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João Carlos Bento Marques. Completed the Doutoramento in Biologia in 2009 by Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica. Published 11 articles in journals. Works in the area(s) of Medical and Health Sciences with emphasis on Basic Medicine with emphasis on Neurosciences. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: behavioral categorization; whole brain imaging; .
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
João Carlos Bento Marques

Citation names

  • Marques, João
  • João Carlos Marques

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
DE18-3EB1-A0A4
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0972-1149

Email addresses

  • jcbmarques@gmail.com (Professional)
  • joao.marques@neuro.fchampalimaud.org (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 930563169 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Travessa do Crabral 32 4th floor, 1200-057, Lisboa, lisbon, Portugal (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/07/01 - 2022/06/30
Ongoing
 Postdoctoral Researcher (Pós-doutoramento)
Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
2019/01/01 - 2019/06/06
Concluded
 Postdoctoral Researcher (Pós-doutoramento)
Max-Planck-Institut für Neurobiologie, Germany
2016/06/01 - 2018/12/31
Concluded
 Postdoctoral Researcher (Pós-doutoramento)
Rowland Institute at Harvard, United States
2009/10/01 - 2016/05/17
Concluded
 Biologia (Doutoramento)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
"Understanding the Neural Mechanisms That Underlay the Optomotor Response in Zerbrafish Larvae" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado, por unanimidade
2008/09/01 - 2009/08/31
Concluded
 International Neusoscience Doctoral Programme (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
2007/09/01 - 2008/07/30
Concluded
 mestrado em ciencias farmaceuticas (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Pharmaceutical sciences
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
 15
2006/09/01 - 2008/01/30
Concluded
 master in cell biology and biotechnology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
"Termination of the AI-2 signaling cycle in enteric bacteria" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19
1999/09/01 - 2006/03/31
Concluded
 Ciências Biofarmacêuticas (Especialização pós-licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/07/01 - Current Postdoc (Research) Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
2019/01/01 - 2019/06/30 Postdoc (Research) Max-Planck-Institut für Neurobiologie, Germany
Max-Planck-Institut für Neurobiologie, Germany
2016/06/01 - 2018/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Rowland Institute at Harvard, United States
Rowland Institute at Harvard, United States
2008/06/01 - 2018/05/31 Researcher (Research) Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
2006/09/01 - 2008/09/01 Research Trainee (Research) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2004/03/31 - 2006/03 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/01/01 - 2023/06/30 How does the Mauthner array generates sequences of escapes.
EXPL/MED-NEU/0957/2021
Principal investigator
Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/09/01 - 2021/09/30 How the brain produces spontaneous behaviour
1208245
Post-doc Fellow
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Germany
 Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Cancelled
2019/08/01 - 2019/12 Circuit mechanisms of self-movement estimation during walking
GA 759782
Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Understanding how the brain produces types of movements
105362
Post-doc Fellow
Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
 Obra Social La Caixa
Ongoing
2020/06/01 - 2022/06/30 Understanding how serotonin modulates sensorimotor adaptation in fruit fly
897403
Post-doc Fellow
EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, Belgium
 EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Catarina Matos; Ana Patricia Francisco; Carlos Ribeiro; Orger, Michael; João Carlos Marques. Corresponding author: João Carlos Marques. "Effect of neuropeptides on the behavioral hierarchy of zebrafish larvae.". Paper presented in VBC PhD Symposium 2023, 2023.
  2. João Carlos Marques; Gautam Sridhar; Claire Wyart; Orger, Michael. Corresponding author: João Carlos Marques. "Zebrafish larvae behavioral diversity occurs at the level of swim sequences.". Paper presented in Champalimaud Research Symposium 2023, 2023.
  3. Pedro Tomas Silva; Aaron Ostrovsky; Sabonne Renninger ; Ruth del Corral ; João Carlos Marques; Edite Figueiras; Laborde, Alexandre; Mariana Sampaio; Orger, Michael. Corresponding author: Orger, Michael. "A comparative approach in vertebrate neuroscience: the Zebrafish (Danio rerio) and Giant Danio (Devario aequipinnatus).". Paper presented in FENS Forum 2022, 2022.
  4. João Carlos Marques; Gautam Shridar; Félix, Rita; Claire Wyart; Orger, Michael. Corresponding author: João Carlos Marques. "Behavioral diversity across zebrafish strains occurs at the level of swim sequences.". Paper presented in FENS Forum 2022, 2022.
  5. Aaron Ostrovsky; Pedro Silva; Edite Figueiras; Adrien Jouary; Orger, Michael; João Carlos Marques. Corresponding author: João Carlos Marques. "The role of hindbrain segmentation and the Mauthner array during visual escape behavior in larval zebrafish.". Paper presented in FENS Forum 2022, 2022.
  6. "Unsupervised movement classification gives new insights into social behavior, behavioral diversity, psychiatric diseases and how the motor system works.". Paper presented in Champalimaud Research Symposium 2021, Dialogues on Neural and Machine Intelligence., 2021.
  7. João Carlos Marques; Meng Li; Drew N Robson; Jennifer M Li. "Internal state dynamics shape brain-wide activity and foraging behavior". Paper presented in 20th Conference of Junior Neuroscientists (NeNa 2019), 2019.
  8. João Carlos Marques; Antonia Groneberg; Michael B. Orger; Gonzalo G de Polavieja. "Early life social experience is required for fine-tuning social avoidance kinematics in larval zebrafish.". Paper presented in Embo|Embl Symposia, Probing Neural Dynamics with Behavioral Genetics, 2019.
  9. João Carlos Marques; Meng Li; Drew N Robson; Jennifer M Li. "Pan-neuronal calcium imaging of hunting and reward circuitry in freely swimming larval zebrafish.". Paper presented in Champalimaud research symposium 2018, quantitative approaches to behaviour and neural systems, 2018.
  10. João Carlos Marques; Antonia Groneberg; Gonzalo G de Polavieja; Michael B. Orger. "Early life social experience is required for fine-tuning social avoidance kinematics in larval zebrafish.". Paper presented in Champalimaud research symposium 2018, quantitative approaches to behaviour and neural systems, 2018.
  11. João Carlos Marques; DH kim; Isaac Bianco; Drew N Robson; Jennifer M Li. "Pan-neural calcium imaging during hunting in freely moving zebrafish karvae.". Paper presented in International Workshop on Zebrafish Neural Circuits and Behavior, Rockville, MD, USA., 2017.
  12. João Carlos Marques; Antonia Groneberg; Gonzalo G de Polavieja; Michael B. Orger. "Enhanced social avoidance and reduced visual responses after early life social isolation.". Paper presented in International Workshop on Zebrafish Neural Circuits and Behavior, Neuroscience Center Building, Rockville, MD, USA., 2017.
  13. João Carlos Marques; Michael B. Orger; Jennifer M Li; Drew N Robson; Simone Lackner; Rita Félix; DH kim. "A multi-level unsupervised behavioural classification for zebrafish larvae.". Paper presented in FASPDA Symposium, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA., 2017.
  14. João Carlos Marques; Antonia Groneberg; Michael B. Orger; Gonzalo G de Polavieja. "Early life social isolation in larval zebrafish alters behavior in social and non-social contexts.". Paper presented in 4th Imaging Structure and Function in the Zebrafish Brain Conference, Munich, Germany., 2016.
  15. João Carlos Marques; Antonia Groneberg; Michael B. Orger; Gonzalo G de Polavieja. "Early life social isolation in larval zebrafish alters behavior in social and non-social contexts.". Paper presented in Society for Neuroscience annual meeting. San Diego, California, USA., 2016.
  16. João Carlos Marques; Simone Lackner; Michael B Orger. "Density Valley Clustering to Classify Zebrafish Behavior.". Paper presented in 3rd Imaging Zebrafish Neuronal Circuits Symposium, Paris, France., 2014.
