Marina Manuela Ventura Rodrigues (EB1C-DC1A-6262)

Curriculum Vitae

Marina Manuela Ventura Rodrigues

Since 2023, Marina Ventura Rodrigues has been a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra. She holds a BSc in Biology (University of Coimbra) and a MSc in Cell and Molecular Biology, with specialization in Neurobiology (University of Coimbra). In 2017, she was awarded a PhD fellowship from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia. She is interested in the field of Neuroscience, particularly in understanding how slight perturbations of the neurodevelopmental timeline can give rise to pathological conditions. Currently, Marina is developing a postdoctoral project on a new mechanism involved in the regulation and control of neuronal excitability in health and disease. She supervised more than 10 short-stay traineeships, coordinated their work and ensured all milestones were met. She has been co-supervisor of 2 master thesis students and is currently a co-supervisor of a PhD candidate. She is an expert in potassium currents, with recognised knowledge of M-currents electrophysiology as she has already been invited as an electrophysiology instructor in national and international advanced courses. Marina Rodrigues has presented her work in more than 10 scientific meetings and has been awarded 7 prizes, being the last one for best oral communication. She actively participates in grant writing helping in attracting more than 800k to her home lab. She is committed to science communication activities and has participated in Brain Awareness Week, European Researchers' Night, Brain Gain or ciência viva initiatives. Marina is a highly dedicated and promising young scientist aiming to contribute to better fundamental knowledge that translates into better medical care for patients with brain illness.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Marina Manuela Ventura Rodrigues

Citation names

Ventura Rodrigues, Marina
Rodrigues, MV
Rodrigues, Marina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: EB1C-DC1A-6262
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1454-8299

Email addresses

marina.rodrigues@cnc.uc.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Centro de Neurociênicias e Biologia Celular. Polo I, FMUC, 2o andar, Rua Larga, 3004-504, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marinaventurarodrigues/ (Professional)

Knowledge fields

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

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
German	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2017/10 - 2023/05/26 Concluded	Biologia Experimental e Biomedicina (Doutoramento) Major in Neuroscience Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "Stargazin as a regulator of excitability in the central nervous system" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2019/11 - 2019/12 Concluded	III Modular Training in Laboratory Animal Science (Curso médio) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Portugal
2014/09 - 2016/09 Concluded	Biologia Celular e Molecular (Mestrado integrado) Major in Neuroscience Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "Interactome of stargazin: Relevance in neuropsychiatric disorders" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	19
2011/09 - 2014/07 Concluded	Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	16
2008/09 - 2011/07 Concluded	Ciências e Tecnologias - Ensino Secundário (Science and Technology - High School) (Ensino secundário) Escola Secundária de Avelar Brotero, Portugal	16

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/12/01 - Current	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

2016/10 - 2017/09	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2015/06/01 - 2015/06/30	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal (...)
2015/05/01 - 2015/05/31	Research Trainee (Research)	Centro Champalimaud, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal (...)
2015/02/15 - 2015/03/15	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal (...)

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/06/01 - 2023/05/31	PhD student fellow HR21-01077 from "la Caixa" Foundation (ID 100010434), and FCT, I.P under the project code LCF/PR/HP20/52300003	Universidade de Coimbra centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal (...)
2017/10/01 - 2022/05/31	PhD student, FCT 2017 SFRH/BD/129236/2017	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal (...)
2018/10/01 - 2019/03	PhD student, FCT 2017 SFRH/BD/129236/2017	Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Scienze Riproduttive ed Odontostomatologiche, Italy
	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal (...)
2017/10 - 2018/09/30	PhD student, FCT 2017 SFRH/BD/129236/2017	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal (...)
2014/09 - 2016/09	MSc student in Cell and Molecular Biology, specialization in Neurobiology	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal (...)

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2020/12 - Current	Potassium channel dysfunction in models of neurodevelopmental disorders LCF/PR/HP20/52300003 PhD Student Fellow CNC.IBILI, Portugal	Obra Social La Caixa Ongoing
2018/07/01 - Current	COGNITIVE DISORDERS AS DEFECTS IN SYNAPTIC FUNCTION: INSIGHT FROM HUMAN MUTATIONS IN THE CACNG2 GENE PTDC/MED-NEU/28541/2017 PhD Student Fellow CNC.IBILI, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2017/10/01 - Current	STARGAZIN AS A REGULATOR OF M-CURRENTS IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SFRH/BD/129236/2017 PhD Student Fellow CNC.IBILI, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2016/07/01 - 2018/06/30	BEHAVIOR, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL AND BRAIN IMAGING ANALYSES OF MICE EXPRESSING A CACNG2 MUTATION ASSOCIATED WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILIT Research project #1530 Researcher CNC.IBILI, Portugal	Fondation Jérôme Lejeune Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	CNC. IBILI UID/NEU/04539/2019 Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Clínica e Biomédica de Coimbra, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2020/01 - Current	Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia Strategic Plan UIDB/04539/2020 PhD Student Fellow CNC.IBILI, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2020 - Current	Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia Strategic Plan UIDP/04539/2020 PhD Student Fellow CNC.IBILI, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2019 - 2020	Strategic Plan CNC.IBILI 2019 UID/NEU/04539/2019 PhD Student Fellow CNC.IBILI, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference poster	Rodrigues, Marina; angela inacio; Telmo Mota Leal; Ribau, Sara; maria virginia Soldovieri; Beltrão, Nuno; Joana Ferreira; Maurizio Taglialatela; ana luisa carvalho. Corresponding author: ana luisa carvalho. "Type 1 transmembrane AMPA-receptor regulatory proteins are auxiliary subunits of kv7.2 voltage-gated potassium channels". Paper presented in 2nd Kv7 Symposium, Naples, Italy, 2023. Caldeira, Gladys Lima; Inácio, Ângela S.; Beltrão, Nuno; Barreto, Carlos A.V.; Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Rondão, Tiago; Macedo, Renato; et al. "Aberrant hippocampal transmission and behavior in mice with stargazin mutation linked to intellectual disability.". Paper presented in SPN2021, 2022. Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Ângela Sanches Inácio; Ribau, Sara; Beltrão, Nuno; Caldeira, Gladys Lima; Maurizio Taglialatela; Carvalho, Ana Luisa. "Functional modulation of Kv7.2 channels by stargazin". Paper presented in XVIII ESM 20-21 Oct 2022, Coimbra, PT, 2022. Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Ângela Sanches Inácio; Ribau, Sara; Beltrão, Nuno; Caldeira, Gladys Lima; Maurizio Taglialatela; Carvalho, Ana Luisa. "Functional modulation of Kv7.2 channels by stargazin". Paper presented in XVII FENS Forum 2022, 9-13 Jul 2022, Paris, FR, 2022. Inácio, Ângela S.; Caldeira, Gladys Lima; Beltrão, Nuno; Barreto, Carlos A.V.; Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Rondão, Tiago; Macedo, Renato; et al. Corresponding author: Carvalho, Ana Luisa. "Aberrant hippocampal transmission and behavior in mice with a stargazin mutation linked to intellectual disability.". Paper presented in SPN2021, 2021. Beltrão, Nuno; Caldeira, Gladys Lima; Inácio, Ângela S.; Macedo, Renato; Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Antal, Orsolya; Carvalho, Ana Luisa. Corresponding author: Carvalho, Ana Luisa. "Cerebellar dysfunction in animal models of neurodevelopmental disorders with human mutations in the CACNG2 gene". Paper presented in SPN2021, 2021. Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Inácio, Ângela S.; Caldeira, Gladys Lima; Gouveia, Raquel P; Barreto, Carlos A.V.; Beltrão, Nuno; Moreira, Irina S; Taglialatela, Maurizio; Carvalho, Ana Luisa. "Stargazin as a Regulator of Neuronal Excitability". Paper presented in SPN2021, 2021. Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Ângela Sanches Inácio; Gladys Caldeira; Maurizio Taglialatela; Carvalho, Ana Luisa. "STARGAZIN AS A REGULATOR OF NEURONAL EXCITABILITY". Paper presented in BEBday 2019, 2019. Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Ângela Sanches Inácio; Gladys Caldeira; Maurizio Taglialatela; Carvalho, Ana Luisa. "STARGAZIN AS A REGULATOR OF NEURONAL EXCITABILITY". Paper presented in CIBB meeting 2019, 2019. Caldeira, Gladys Lima; Inácio, Ângela; Beltrão, Nuno; Rondão, Tiago; Louros, Susana R; Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Guedes, Joana; Peça, João; Carvalho, Ana Luisa. "Abnormal synaptic transmission and behavioral deficits in mice with Stargazin mutations linked to psychiatric disorders". Paper presented in European Synapse Meeting, 2019. Inácio, Ângela Sanches; Caldeira, Gladys Lima; Louros, Susana R; Rondão, Tiago; Beltrão, Nuno; Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Guedes, Joana; Carvalho, Ana Luisa. "Neuronal dysfunction and behaviour abnormalities in mice with stargazin mutation linked to intellectual disability.". Paper presented in FENS Regional Meeting, 2019. Caldeira, Gladys Lima; Louros, Susana R; Inácio, Ângela Sanches; Rondão, Tiago; Beltrão, Nuno; Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Guedes, Joana; Carvalho, Ana Luisa. "Aberrant hippocampal transmission and cognitive behavior in mice with stargazin mutation linked to intellectual disability". Paper presented in 11th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, 2018. Manocchio, L; Soldovieri, MV; Ambrosino, P; Mosca, I; Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Caldeira, Gladys Lima; Carvalho, Ana Luisa; Taglialatela, M. "Stargazin regulates biochemical and functional properties of voltage-gated Kv7.2 potassium channels.". Paper presented in Italian National meeting of PhD students in Neuroscience, 2017. Caldeira, Gladys Lima; Louros, Susana R; Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Pato, CN; Chen, C; Peça, João; Carvalho, Ana Luisa. "CACNG2, a new candidate gene for schizophrenia and intellectual disability. Integrating Hebbian and Homeostatic Plasticity.". Paper presented in Society for Neuroscience, 2016. Caldeira, Gladys Lima; Louros, Susana R; Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Pato, CN; Chen, C; Peça, João; Carvalho, Ana Luisa. "CACNG2, a new candidate gene for schizophrenia and intellectual disability. Integrating Hebbian and Homeostatic Plasticity.". Paper presented in International Society for Neurochemistry, 2016. Caldeira, Gladys Lima; Louros, Susana R; Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Pato, CN; Peça, João; Carvalho, Ana Luisa. "CACNG2, a new candidate gene for schizophrenia and intellectual disability. Integrating Hebbian and Homeostatic Plasticity.". Paper presented in The Royal Society of London, 2016.
Journal article	G. L. Caldeira; A. S. Inácio; N. Beltrão; C. A. V. Barreto; M. V. Rodrigues; T. Rondão; R. Macedo; et al. "Aberrant hippocampal transmission and behavior in mice with a stargazin mutation linked to intellectual disability". Molecular Psychiatry 27 5 (2022): 2457-2469. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-022-01487-w. 10.1038/s41380-022-01487-w
Thesis / Dissertation	"Stargazin as a Regulator of Neuronal Excitability". PhD, Universidade de Coimbra, 2023. Rodrigues, Marina. "Interactome of stargazin: relevance in neuropsychiatric disorders". Master, Universidade de Coimbra, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/34026.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/09/15	Selected talk - Type 1 transmembrane AMPA-receptor regulatory proteins are auxiliary subunits of kv7.2 voltage-gated potassium channels	2nd Kv7 Symposium, Naples, Italy (naples, Italy)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2017/10/01 - Current	monthly projects and master theses as a part of "Stargazin as a regulator of neuronal excitability" Co-supervisor of More than 10 students	Universidade de Coimbra centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2019 - Current	Brain Awareness Week - Science outreach activities for children Other	Brain Awareness Week 2019 – Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (SPN) Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (SPN), Portugal
2018 - Current	"European Researchers' Night 2018" Science outreach activities for the general public Other	European Researchers' Night CNC.IBILI, Portugal
2023/09/13 - 2023/09/15	Poster presentation "Type 1 transmembrane AMPA-receptor regulatory proteins are auxiliary subunits of kv7.2 voltage-gated potassium channels" Conference	2nd Kv7 Symposium, Naples, Italy
2022/10/21 - 2022/10/21	Poster presentation "Functional modulation of Kv7.2 channels by stargazin" Conference	XVIII ESM 20-21 Oct 2022, Coimbra, PT
2022/07/09 - 2022/07/13	poster presentation "Functional modulation of Kv7.2 channels by stargazin" Conference	XVII FENS Forum 2022, 9-13 Jul 2022, Paris
2021/02/05 - 2021/03/05	Finalist - 3 Minute-Thesis Competition (3MT) is an academic competition to challenge PhD students to communicate their thesis in 3 minutes. Workshop	3 Minute-Thesis Competition (3MT) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019 - 2019	Poster presentation "Stargazin as a regulator of neuronal excitability" Conference	CIBB meeting 2019 CNC.IBILI, Portugal
2019 - 2019	Poster presentation "Stargazin as a regulator of neuronal excitability" Conference	BEBday 2019 Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2017/05 - 2017/09	Ciência no Verão 2017 - Science outreach activities for children in the city streets Other	Ciência no Verão 2017 Rómulo - Centro Ciência Viva de Coimbra , Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2019/07 - Current	Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (SPN)
2017/02 - Current	Liga Portuguesa Contra A Epilepsia (LCPE)

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2022 - Current	Invited instructor - "Module 1: Synapse Assembly, Function and Plasticity" on January 16 - 20, 2023 - as part of the "Neuroscience: From Synapses to Circuits and Brain Diseases" from the Doctoral Program in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine (2022-2023 edition), CNC-UC in Coimbra, PT.	(Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
2022/07/18 - 2022/07/23	Selected instructor - "Introduction to Experimental Neuroscience Workshop 2022 - Bordeaux Summer School" (56 hours) - as part of the Bordeaux Neurocampus Graduate Program in Bordeaux, FR	(Graduado)	Université de Bordeaux, France

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2021/12 - 2021/12	Selfie Science, 30th ep. (CNC-UC SciCom initiative: a short video about our scientific work) - https://youtu.be/PTs2_XUgVBg	Neuronal excitability function and dysfunction

Distinctions

Award

2023	Best oral communication, 2nd Kv7 symposium, Naples, Italy "Outstanding communication skills"
2023	Travel Grant - Italian Society of Pharmacology (SIF)
2022	travel grant - 8th ESM meeting 2022, Coimbra, portugal
2021	Bolsas da SPN2021 - POSTER Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
2019	Merit Scholarships University of Coimbra, academic year 2015/2016 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2014	3% best students award attributed by University of Coimbra Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2013	3% best students award attributed by University of Coimbra Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011	Honours scholarship by High School of Avelar Brotero Escola Secundária de Avelar Brotero, Portugal
2010	Honours scholarship by High School of Avelar Brotero Escola Secundária de Avelar Brotero, Portugal
2009	Honours scholarship by High School of Avelar Brotero Escola Secundária de Avelar Brotero, Portugal

Other distinction

2018	Travel grant Catania International Summer School of Neuroscience - Synaptic function and dysfunction: New targets for brain Diseases Pharmacology
2017	FCT PhD scholarship SFRH/BD/129236/2017 - “Stargazin as a regulator of M-Currents in the Central Nervous System” Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal