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Dr. Rui Oliveira (born 22.02.1966), Ph.D. 1996 (University of Lisbon), Habilitation 2004 (University of Algarve), Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences 1996 (ISPA, Lisboa), Associate Professor in Biological Sciences 2001 (ISPA, Lisboa), Full Professor and Chair of biology and Neuroscience 2007 (ISPA, Lisbon), Principal Investigator at the Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine 2024 (GIMM; previously Gulbenkian Science Institute 2007) and Adjunct Faculty of the Champalimaud Neuroscience Program 2007 (CNP, Lisboa). Key qualifications in the field of Animal Behaviour and Cognition, Neuroendocrinology and Neurogenomics. His research is focused on the understanding of the mechanisms underlying social behavior and their evolution using an integrative approach: from genes, to neural circuits, to behavior. He aims to understand how organisms became social, that is how the cognitive, neural, and genetic mechanisms underlying sociality have evolved, and how the social environment can shape brain and behavior having a major impact in organismal function and disease. He leads a research group with a variable number of post-docs, Ph.D. students, and of M.Sc. and undergraduate students. He has experience in teaching (Chair of the Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience Graduate program at ISPA and faculty at the Gulbenkian and Champalimaud Ph.D. Programmes), supervising (23 completed and 3 ongoing Ph.D. thesis; 34 completed and 3 ongoing M.Sc. thesis) and mentoring (16 completed and 3 ongoing Post-Doc fellowships), refereeing for scientific journals and evaluation of scientific research (e.g. member of the European Research Council panel for Life Sciences, member of the Scientific Council of FCT for the Natural Sciences, member of Life Sciences Panel at NCN - Poland, Coordinator of the FCT Biological Sciences Panel for PhD fellowships, and ad-hoc reviewer for La Caixa, HHMI, NSF and NIH Programs). He has also been the coordinator of several research grants at the national level (22 completed and 3 ongoing) and participated in international research networks (FP7 in Europe and CNPq in Brazil). He is an elected EMBO member (2024) and has served as President of the Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN, 2016-2021), President of the Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE), European Secretary of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB, 2000-2004), and member of the Advisory Committee of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN, 2017-2021). He was the founder Chief-Editor of the journal Acta Ethologica (Springer-Verlag), and Associate Editor of the journals Hormones and Behavior, and Animal Behaviour (Elsevier), and he is currently Associate Editor of the Journal of Comparative Neurology (Wiley), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (London; starting Jaunary 2026) and Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, and member of the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports (Springer-Nature) and Social Neuroscience (Wiley). He was the Chair of the Organizing Committee of several international conferences held in Portugal: ASAB Summer Meeting 1999 (200 pax), Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Annual Meeting 2004 (250 pax), International Ethological Conference 2017 (900 participants), International Conference of Neuroethology 2022 (600 pax), and Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Neuroscience 2025 (180 pax). He served as Rector of ISPA (2010-2020). He has also been involved in Science Communication and in the interface between Art and Science. He was the Curator of a major Science Exhibition (“Brain: Wider than the Sky”, Gulbenkian Foundation, March-June 2019, 100.000 visitors), and he has written and presented the Gulbenkian Masterclass in Neuroscience (12 video-episodes, 2022-2024). He has curated several temporary art exhibitions at ISPA, with an emphasis on a dialogue between art and science. He has published over 225 research papers in international peer-reviewed journals and edited 3 books.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rui Oliveira

Citation names

  • Oliveira, Rui F.
  • Oliveira, R.F.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
611C-50AD-6CE7
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1528-618X

Email addresses

  • rui.oliveira@gimm.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • GIMM - R. Quinta Grande 6 , 2780-156, Oeiras, Oeiras, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2010 - 2010
Concluded
 Hunting for Genes and Promoters (Curso médio)
Major in Bioinformatics
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2008 - 2008
Concluded
 Microarray Data Analysis using R and Bioconductor (Curso médio)
Major in Bioinformatics
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2006 - 2006
Concluded
 Experimental Fish Course (Curso médio)
Major in Animal Welfare
Canadian Aquaculture Institute, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
2004/04
Concluded
 Agregação (Habilitation/tenure) (Título de Agregado)
Major in Biologia
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
 aprovado por unanimidade
2000 - 2000
Concluded
 International Bioethics Institute for Life Sciences Faculty Members (Pós-Graduação)
Major in Bioethics
Fundação Luso-Americana, Portugal
 Aprovado
1996/05
Concluded
 Biologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Fisiologia e Bioquímica
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
"Social ethology and behavioral endocrinology of the tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus (Telesotei, Cichlidae)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Distinção e Louvor
1994 - 1994
Concluded
 Bioestatística (Curso médio)
Associação Portuguesa de Biólogos, Portugal
1988
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Major in Ramo Científico
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 15 valores
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/10/01 - Current Coordinating Researcher (Research) Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal
2007/09/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2007/09/01 - 2024/09/30 Researcher (Research) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2007/09/01 - Current Full Professor (University Teacher) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2013 - 2015 Visiting Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - Câmpus de São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - Câmpus de São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
2001/09/01 - 2007/08/31 Associate Professor (University Teacher) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
1996/09/01 - 2001/08/31 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
1993/09/01 - 1996/08/31 Assistant (University Teacher) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2010/07 - 2020/11/07 Rector Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2007 - 2009 Vice-President Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2001 - 2009 Manager of Laboratory, Institute, Museum, Centre or Observatory Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigacao, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/09/01 - Current FCT LA LS4Future: Life Sciences for a Healthy and Sustainable Future (team member)
LA/P/0087/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0087/2020
GREEN-IT, Portugal

Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil EPE, Portugal

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agro-Ambientais e Biologicas, Portugal

Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Comparatistas, Portugal

Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Molecular Structural and Cellular Microbiology, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2025/12/22 - 2028/12/21 Evolutionary Neurobiology and Cognitive Ecology of the Social Brain: an experimental and comparative approach using teleost fish
2023.17326.ICDT
10.54499/2023.17326.ICDT
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2025/12/22 - 2028/12/21 Social Homeostasis and Stress: From Grouping Decisions to Organismal Physiology
2023.16540.ICDT
10.54499/2023.16540.ICDT
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2026/02/15 - 2027/08/14 Social homeostasis, cancer and aging in zebrafish: An organismal disease model for the social determinants of health
2024.17772.PEX
10.54499/2024.17772.PEX
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/10/01 - 2024/09/30 Deconstructing collective cognition in Drosophila: neurobehavioural mechanisms of social and asocial learning
PTDC/BIA-COM/6124/2020
Researcher
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/07/01 - 2024/06/30 Genetic toolkits and the molecular evolution of social behavior: teleost fish as a comparative study model
PTDC/BIA-COM/3068/2020
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020 - 2023 FISHSTRESS - Causes and consequences of the stress response in fish: environmental factors and transgenerational adaptation
FDCT/0025/2020/A1
University of Saint Joseph, Macau SAR China
 Fundo para o Desenvolvimento das Ciencias e da Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/10/01 - 2021/09/30 Influência do ambiente social precoce no desenvolvimento de competências sociais no adulto: efeitos transgeneracionais e no desenvolvimento em peixe-zebra