  17. João Carlos Marques; Michael B. Orger. "The behavioral repertoire of zebrafish larvae.". Paper presented in 3rd Champalimaud Neuroscience Symposium, Lisbon, Portugal., 2013.
  18. João Carlos Marques; Michael B. Orger. "Understanding the neural mechanisms that control speed in zebrafish larvae.". Paper presented in 2nd Champalimaud Neuroscience Symposium, Lisbon, Portugal., 2012.
  19. João Carlos Marques; Rui Fabio; Osvaldo S. Ascenso; Karina B. Xavier; Christopher D. Maycock; Rita Ventura. "An efficient synthesis of AI-2 analogues, the signalling molecule for inter-species quorum sensing.". Paper presented in 4th International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry, St. Petersburg, Russia., 2011.
  20. João Carlos Marques; Karina B. Xavier; Antonio Santos; Cartarina S Pereira. "The sugar phosphotransferase system (PTS) is involved in the uptake of the quorum sensing molecule AI-2 in Escherichia coli.". Paper presented in XVI National Congress of Biochemistry, Ponta Delgada, Portugal., 2008.
  21. João Carlos Marques; Karina B. Xavier; Stephen T. Miller; JM Kim. "Termination of the AI-2 signaling cycle in enteric bacteria.". Paper presented in American Society for Microbiology 107th General Meeting, Toronto, Canada., 2007.
    10.1109/iceac.2011.6403628
  22. João Carlos Marques; Helder J. Vila-Real; Maria Simoes; C Gaspar-Marques; Benjamin Rodriguez. "A new 9b-(2-oxopropyl) Coleon U derivative from Plectranthus grandidentatus.". Paper presented in Phytotherapy – The role of an ancient tradition in modern times, 2005.
  23. João Carlos Marques; António J. Alfaia; Helder J. Vila-Real; Maria Helena Ribeiro. "Modelling of the naringin hydrolysis by naringinase at high pressure.". Paper presented in International Conference on enzyme technology, 2005.
  24. João Carlos Marques; Sergio Vasco; L Vales. "Sample Stability: free chloride analysis.". Paper presented in III Congress of Clinical Analysis and Health Care, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, 2005.
Journal article
  1. Groneberg, Antonia H.; Marques, João C.; Martins, A. Lucas; Diez del Corral, Ruth; de Polavieja, Gonzalo G.; Orger, Michael B.. "Early-Life Social Experience Shapes Social Avoidance Reactions in Larval Zebrafish". Current Biology 30 20 (2020): 4009-4021.e4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.07.088.
    10.1016/j.cub.2020.07.088
  2. Marques, João C.; Li, Meng; Schaak, Diane; Robson, Drew N.; Li, Jennifer M.. "Internal state dynamics shape brainwide activity and foraging behaviour". Nature 577 7789 (2019): 239-243. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1858-z.
    10.1038/s41586-019-1858-z
  3. Ascenso, Osvaldo S.; Torcato, Inês M.; Miguel, Ana Sofia; Marques, João C.; Xavier, Karina B.; Ventura, M. Rita; Maycock, Christopher D.. "Synthesis and biological activity of a potent optically pure autoinducer-2 quorum sensing agonist". Bioorganic Chemistry 85 (2019): 75-81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bioorg.2018.12.022.
    10.1016/j.bioorg.2018.12.022
  4. Marques, João C; Orger, Michael B. "Clusterdv: a simple density-based clustering method that is robust, general and automatic". Bioinformatics 35 12 (2018): 2125-2132. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/bty932.
    10.1093/bioinformatics/bty932
  5. João Carlos Marques; Orger, Michael B. "Clusterdv: a simple density-based clustering method that is robust, general and automatic". Bioinformatics 35 12 (2018): 2125-2132. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/bty932.
    Published • 10.1093/bioinformatics/bty932
  6. João C. Marques; Simone Lackner; Rita Félix; Michael B. Orger. "Structure of the Zebrafish Locomotor Repertoire Revealed with Unsupervised Behavioral Clustering". Current Biology 28 2 (2018): 181-195.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.cub.2017.12.002.
    10.1016/j.cub.2017.12.002
  7. Dal Hyung Kim; Jungsoo Kim; João C Marques; Abhinav Grama; David G C Hildebrand; Wenchao Gu; Jennifer M Li; Drew N Robson. "Pan-neuronal calcium imaging with cellular resolution in freely swimming zebrafish". Nature Methods 14 11 (2017): 1107-1114. https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fnmeth.4429.
    10.1038/nmeth.4429
  8. Marques JC; Oh IK; Ly DC; Lamosa P; Ventura MR; Miller ST; Xavier KB. "LsrF, a coenzyme A-dependent thiolase, catalyzes the terminal step in processing the quorum sensing signal autoinducer-2.". (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25225400.
    10.1073/pnas.1408691111
  9. Marques, João. "Neural control and modulation of swimming speed in the larval zebrafish". Neuron (2014): http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4126853.
    10.1016/j.neuron.2014.06.032
  10. Catarina S. Pereira; António J. M. Santos; Michal Bejerano-Sagie; Paulo B. Correia; Joao C. Marques; Karina B. Xavier. "Phosphoenolpyruvate phosphotransferase system regulates detection and processing of the quorum sensing signal autoinducer-2". Molecular Microbiology 85 4 (2012): 815-815. https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2958.2012.08161.x.
    10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08161.x
  11. Fabio Rui; João C. Marques; Stephen T. Miller; Christopher D. Maycock; Karina B. Xavier; M. Rita Ventura. "Stereochemical diversity of AI-2 analogs modulates quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi and Escherichia coli". Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 20 1 (2012): 249-256. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.bmc.2011.11.007.
    10.1016/j.bmc.2011.11.007
  12. João C. Marques; Pedro Lamosa; Caitlin Russell; Rita Ventura; Christopher Maycock; Martin F. Semmelhack; Stephen T. Miller; Karina B. Xavier. "Processing the Interspecies Quorum-sensing Signal Autoinducer-2 (AI-2)". Journal of Biological Chemistry 286 20 (2011): 18331-18343. https://doi.org/10.1074%2Fjbc.m111.230227.
    10.1074/jbc.m111.230227
  13. Osvaldo S. Ascenso; João C. Marques; Ana Rita Santos; Karina B. Xavier; M. Rita Ventura; Christopher D. Maycock. "An efficient synthesis of the precursor of AI-2, the signalling molecule for inter-species quorum sensing". Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 19 3 (2011): 1236-1241. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.bmc.2010.12.036.
    10.1016/j.bmc.2010.12.036
  14. Helder A.L. Pedro; António J. Alfaia; João Marques; Helder J. Vila-Real; António Calado; Maria H.L. Ribeiro. "Design of an immobilized enzyme system for naringin hydrolysis at high-pressure". Enzyme and Microbial Technology 40 3 (2007): 442-446. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.enzmictec.2006.07.018.
    10.1016/j.enzmictec.2006.07.018
  15. J MARQUES; H VILAREAL; A ALFAIA; M RIBEIRO. "Modelling of the high pressure–temperature effects on naringin hydrolysis based on response surface methodology". Food Chemistry 105 2 (2007): 504-510. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.foodchem.2007.04.012.
    10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.04.012
Online resource
  1. João Carlos Marques; Michael B. Orger. Density valley clustering package. 2018. https://github.com/jcbmarques/clusterdv.
Preprint
  1. Zúñiga Mouret, Rodrigo; Greenbaum, Jordyn P.; Doll, Hannah M.; Brody, Eliza M.; Iacobucci, Emma L.; Roland, Nicholas C.; Simamora, Roy C.; et al. "The Adaptor Protein 2 (AP2) Complex Modulates Habituation and Behavioral Selection Across Multiple Pathways and Time Windows". 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4408798.
    10.2139/ssrn.4408798
  2. Mouret, Rodrigo Zúñiga; Greenbaum, Jordyn P.; Doll, Hannah M.; Brody, Eliza M.; Iacobucci, Emma L.; Roland, Nicholas C.; Simamora, Roy C.; et al. "The Adaptor Protein 2 (AP2) complex modulates habituation and behavioral selection across multiple pathways and time windows". 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.20.492863.
    10.1101/2022.05.20.492863
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. João Carlos Marques. "Density Valley Clustering Reveals New Swim Types of the Zebrafish Larvae". PhD, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/43838.
Working paper
  1. Antonia H Groneber; João C. Marques; A Lucas Martins; Gonzalo G de Polavieja; Michael B. Orger. 2020. "Early-life social experience shapes social avoidance reactions in larval zebrafish". https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.02.972612v1.
    https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.02.972612

Other

Other output
  1. Clusterdv, a simple density-based clustering method that is robust, general and automatic.. 2017. Joao C Marques; Michael B Orger. https://doi.org/10.1101%2F224840.
    10.1101/224840
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/02/01 PGCN, a lost tale of a PhD programme AMeeGuS PhD retreat
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) (Evora, Portugal)
2022/10/01 How does the brain generate behavioral hierarchies?
Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP) (Paris, France)
2022/10/01 How does the Mauthner array generates sequences of escapes? Zebrafish neurobiology and behavior seminar series
Ecole normale supérieure (Paris, France)
2022/06/01 How does the brain generate behavioral hierarchies?
The Centre for Integrative Biology of Toulouse (CBI) (Paris, France)
2022/04/06 How does the brain generate behavioral hierarchies? Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience seminar
Cambridge University (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
2022/04/06 A nonlinear oscillator coordinates internal states during foraging. National Postdoc Exchange Program seminar series
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Oeiras)
2022 How does the brain generate behavioral hierarchies?
Paris Brain Institute (Paris, France)
2021/07/10 Internal state dynamics shape brain-wide activity and foraging behavior. Internal seminar in Paris-Saclay Neuroscience Institute (NeuroPsi)
Paris-Saclay Neuroscience Institute (NeuroPsi) (Paris, France)
2019/12/17 Internal state dynamics shape brain-wide activity and foraging behavior. ICM seminar series
Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière (paris, France)
2018/05/31 Pan-neural calcium imaging during hunting in freely moving zebrafish larvae. second annual Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Postdoctoral Research Symposium
Harvard University (cambridge, United States)
2017/11/12 Pan-neuronal calcium imaging of prey capture and reward circuitry in freely swimming larval zebrafish. 2017 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting
Society for Neuroscience (washington, United States)
2017/11/12 Pan-neuronal calcium imaging in freely swimming larval zebrafish by high speed tracking microscopy. 2017 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting
Society for Neuroscience (washington, United States)
2015/04/01 Zebrafish behavioral classification using density valley clustering. European Neuroscience Conference by Doctoral Students (ENCODS)
Federation of European Neuroscience societies (Sesimbra, Portugal)
2013/10/06 The swim types of the zebrafish larvae Curia, Event Celebrating 20 Years of the IGC PhD Programmes
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (Curia, Portugal)
2013/10/01 The behavioral repertoire of the zebrafish larvae. 10th National Congress of Ethology
Portuguese Society of Ethology (li, Portugal)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/09/01 - 2019/09/10 Workshop about how to do experimental work with fruit flies.
Workshop
 Landing in the Drosophila World
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2013/07/01 - 2013/07/20 Computational & Cognitive Neuroscience Summer School organized by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Beijing, China.
Workshop
 Computational & Cognitive Neuroscience Summer School Cold Spring Harbor Asia
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States
2011/03/21 - 2011/04/01 FELASA Level C course to have permission to do animal experiments.
Workshop
 FELASA Level C animal course
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/03/01 - 2023/03/01 Master of Neurosciences at the Autonomous University of Madrid Master of Neurosciences (Master) Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
2019/02/01 - 2019/06/30 Computational analysis and modelling course. M.Sc. Biomedical Neuroscience (Mestrado) Technische Universität München, Germany

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2023/01/01 - 2024/04/30 Evaluator for the La Caixa Postgraduate fellowship awards
Specialist
 Fundação 'la Caixa', Portugal Fundação 'la Caixa'

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2022/01/18 Interview to the Portuguese newspaper “Observador” about the Postdoctoral Junior Leader La Caixa Fellowship that I won and how this project will allow to identify the neural circuits that generate movement types (2022). Observador
2018/03/26 The Journal Lab Animal interviewed me with the aim of writing a Research Highlight about the findings of paper I published: Structure of the zebrafish locomotor repertoire revealed with unsupervised behavioural clustering. Lab Animal

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2022/02/12 - Current Interview to the Portuguese podcast “Mentes Brilhantes” from radio “Observador”. This interview was about how animals an alphabet of movements that allows them to have flexible behaviors.

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/07/01 - 2024/09/30 Develop a behavioral paradigm of working memory for zebrafish larvae Catarina Matos
2024/01/01 - 2024/02/29 Effect of overexpression of the Pth2 neuropeptide in zebrafish social behaviour Tomas Levezinho
2019/10/01 - 2020/07/31 HAC de Aprendizagem Científica Sofiya Joosab
2019/11/01 - 2019/11/30 Motor adaption in fruit flies. Anh Nguyen
2019/03/01 - 2019/06/30 Develop an optogenetic set up for zebrafish larvae that tracks fish in real time Katharina Koetter
2018/06/01 - 2018/12/31 Understand how serotonin influences hunting of zebrafish larvae. Briana McRae
2017/06/01 - 2017/08/31 Develop a drug delivery system compatible with a whole-brain imaging microscope for larval zebrafish. Shubhayu Bhattacharyay
2016/06/01 - 2016/08/31 Develop a hunting assay for zebrafish larvae compatible with a whole-brain imaging tracking microscope. Jaclyn Long
Distinctions

Award

2018 Travel award to 2018 Champalimaud Research Symposium
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2017 Best poster award in the 2017 FASPDA Symposium
Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences, United States
2017 Talk selected as a Hot Topic in Society for Neuroscience 2017 meeting
2013 Travel award to go to Computational & Cognitive Neuroscience Summer School Cold Spring Harbor Asia
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States
2010 Best poster award in 2010 AMeeGuS conference
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2008 Best poster award in 2008 AMeeGuS conference
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal