Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/03/05	Neuronal substrates of egg laying behavior at the abdominal ganglion	Sexually Dimorphic Circuits and Behavior Janelia Research, Howard Huges Medical Institute (Ashburn, United States)
2022/05/26	The active role of female fly behaviour during mating rituals	Cell and Developmental biology Department Seminar Series University College London (United Kingdom)
2021/09/16	The role of olfaction in female aggression	ECRO2021 European Chemoreception organization (Cascais, Portugal)
2020/02	The study of innate behavior using the fruit fly: How flies progress from courtship to copulation attempt	jornadas Ibericas de Genetica e Biotecnologia University of Trás-os-montes e Alto Douro (Portugal)
2019/09	Ovipositor Presentation To The Male: ‘What does she mean?’	Brains and Roses meeting Collége de France (France)
2019/06	Ovipositor Presentation To The Male: ‘What does she mean?’	EMBO-Kavli workshop 'Neural circuits and behavior of Drosophila' (Greece)
2019/01	The female responses to male courtship behavior	Aarhus University (Denmark)
2017/10	Carbon dioxide response in the innate olfaction centre of Drosophila melanogaster	Symposium on Neuronal mechanisms of odour guided behaviour University of Regensburg (Germany)
2017/09	The innate olfaction center of the fruit fly	Brains and roses meeting Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)
2017/06	Carbon dioxide response in the innate olfaction centre of Drosophila melanogaster	EMBO-Kavli workshop ' Neural circuits and behavior of Drosophila (Greece)
2016/09	Carbon dioxide sensing in higher brain centers of Drosophila melanogaster	European Chemoreception Research Organization meeting (Greece)
2016/05	Circuits of female responses to male courtship	Neural Developmental Disorders Symposium Fundação Champalimaud (Portugal)
2015/09	Circuits of female responses to male courtship	Champalimaud Neuroscience Symposium (Portugal)
2015/09	Circuits of female responses to male courtship	Champalimaud Neuroscience Symposium
2015/07	Circuits of innate behaviours in flies	IIBEAA, University of Athens (Greece)
2015/07	Search for circuits of female responses: the apterous neurons	Embo-Kavli workshop on neural circuits and behavior of Drosophila
2014/09	Unravelling the circuit of CO2 response at the lateral horn	Brains and rooses meeting Collége de France (France)
2014/09	Circuits of innate behavior	Centre for Neural Circuits and Behavior, Oxford University (United Kingdom)
2014/07	An inhibitory behavioral screen identifies neurons involved in female receptivity behavior	Junior European Drosophila Investigator (France)
2013/05	Circuits of innate behaviors	Cognition, Emotion and Behavior: The brain at work FPCEUP, university of Porto (Portugal)
2013/03	Circuito neuronais envolvidos no comportamento de cortejamento na mosca do vinagre	XIV Jornadas de Biologia Aplicada Universidade do Minho (Portugal)
2012/06	Tracing olfactory circuits of innate responses	Society for Experimental Biology Meeting (Austria)
2011/11	Search for neuronal circuits of innate responses in the fruit fly	- National Institute of Medical Research, London (United Kingdom)
2009/12	Innate olfactory circuits	Max-Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Munich (Germany)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/09/01 - 2024/02/29	Neuronal circuits of egg laying behaviour in Drosophila melanogaster Supervisor	Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (PhD) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015/09/01 - 2022/09/29	Mate competition Drives Aggressive Behaviour in Female Drosophila Supervisor	Neuroscience (PhD) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2014/09/01 - 2022/04/01	Neuronal control of suppression, initiation and completion of egg deposition in Drosophila melanogaster Supervisor	Neurociências (PhD) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
2015/09/01 - 2021/11/12	Novel circuits involved in Drosophila melanogaster virgin female sexual behaviours Supervisor	Neurociências (PhD) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
2012 - 2019/01	Mechanisms of Defensive Action Selection in Flies Co-supervisor	Neuroscience (PhD) Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2017 - 2018	The role of ovipositor extrusion during courtship in female Drosophila melanogaster Supervisor	biologia evolutiva e do desenvolvimento (Master) Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2015 - 2016	Characterization of mating behavior of the female fly using machine vision Supervisor	engenharia biomedica (Master) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2009 - 2015	Functional Architecture of the Neural System Controlling Female Reproductive Behavior in Drosophila Melanogaster Supervisor	Neuroscience (PhD) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2014 - 2014	Função do Sistema neuronal de Drosophila melanogaster no comportamento durante a corte Supervisor	biologia (Degree) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2009 - 2010	Different behaviours elicited by CO2 in fruit fly larvae Supervisor	Biologia evolutiva e do desenvolvimento (Master) Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2025/02/13 - 2025/02/13	TheatAr: a science outreach event on the intersection of Theater and Neuroscience An evening in a full 420 seat Auditorium with two scientific talks on empathy and sense of self in performing actors, and a playback theatre performance followed by a round table with the artist and scientists. https://events.ar.fchampalimaud.org/theatar/ (2025/02/13 - 2025/02/13) Other (Co-organisor)	Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2015/09 - 2015/09	Portuguese fly meeting - 2 day National conference on fly research (2015/09 - 2015/09) Conference (Co-organisor)
2013/09 - 2013/09	Champalimaud Neuroscience Symposium- five day international conference with invited, selected talks and poster sessions. (2013/09 - 2013/09) Conference (President of the Organising Committee)	Centro Champalimaud, Portugal
2012/09 - 2012/10	Champalimaud Neuroscience Symposium- five day international conference with invited, selected talks and poster sessions. (2012/09 - 2012/10) Conference (Co-organisor)	Centro Champalimaud, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2024/12/06	Spinal Control of Sexual Excitation and Copulatory Behaviour Thesis Member	Ana Rita Mendes (PhD) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
2023/05/31	GABAergic signaling shapes multiple aspects of Drosophila courtship motor behavior (Thesis) Arguer	Bijayalaxmi Swain (PhD) Aarhus Universitet Faculty of Natural Sciences, Denmark
2023/04/18	Identifying Motor Neurons Involved in Pulsatile Muscle Activity Signalling (Thesis) Main arguer	Mariana Cruz Franco (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/03/21	The Role of the Periaqueductal Gray in Female Sexual Behavior Thesis Member	Baylor Brangers (PhD) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
2023/02/23	Molecular and neuronal mechanisms underlying protein appetite Thesis Member	Ana Patricia Tomé Francisco (PhD) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
2022/10/25	Deconstructing Collective Cognition in Drosophila: Neurobiological mechanisms of social and associal learning (Thesis) Main arguer	Ruben Faria Correia (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022/03/30	Movement-dependent central processing of visual feedback for self-motion estimation in Drosophila melanogaster Thesis Member	Mert Erginkaya (PhD) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
2020/11/27	Cellular and Molecular Dissection of Bacterial Peptidoglycan mediated Drosophila melanogaster behavioral immunity (Thesis) Arguer	Ambra Masuzzo (PhD) Aix-Marseille Université, France
2019	Genetic and neuronal control of behavioural organization and action selection in Drosophila (Thesis) Arguer	Bárður Eyjólfsson Ellendersen (PhD) Aarhus Universitet Institut for Molekylærbiologi og Genetik, Denmark
2019	Integration of Sleep and Social Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster (Thesis) Arguer	Daniel Rodrigues Machado (PhD) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2019	A Genetic model for Neurorehabilitation (Thesis) Main arguer	Ricardo Duarte Custódio (Master) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2019	Regulação do Mate Choice Copying por neurónios apetitivos ou neurónios aversivos de dopamina em Drosophila melanogaster (Thesis) Main arguer	Joana Palma Marcos (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2018	Drosophila models of neuromuscular disorders: from morphology to behavior (Thesis) Main arguer	Ana Cristina Coelho Fernandes (Master) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2017	La formation de traces mnesiques olfactives dans le cortex piriforme de la souris (Thesis) Arguer	Claire Meissner-Bernard (PhD) Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en biologie, France
2017	Neuropeptides and the social modulation of defensive behaviors in Drosophila (Thesis) Main arguer	José Ricardo Vieira (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2017	How the nervous system responds to and regulates amino acid homeostasis Thesis Member	Samantha L. Herbert (PhD) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2016	The role of the Ral/Exocyst pathway in Structural plasticity at the DRosophila Neuromuscular junction (Thesis) Main arguer	José Pedro Dias Cristovão (Master) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2016	Anatomical and functional mapping of striatal circuits controlling licking Thesis Member	Sevinç Mutlu (PhD) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2015	Auditory cues in social transmission of fear Thesis Member	Ana I. P. G. Pereira (PhD) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2015	Functional and genetic analysis of alpha-synuclein and huntingtin in Drosophila melanogaster Thesis Member	Gonçalo Manuel Poças (PhD) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2014	Molecular and Neural Mechanisms of Decision Making in Drosophila Melanogaster	Clara Ferreira (PhD) University of Oxford Corpus Christi College, United Kingdom
2008	role of the different actin genes during extrusion of capping protein mutant cells in the drosophila wing blade epithelium (Thesis) Main arguer	Mauricia Maria Filipe Vinhas (Master) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2021/05/04 - 2021/05/06	European Drosophila Neurobiology Conference (Neurofly)

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2023/07/14 - 2034/07/16	Lecture and Laboratory practical on courtship and aggression in fruit flies	Drosophila Neurobiology Summer Course	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2020/04/06	Newspaper interview 'Como a nossa memória é importante quando escolhemos um aroma'	Público
2019/01/19	Newspaper interview 'O que acontece no cérebro numa resposta inata aos cheiros?'	Público
2018/09/13	Newspaper interview 'Fugir ou paralisar? Como o cérebro reage ao perigo'	Público
2017/05/14	newspaper interview 'fêmea abranda quando seduzida'	Jornal de Noticias

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2017/02/17 - 2017/02/17	90 segundos de Ciência - Antena 1