PTDC/BIA-COM/31956/2017
Researcher
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/10/01 - 2021/09/30 MECANISMOS NEURAIS E CONSEQUÊNCIAS SANITÁRIAS DO ENVIEZAMENTO COGNITIVO AO LONGO DA VIDA
PTDC/BIA-COM/31010/2017
Researcher
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/10/01 - 2021/09/30 THESOCIALFLY - The social fly: genetic architecture for social learning neural circuits in Drosophila melanogaster
PTDC/BIA-COM/31887/2017
PD/BD/138178/2018
Researcher
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/09/01 - 2021/08/31 NextGen - Potencial de aclimatação dos peixes ao aquecimento e acidificação do oceano ao longo de gerações
PTDC/CTA-AMB/31532/2017
Researcher
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/06/14 - 2021/06/13 Efeitos ontogenéticos e transgeracionais de peptideos tipo oxitocina no comportamento social: uma abordagem eco-evo-devo utilizando o peixe-zebra como modelo
PTDC/BIA-COM/30627/2017
Principal investigator
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2016/07/01 - 2019/12/31 Decision-making in animal groups: a multidisciplinary approach to understand how social information is processed
PTDC/NEU-SCC/0948/2014
Researcher
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/06/01 - 2019/11/30 Ecologia comportamental e evolutiva da cognição social: abordagens experimentais em peixe-zebra
PTDC/BIA-ANM/0810/2014
Principal investigator
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013 - 2018 “Neural mechanisms of cognitive bias”
618/12
Principal investigator
Fundação Bial
Concluded
2013/06/01 - 2016/08/31 Mecanismos moleculares e implicações evolutivas da plasticidade social
EXCL/BIA-ANM/0549/2012
Principal investigator
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012/03/01 - 2015/08/31 Cognição social comparada: o peixe-zebra como modelo neurocomportamental
PTDC/PSI-PCO/118776/2010
Principal investigator
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013 - 2015 “Stressbias: cognitive bias and social stress in fish”
NA
Principal investigator
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded
2011 - 2015 “COPEWELL: A new integrative framework for the study of fish welfare based on the concepts of allostasis, appraisal and coping styles”
265957
Researcher
European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
Concluded
2010/02/01 - 2013/02/28 O mutualismo marinho de limpeza entre o bodião limpador do Indo-Pacifico Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839) e os seus peixes clientes de recife de coral: os fundamentos fisiológicos da cooperação e desonestidade
PTDC/MAR/105276/2008
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/10/01 - 2012/03/31 Aves limícolas migradoras e invernantes como indicadoras da qualidade de ambientes estuarinos
PTDC/MAR/66319/2006
Researcher
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/09/01 - 2012/02/29 Controlo neuroendócrino do comportamento reprodutor na tilápia de Moçambique: mecanismos e efeitos do ambiente social
PTDC/MAR/72117/2006
Principal investigator
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/08/01 - 2012/01/31 Mecanismos neuroendocrinológicos dos polifenismos reprodutores no blenídeo Salaria pavo
PTDC/MAR/71351/2006
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/03/01 - 2011/12/31 SALARIA - Tácticas alternativas de reprodução em peixes teleósteos: o blenídeo-pavão (Salaria pavo) como modelo de estudo
PTDC/MAR/69749/2006
Principal investigator
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/10/01 - 2011/03/31 Vencedores e Derrotados: modulação social das hormonas, do cérebro e do comportamento
PTDC/PSI/71811/2006
Principal investigator
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/09/01 - 2010/08/31 Efeitos da competição social e do contexto social nas hormonas e no comportamento: um teste da hipótese do desafio em Humanos
PTDC/PSI/80985/2006
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/04/01 - 2008/04/30 Modificações comportamentais e endócrinas dos níveis de aspiração como tácticas na escolha de parceiro sexual: a auto-estima e a competição sexual
POCI/PSI/59133/2004
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2002 - 2005 “Androgen-mediated effects of social context on animal communication and cognition: an integrated analysis”
POCTI/BSE/38395/2001)
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2002 - 2005 “Hormones and life-history trade-offs and plasticity: a study on alternative reproductive tactics in blenniid fish”
POCTI/BSE/38484/2001
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2002 - 2004 2002/2004- “Social modulation of androgen levels in humans: psychological mechanisms and inter-individual variation”
POCTI/PSI/38496/2001
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2001 - 2003 2001/2003 – “Reproductive biology of the blenny fish Salaria pavo from Ria Formosa: implications for population management and conservation strategies”
PNAT/1999/BIA/15090
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1999 - 2001 1999/2001 – “Social modulation of androgen levels in vertebrates: the cichlid fishes as a model for a comparative approach”
PRAXIS XXI / P / BIA / 10251 / 1998
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1998 - 2000 “The impact of claw harvesting in the fiddler crab population at Ria Formosa Nature Park”
NA
Principal investigator
ICN - Instituto de Conservação da Natureza
Concluded
1997 - 2000 “Climate effects on the ecology of littoral fish -CLIPE”
PRAXIS XXI /3/3.2/EMG/1957/95
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1997 - 1999 “Behavioural Endocrinology and Neuroethology of male sexual polymorphism in the rock-pool blenny Parablennius sanguinolentus parvicornis from the Azores islands”
PRAXIS XXI / PCNA/C/BIA/94/96)
PCNA/C/BIA/94/96
Principal investigator
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1996 - 1998 “Behavioural ecology and phenology of the peacck blenny Salaria pavo (Pisces: Blenniidae) at Ria Formosa”
PBIC/C/2228/MAR
Researcher
JNICT - Junta Nacional para a Investigação Científica e Tecnológica
Concluded
1996 - 1998 “Mechanisms of chemical communication in fish: tilapia and sea bream”
PRAXIS XXI /2/2.1/BIA/370/94
Researcher
JNICT - Junta Nacional para a Investigação Científica e Tecnológica
Concluded
1993 - 1995 “Reproductive biology of littoral fishes of the Portuguese Coast”
PBIC/1313/MAR
PhD Student Fellow
JNICT - Junta Nacional para a Investigação Científica e Tecnológica
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Kareklas, Kyriacos; Sorigue, Pol; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Nonapeptide Evolution and the Regulation of Social Behaviour in Teleost Fish: From Molecules to Sociality". In Evolutionary and Comparative Neuroendocrinology, 441-471. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025.
    10.1007/978-3-031-80209-6_15
  2. Kareklas, Kyriacos; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Oxytocin and Social Isolation: Nonapeptide Regulation of Social Homeostasis". In Neuroendocrinology of Behavior and Emotions, 195-215. Springer International Publishing, 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-51112-7_8
  3. Oliveira, Rui F.. "Cérebros no divã: biologia e psicoterapia". In Psicoterapia na Torre de Babel, edited by Neto, David Dias; Biscaia, Constança, 133-144. Edições Sílabo, 2023.
    Published
  4. Félix, Ana S.; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Integrative Neurobiology of Social Behavior in Cichlid Fish". In The Behavior, Ecology and Evolution of Cichlid Fishes, 637-681. Springer Netherlands, 2021.
    10.1007/978-94-024-2080-7_17
  5. Nunes, Ana Rita; Ruhl, Nathan; Winberg, Svante; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Social Phenotypes in Zebrafish". In The rights and wrongs of zebrafish: Behavioral phenotyping of zebrafish, edited by Allan Kalueff, 95-130. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2017.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-33774-6_5
  6. Gonçalves, David; Félix, Ana S.; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Neuroendocrinology of Social Behavior in Teleost Fish". In Hormones, Brain and Behavior, 3-18. New York, United States: Elsevier, 2017.
    Published • 10.1016/b978-0-12-803592-4.00020-1
  7. Gonçalves, D.; Félix, A.S.; Oliveira, R.F.. "Neuroendocrinology of Social Behavior in Teleost Fish". 3-18. 2017.
  8. Teles, Magda C.; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Quantifying Aggressive Behavior in Zebrafish". In Methods in Molecular Biology, edited by Koichi Kawakami; L. Patton; Michael Orger, 293-305. New York, United States: Springer New York, 2016.
    Published • 10.1007/978-1-4939-3771-4_20
  9. Gonçalves, David M.; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Hormones and Sexual Behavior of Teleost Fishes". In Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates, 119-147. New York: Elsevier, 2011.
    Published • 10.1016/B978-0-12-375009-9.10007-4
  10. Gonçalves, D.M.; Oliveira, R.F.. "Hormones and Sexual Behavior of Teleost Fishes". 119-147. 2010.
  11. Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Gonçalves, D. M.; Ros, A. F. H.. "Evolution and development of alternative reproductive tactics in blennies: a tale of two species". In The Biology of Blennies, 279-308. Enfield, N.H: Science Publishers Inc, 2009.
    Published
  12. Oliveira, R.F.; Gonçalves, D.M.; Ros, A.. "Alternative reproductive tactics in blennies". 279-308. 2009.
  13. Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Canario, A. V. M.; Ros, Albert F.H.. "Hormones and alternative reproductive tactics in vertebrates". In Alternative Reproductive Tactics: an integrative approach, 132-173. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
    Published
  14. Taborsky, M.; Brockmann, H.J.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "The evolution of alternative mating tactics: concepts and questions". In Alternative Reproductive Tactics: an integrative approach, 1-21. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
    Published
  15. Gonçalves, David M.; Oliveira, Rui F.; McGregor, Peter K.; Gonçalves, D.M.; Oliveira, R.F.; McGregor, P.K.. "Communication and the evolution of alternative reproductive tactics". In Alternative Reproductive Tactics, edited by R.F. Oliveira, M. Taborsky & H.J. Brockmann, 401-420. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
    Published • 10.1017/cbo9780511542602.017
  16. Taborsky, M.; Oliveira, R.F.; Brockmann, H.J.. "The evolution of alternative reproductive tactics: Concepts and questions". 2008.
    10.1017/CBO9780511542602.002
  17. Brockmann, H.J.; Oliveira, R.F.; Taborsky, M.. "Integrating mechanisms and function: Prospects for future research". 2008.
    10.1017/CBO9780511542602.021
  18. Oliveira, R.F.; Gonçalves, D.M.. "Hormones and social behaviour of teleost fish". 61-150. 2008.
  19. Oliveira, R.F.; Canário, A.V.M.; Ros, A.F.H.. "Hormones and alternative reproductive tactics in vertebrates". 132-174. 2008.
  20. Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Neuroendocrine mechanisms of alternative reproductive tactics in fish". In Fish Physiology: Behaviour: Interactions with Physiology, 297-357. New York: Elsevier, 2006.
    Published
  21. Oliveira, R.F.. "Neuroendocrine Mechanisms of Alternative Reproductive Tactics in Fish". 2005.
    10.1016/S1546-5098(05)24008-6
  22. Oliveira, R.F.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Hormones, social context and animal communication". In Communication Networks, 481-520. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
    Published • 10.1017/CBO9780511610363.026
  23. OLIVEIRA, R. "Social Modulation of Androgens in Vertebrates: Mechanisms and Function". In Advances in the Study of Behavior Volume 34, 165-239. New York: Elsevier, 2004.
    Published • 10.1016/S0065-3454(04)34005-2
  24. Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Ros, Albert F.H.; Hirschenhauser, Katharina; Canario, A. V. M.. "Androgens and mating systems in teleost fish: inter- and intra-specific analysis". In Perspective in Comparative Endocrinology: Unity And Diversity, 985-993. Bologna: Monduzzi Publishers, 2001.
    Published
  25. Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Canario, A. V. M.; Bshary, Redouan; Oliveira, Rui F.; Adelino V.M. CANÁRIO; R. Bshary. "Hormones, behaviour and conservation of littoral fishes: current status and prospects for future research". In Behaviour and Conservation of Littoral Fishes, edited by Oliveira, Rui F.; Almada, V., 149-178. Lisboa, Portugal: ISPA, 1999.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Simões, José M.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Barata, E. N.; Linden, A. Van Der; Verhoye, M.. "Odorant induced brain activation using MEMRI in a cichlid fish (Oreochromis mossambicus)". Paper presented in Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, 2010.
    Published
  2. Costa, Silvia S.; Valério, F.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Spatial behavior in an intertidal fish". Paper presented in Annual Meetinf of Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, 2010.
    Published
  3. Oliveira, T. F.; Fernandes, A. C.; Goncalves, D.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Testosterone and DHEA modulation of cerebral asymmetry recognition patterns of happy and threatening faces". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, 2009.
    Published
  4. Costa, Silvia S.; Andrade, Rui; Gonçalves, David; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Sexual differences in spatial cognition in an intertidal fish". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, 2009.
    Published
  5. Almeida, Olinda; Kulczykowska, Ewa; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Changes in brain arginine-vasotocin and isotocin levels in dominants and subordinates males of cichlid fish". Paper presented in Annual Meeting Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, 2009.
    Published
  6. Simões, José M.; Teles, Magda; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Linden, A. Van Der; Verhoye, M.. "A three-dimensional MRI brain atlas of the mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus).". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of, Chicago, 2009.
    Published
  7. Gonçalves, David; Saraiva, João; Valério, F.; Teles, Magda; Teodósio, Rita; Canário, A. V. M.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Neuroendocrine correlates of interpopulational variation in sexual behavior in a blenniid fish". Paper presented in Annual meeting of neurociense, Chicago, 2009.
    Published
  8. Roque, L.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Verrísimo, M.; Oliveira, T. F.; Fernandes, M.. "Cortisol variability, emotion regulation strategies and attachment in infant-mother dyads, during fear, positive affect and anger episodes". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, 2009.
    Published
  9. Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Gonçalves, David M.; Simões, José M.; Moura, F. de; Alpedrinha, João; Antunes, R. A.. "Social modulation of androgen receptors, estrogen receptors and aromatase gene expression in the brain of a cichlid fish: effects of social status and social interaction outcome". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of, Washington, 2008.
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  10. Gonçalves, D. M.; Teles, Magda; ALPEDRINHA, J; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Brain and gonadal aromatase activity in two temperate fish (Pisces: Blenniidae) with opposite breeding seasons". Paper presented in Annual Meeting Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, 2007.
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  11. Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "The neuroendocrinology of fish sexual behaviour: mechanisms and implications for endocrine disruption studies". Paper presented in Reproductive Behaviour and Environmental Pollutants, Stockholm, 2006.
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  12. Gomez, R.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Leal, I.. "Psychoendocrinology of human parental behavior I: testosterone and emotional reactivity to infant versus neutral stimuli". Paper presented in 12th Meeting of the European Neuroendocrine Association, Athens, 2006.
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  13. Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Oliveira, T.; Gouveia, M.J.; Almeida, P.. "Winners and Losers: endocrine response to competition in female soccer players.". Paper presented in 12th Meeting of the European Neuroendocrine Association, Athens, 2006.
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  14. Gonçalves, David; ALPEDRINHA, J; Domingues, A.; Teles, Magda; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Brain aromatase activity and mRNA expression in a fish with male sexual polymorphism.". Paper presented in 6th International Congress of Neuroendocrinology, Pittsburgh, 2006.
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  15. Gomez, R.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Leal, I.. "Psychoendocrinology of human parental behaviour: responses to infant stimuli in expectant, post-partum and not-in-transition-to-parenthood men and women.". Paper presented in 12th Meeting of the European Neuroendocrine Association, Athens, 2006.
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  16. Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Oliveira, T.; Gouveia, M.J.; Almeida, P.. "Endocrine response to social challenges in women: A case study with female soccer players.". Paper presented in 6th International Congress of Neuroendocrinology, Pittsburgh, 2006.
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  17. Gomez, R.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Leal, I.. "Psychoendocrinology of human parental behaviour: changes in testosterone, estradiol and cortisol in response to infant versus control stimuli". Paper presented in 9th Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Austin, 2005.
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  18. Gonçalves, David; Domingues, A.; ALPEDRINHA, J; Teodósio, Rita; Canario, A. V. M.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Brain aromatase activity and mRNA expression in a fish with male alternative reproductive tactics". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Austin, 2005.
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  19. Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Carneiro, L.; Canario, A. V. M.. "Mirror elicited aggression fails to trigger an endocrine response to a social challenge". Paper presented in 9th Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Austin, Texas, 2005.
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  20. Ros, Albert F.H.; Ferreira, Catarina; Santos, R.S; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "An experimental test of the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in the Azorean rock-pool blenny.". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Austin, Texas, 2005.
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  21. Hirschenhauser, Katharina; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Androgen responsiveness to the social environment: a comparative approach". Paper presented in 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Lisboa, 2004.
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  22. Ros, Albert F.H.; Bouton, N.; Santos, R. S; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Are aggressive fathers immunosupressed? Alternative reproductive tactics, androgens, and immunocompetence in the Azorean rock-pool blenny". Paper presented in 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Lisboa, 2004.
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  23. Oliveira, T.; Almeida, P.; Gouveia, M.J.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Endocrine responsiveness to competition in male soccer players". Paper presented in 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Lisboa, 2004.
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  24. Correia, Maria; Ros, Albert F.H.; Wingfield, J. C.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "The peacock’s hen or egg problem: interactions between immunocompetence, androgens and male traits". Paper presented in 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Lisboa, 2004.
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  25. Gonçalves, David; Fagundes, T.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "The role of social status and density on the development of juvenile males of the peacock blenny". Paper presented in 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Lisboa, 2004.
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  26. Oliveira, T.; Almeida, P.L.; Gouveia, M.J.; Oliveira, R.F.. "SBN Abstracts 2004 (Endocrine responsiveness to competition in male soccer players)". Paper presented in SBN Abstracts 2004 (Endocrine responsiveness to competition in male soccer players), Lisboa, 2004.
    Published • 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.04.003)
  27. Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Silva, A.; Hirschenhauser, Katharina; Canario, A. V. M.. "Experiential effects and androgens in a cichlid fish". Paper presented in 7th Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Cincinnati, 2003.
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  28. Hirschenhauser, Katharina; Ros, Albert F.H.; Carneiro, L.C.; Oliveira, T.; Silva, A.; Canario, A. V. M.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Non-invasive hormone assessment from fish-holding water". Paper presented in 4th International Symposium on Physiology and Behaviour of Wild and Zoo Animals, Berlin, 2002.
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  29. Carneiro, L.A.; Andrade, R. P.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Kotrachal, K.. "Sex differences in home range and dorso-lateral telencephalon in the Azorean rock-pool blenny". Paper presented in Society for Neuroscience 31st Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2001.
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  30. Ros, Albert F.H.; Zeilstra, IIja; Canario, A. V. M.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Effects of sex-ratio on gonadal development, polygyny and brooding in a tilapia with variable mating strategies (Sarotherodon galilaeus).". Paper presented in XXVII International Ethological Conference, Tuebingen, 2001.
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  31. Matos, R. J.; Gonçalves, David; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; McGregor, P. K.. "Another peacock tale: the effect of conpecifics on mating interactions in the peacock blenny". Paper presented in XXVII International Ethological Conference, Tuebingen, 2001.
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  32. Hirschenhauser, Katharina; Winkler, Hans; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Comparative analyses of the social modulation of androgens among birds and other Vertebrates". Paper presented in XXVII International Ethological Conference, Tuebingen, 2001.
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  33. Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Neuroendocrine correlates of alternative reproductive tactics and sexual polymorphism in Vertebrates, especially in fish". Paper presented in XXVII International Ethological Conference, Tuebingen, 2001.
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  34. Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Sexual polymorphism in Vertebrates". Paper presented in XXVII International Ethological Conference, Tuebingen, 2001.
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  35. Marxer-Miller, S. K.; Carisle, S. L.; Canario, A. V. M.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Carneiro, L.A.; Grober, M. S.. "Androgen effects on internal reproductive structures in a hermaphroditic fish". Paper presented in 5th Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2001.
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  36. Hirschenhauser, Katharina; Winkler, Hans; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "The ‘Challenge Hypothesis’ revisited: control for phylogeny". Paper presented in 5th Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2001.
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  37. Miranda, J. A.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Carneiro, L.A.; Canario, A. V. M.; Santos, R. S; Grober, M. S.. "The role of arginine vasotocin in a sexually polymorphic fish". Paper presented in Society for Neuroscience 30th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 2000.
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  38. Carneiro, L.A.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; George, Andrew A; Watkins, Kelly K; Grober, M. S.. "Courtship in a sexually polymorphic fish: the role of vasotocin and gonadal steroids". Paper presented in Joint Meeting of the VIth International Conference on Hormones, Brain and Behavior and the Society for Behavioural Neuroendocrinology, Madrid, 2000.
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  39. Hirschenhauser, Katharina; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "The challenge hypothesis revisited: a first meta-analysis". Paper presented in Joint Meeting of the VIth International Conference on Hormones, Brain and Behavior and the Society for Behavioural Neuroendocrinology, Madrid, 2000.
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  40. Ros, A. F. H.; Carneiro, L.A.; Hirschenhauser, Katharina; Canario, A. V. M.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Measuring steroids in fish-holding water". Paper presented in xx, xx, 2000.
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  41. "Male sexual polymorphism and alternative reproductive tactics in blenniid fish: integrating mechanisms and function". Paper presented in xx, xx, 2000.
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  42. Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Grober, M. S.; Canario, A. V. M.; Santos, R.S; Gonçalves, Emanuel J.; Almada, V.C.. "Male sexual polymorphism in blennies: integrating proximate mechanisms and life-history decisions". Paper presented in Symposium on “Indeterminate Growth and Life History Evolution” at the XXVI International Ethological Conference, Bangalore, 1999.
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  43. George, Andrew A; Watkins, Kelly K; Carneiro, L.A.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Grober, M. S.. "Courting females: ecological constraints affect sex roles in a natural population of the blenniid fish, Salaria pavo.". Paper presented in xx, XX, 1999.
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  44. Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Carneiro, L.A.; Borges, R. A.; Canario, A. V. M.. "Androgens and social behaviour in a cichlid fish, Oreochromis mossambicus". Paper presented in The Fisheries Society of the Bristish Isles (FSBI) Annual International Symposium "Tropical Fish Biology", Southampton, 1998.
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  45. Hernandez, S.; Marxer-Miller, S. K.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Canario, A. V. M.; Grober, M.S.. "Effects of 11-ketotestosterone on genital papilla morphology in a sex changing fish". Paper presented in xx, xx, 1998.
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  46. Carneiro, L.A.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Matos, R. J.. "Do Herring gulls spy on each other?". Paper presented in XXV International Ethological Conference, Vienna, 1997.
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  47. Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; MCGREGOR, PETER K.; Latruffe, C.. "Communication networks in the siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens". Paper presented in XXV International Ethological Conference, Vienna, 1997.
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  48. Latruffe, C.; McGregor, P. K.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Burford, F.. "Puzzling aspects of mudballing behaviour by male European fiddler crabs, Uca tangeri.". Paper presented in xx, xx, 1997.
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  49. Burford, F.; McGregor, P. K.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Mudballing behaviour by the European fiddler crab, Uca tangeri". Paper presented in xx, xx, 1997.
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Conference paper
  1. Cardoso, Sara D.; Goncalves, David; Alexander Goesmann; Adelino V. M. Canário; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Brain transcriptome analysis of alternative reproductive tactics in a blenniid fish". Paper presented in The 35th Annual Meeting of the J.B. Johnston Club for Evolutionary Neuroscience and the 27th AnnualKarger Workshop in Evolutionary Neuroscience: Abstracts, Chicago, 2015.
    10.1159/000437240
  2. Roque, L.; Verrísimo, M.; Oliveira, T. F.; Fernandes, M.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Insecure attachment, but not difficult temperament, is related to HPA axis suppression to challenging and positive emotional contexts, in children but not in mothers". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, 2010.
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  3. Fernandes, A. C.; Oliveira, G.A.; Garcia-Marques, T.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Changes in testosterone related to competition outcome moderates response to emotional faces". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, 2010.
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  4. Teles, Magda; Zupanc, G.K.H.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Proliferation, migration and differentiation of new born cells in the adult brain of a cichlid fish.". Paper presented in Annual meeting of Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, 2010.
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  5. Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Galhardo, Leonor. "Dos Peixes e dos Homens: o estudo do bem-estar animal aplicado à piscicultura [Of Fish and Man: the study of animal welfare applied to aquaculture]". Paper presented in ZOOTEC2005 – Proceedings of the VII International Congress of Zootecnia, Campo Grande, 2005.
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  6. Aires, R.; Ros, Albert F.H.; Oliveira, T.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Androgens and the ‘dear enemy’ effect in a cichlid fish". Paper presented in 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Lisboa, 2004.
    Published
  7. Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Carneiro, L.. "Arginine vasotocin and courtship behavior in a fish with alternative reproductive tactics". Paper presented in 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Lisboa, 2004.
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  8. Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Hormonas e Comportamento - aspectos actuais da endocrinologia comportamental [Hormones and Behaviour: current aspects of behavioural endocrinology". Paper presented in I Congresso Nacional de Etologia, Lisboa, 1994.
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  9. Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Almada, Vitor C.. "Análise qualitativa do comportamento na tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus (Pisces, Cichlidae): etograma dos juvenis [Qualitative behavioural analysis in the tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus (Pisces, Cichlidae): ethogram of the juveniles]". Paper presented in I Congresso Nacional de Etologia, Lisboa, 1994.
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Conference poster
  1. Varela, SAM; Magda C. Teles ; Oliveira, Rui F.; Benvegnú, Carolina. "Carolina Benvegnú (presenter), Magda Teles, Susana A M Varela, Rui F Oliveira. Experimental Evidence for the Role of Sociality in Brain Cell Composition in Zebrafish. 23-26 September 2025. Society for Social Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2025 (S4SN2025). Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal.". Paper presented in Society for Social Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2025 (S4SN2025), 2025.
  2. Varela, SAM; Magda C. Teles ; Oliveira, Rui F.; Gageiro, Rita; Correia, Miguel. "Magda C. Teles (presenter); Miguel Correia; Rita Gageiro; Susana A. M. Varela; Rui F. Oliveira. Experimental Early social environment regulates brain structure and function in zebrafish. 23-26 September 2025. Society for Social Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2025 (S4SN2025). Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal.". Paper presented in Society for Social Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2025 (S4SN2025), 2025.
  3. Varela, SAM; Liber, Marta; Oliveira, Rui F.; Magda C. Teles. "Marta Liber (presenter), Susana A. M. Varela, Magda C. Teles, Rui F. Oliveira. Selection for sociality drives divergent brain transcriptomes in zebrafish. 23-26 September 2025. Society for Social Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2025 (S4SN2025). Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal.". Paper presented in Society for Social Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2025 (S4SN2025), 2025.
  4. Varela, SAM; Liber, Marta; Oliveira, Rui F.; Magda C. Teles. "Liber M (presenter), Varela SAM, Teles MC, Oliveira RF. 30th-31th October 2025. Genetic response to artificial selection for sociality in zebrafish. XXII Congress of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia (SPE 2025). Faro, Portugal.". Paper presented in XXII Congress of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia (SPE 2025), 2025.
  5. Varela, SAM; Magda C. Teles ; Nunes, A.R.; Gageiro, Rita; Mota, Isa F.; Rego, Pedro; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Teles MC (presenter), Varela SAM, Nunes AR, Gageiro R, Mota IF, Rego P, & Oliveira RF. Rapid evolution of sociality is paralleled by changes in the activation pattern of the brain social decision-making network in zebrafish. 28th July to 2nd August 2024. 15th International Congress of Neuroethology. Berlin, Germany.". Paper presented in 15th International Congress of Neuroethology, 2024.
  6. Varela, SAM; Oliveira, Rui F.; Maria Luisa Vasconcelos; Costa, Isabel. "Costa I (presenter), Varela SAM, Vasconcelos ML, & Oliveira RF. Deconstructing collective cognition in Drosophila: neurobehavioural mechanisms of social and asocial learning. XXI Congress of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia (SPE 2024). Lisbon, Portugal. Prize: Best student poster (for Isabel Costa).". Paper presented in XXI Congress of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia (SPE 2024), 2024.
  7. Varela, SAM; Liber, Marta; Oliveira, Rui F.; Magda C. Teles. "Liber M (presenter), Varela SAM, Teles Magda, Oliveira RF. Artificial selection for sociality drives a specific cellular response in the zebrafish. XXI Congress of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia (SPE 2024). Lisbon, Portugal.". Paper presented in XXI Congress of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia (SPE 2024)., 2024.
  8. Varela, SAM; Oliveira, Rui F.; Magda C. Teles ; Kyriacos Kareklas; Nunes, A.R.; Infantes, Rafael; Gageiro, Rita; Sapage, Manuel; Liber, Marta. "Varela SAM, Teles M, Kareklas K, Nunes R , Infantes R, Gageiro R, Liber M, Sapage M, Oliveira RF (presenter). 26-29th June 2023. Artificial selection for sociality drives rapid divergences in social cognition, forebrain neuromolecular states and neuronal response to social stimuli in zebrafish. 27th annual meeting of the society for behavioral neuroendocrinology, Tours, France.". Paper presented in 27th annual meeting of the society for behavioral neuroendocrinology, 2023.
  9. Varela, SAM; Oliveira, Rui F.; Magda C. Teles ; Kyriacos Kareklas; Nunes, A.R.; Infantes, Rafael; Gageiro, Rita; Liber, Marta; Sapage, Manuel. "Varela SAM, Teles M, Kareklas K, Nunes R , Infantes R, Gageiro R, Liber M, Sapage M, Oliveira RF (presenter). 30-4th August 2023. Artificial selection for sociality drives rapid divergences in social cognition, forebrain neuromolecular states and neuronal response to social stimuli in zebrafish. Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics Gordon Research Conference, Bryant University, Smithfield". Paper presented in Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics Gordon Research Conference, 2023.
  10. Varela, SAM; Oliveira, Rui F.; Magda C. Teles ; Nunes, A.R.; Kyriacos Kareklas; Infantes, Rafael; Gageiro, Rita; Liber, Marta; Sapage, Manuel. "Varela SAM (presenter), Teles M, Kareklas K, Nunes R , Infantes R, Gageiro R, Liber M, Sapage M, Oliveira RF (presenter). 7-9th December 2023. Artificial selection for sociality drives rapid divergences in social cognition, forebrain neuromolecular states and neuronal response to social stimuli in zebrafish. XX Congress of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia (SPE 2023). Vairão, Portugal.". Paper presented in XX Congress of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia (SPE 2023), 2023.
  11. Infantes, Rafael; Varela, SAM; Oliveira, R.F.. "Has artificial selection for sociality in zebrafish (Danio rerio) driven the evolution of enhanced cognition?". Paper presented in XIV Neuroethology Congress, 2022.
  12. Simões-Henriques, Carla; Marcos, J.; Sucena, E.; Vasconcelos, Maria Luísa; Varela, SAM; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Genetic architecture of social and asocial learning in Drosophila melanogaster". Paper presented in International Congress for Neuroethology 2022, 2022.
  13. Simões-Henriques, Carla; Marcos, J.; Sucena, E.; Vasconcelos, Maria Luísa; Varela, SAM; Oliveira, Rui F.. "A specialized genetic architecture for social learning in Drosophila melanogaster". Paper presented in 13th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, 2022.
  14. Simões-Henriques, Carla; Marcos, J.; Sucena, E.; Vasconcelos, Maria Luísa; Varela, SAM; Oliveira, Rui F.. "The genetics of social and asocial learning in Drosophila melanogaster". Paper presented in Ciência 2022 – Science and Technology in Portugal Summit, 2022.
  15. Varela, SAM; Correia, RF; Maria Luisa Vasconcelos; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Correia RF (presenter), Varela SAM, Vasconcelos LM, Oliveira RF. 24th-29th July, 2022. Deconstructing collective cognition in Drosophila: neurobehavioral mechanisms of social and asocial learning. International Society for Neuroethology Meeting 2022. Lisbon, Portugal.". Paper presented in International Society for Neuroethology Meeting 2022, 2022.
  16. Varela, SAM; Oliveira, Rui F.; Simões-Henriques, Carla; Marcos, JP; Maria Luisa Vasconcelos; Sucena, Élio. "Henriques C (presenter), Marcos JP, Vasconcelos ML, Sucena E, Varela SAM & Oliveira RF. 16th-18th May, 2022. Genetic architecture of social and asocial learning in Drosophila melanogaster. FCT Congress, Ciência 2022. Lisbon, Portugal.". Paper presented in FCT Congress, Ciência 2022, 2022.
  17. Varela, SAM; Oliveira, Rui F.; Simões-Henriques, Carla; Marcos, JP; Maria Luisa Vasconcelos; Sucena, Élio. "Henriques C (presenter), Marcos J, Vasconcelos ML, Sucena E, Varela SAM & Oliveira RF. 9th-10th December, 2022. Genetic architecture of social and asocial learning in Drosophila melanogaster. XIX Congress of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia (SPE 2022). Lisbon, Portugal.". Paper presented in XIX Congress of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia (SPE 2022), 2022.
  18. Varela, SAM; Oliveira, Rui F.; Infantes, Rafael. "Infantes R (presenter), Varela SAM, Oliveira RF. 9th-10th December, 2022. Has artificial selection for shoal preference in zebrafish driven the evolution of enhanced cognition? XIX Congress of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia (SPE 2022). Lisbon, Portugal.". Paper presented in XIX Congress of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia (SPE 2022), 2022.
  19. Varela, SAM; Oliveira, Rui F.; Correia, RF; Maria Luisa Vasconcelos. "Correia RF (presenter), Varela SAM, Vasconcelos LM, Oliveira RF. 9th-10th December, 2022. Deconstructing collective cognition in Drosophila: neurobehavioral mechanisms of social and asocial learning. XIX Congress of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia (SPE 2022). Lisbon, Portugal.". Paper presented in XIX Congress of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia (SPE 2022), 2022.
  20. Varela, SAM; Infantes, Rafael; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Infantes R (presenter), Varela SAM, Oliveira RF. 24th-29th July, 2022. Has artificial selection for shoal preference in zebrafish driven the evolution of enhanced cognition? International Society for Neuroethology Meeting 2022. Lisbon, Portugal.". Paper presented in International Society for Neuroethology Meeting 2022, 2022.
  21. Varela, SAM; Oliveira, Rui F.; Nunes, A.R.; Rego, Pedro. "Rego P (presenter), Nunes AR, Varela SAM, Oliveira RF. 24th-29th July, 2022. Differences in brain activation patters between populations artificially selected for sociality in zebrafish (Danio rerio). International Society for Neuroethology Meeting 2022. Lisbon, Portugal.". Paper presented in International Society for Neuroethology Meeting 2022, 2022.
  22. Simões-Henriques, Carla; Marcos, J.; Sucena, E.; Vasconcelos, Maria Luísa; Varela, SAM; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Functional specialization of social and asocial learnings in Drosophila melanogaster". Paper presented in 23rd EMBL PhD Symposium: The Big Picture: Zooming into Life, 2021.
  23. Varela, SAM; Simões-Henriques, Carla; Marcos, JP; Maria Luisa Vasconcelos; Sucena, Élio; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Henriques C (presenter), Marcos JP, Vasconcelos ML, Sucena E, Varela SAM & Oliveira RF. 16-17th December 2021. Functional specialization of social and asocial learning in Drosophila melanogaster. 23rd EMBL PhD Symposium: The Big Picture: Zoominginto Life. Online Conference.". Paper presented in 23rd EMBL PhD Symposium: The Big Picture: Zoominginto Life, 2021.
  24. Simões-Henriques, Carla; Marcos, J.; Sucena, E.; Vasconcelos, Maria Luísa; Varela, SAM; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Functional specialization of social and asocial learnings". Paper presented in Brain & Mind Symposium 2021, 2021.
  25. Varela, SAM; Oliveira, Rui F.; Marcos, JP; Maria Luisa Vasconcelos. "Marcos JP, Vasconcelos ML, Varela SAM, Oliveira RF. 7-9th October 2021. Mate-choice copying in fruit flies is regulated by appetitive dopaminergic neurons. XVIII Congress of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia (SPE 2021). Luso-brazilian organization. Online meeting.". Paper presented in XVIII Congress of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia (SPE 2021), 2021.
  26. Varela, SAM; Oliveira, Rui F.; Marcos, JP; Maria Luisa Vasconcelos. "Marcos JP (presenter), Vasconcelos ML, Varela SAM & Oliveira RF. 29-30th November 2021. Mate-choice copying in fruit flies is regulated by appetitive dopaminergic neurons. DROSTUGA 2021, Annual Portuguese Drosophila Meeting. Online Conference.". Paper presented in DROSTUGA 2021, Annual Portuguese Drosophila Meeting, 2021.
  27. Varela, SAM; Oliveira, Rui F.; Simões-Henriques, Carla; Marcos, JP; Maria Luisa Vasconcelos; Sucena, Élio. "Henriques C (presenter), Marcos JP, Vasconcelos ML, Sucena E, Varela SAM & Oliveira RF. 29-30th November 2021. Functional specialization of social and asocial learning in Drosophila melanogaster. DROSTUGA 2021, Annual Portuguese Drosophila Meeting. Online Conference.". Paper presented in DROSTUGA 2021, Annual Portuguese Drosophila Meeting., 2021.
  28. Varela, SAM; Oliveira, Rui F.; Marcos, JP; Maria Luisa Vasconcelos. "Marcos JP (presenter), Vasconcelos ML, Varela SAM & Oliveira RF. 16-17th December 2021. Mate-choice copying in fruit flies is regulated by appetitive dopaminergic neurons. XVII ENBE Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Evolutionary Biology. Organized by FCUL, Lisbon. Online Conference.". Paper presented in XVII ENBE Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Evolutionary Biology, 2021.
  29. Varela, SAM; Simões-Henriques, Carla; Marcos, JP; Maria Luisa Vasconcelos; Sucena, Élio; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Henriques C (presenter), Marcos JP, Vasconcelos ML, Sucena E, Varela SAM & Oliveira RF. 14-15th October 2021. Functional specialization of social learning in Drosophila melanogaster. Brain & Mind Symposium 2021. Organized by the doctoral students of the Doctoral Programme Brain & Mind at the University of Helsinki and Aalto University. Online Conference.". Paper presented in Brain & Mind Symposium 2021, 2021.
  30. Simões-Henriques, Carla; Marcos, J.; Sucena, E.; Vasconcelos, Maria Luísa; Varela, SAM; Oliveira, Rui F.. "The genetic architecture of social and asocial learning in Drosophila melanogaster". Paper presented in XVII Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia, 2020.
  31. Simões-Henriques, Carla; Varela, SAM; Sucena, E.; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Genetic architecture for social learning in Drosophila melanogaster". Paper presented in XVI Meeting of Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, 2019.
  32. Cardoso, Sara D.; Goncalves, David; Saraiva, João L.; Goesmann, Alexander; Canario, A. V. M.; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Transcriptomic architecture of reproductive plasticity: alternative reproductive tactics and sex-role reversal in the peacock blenny (Poster no. 3.04)". Paper presented in 21st Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN), 2017.
  33. Cardoso, Sara D.; Saraiva, João L.; Goncalves, David; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Transcriptomic insights on the courtship behaviour plasticity in the peacock blenny Salaria pavo (Poster no. 7)". Paper presented in XIII Congress of Ethology of the Portuguese Society of Ethology (SPE), 2016.
  34. Cardoso, Sara D.; Goncalves, David; Goesmann, Alexander; Canario, A. V. M.; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Neurogenomics of alternative reproductive tactics in the blenniid fish Salaria pavo (Poster no. 718.05)". Paper presented in 45th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SFN), 2015.
  35. Cardoso, Sara D.; Goncalves, David; Goesmann, Alexander; Canario, A. V. M.; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Neurogenomics of alternative reproductive tactics in a blenniid fish (Poster no. 33)". Paper presented in XI Congress of Ethology of the Portuguese Society of Ethology (SPE), 2014.
  36. Oliveira, Rui F.; Fernandes, Alexandre; Oliveira, Tânia; Gonçalves, David; Oliveira, Gonçalo; Garcia-Marques, Teresa. "Testosterone and DHEA modulate the recognition of emotional faces". Paper presented in Implications of Research on the Neuroscience of Affect, Attachment and Social Cognition Conference, University College of London, U.K., 2014.
  37. Cardoso, Sónia C.; Bshary, R.; Paitio, J.R.; Mazzei, R.; Oliveira, R.F.; Soares, Marta. "Ecological relevance determines Arginine-vasotocin influence on cleanerfish learning abilities.". Paper presented in SPE 2013 - X Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia, 2013.
  38. Cardoso, Sara D.; Costa, Silvia S.; Goncalves, David; Canario, A. V. M.; Goesmann, Alexander; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Neurogenomic and physiological mechanisms of adaptive behavioral plasticity in the peacock blenny (Poster no. 63)". Paper presented in Second Champalimaud Neuroscience Symposium (CNS), 2012.
  39. Cardoso, Sónia C.; Bshary, R.; Côté, I.M.; Oliveira, R.F.; Soares, Marta. "Face your fears: cleanerfish inspect predators despite being stressed by them.". Paper presented in 14th International Behavioural Ecology Congress (ISBE), 2012.
  40. Cardoso, Sara D.; Oliveira, Rui F.; Canario, A. V. M.; Goncalves, David. "Microsatellite Characterization and Marker Development from Massive Sequencing Data of the Blenny Salaria pavo (Poster no. 56)". Paper presented in IX National Congress of Ethology of the Portuguese Society of Ethology, 2012.
  41. Mendonça, P.; Garcia-Marques, T.; Oliveira, R.F.. "Mood and hormonal response". Paper presented in 3º Simpósio de Psicologia Experimental e Neurociências, 2009.
  42. Gonçalves, E.J.; Santos, António J.; Oliveira, Rui F.; Almada, V.C.. "Behavioural patterns in the peacock blenny Salaria pavo (Pisces: Blenniidae)". Paper presented in ASAB Summer Meeting 1999 "Communication and Social Ethology", 1999.
  43. Oliveira, Rui F.; Grober, M.S.; Canário, A.V.M.; Gonçalves, E.J.; Almada, V.C.. "Male sexual polymorphism in the peacock blenny, Salaria pavo: integrating ultimate and proximate levels of analysis". Paper presented in ASAB Summer Meeting 1998 "Intraspecific Variation in Behaviour", 1998.
  44. Borges, Rita; Oliveira, Rui F.; Canario, A. V. M.; Almada, V.C.. "Almada, V.C.1996. Influência de Estímulos Sociais no Comportamento e nos níveis de Esteróides Sexuais presentes na urina de machos de Oreochromis mossambicus.". Paper presented in II Congresso Nacional de Etologia. Lisboa., 1996.
  45. Almada, V.C.; Gonçalves, E.J.; Oliveira, Rui F.; Barata, E. N.. "Eco-ethological study of the parental males of the blenniid fish Lipophrys pholis (Pisces: Blenniidae)". Paper presented in IV National and I Iberoamerican Ethological Conference, 1992.
Edited book
  1. Grinevich, Valery; Oliveira, Rui F., ed. Evolutionary and Comparative Neuroendocrinology. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. 2025.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-80209-6 • Editor
  2. Oliveira, R.F.; Taborsky, M.; Brockmann, H.J.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de, ed. Alternative reproductive tactics: An integrative approach. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. 2008.
    Published • 10.1017/CBO9780511542602
  3. Oliveira, Rui F.; Vitor C. ALMADA; Emanuel Gonçalves, ed. Behaviour and Conservation of Littoral Fishes. Lisbon, Portugal: ISPA. 1999.
    Published
  4. Almada, V.C.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de, ed. Biologia e Comportamento - Actas do I Congresso Nacional de Etologia [Biology and Behaviour: Proceedings of the I Meeting of the Portuguese Ethological Society. Lisboa: ISPA. 1994.
Exhibition catalog
  1. Oliveira, Rui F.. Brain: wider than the sky. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 2019.
  2. Oliveira, Rui F.. Cérebro: mais vasto que o céu. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2019.
Journal article
  1. Kyriacos Kareklas; Lisbeth Herrera-Castillo; Gil Levkowitz; Rui F. Oliveira. "Evolutionarily conserved role of oxytocin in zebrafish social reward encoding". Biology Letters (2025): https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2025.0628.
    10.1098/rsbl.2025.0628
  2. Teles, Magda C.; Melo, Gonçalo M.; Herculano-Houzel, Suzana; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Larger Fish Have Larger Brains With More Neurons Across but Not Within Cohorts Raised in Different Growth Conditions". Journal of Comparative Neurology 533 9 (2025): https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.70090.
    10.1002/cne.70090
  3. Felipe Espigares; M. Victoria Alvarado; Diana Abad-Tortosa; Susana A. M. Varela; Daniel Sobral; Pedro Faísca; Tiago Paixão; Rui F. Oliveira. "Optimistic and pessimistic cognitive judgement bias modulates the stress response and cancer progression in zebrafish". Translational Psychiatry (2025): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-025-03311-9.
    10.1038/s41398-025-03311-9
  4. Kareklas, Kyriacos; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Emotional contagion and prosocial behaviour in fish: An evolutionary and mechanistic approach". Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 163 (2024): 105780. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105780.
    10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105780
  5. Fusani, Bianca; Oliveira, Rui F.. "“Why (Zebra)fish May Get Ulcers”: Cognitive and Social Modulation of Stress in Fish". Brain, Behavior and Evolution 99 4 (2024): 248-256. https://doi.org/10.1159/000540113.
    10.1159/000540113
  6. Espigares, F.; Alvarado, M.V.; Abad-Tortosa, D.; Varela, S.A.M.; Sobral, D.; Faísca, P.; Paixão, T.; Oliveira, R.F.. "Optimistic and pessimistic cognitive judgement bias modulates the stress response and cancer progression in zebrafish". (2024): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85197517906&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/2024.05.29.596384
  7. Alvarado, M. V.; Felip, A.; Espigares, F.; Oliveira, R. F.. "Unexpected appetitive events promote positive affective state in juvenile European sea bass". Scientific Reports 13 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-49236-5.
    Published • 10.1038/s41598-023-49236-5
  8. Kyriacos Kareklas; Magda C. Teles; Ana Rita Nunes; Rui F. Oliveira. "Social zebrafish: Danio rerio as an emerging model in social neuroendocrinology". Journal of Neuroendocrinology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1111/jne.13280.
    10.1111/jne.13280
  9. Júlia S. Pinho; Vincent Cunliffe; Kyriacos Kareklas; Giovanni Petri; Rui F. Oliveira. "Social and asocial learning in zebrafish are encoded by a shared brain network that is differentially modulated by local activation". Communications Biology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04999-5.
    10.1038/s42003-023-04999-5
  10. Kareklas, Kyriacos; Teles, Magda C.; Dreosti, Elena; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Autism-associated gene shank3 is necessary for social contagion in zebrafish". Molecular Autism 14 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-023-00555-4.
    Published • 10.1186/s13229-023-00555-4
  11. Akinrinade, Ibukun D.; Varela, Susana A. M.; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Sex differences in social buffering and social contagion of alarm responses in zebrafish". Animal Cognition 26 4 (2023): 1307-1318. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10071-023-01779-w.
    Published • 10.1007/s10071-023-01779-w
  12. Ibukun Akinrinade; Kyriacos Kareklas; Magda C. Teles; Thais K. Reis; Michael Gliksberg; Giovanni Petri; Gil Levkowitz; Rui F. Oliveira. "Evolutionarily conserved role of oxytocin in social fear contagion in zebrafish". Science (2023): https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abq5158.
    10.1126/science.abq5158
  13. Olinda Almeida; Ana S. Félix; Rui F. Oliveira. "Interaction between vasotocin and gonadal hormones in the regulation of reproductive behavior in a cichlid fish". acta ethologica (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10211-022-00404-2.
    10.1007/s10211-022-00404-2
  14. Teles, Magda C.; Faustino, Fábio; Chanfana, Cátia; Cunha, Ana; Esteves, Maria; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Social Enhancement of Adult Neurogenesis in Zebrafish is Not Regulated by Cortisol". Neuroscience 509 (2023): 51-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.11.007.
    Published • 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.11.007
  15. Felipe Espigares; María V. Alvarado; Pedro Faísca; Diana Abad-Tortosa; Rui F. Oliveira. "Pessimistic cognitive bias is associated with enhanced reproductive investment in female zebrafish". Biology Letters (2022): https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0232.
    10.1098/rsbl.2022.0232
  16. Lopes, Ana F.; Murdoch, Robyn; Martins-Cardoso, Sara; Madeira, Carolina; Costa, Pedro M.; Félix, Ana S.; Oliveira, Rui F.; et al. "Differential Effects of Food Restriction and Warming in the Two-Spotted Goby: Impaired Reproductive Performance and Stressed Offspring". Fishes 7 4 (2022): 194. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fishes7040194.
    Published • 10.3390/fishes7040194
  17. Claúdia Gonçalves; Kyriacos Kareklas; Magda C. Teles; Susana A. M. Varela; João Costa; Ricardo B. Leite; Tiago Paixão; Rui F. Oliveira. "Phenotypic architecture of sociality and its associated genetic polymorphisms in zebrafish". Genes, Brain and Behavior (2022): https://doi.org/10.1111/gbb.12809.
    10.1111/gbb.12809
  18. Nunes, Ana Rita; Félix, Ana S.; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Fishing for Sociality: How What We See Helps us With Social Interactions". Frontiers for Young Minds 10 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frym.2022.673590.
    Published • 10.3389/frym.2022.673590
  19. Espigares, Felipe; Martins, Raquel; Oliveira, Rui. "A Behavioural Assay to Investigate Judgment Bias in Zebrafish". BIO-PROTOCOL 12 4 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.21769/bioprotoc.4327.
    Published • 10.21769/bioprotoc.4327
  20. Scaia, María Florencia; Akinrinade, Ibukun; Petri, Giovanni; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Sex Differences in Aggression Are Paralleled by Differential Activation of the Brain Social Decision-Making Network in Zebrafish". Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 16 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.784835.
    10.3389/fnbeh.2022.784835
  21. Marco Cerqueira; Sandie Millot; Tomé Silva; Ana S. Félix; Maria Filipa Castanheira; Sonia Rey; Simon MacKenzie; et al. "Stressor controllability modulates the stress response in fish". BMC Neuroscience (2021): https://doi.org/10.1186/s12868-021-00653-0.
    10.1186/s12868-021-00653-0
  22. Nunes, Ana Rita; Gliksberg, Michael; Varela, Susana A. M.; Teles, Magda; Wircer, Einav; Blechman, Janna; Petri, Giovanni; Levkowitz, Gil; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Developmental Effects of Oxytocin Neurons on Social Affiliation and Processing of Social Information". The Journal of Neuroscience 41 42 (2021): 8742-8760. http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.2939-20.2021.
    Published • 10.1523/jneurosci.2939-20.2021
  23. Dunlap, Kent D.; Teles, Magda C.; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Social stimuli increase activity of adult-born cells in the telencephalon of zebrafish (Danio rerio)". Journal of Experimental Biology 224 16 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.242253.
    Published • 10.1242/jeb.242253
  24. Diogo F. Antunes; Magda C. Teles; Matthew Zuelling; Caitlin N. Friesen; Rui F. Oliveira; Nadia Aubin-Horth; Barbara Taborsky. "Early social deprivation shapes neuronal programming of the social decision-making network in a cooperatively breeding fish". Molecular Ecology 30 16 (2021): 4118-4132. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16019.
    10.1111/mec.16019
  25. Oliveira, Rui F.; Bshary, Redouan. "Expanding the concept of social behavior to interspecific interactions". Ethology 127 10 (2021): 758-773. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eth.13194.
    Published • 10.1111/eth.13194
  26. F. Espigares; D. Abad-Tortosa; S. A. M. Varela; M. G. Ferreira; R. F. Oliveira. "Short telomeres drive pessimistic judgement bias in zebrafish". Biology Letters 17 3 (2021): https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0745.
    10.1098/rsbl.2020.0745
  27. Gonçalves, C.; Kareklas, K.; Teles, M.C.; Varela, S.A.M.; Costa, J.; Leite, R.B.; Paixão, T.; Oliveira, R.F.. "Phenotypic architecture of sociality and its associated genetic polymorphisms in zebrafish". (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85113115422&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/2021.07.29.454277
  28. Zegni Triki; Yasmin Emery; Magda C. Teles; Rui F. Oliveira; Redouan Bshary. "Brain morphology predicts social intelligence in wild cleaner fish". Nature Communications (2020): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20130-2.
    10.1038/s41467-020-20130-2
  29. Diogo Ribeiro; Ana Rita Nunes; Magda Teles; Savani Anbalagan; Janna Blechman; Gil Levkowitz; Rui F Oliveira; et al. "Genetic variation in the social environment affects behavioral phenotypes of oxytocin receptor mutants in zebrafish". eLife 9 (2020): https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.56973.
    Published • 10.7554/eLife.56973
  30. Félix, Ana S.; Roleira, António; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Rising to the challenge? Inter-individual variation of the androgen response to social interactions in cichlid fish". Hormones and Behavior 124 (2020): 104755. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104755.
    10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104755
  31. Julia S. Pinho; Marisa Castilho; Joao S. Sollari; Rui F. Oliveira. "Innate chemical, but not visual, threat cues have been co-opted as unconditioned stimulus for social fear learning in zebrafish". Genes, Brain and Behavior (2020): https://doi.org/10.1111/gbb.12688.
    10.1111/gbb.12688
  32. Félix, Ana S.; Cardoso, Sara D.; Roleira, António; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Forebrain Transcriptional Response to Transient Changes in Circulating Androgens in a Cichlid Fish". G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics (2020): g3.400947.2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/g3.119.400947.
    Open access • In press • 10.1534/g3.119.400947
  33. M. Cerqueira; S. Millot; A. Felix; T. Silva; G. A. Oliveira; C. C. V. Oliveira; S. Rey; S. MacKenzie; R. Oliveira. "Cognitive appraisal in fish: stressor predictability modulates the physiological and neurobehavioural stress response in sea bass". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2020): https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2922.
    10.1098/rspb.2019.2922
  34. Nunes, Ana Rita; Carreira, Leonor; Anbalagan, Savani; Blechman, Janna; Levkowitz, Gil; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Perceptual mechanisms of social affiliation in zebrafish". Scientific Reports 10 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60154-8.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41598-020-60154-8
  35. Diogo Ribeiro; Ana Rita Nunes; Michael Gliksberg; Savani Anbalagan; Gil Levkowitz; Rui F. Oliveira. "Oxytocin receptor signalling modulates novelty recognition but not social preference in zebrafish". Journal of Neuroendocrinology (2020): https://doi.org/10.1111/jne.12834.
    10.1111/jne.12834
  36. Almeida, Olinda; Félix, Ana S.; Oliveira, Gonçalo A.; Lopes, João S.; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Fighting Assessment Triggers Rapid Changes in Activity of the Brain Social Decision-Making Network of Cichlid Fish". Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 13 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00229.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00229
  37. Susana A. M. Varela; Magda C. Teles; Rui F. Oliveira; Charles Fox. "The correlated evolution of social competence and social cognition". Functional Ecology (2019): https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13416.
    10.1111/1365-2435.13416
  38. Goymann, Wolfgang; Moore, Ignacio T; Oliveira, Rui F. "Challenge Hypothesis 2.0: A Fresh Look at an Established Idea". BioScience 69 6 (2019): 432-442. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biz041.
    Published • 10.1093/biosci/biz041
  39. Costa, Rui Miguel; Oliveira, Gonçalo; Pestana, José; Costa, David; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Do Psychosocial Factors Moderate the Relation between Testosterone and Female Sexual Desire? The Role of Interoception, Alexithymia, Defense Mechanisms, and Relationship Status". Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology 5 1 (2018): 13-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40750-018-0102-7.
    Published • 10.1007/s40750-018-0102-7
  40. Pestana, José; Menéres, Sofia; Gouveia, Maria João; Oliveira, Rui Filipe. "The Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test: A Portuguese version of the adults’ test". Análise Psicológica 36 3 (2018): 369-381. http://dx.doi.org/10.14417/ap.1305.
    Published • 10.14417/ap.1305
  41. Cerqueira, M.; Millot, S.; Castanheira, M. F.; Félix, A. S.; Silva, T.; Oliveira, G. A.; Oliveira, C. C.; Martins, C. I. M.; Oliveira, R. F. "Cognitive appraisal of environmental stimuli induces emotion-like states in fish". Scientific Reports 7 1 (2017): 1-10.
    Published • 10.1038/s41598-017-13173-x
  42. OLIVEIRA, RUI F.; Faustino, Ana I.. "Social information use in threat perception: Social buffering, contagion and facilitation of alarm responses". Communicative & Integrative Biology 10 3 (2017): e1325049-e1325049.
    Published • 10.1080/19420889.2017.1325049
  43. Roleira, António; Oliveira, Gonçalo A.; Lopes, João S.; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Audience Effects in Territorial Defense of Male Cichlid Fish Are Associated with Differential Patterns of Activation of the Brain Social Decision-Making Network". Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 11 105 (2017): 1-11.
    Published • 10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00105
  44. Madeira, Natália; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Long-Term Social Recognition Memory in Zebrafish". Zebrafish 14 4 (2017): 305-310.
    Published • 10.1089/zeb.2017.1430
  45. Faustino, Ana I.; