Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Joana Ribeiro Barbosa Cabral
Citation names
- Cabral, Joana Ribeiro Barbosa
- Joana Cabral
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- DE1E-1496-1D26
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-6715-0826
- Google Scholar ID
- v3ZEOeMAAAAJ&hl
- Researcher Id
- T-5118-2018
Email addresses
- joanacabral@med.uminho.pt (Professional)
Addresses
- Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Escola de Medicina, Universidade do Minho. Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Braga, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- https://sites.google.com/site/cvjoanacabral/home (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
French | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) |
Spanish; Castilian | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Elementary (A2) | Advanced (C1) | Elementary (A2) |
Catalan | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) |
Italian | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2014/01/09 - 2017/05/31
Concluded
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Postdoc Research Scientist (Pós-doutoramento)
Major in Neuroimaging in Psychiatry
University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, United Kingdom
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2008/03/01 - 2012/07/18
Concluded
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Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Brain Network Dynamics
Universitat Pompeu Fabra Departament de Tecnologies de la Informació i les Comunicacions, Spain
"Brain activity during rest: A signature of the underlying network dynamics" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Cum Laude |
2002/09/20 - 2007/07/27
Concluded
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Ciências de Engenharia Biomédica (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Neuroimagem
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Análise comparative de métodos de localização do foco epiléptico com EEG e EEG-fMRI " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2019/05/01 - Current | Auxiliary Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal |
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal | ||
2017/07/01 - 2019/04/30 | Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal |
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal | ||
2014/10/01 - 2017/06/30 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, United Kingdom |
University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, United Kingdom | ||
2012/08/01 - 2014/09/30 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain |
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2022/12/01 - 2025/11/30 | BRAINSTIM: predicting stimulation strategies to modulate interactions between brain areas.
LCF/BQ/PR22/11920014
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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Fundação 'la Caixa'
Ongoing
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2017/07 - 2019/04/30 | Frontiers of technology for theranostics of cancer, metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases (FROnTHERA)
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000023
Researcher
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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European Regional Development Fund
Concluded
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2014/10/01 - 2017/06/30 | The plasticity of parental caregiving: characterizing the brain mechanisms underlying normal and disrupted development of
parenting
Post-doc
University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, United Kingdom
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European Commission
Concluded
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2012/01/07 - 2014/09/30 | DYSTRUCTURE - THE DYNAMICAL AND STRUCTURAL BASIS OF HUMAN MIND COMPLEXITY: SEGREGATION AND INTEGRATION OF INFORMATION AND
PROCESSING IN THE BRAIN
Researcher
Universitat Pompeu Fabra Departament de Tecnologies de la Informació i les Comunicacions, Spain
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European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
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Other
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2019/07/17 | 'Emergence of frequency-specific long-range coherence in the neuroanatomical Connectome' | Workshop 'Computational modelling of brain networks in Electroencephalography'
OCNS - Organization for Computational Neuroscience (Barcelona, Spain)
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2019/06/13 | 'Modulating trajectories within a repertoire of metastable connectivity patterns' | OHBM Symposium 'The Dynamic interplay between neuromodulation and whole-brain network structure',
OHBM - Organization for Human Brain Mapping (Roma, Italy)
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2019/06/01 | 'Pathological Functional Connectivity in Patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder' | SPN session 'Psychiatric disorders and addiction'
Portuguese Neuroscience Society (SPN) (Lisboa, Portugal)
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2019/04/05 | 'The machine behind the disease' | Brain 4.0 (3rd Edition)
Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2019/03 | 'The Connectome Resonator: emergent collective oscillatory modes from complex network interactions' | Brain Functional Organization, Connectivity and Behavior
Yale School of Medicine (Noosa, Australia)
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2018/12/05 | 'Resonance of Local Field Potentials in the Structural Connectome' | Neuroscience Symposium
Aix-Marseille University (Marseille, France)
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2018/11/24 | 'Computational models of macroscopic brain dynamics in the Connectome' | 8th International Conference 'Aspects of Neuroscience
University of Warsaw (Warsaw, Poland)
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2018/07/24 | 'Whole-brain network dynamics: mathematical models and mechanistic scenarios' | European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology
University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2018/07/17 | 'Network mechanisms linking neural oscillations to BOLD signal fluctuations' | Annual Meeting of the Organization for Computational Neuroscience
Allen Institute (Seattle, United States)
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2018/06/19 | 'The Switching Choreography of the Functional Connectome' url Human Brain Mapping, 19 June 2018, Singapore. | Symposium 'Dynamics of resting-state functional connectivity',
Organization for Human Brain Mapping (Singapore, Singapore)
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2018/04/04 | 'Functional Brain Networks in healthy aging and Parkinson's disease' | Symposium on 'Cognition, Emotion and Behavior: the Brain at work'
Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto (POrto, Portugal)
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2018/03/06 | 'The switching Choreography of the Functional Connectome' | Workshop on Brain Functional Organization
