neuro-modulação e Terapias Avançadas para Neuropatologias
CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000008 (BI 3.7)
Research Fellow
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Gregório Figueira, Ana Sofia; Partidário, Matilde; Xu, Xinli; Sara B. Fernandes; Cunha, Rodrigo A.; Joana M Marques; Rodrigues, Ricardo J.. "Involvement of CRMP2 in P2Y1R-driven increase in axonal NMDAR-mediated Ca2+-entry in neurotoxic conditions". Paper presented in 11th IBRO World Congress, 2023.
  2. Alves, J.L.; Figueira, A.S.C.; Souto, M.; Lopes, I.L.; Dionísio, J.C.; Quinta-Ferreira, M.E.. "Oleic acid enhances the production of reactive oxygen species in neuronal tissue". Paper presented in 6th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research, ICEER 2019, 2019.
Conference poster
  1. Gregório Figueira, Ana Sofia; Partidário, Matilde; Xu, Xinli; Sara B. Fernandes; Cunha, Rodrigo A.; Joana M Marques; Rodrigues, Ricardo J.. "Involvement of CRMP2 in P2Y1R-driven increase in axonal NMDAR-mediated Ca2+-entry in neurotoxic conditions". Paper presented in 11th IBRO World Congress, 2023.
  2. Alves, J.L.; Figueira, A.S.C.; Souto, M.; Lopes, I.L.; Dionísio, J.C.; Quinta-Ferreira, R.M.; Quinta-Ferreira, M.E.. "Oleic acid enhances the production of reactive oxygen species in neuronal tissue". Paper presented in 6th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research, ICEER 2019, 2019.
Journal article
  1. Ricardo J. Rodrigues; Ana S. Figueira; Joana M. Marques. "P2Y1 Receptor as a Catalyst of Brain Neurodegeneration". NeuroSci (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/neurosci3040043.
    10.3390/neurosci3040043
  2. Xu, Xinli; Beleza, Rui O.; Gonçalves, Francisco Q.; Valbuena, Sergio; Alçada-Morais, Sofia; Gonçalves, Nélio; Magalhães, Joana; et al. "Adenosine A2A receptors control synaptic remodeling in the adult brain". Scientific Reports 12 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18884-4.
    10.1038/s41598-022-18884-4
  3. Alves, J. L.; Figueira, A. S. C.; Lopes, I. L.; Mendes, P. J.; Quinta-Ferreira, R. M.; Quinta-Ferreira, M. E.. "Effect of Oleic Acid on Neuronal Zinc Signals". Waste and Biomass Valorization 12 6 (2021): 3019-3025. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12649-021-01350-z.
    10.1007/s12649-021-01350-z
  4. Alves, J.L.; Figueira, A.S.C.; Souto, M.; Lopes, I.L.; Dionísio, J.C.; Quinta-Ferreira, R.M.; Quinta-Ferreira, M.E.. "Oleic acid enhances the production of reactive oxygen species in neuronal tissue". Energy Reports 6 (2020): 885-890. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2019.11.034.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.egyr.2019.11.034
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Unraveling the role of P2Y1 receptor and CRMP2 in Aß-synaptotoxicity". Master, Universidade de Coimbra, 2022.
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/10 - 2024/05 PDBEB Symposium “(Not) Knowing What Comes Next: Tools for the Research of Tomorrow” (2024/05/15 - 2024/05/16)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/12/06 - 2023/12/07 Participation in the 3rd RESETageing Conference.
Conference
2023/09/09 - 2023/09/13 Participation in the "11th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience".
Congress
2023/06/02 - 2023/06/02 Participation in "5th CIBB Neuroscience and Disease Retreat".
Meeting
 3rd CIBB Neuroscience and Disease Retreat
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2019/04/12 - 2019/04/15 Participation in the annual meeting of biochemistry students "XII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquímica (ENEBIOQ)".
Meeting
 XII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquímica (ENEBIOQ)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/04/14 - 2019/04/14 Participation in the workshop "Experimentação Animal", directed by Dr. Fátima Camões.
Workshop
 Experimentação Animal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/04/13 - 2019/04/13 Participation in the workshop "Goodbye flat and static biology: liquified and multilayered capsules for tissue regeneration", directed by Dr. Clara Correia.
Workshop
 Goodbye flat and static biology: liquified and multilayered capsules for tissue regeneration
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/04/03 - 2019/04/03 Participation in the workshop "Suporte Básico de Vida", promoted by Associação Académica de Coimbra and Serviços de Ação Social da Universidade de Coimbra.
Workshop
 Suporte Básico de Vida
Associação Académica de Coimbra, Portugal

Serviços de Ação Social da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/11/19 - 2018/11/19 Participation in the conference "Neurociência e educação: mitos e evidências", organized by Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.
Conference
 Neurociência e educação: mitos e evidências
Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, Portugal
2018/04/21 - 2018/04/22 Participation in the conference "Bioterrorismo - Armas Biológicas e Segurança Internacional", promoted by Núcleo de Estudantes de Bioquímica da Associação Académica de Coimbra.
Conference
 Bioterrorismo - Armas Biológicas e Segurança Internacional
Núcleo de Estudantes de Bioquímica da Associação Académica de Coimbra , Portugal
2018/03/26 - 2018/03/26 Participation in the workshop "Empreendedorismo - O Factor Medo", directed by David Carvalhão.
Workshop
 Empreendedorismo - O Factor Medo
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2018/03/23 - 2018/03/26 Participation in the annual meeting of biochemistry students "XI Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquímica (ENEBIOQ)".
Meeting
 XI Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquímica (ENEBIOQ)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2018/03/25 - 2018/03/25 Participation in the workshop "Reciclagem de bioativos de agroresíduos para aplicação na indústria cosmética e farmacêutica", directed by Dr. Iva Fernandes.
Workshop
 Reciclagem de bioativos de agroresíduos para aplicação na indústria cosmética e farmacêutica
Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023/02 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências Member
2023/02 - Current Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Member
2018/11 - 2019/11 Núcleo de Estudantes de Bioquímica da Associação Académica de Coimbra Sub-coordinator of the Recreational Sports division
2016/01 - 2019/01 Associação Académica de Coimbra External Relations division member
2017/11 - 2018/11 Núcleo de Estudantes de Bioquímica da Associação Académica de Coimbra Culture division member

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/12/11 - 2023/12/21 BSc in Biology - Internship Irene Mesquita
2023/07/10 - 2023/07/28 BSc in Biology - Internship Leonor Esteves
2023/07/03 - 2023/07/28 BSc in Bioanalytical Sciences - Internship Sérgia Peres
2023/06/01 - 2023/06/30 MSc in Molecular and Translational Neuroscience - Laboratory rotation Ricardo Pinto
2023/01/03 - 2023/02/28 MSc in Cellular and Molecular Biology - Laboratory rotation Pedro Rodrigues
2022/07/11 - 2022/07/29 BSc in Bioanalytical Sciences - Internship Rafael Conde
2021/03/30 - 2021/06/24 BSc in Biology - Internship Tiago Torres
2021/01/04 - 2021/01/29 MSc in Cellular and Molecular Biology - Laboratory rotation Pedro Dias
2021/01/04 - 2021/01/29 MSc in Molecular and Translational Neuroscience - Laboratory rotation Rúben Correira
Distinctions

Other distinction

2022 Doctoral Fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2021 BrainHealth 2020 Research Scholarship
2019 Cambridge English Level 3 Certificate in ESOL International (Advanced) - Grade A, level C2
Cambridge Assessment English, United Kingdom