João Filipe Oliveira (3314-F338-1963)

Curriculum Vitae

João Filipe Oliveira

João Filipe Oliveira is a Principal Investigator at the ICVS 3B's Associate Laboratory. JFO is a pharmacist who received his PhD from Leipzig University, Germany, under the supervision of Prof. Peter Illes. There, he became an expert in electrophysiology techniques to study astrocyte-mediated glutamatergic and purinergic signaling. He moved then to the ICVS (Braga, Portugal) under a Marie Curie Fellowship to study the impact of neuron-glia interactions on complex cognitive functions in health and disease. Taking advantage of the ICVS long record on neuroanatomy and behavioral testing, JFO tackled the unexpected link between astrocyte function and behavior outputs under the mentorship of Prof. Nuno Sousa. Additionally, he led the implementation of state-of-the-art electrophysiological techniques at the ICVS, including patch-clamp and in vivo LFP/spike recordings. Currently, JFO leads a research team that studies astrocyte modulation of brain circuits and behavior in physiological and pathological contexts. He has successfully coordinated 5 projects while 3 are running (over 1.3 million euros). He has established international collaborations and supervised several students (1 Postdoc, 4 PhD and 4 MSc ongoing; 3 PhD, and 11 MSc completed). He has been publishing as a senior/corresponding author in high-impact journals (Molecular Psychiatry, IF=14.5; Trends in Neurosciences, IF=12.5), also in collaboration (Nature Neuroscience IF=20.1; Nature Communications IF=12.1), and his work has been cited over 3200 times (h=22; mean IF last 5 years: 9.9). He is regularly invited to talk at several international and national Neuroscience meetings. He is Associate Editor in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience - Non-Neuronal Cells and MDPI Biology, and he is frequently requested to peer-review for both Journals and Funding Agencies. Finally, as a reflection of the relevance of his work in the field, he has been involved in organizing many relevant events. In 2017, he was the lead organizer of the XV Portuguese Neuroscience Meeting. He integrated the Local Organizing Committee of the XIV European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease in Porto (2019). Indeed, as the chair of the Portuguese Glial Network, JFO has been driving the field of astrocytes forward and becoming recognized in Portugal and internationally. He chairs Symposia in relevant Meetings: Euroglia 2017 Edinburgh, UK; FENS 2022 Paris, France; ISN-APSN Meeting 2022 Honolulu, USA; and upcoming Euroglia 2025 Marseille, France. Finally, The organization of an IBRO-PERC-supported Satellite Symposium of Glia 2019 (154 delegates) and the ISN-supported Workshop on Astrocyte Physiology in 2023, gathering experts from all over the world at ICVS, are good examples. These activities and established networks demonstrate the level of research independence reached despite his short career.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: João Filipe Oliveira

Citation names

Oliveira, João Filipe

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 3314-F338-1963
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1005-2328
Scopus Author Id: 44761514800

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences
Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
German	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2009 Concluded	PhD (Doutoramento) Universität Leipzig Fakultät für Biowissenschaften Pharmazie und Psychologie, Germany "Neuron-glia interactions mediated by purinergic receptor activation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Magna Cum Laude
2004 Concluded	Ciências Farmacêuticas (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal "Licenciatura" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	13
1998 Concluded	Ensino secundário (Ensino secundário) Colégio D. Diogo De Sousa, Portugal "Ensino secundário" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/06/20 - Current	Principal Investigator (Research)	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

2016/12/01 - 2023/06/19	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
2012/12/03 - 2014/12/29	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

2009/10/01 - 2012/12/02	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2009/09 - 2024	Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2004/05/17 - 2005/07/29	Pharmacist	Farmácia Barreiros, Portugal

2002/09/16 - 2005/07/29	Pre-doctoral fellow: Characterization of different strains of Candida sp. regarding antifungal behaviour	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

2004/01/05 - 2004/05/01	Visiting fellow - Synthesis and bioactivity of polyamine derivative against cancer cells	Robert Gordon University School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, United Kingdom