Yale School of Medicine (Whistler, Canada)
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2018/01/29 | 'Meta-stable functional brain networks: Evidence, models and mechanisms' | Weekly Symposium
Institute for Systems and Robotics, Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2017/09/13 | 'Interactions of Gamma oscillations through the structural connectome' | Gamma oscillations Meeting
University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom)
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2017/07/14 | ‘Spontaneous switching between states of Functional Connectivity relates to cognition’ | Annual Meeting of the Organization for Computational Neuroscience
Organization for Computational Neuroscience (Antwerp, Belgium)
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2017/06/13 | ‘Connectome Frequencies and Macro-scale Brain Rhythms’ | Brain Dynamics on Multiple Scales - Paradigms, their Relations, and Integrated Approaches
Max-Plank Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (Dresden, Germany)
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2017/01/30 | ‘Temporal Scales: From Cellular Activity to Network Dynamics’ | International BASP Frontiers workshop
Biological and Astronomical Signal Processing (BASP) Frontiers (Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland)
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2016/07 | ‘Single or multi-frequency generators in on-going MEG data’ | Workshop on Multi-Area Models of Cortex
Organization for Computational Neuroscience (Jeju, South Korea)
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2016/03 | ‘Metastability and collective frequencies in oscillatory brain networks’ | International Conference on Biological Oscillations
Lancaster University (Lancaster, United Kingdom)
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2013/12 | ‘Exploring mechanisms of spontaneous MEG functional connectivity.’ Brain Modes, 2013. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. | Brain Modes
brainmodes.org (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2019/03/01 - 2019/11/15 | EEG correlates of fMRI dynamic functional connectivity states
Co-supervisor of Afonso Jorge Nunes Aires
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Biomedical Engineer (Master)
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
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2014/09/01 - 2016/03/01 | Computational modelling of brain states
Co-supervisor of Inês Isabel Geraldes Vaz
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Biomedical Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física, Portugal
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2015 - 2015 | Role of interhemispherical connections in resting-state functional connectivity
Co-supervisor of Antonio Angelo Gouveia Rosa Perez de Almeida
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Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2019/04/01 - 2019/07/18 | Co-organization of the workshop 'Bridging Spatial and Temporal Scales in Brain Connectomics' , included writing the proposal
together with Katharina Glomb, inviting half of the speakers, creating the website, defining the schedule, introducing speakers
and organizing social activities. sites.google.com/site/cns2018connectome/ (2019/07/17 - 2019/07/17)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Organization for Computational Neurosciences, United States |
2019/03/01 - 2019/06/17 | Organization of the workshop Emergent Phenomena in Macroscopic Neural Networks (see https://sites.google.com/view/brainnet-cns2019/home)
included writing the proposal, inviting the speakers, organizing the program, creating the website, booking meals and printing
posters with the program. We brought together top researchers in computational and systems neuroscience to reflect and debate
on the principles underlying macroscopic brain network dynamics. (2019/07/16 - 2019/07/17)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
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Organization for Computational Neurosciences, United States |
2018/07/01 - 2018/10/03 | Organization of the 'Whole-Brain Neuroimaging Workshop' (sites.google.com/view/neuroworkshop18) included invitation of participants,
building the program, creation of the website, booking conference site, accomodation, meals and transport for all participants,
printing badges, organizing scientific and social activities. (2018/10/01 - 2018/10/03)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal |
Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2018/12/04 | Brain-wide mapping of fMRI network dynamics in the mouse brain
(Thesis) Arguer
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Daniel Gutierrez-Barragan (PhD)
Università degli Studi di Trento Centro Interdipartimentale Mente/Cervello, Italy
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Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2019/05/15 - 2019/06/16 | 'Whole-Brain Network Dynamics: Models and Mechanisms' | Neuroimaging (Doctor of Philosophy) | Inria Centre de Recherche Sophia Antipolis Méditerranée, France |
2019/01/07 - 2019/01/25 | Latin-American Summer School in Computational Neuroscience (LACONEU) | Computational Neuroscience (Doctor) | Universidad Tecnológica de Chile - Sede Valparaíso, Chile |
2018/06/17 - 2018/06/17 | Educational Course in Network Neuroscience, Singapore | 'Models of Network Dynamics' (Doctor of Philosophy) | Organization for Human Brain Mapping, United States |
2014/10/21 - 2014/10/23 | ‘Computational Modelling in Neuroscience’ | Advanced Course on Analysis Methods and Modelling in Biomedical Research | Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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2019/07/19 | Joana Cabral: a matemática do cérebro | Notícias Magazine |
Interview (tv / radio show)
Program | Topic | |
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2019/03/19 - Current | 'Mentes que Brilham' (shining minds) | Science |
2019/02/28 - Current | News on the main portuguese TV channel | Women in Science |
2010/04/10 - Current | 'Portugueses sem Fronteiras' (Portuguese without borders) | Neuroscience |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2019/07/01 - Current | Network Neuroscience (2472-1751) | The MIT Press |
2018/10/01 - Current | NeuroImage (1095-9572) | Elsevier |
Distinctions
Award
2019 | Medal of Honor L'Oréal for Women in Science
Portuguese National Commission for UNESCO, Portugal
L'Oréal Portugal, Portugal FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal |
2017 | Travel Award
The Guarantors of Brain, United Kingdom
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2016 | Workshop Presenter Award
Organization for Computational Neurosciences, United States
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2011 | Student Poster Award
Organization for Computational Neurosciences, United States
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Other distinction
2005 | Erasmus Mobility Grant
European Commission, Belgium
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