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2025 - 2028	Decoding the neural signals underlying memory processing in cortico-limbic circuits 156/2024 Principal investigator	Fundação Bial Ongoing
2021/12 - 2025/12	Neuron-astrocyte signaling in depression: learning from astrocytes how to effectively treat depression HR21-01020 Principal investigator laCaixa Foundation, Spain	laCaixa Foundation Ongoing
2019 - 2023	Decoding the neuron-astrocyte dialogue that supports cognitive processing 037/18 Principal investigator	Fundação Bial Concluded
2017 - 2021	Neuron-astrocyte interactions in depression: disclosing more effective therapeutic targets IF/00328/2015/ CP1294/CT0002 Principal investigator	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2015 - 2018	The role of astrocytes in complex cognitive processing 207/14 Principal investigator Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	Fundação Bial Concluded
2012 - 2015	The interplay between astrocytes and neurons in the progression of stress-induced pathologies 118194/2010 Principal investigator Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	Foundation for Science and Tecnology Concluded
2011 - 2015	Translation of neuron-glia interactions in complex cognitive functions 61/10 Principal investigator Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	Fundação Bial Concluded
2012 - 2013	Development of an automated system to expose rodents to chronic stress and modulate neuropsychiatric disorders 2012/23712 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)	Quadro de Referência Estratégico Nacional Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2014 - 2016	The role of astrocytes in mood disorders: from molecules to cognitive dysfunction SFRH/BPD/97281/2013 Post-doc Fellow Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2010 - 2012	The interplay between astrocytes and neurons in the progression of stress-induced cognitive disorders SFRH/BPD/66151/2009 Post-doc Fellow Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2005 - 2009	Neuron-glia interactions mediated by purinergic receptor activation DAAD PhD Student Fellow Universität Leipzig Fakultät für Biowissenschaften Pharmazie und Psychologie, Germany	Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book	Teixeira-Castro, A.; Dias, N.; Rodrigues, P.; Oliveira, J.F.; Rodrigues, N.F.; Maciel, P.; Vilaça, J.L.. An image processing application for quantification of protein aggregates in Caenorhabditis Elegans. 2011. 10.1007/978-3-642-19914-1_5
Conference abstract	Mendes-Duarte, Joana; Caetano, Liliana; Patrício, Patrícia; Soares-Cunha, Carina; Mateus-Pinheiro A; Alves, Nuno Dinis; Baptista, FI; et al. "Dimorphic, brain region-specific regulation of microglia by adenosine A2AR receptors: uncoupling anxiety and cognition". Paper presented in 7th ISN Special Neurochemistry Conference Synaptic Function and Dysfunction in Brain Diseases, Coimbra, 2016.
Conference paper	Rodrigues, P.L.; Moreira, A.H.J.; Teixeira-Castro, A.; Oliveira, J.; Dias, N.; Rodrigues, N.F.; Vilaça, J.L.. "Automatic segmentation and 3D feature extraction of protein aggregates in Caenorhabditis Elegans". 2012. 10.1117/12.911567 Dias, N.S.; Silva, M.F.; Ribeiro, J.F.; Cardoso, V.F.; Jacinto, L.R.; Oliveira, J.F.; Cerqueira, J.J.; et al. "Gold coated SU-8-based microelectrodes for in vivo electrophysiological studies: Rapid prototyping protocol-specific microelectrode designs". 2011. 10.1109/NER.2011.5910549
Conference poster	Dias, J. Duarte; Viana, João Filipe; Veiga, Alexandra; Abreu, Daniela Sofia; Machado, João Luís; Barsanti, Sara; Oliveira, João Filipe. "The role of astrocytic metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 in depressive-like behavior". Paper presented in FENS Forum 2024, 2024. Abreu, Daniela Sofia; Viana, João Filipe; Guerra-Gomes, Sónia; Martín-Monteagudo, Cristina; Machado, João Luís; Barsanti, Sara; Veiga, Alexandra; et al. "Astrocytic Foxo1 regulates hippocampal spinogenesis, synaptic plasticity and enhances fear memory". Paper presented in VIII Symposium of the Portuguese Glial Network, 2024. Viana, João Filipe; Dias, José Duarte; Machado, João Luís; González-Arias, Candela; Veiga, Alexandra; Abreu, Daniela Sofia; Barsanti, Sara; Perea, Gertrudis; Oliveira, João Filipe. "The Role of Astrocytic Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 in Mood and Cognition". Paper presented in VIII Symposium of the Portuguese Glial Network, 2024. Machado, João Luís; Caetano, Inês; Guerra-Gomes, Sónia; Viana, João Filipe; Abreu, Daniela Sofia; Barsanti, Sara; Veiga, Alexandra; José Duarte Dias; Oliveira, João Filipe. "Astrocyte calcium signaling involvement in hippocampus-prefrontal cortex synchronization". Paper presented in VIII Symposium Portuguese Glial Network, 2024. Veiga, Alexandra; Abreu, Daniela Sofia; Soledade, Francisca; Machado, João Luís; Viana, João Filipe; Barsanti, Sara; Dias, José Duarte; Oliveira, João Filipe. "Regional roles of astrocytic Foxo1 in the modulation of behavior". Paper presented in 14th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, 2024. Veiga, Alexandra; Abreu, Daniela Sofia; Dias, José Duarte; Viana, João Filipe; Machado, João Luís; Barsanti, Sara; Oliveira, João Filipe. "The role of the astrocytic Foxo1 in the dorsal hippocampus". Paper presented in Post-graduation retreat, 2023. Viana, João Filipe; Abreu, Daniela Sofia; Guerra-Gomes, Sónia; Martín-Monteagudo, Cristina; Machado, João Luís; Barsanti, Sara; Nascimento, Diana Sofia Marques; et al. "Astrocytic Foxo1 regulates hippocampal spinogenesis and synaptic plasticity and enhances fear memory". Paper presented in FENS Regional Meeting 2023, 2023. Machado, João Luís; Viana, João Filipe; Veiga, Alexandra; Teixeira, Eduardo; Abreu, Daniela Sofia; Wahis, Jerôme; Liu, Chen; Holt, Matthew; Oliveira, João Filipe. "Morphological analysis of astrocytes in different preparations". Paper presented in FENS Forum 2022 July 9 – 13 in Paris, 2022. Viana, João Filipe; Machado, João Luís; Abreu, Daniela Sofia; Tavares, Gabriela; Martins, Manuella; Sardinha, Vanessa Morais; Guerra-Gomes, Sónia; et al. "Heterogeneity of the astrocyte morphology within the mouse hippocampus". Paper presented in 13th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, 2022. Abreu, Daniela Sofia; Viana, João Filipe; Guerra-Gomes, Sónia; Soledade, Francisca; Machado, João Luís; Nascimento, DSM; Pinto, Luisa; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia; Oliveira, João Filipe. "The involvement of astrocyte calcium-dependent signaling in behavior". Paper presented in FENS Forum - Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, 2022. Viana, João Filipe; Guerra-Gomes, Sónia; Soledade, Francisca; Machado, João Luís; Marques Nascimento, Diana Sofia; Caetano, Inês; Sousa, Nuno; Pinto, Luísa; Oliveira, João Filipe. "The role of astrocytic calcium-dependent signaling in cognitive function". Paper presented in V Symposium of the Portuguese Glial Network, 2021. Machado, João Luís; Viana, João Filipe; Tavares, Gabriela; Guerra-Gomes, Sónia; Oliveira, João Filipe. "Morphological analysis of astrocytes in the ventral hippocampus of mice". Paper presented in V symposium of the Portuguese Glial Network, 2021. Machado, João Luís; Viana, João Filipe; Soledade, Francisca; Nascimento, Diana; Deseyve, Catarina; Gonçalves, Ricardo; Oliveira, João Filipe. "The Role of the Astrocytic mGluR5 in behavior dependent on the ventral hippocampus and prefrontal cortex". Paper presented in NeRD retreat 2020, 2020. Viana, João Filipe; Nascimento, Diana; Guerra-Gomes, Sónia; Machado, João Luís; Soledade, Francisca; Gonçalves, Ricardo; Deseyve, Catarina; Oliveira, João Filipe. "The Role of Astrocytic Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 in Cognition". Paper presented in NeRD Retreat, 2020. Soledade, Francisca; Viana, João Filipe; Machado, João Luís; Nascimento, Diana; Deseyve, Catarina; Gonçalves, Ricardo; Oliveira, João Filipe. "Astrocytic FOXO1 In the mouse brain and its modulation of behaviour". Paper presented in NeRD retreat 2020, 2020. Cunha-Garcia, Daniela ; Oliveira, João Filipe; Correia, Joana Sofia; Neves-Carvalho, Andreia; Maciel, Patrícia; Duarte-Silva, S. "Impact of astrocytic calcium suppression in the pathogenesis of Machado Joseph disease". Paper presented in Neurosciences annual retreat (ICVS/3B's), 2019. Viana, João Filipe; Guerra-Gomes, Sónia; Nascimento, Diana Sofia Marques; Caetano, Inês; Sousa, Nuno; Pinto, Luísa; Oliveira, João Filipe. "The Role of IP3R2-dependent Calcium Signaling in Neural and Astrocytic Morphology in the Hippocampus". Paper presented in XIV European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease, 2019. Viana, João Filipe; Guerra-Gomes, Sónia; Nascimento, Diana Sofia Marques; Caetano, Inês; Loureiro-Campos, Eduardo; Oliveira, João Filipe. "The Role of Astrocytic Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 in Cognitive Function". Paper presented in ICVS Open Day, 2019. Viana, João Filipe; Guerra-Gomes, Sónia; Nascimento, Diana Sofia Marques; Caetano, Inês; Loureiro-Campos, Eduardo; Oliveira, João Filipe. "The Role of Astrocytic Glutamate Receptor 5 in Cognitive Function". Paper presented in NeRD Retreat, 2018. Gaspar, Rita; Mendes-Duarte, Joana; Patrício, Patrícia; Soares-Cunha, Carina; Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Alves, Nuno Dinis; Santos, Ana Rita; et al. "Brain region duality in the regulation of microglia morphology by adenosine A2A receptors: implications for anxiety and cognition". Paper presented in XIII European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease, 2017. Gaspar, Rita; Mendes-Duarte, Joana; Patrício, Patricia; Soares-Cunha, Carina; Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Alves, Nuno Dinis; Santos, Ana Rita; et al. "Modulation of microglia morphology by adenosine A2A receptors: impact for anxiety and cognition". Paper presented in XV Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, 2017.
Edited book	Pinto, Luisa; Oliveira, João Filipe; Sousa, Nuno; Catarina A Gomes; Sandra Henriques Vaz. Glial Plasticity in Depression. Frontiers Media SA. 2016. 10.3389/978-2-88919-999-0
Journal article	Dias, José Duarte; Viana, João Filipe; Alves, Luís Samuel; Veiga, Alexandra; Matos, Bruna; Machado, João Luís; Oliveira, João Filipe. "AstroWars: the return of the astrocytic metabotropic glutamate receptor 5". The Journal of Physiology (2025): https://doi.org/10.1113/jp288403. 10.1113/jp288403 Veiga, Alexandra; Abreu, Daniela Sofia; Dias, José Duarte; Azenha, Patrícia; Barsanti, Sara; Oliveira, João Filipe. "Calcium-Dependent Signaling in Astrocytes: Downstream Mechanisms and Implications for Cognition". Journal of Neurochemistry 169 2 (2025): https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.70019. 10.1111/jnc.70019 Barsanti, Sara; Viana, João Filipe; Veiga, Alexandra; Machado, João Luís; Abreu, Daniela Sofia; Dias, José Duarte; Monteiro, Susana; et al. "Assessing Different Histological Preparations for Reconstruction of Astrocyte Tridimensional Structure". Cells 13 11 (2024): 969. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13110969. Published • 10.3390/cells13110969 Brakatselos, C.; Polissidis, A.; Ntoulas, G.; Asprogerakas, M.-Z.; Tsarna, O.; Vamvaka-Iakovou, A.; Nakas, G.; et al. "Multi-level therapeutic actions of cannabidiol in ketamine-induced schizophrenia psychopathology in male rats". Neuropsychopharmacology 50 2 (2024): 388-400. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85203238745&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1038/s41386-024-01977-1 Cunha-Garcia, Daniela; Monteiro-Fernandes, Daniela; Correia, Joana Sofia; Neves-Carvalho, Andreia; Vilaça-Ferreira, Ana Catarina; Guerra-Gomes, Sónia; Viana, João Filipe; et al. "Genetic Ablation of Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor Type 2 (IP3R2) Fails to Modify Disease Progression in a Mouse Model of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24 13 (2023): 10606. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms241310606. Published • 10.3390/ijms241310606 João Filipe Viana; João Luís Machado; Daniela Sofia Abreu; Alexandra Veiga; Sara Barsanti; Gabriela Tavares; Manuella Martins; et al. "Astrocyte structural heterogeneity in the mouse hippocampus". Glia (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/glia.24362. 10.1002/glia.24362 Joana Martins-Macedo; António Mateus-Pinheiro; Cátia Alves; Fernando José da Silva Veloso; Eduardo D. Gomes; Ines Ribeiro; Joana S. Correia; et al. "StressMatic: A Novel Automated System to Induce Depressive- and Anxiety-like Phenotype in Rats". Cells (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells12030381. 10.3390/cells12030381 "Astrocyte regulation of neural circuit activity and network states". Glia (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/glia.24178. 10.1002/glia.24178 Machado-Santos, A.R.; Loureiro-Campos, E.; Patrício, P.; Araújo, B.; Alves, N.D.; Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Correia, J.S.; et al. "Beyond New Neurons in the Adult Hippocampus: Imipramine Acts as a Pro-Astrogliogenic Factor and Rescues Cognitive Impairments Induced by Stress Exposure". Cells 11 3 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85123300852&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.3390/cells11030390 Teresa Canedo; Camila Cabral Portugal; Renato Socodato; Tiago Oliveira Almeida; Ana Filipa Terceiro; Joana Bravo; Ana Isabel Silva; et al. "Astrocyte-derived TNF and glutamate critically modulate microglia activation by methamphetamine". Neuropsychopharmacology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-021-01139-7. 10.1038/s41386-021-01139-7 Escartin, C.; Galea, E.; Lakatos, A.; O’Callaghan, J.P.; Petzold, G.C.; Serrano-Pozo, A.; Steinhäuser, C.; et al. "Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions". Nature Neuroscience 24 3 (2021): 312-325. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85100133612&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1038/s41593-020-00783-4 Loureiro-Campos, E.; Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Patrício, P.; Soares-Cunha, C.; Silva, J.; Sardinha, V.M.; Mendes-Pinheiro, B.; et al. "Constitutive deficiency of the neurogenic hippocampal modulator AP2¿ promotes anxiety-like behavior and cumulative memory deficits in mice from juvenile to adult periods". eLife 10 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85121998696&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.7554/eLife.70685 Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Patrício, P.; Alves, N.D.; Martins-Macedo, J.; Caetano, I.; Silveira-Rosa, T.; Araújo, B.; et al. "Hippocampal cytogenesis abrogation impairs inter-regional communication between the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex and promotes the time-dependent manifestation of emotional and cognitive deficits". Molecular Psychiatry (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85115138614&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1038/s41380-021-01287-8 Rafael Falcón-Moya; Mikel Pérez-Rodríguez; José Prius-Mengual; Yuniesky Andrade-Talavera; Luis E. Arroyo-García; Rocío Pérez-Artés; Pedro Mateos-Aparicio; et al. "Astrocyte-mediated switch in spike timing-dependent plasticity during hippocampal development". Nature Communications (2020): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18024-4. 10.1038/s41467-020-18024-4 Guerra-Gomes, Sónia; Cunha-Garcia, Daniela; Marques Nascimento, Diana Sofia; Duarte-Silva, Sara; Loureiro-Campos, Eduardo; Morais Sardinha, Vanessa; Viana, João Filipe; et al. "IP3R2 null mice display a normal acquisition of somatic and neurological development milestones". European Journal of Neuroscience (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14724. 10.1111/ejn.14724 Batiuk, Mykhailo Y.; Martirosyan, Araks; Wahis, Jérôme; de Vin, Filip; Marneffe, Catherine; Kusserow, Carola; Koeppen, Jordan; et al. "Identification of region-specific astrocyte subtypes at single cell resolution". Nature Communications 11 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14198-8. 10.1038/s41467-019-14198-8 Rodrigues, J.A.; Pimenta, S.; Pereira, J.P.; Gomes, N.M.; Souto, M.R.; Fernandes, H.C.; Caetano, I.; et al. "Low-cost silicon neural probe: fabrication, electrochemical characterization and in vivo validation". Microsystem Technologies (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85085568772&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s00542-020-04898-3 Campos, J.; Guerra-Gomes, S.; Serra, S.C.; Baltazar, G.; Oliveira, J.F.; Teixeira, F.G.; Salgado, A.J.. "Astrocyte signaling impacts the effects of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells secretome application into the hippocampus: A proliferation and morphometrical analysis on astrocytic cell populations". Brain Research 1732 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85079162176&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.brainres.2020.146700 Duarte, J.M.; Gaspar, R.; Caetano, L.; Patrício, P.; Soares-Cunha, C.; Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Alves, N.D.; et al. "Region-specific control of microglia by adenosine A2A receptors: uncoupling anxiety and associated cognitive deficits in female rats". GLIA 67 1 (2019): 182-192. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85056875204&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1002/glia.23476 Guerra-Gomes, S.; Sousa, N.; Pinto, L.; Oliveira, J.F.. "Functional roles of astrocyte calcium elevations: From synapses to behavior". Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 11 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85041287914&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.3389/fncel.2017.00427 Guerra-Gomes, S.; Viana, J.F.; Nascimento, D.S.M.; Correia, J.S.; Sardinha, V.M.; Caetano, I.; Sousa, N.; Pinto, L.; Oliveira, J.F.. "The role of astrocytic calcium signaling in the aged prefrontal cortex". Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 12 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85056874209&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.3389/fncel.2018.00379 Tavares, G.; Martins, M.; Correia, J.S.; Sardinha, V.M.; Guerra-Gomes, S.; das Neves, S.P.; Marques, F.; Sousa, N.; Oliveira, J.F.. "Employing an open-source tool to assess astrocyte tridimensional structure". Brain Structure and Function 222 4 (2017): 1989-1999. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84989199342&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s00429-016-1316-8 Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Alves, N.D.; Patrício, P.; Machado-Santos, A.R.; Loureiro-Campos, E.; Silva, J.M.; Sardinha, V.M.; et al. "AP2¿ 3 controls adult hippocampal neurogenesis and modulates cognitive, but not anxiety or depressive-like behavior". Molecular Psychiatry 22 12 (2017): 1725-1734. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84992390012&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1038/mp.2016.169 Caetano, L.; Pinheiro, H.; Patrício, P.; Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Alves, N.D.; Coimbra, B.; Baptista, F.I.; et al. "Adenosine A 2A receptor regulation of microglia morphological remodeling-gender bias in physiology and in a model of chronic anxiety". Molecular Psychiatry 22 7 (2017): 1035-1043. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84991030115&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1038/mp.2016.173 Sardinha, V.M.; Guerra-Gomes, S.; Caetano, I.; Tavares, G.; Martins, M.; Reis, J.S.; Correia, J.S.; et al. "Astrocytic signaling supports hippocampal–prefrontal theta synchronization and cognitive function". GLIA 65 12 (2017): 1944-1960. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85029309636&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1002/glia.23205 Kafetzopoulos, V.; Kokras, N.; Sotiropoulos, I.; Oliveira, J.F.; Leite-Almeida, H.; Vasalou, A.; Sardinha, V.M.; et al. "The nucleus reuniens: a key node in the neurocircuitry of stress and depression". Molecular Psychiatry (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85017512568&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1038/mp.2017.55 Oliveira, J.F.; Gomes, C.A.; Vaz, S.H.; Sousa, N.; Pinto, L.. "Editorial: Glial plasticity in depression". 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"Rodent cortical astroglia express in situ functional P2X 7 receptors sensing pathologically high ATP concentrations". Cerebral Cortex 21 4 (2011): 806-820. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79952830371&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1093/cercor/bhq154 Nörenberg, W.; Schunk, J.; Fischer, W.; Sobottka, H.; Riedel, T.; Oliveira, J.; Franke, H.; Illes, P.. "Electrophysiological classification of P2X7 receptors in rat cultured neocortical astroglia". British Journal of Pharmacology 160 8 (2010): 1941-1952. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77954885998&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.00736.x Köles, L.; Gerevich, Z.; Oliveira, J.F.; Zadori, Z.S.; Wirkner, K.; Illes, P.. "Interaction of P2 purinergic receptors with cellular macromolecules". 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Thesis / Dissertation	Oliveira, João. "Neuron-glia interactions mediated by P2 receptor activation". PhD, Leipziger Universitätsverlag GmbH, 2009.

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2022. "A NOVEL METHOD TO MANIPULATE A PATHWAY TO PREVENT DEPRESSIVE-LIKE BEHAVIOR nr PPP117831 (updated details in ORCID)".
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Astrocytic Foxo1 regulates hippocampal spinogenesis and synaptic plasticity to enhance fear memory. 2023. Viana, J.F.; Guerra-Gomes, S.; Abreu, D.S.; Machado, J.L.; Barsanti, S.; Gonçalves, M.; Martín-Monteagudo, C.; et al. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85162990634&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1101/2023.05.01.538923

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/11	Astrocyte heterogeneity: implications for brain function	MSc-PhD Program University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2024/11	Astrocyte heterogeneity: implications for brain function	MSc-PhD Program Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon (Lisboa, Portugal)
2024/06	The involvement of astrocyte calcium-dependent signaling in fear memory	CiMUS Seminars Center for Research in Molecular Medicine and Chronic Diseases (CiMUS) (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
2024/04	The role of astrocytes in complex cognitive processing	XIV Bial Symposium Bial Foundation (Porto, Portugal)
2024/04	The brain is more than neurons: tools and challenges to monitor and manipulate astrocyte activity	Course on Advanced techniques and methodologies for brain circuit-level analysis University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2024/02	The involvement of astrocyte calcium-dependent signaling in fear memory	Champalimaud Foundation Seminars Champalimaud Foundation (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/10	Astrocytes and gliotransmission: the other brain	ESN-ISN Neurochemistry School (Faro, Portugal)
2023/10	Astrocyte heterogeneity: implications for brain function	MSc-PhD Program Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/08	The involvement of astrocyte calcium-dependent signaling in fear memory	ISN Workshop International Society for Neurochemistry (Braga, Portugal)
2022/11	The involvement of astrocytes in cortico-limbic function and behavior	MSc-PhD Program Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/10	The involvement of astrocyte calcium-dependent signaling in fear memory	VI Symposium PT Glial Network Portuguese Glial Network (Porto)
2022/09	The involvement of astrocyte calcium-dependent signaling in behavior	ISN-APSN Meeting International Society for Neurochemistry (Honolulu, United States)
2022/07	The involvement of astrocyte calcium-dependent signaling in behavior	FENS Forum 2022 (Paris, France)
2022/05	Emocional-MENTE - Seguindo as estrelas do cérebro para contrariar os efeitos nocivos do stress	Pint of Science (Braga)
2022/04	The role of astrocytes in complex cognitive processing	Bial Symposium (Porto)
2022/04	Descodificar o diálogo entre neurónios e astrócitos para entender o funcionamento do cérebro	Jornadas da Ciência School of Science - University of Minho (Braga)
2021/11	The involvement of astrocytes in cortico-limbic function and behavior: 3 stories	MSc Neuro Lisbon Medicine Faculty - university of Lisbon
2021/06	The involvement of astrocytes in cortico-limbic function and cognition	IMM Neurosciences Seminar Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2020/12/16	The involvement of astrocytes in cognitive function	Neuroscience Talks CEDOC - Nova Medical School, Lisbon
2020/11/06	The involvement of astrocytes in cognitive processing	NICO NeuroWebinar University of Turin, Italy
2020/06	The involvement of astrocytes in cognitive function	IX Ciclo de Conferências Científicas para Docentes (3º Ciclo e Secundário) (Portugal)
2020/01	The involvement of astrocytes in cognitive function	University of Pablo Olavide (Sevilla, Spain)
2019/09	The involvement of astrocytes in cognitive processing	Neurons in Action Meeting Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology (Warsaw, Poland)
2019/08	The involvement of astrocytes in cognitive processing	ISN ASN Meeting International Society for Neurochemistry (Montreal, Canada)
2019/07	Astrocytes what they are and what they do	XIV European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease Network Glia (Porto, Portugal)
2019/07	Astrocytes support neural synchronization and cognition	ICVS Satellite Meeting - Glia 2019 (Braga, Portugal)
2018/10	The other brain: astrocytes modulate neural circuits and support cognitive functions	Minho Medical Meeting NEMUM (Braga, Portugal)
2018/05	The involvement of astrocytes in cognitive processing	III Symposium of the PT Glial Network, Porto I3S, Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2018/02	The involvement of astrocytes in cognitive processing	CNC.IBILI Seminars CNC.IBILI (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/10/06	Astrocytes support hippocampal-prefrontal theta synchronization and cognitive function	BIGS Meeting (Bonn, Germany)
2017/09/29	The involvement of astrocytes in cognitive processing	Simposium 17th National Congress of the Spanish Neuroscience Society (Alicante, Spain)
2017/09/02	The involvement of astrocytes in cognitive processing	Young Scientists Meeting (Erlangen, Germany)
2017/07/09	Astrocytes support hippocampal-prefrontal theta synchronization and cognitive function	XIII European Meeting on Glial Cells (Edimburgh, United Kingdom)
2016/11/02	The involvement of astrocytes in behavior	I Symposium of the PT Glial Network (Braga, Portugal)
2016/06/27	The involvement of astrocytes in cognitive processing	Mind-Brain College lectures IMM, University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2016/04/14	The involvement of astrocytes in cognitive processing	International Astrocyte School (Bertinoro, Italy)
2015/01/23	Understanding astrocyte roles in the modulation of brain function	Instituto Cajal - CSIC Instituto Cajal - CSIC (Madrid, Spain)
2009/06/04	Neuron-glia interactions: P2X7 receptor, the new player of the astrocytic receptor team	11th Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neurosciences, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine (Braga, Portugal)
2008/05/19	Characterization of purinergic receptors in astroglial cells of the prefrontal cortex	INTERNEURO (Leipzig, Germany)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/09 - Current	The impact of astrocytic metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 manipulation in the medial prefrontal cortex Supervisor	Mestrado em Ciências da Saúde (Master) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2024/09 - Current	Analysis of electrophysiological data from animal models with astrocytic dysfunction Supervisor	Mestrado em Engenharia Biomédica - Eletrónica Médica (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2024/09 - Current	Dissecting electrophysiological fingerprints of astrocytes in brain circuits Supervisor	Mestrado em Engenharia Biomédica (Master) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/01 - Current	Decoding the neuron-astrocyte dialogue that supports cognitive processing Supervisor	Doutoramento em Ciências da Saúde (PhD) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2023/01 - Current	Neuron-astrocyte signaling in depression: learning from astrocytes how to effectively treat depression Supervisor	Doutoramento em Ciências da Saúde (PhD) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2022/07 - Current	Gliotransmission in depression: astrocytes as promising targets to more effective therapeutics Supervisor	Doutoramento em Ciências da Saúde (PhD) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2023/09 - 2025/01	The role of astrocytic Foxo1 in the dorsal hippocampus Supervisor	Mestrado em Ciências da Saúde (Master) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2023/09 - 2025/01	The role of astrocytic mGluR5 in depressive-like behavior Supervisor	Mestrado em Ciências da Saúde (Master) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2015/09 - 2016/06	Role of astrocyte calcium signaling on prefrontal cortex-dependent behavior Supervisor	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Master) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2010/11 - 2011/10	Bioeletromagnetic applications in the study of electrophysiological mechanisms of memory Supervisor	Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2025/07 - Current	Symposium at European Meeting On Glial Cells (2025/07) Symposium (President of the Organising Committee)	Network Glia, Germany
2025/05 - Current	Symposium at ESN Meeting - Naxos, Greece (2025/05) Symposium	European Society for Neurochemistry, Greece
2024/05 - Current	8th Symposium (2024/05) Conference (President of the Organising Committee)	Portuguese Glial Network, Portugal
2023/08 - Current	ISN Workshop on Astrocyte Control of Brain Circuits (2023/08) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)	International Society for Neurochemistry, Switzerland
2022/07 - Current	Symposium at the FENS Forum in Paris (2022/07) Symposium (President of the Organising Committee)	Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Belgium
2022/09 - 2022/09	Symposium at International Society for Neurochemistry-APSN Meeting, Honolulu, USA (2022 - 2022) Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)	International Society for Neurochemistry, Switzerland
2019 - 2019	Local Organizer of the XIV European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease (2019/07/10 - 2019/07/13) Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)	Network Glia, Germany
2019 - 2019	ICVS Satellite Meeting in Braga - Decoding astrocyte-neuron dialogues that produce brain outputs (2019/07/09 - 2019/07/09) Symposium (President of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2018 - 2018	Hands-on the rodent brain: from intracellular trafficking to brain connectome (2018/02/19 - 2018/03/09) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2017 - 2017	Coordinator of XV Meeting of the Portuguese Neuroscience Society (2017/05/25 - 2017/05/27) Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)	Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
2017 - 2017	Advanced Hands-on the Rodent Brain: from intracellular trafficking to brain connectome (2017/04/26 - 2017/05/12) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2017 - Current	Chair Symposium 12 GLIA 2017 Congress	XIII European Meeting on Glial Cells (Edimburgh, United Kingdom)
2018/03 - 2018/03	EEG Research Day, EEG, Braga Round Table “An helicopter view over research” Round table	An helicopter view over research Universidade do Minho Escola de Economia e Gestão, Portugal
2016/07/02 - 2016/07/06	Poster presentation FENS 2016 Congress	FENS 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark
2016/03/30 - 2016/04/02	Poster Presentation 11th Bial Foundation Symposium Symposium	11th Bial Foundation Symposium, Porto, Portugal
2015/11/11 - 2015/11/13	Poster Presentation NeuroConferences 2015 Conference	NeuroConferences 2015 - Psychopharmacology, Braga, Portugal, November 2015
2015/10/17 - 2015/10/21	Poster Presentation Neuroscience 2015 Congress	Neuroscience 2015 - Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, USA
2015/07/12 - 2015/07/18	Poster Presentation 12th European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease Meeting	12th European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease, Bilbao
2014/11/15 - 2014/11/19	Poster Presentation Neuroscience 2014 Congress	Neuroscience 2014 - Society for Neuroscience, Washington, USA, 15-19 November 2014
2014/07/05 - 2014/07/09	Poster Presentation 9th FENS 2014 Congress	9th FENS 2014 - Milan, Italy
2013/07/03 - 2013/07/06	Poster Presentation 11th European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease Meeting	11th European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease, Berlin
2012/10/13 - 2012/10/17	Poster Presentation Neuroscience 2012 Congress	Neuroscience 2012 - Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, USA
2012/07/14 - 2012/07/18	Poster Presentation 8th FENS 2012 Congress	8th FENS 2012 - Barcelona, Spain
2011/09/13 - 2011/09/17	Poster Participation 10th European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease Meeting	10th European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease, Prague,
2010/11/08 - 2010/11/19	Course on Laboratory Animal Science (Cat. C, FELASA) ICVS/3B´s Associate Laboratory Workshop	Course on Laboratory Animal Science Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2010/07/02 - 2010/07/06	Poster Presentation 7th FENS 2010 - Amsterdam, Netherlands Congress	7th FENS 2010 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
2009/11/22 - 2009/12/04	Biostatistics Course ICVS/3B´s Associate Laboratory University of Minho, Braga, Portugal Portugal Workshop	Biostatistics Course Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2009/07/17 - 2009/07/20	Poster Presentation Third Joint Italian-German Purine Club Meeting Meeting	Third Joint Italian-German Purine Club Meeting - Camerino, Italy
2009/02/02 - 2009/02/06	EURON - Stereotaxy course: from drug delivery to deep brain stimulation Maastricht University Medical Centre, Netherlands Workshop	EURON - Stereotaxy course: from drug delivery to deep brain stimulation Maastricht Universitair Medisch Centrum+, Netherlands
2008/12 - 2008/12	Poster Presentation 7th Leipzig Research Festival Meeting	7th Leipzig Research Festival
2008/10/20 - 2008/10/22	Experimental animal science course: rodents Centre for Experimental Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany Alemanha Workshop	Experimental animal science course in rodents Universität Leipzig Medizinische Fakultät, Germany
2007/09 - 2007/09	Poster Presentation Second Joint Italian-German Purine Club Meeting Meeting	Second Joint Italian-German Purine Club Meeting, Leipzig

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2024/03/25	Development of functionalized nanoparticles for the stabilization and repair of central nervous system myelin under assault by acquired demyelinating diseases (Thesis) Main arguer	Rui Pedro Moura (PhD) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2024/01/23	Role of astrocytes in the endocannabinoid-mediated long-term depression in the medial prefrontal cortex (Thesis) Main arguer	Leandro José Rodrigues Freitas (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/12/23	Astrocytic adenosine A2A receptor and connexin43 crosstalk in Alzheimer's disease (Thesis) Main arguer	Daniela Isabel Ferreira Madeira (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023/11/24	Impact of the ablation of hippocampal astrocytes in neurophysiology and behavior of rodents (Thesis) Main arguer	Ana Rita da Silva Reis Dourado (Master) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/01	Investigating the neuronal ensembles encoding valence in the Laterodorsal Tegmentum (Thesis) Arguer	Ricardo Filipe Bastos Gonçalves (Master) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2022/12	Evaluation of promising miRNA modulation in neural cells and derived secretomes as therapeutic tools in ALS (Thesis) Main arguer	Marta Isabel da Silva Rodrigues Barbosa (PhD) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2022/12	Impact of astrocytic GLUT1 ablation on glucose homeostasis and cognition (Thesis) Main arguer	Carlos Garcia Ardanaz (PhD) Universidad de Navarra, Spain
2022/02/17	The puzzle: absence seizures, astrocyte complexity, and memory impairments (Thesis) Main arguer	Mariana Serra de Sequeira Neuparth Sottomayor (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/12/22	Role of SNARE-dependent gliotransmitters release in alzheimer’s disease: from astrocytes to behaviour (Thesis) Main arguer	Daniela Sofia Da Costa Abreu (Master) Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/12	Molecular Therapies to Repair the Injured Spinal Cord (Thesis) Arguer	Rui Augusto Ribeiro Lima (PhD) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2021/11/15	Carbon Monoxide Modulation Of Glial Cells On Cytoprotection (Thesis) Main arguer	Daniela Patrícia Martins Dias Pedroso (PhD) Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/10/20	Astrosomes: a novel approach for the regulation of neuronal communication (Thesis) Main arguer	Adam D'Armada Moreira (PhD) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020/03/03	Role of SNARE-dependent gliotransmitters release by astrocytes upon Aß-mediated excitotoxicity (Thesis) Main arguer	Joana Isabel Ferreira da Graça Gomes (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020/02	Role of astrocytes in an in vitro model of ischemic stroke (Thesis) Main arguer	Cláudio André Martins Roque (PhD) Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2019/10	GABAergic Dysfunction in Childhood Absence Epilepsy: From Astrocytes to Circuits (Thesis) Main arguer	Carolina de Campos Pina (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/05	Novel therapeutic approach to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: targeting neurotoxic astrocytes before transplantation (Thesis) Main arguer	Cátia Sofia Vicente Gomes (PhD) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2018/12/20	Role of laterodorsal tegmentum in motivation and reward (Thesis) Arguer	Bárbara Guimarães Salazar Coimbra (PhD) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2018/10/09	The role of astrocytes in the control of dopamine homeostasis (Thesis) Main arguer	Carolina Cardoso Gonçalves (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018/10/04	Astrocytic CB1R-mediated calcium signalling: impact in glutamate transport and interaction with adenosine receptors (Thesis) Main arguer	Joana Filipa Gonçalves Ribeiro (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/01/19	Interaction between adenosine A2A receptors and cannabinoid CB1 receptors at the hippocampus: consequences for memory and plasticity (Thesis) Main arguer	Francisco Melo Albuquerque Saraiva Mouro (PhD) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017/10/17	Role of aquaporin-4 in methamphetamine-induced blood-brain barrier dysfunction and cerebral edema formation (Thesis) Main arguer	Ricardo Alexandre Gomes Leitão (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2010/11/10	mGluR5-mediated calcium signalling in rat forebrain astrocytes: modulation by adenosine A1 and A2A receptors (Thesis) Main arguer	Haíssa de Castro (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2024 - Current	Advanced Science	Wiley-VCH
2024 - Current	The Neuroscientist
2024 - Current	eLife	eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2024 - Current	Communications Biology	Nature Portfolio
2023 - Current	Nature Communications
2023 - Current	Neuroscience
2023 - Current	Neurobiology of Disease	Elsevier
2023 - Current	International Journal of Molecular Sciences	MDPI
2022 - Current	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
2022 - Current	Neuropsychopharmacology
2022 - Current	Cells
2022 - Current	Aging Cell
2021 - Current	Heliyon Cell Press	Cell Press
2021 - Current	Glia	John Wiley & Sons
2021 - Current	Biological Psychiatry	Elsevier
2020 - Current	Progress in Neurobiology	Elsevier
2020 - Current	Neurochemical Research	Springer Science+Business Media
2019 - Current	eNeuro	Society for Neuroscience
2017 - Current	PLOS ONE	Public Library of Science
2018 - 2018	Brain Structure and Function (1863-2661)	Springer-Verlag
2018 - 2018	Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (1662-5102)	Frontiers Media SA
2018 - 2018	JOVE
2017 - 2017	Frontiers in Neuroanatomy (1662-5129)	Frontiers Media SA
2017 - 2017	Neuropharmacology (0028-3908)	Elsevier
2016 - 2016	Neuroscience (0306-4522)	Elsevier
2014 - 2016	Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (1662-5102)	Frontiers Media SA
2013 - 2013	Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience (1663-3563)	Frontiers Media SA
2013 - 2013	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (1662-5153)	Frontiers Media SA
2011 - 2011	Purinergic Signalling (1573-9546)	Springer-Verlag

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2023 - Current	Fiscal Council Member	Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
2016/04/12 - Current	Coordinator Portuguese Glial Network Portugal Coordinator	Portuguese Glial Network, Portugal
2009 - Current	Scientific Council of the ICVS Member
2021 - 2022	Scientific Council of the School of Medicine Member	Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2020 - 2021	Scientific Council of the School of Medicine Member	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019 - 2019	Advisory Board XVI Meeting of the Portuguese Neuroscience Society Advisor / Consultant	Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
2002/10/20 - 2003/10/19	Vice-President Portuguese Pharmacy Students Federation Portugal President / Vice-president	Portuguese Pharmacy Students Federation, Portugal

Evaluation committee

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2025 - Current	Research Grant Evaluation Evaluator	Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Switzerland
2023 - Current	Research Grant Evaluation Evaluator
2021 - Current	Research Grant Evaluation Evaluator	National Science Centre, Poland
2019 - Current	Research Grant Evaluation Evaluator	Israel Science Foundation, Israel
2019 - Current	Research Grant Evaluation Evaluator	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2019 - Current	Research Grant Evaluation Evaluator	French National Research Agency, France
2016 - 2016	ERC Grant evaluation Evaluator	European Research Council, Belgium

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2022 - Current	MDPI Biology - Editorial Board	MDPI
2019 - Current	Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience - Non-neuronal cells	Frontiers Media SA
2019 - Current	Frontiers in Pharmacology - Neuropharmacology	Frontiers Media S.A.
2019 - 2022	Brain Sciences MDPI	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing

Distinctions

Award

2022	La Caixa Foundation Grant laCaixa Foundation, Spain
2019	Mantero Belard Prize Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Portugal

Other distinction

2023	ISN Grant - Satellite Symposium International Society for Neurochemistry, Switzerland
2015	FCT INVESTIGATOR Starting Grant Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2013	Post-Doctoral fellowship Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2011	Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship for career development (IEF) EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, Belgium
2009	Post-Doctoral fellowship Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2005	PhD Fellowship Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Germany
2005	Grant for Intensive Course of German Language in Germany Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Germany
2004	SOCRATES/ERASMUS Scholarship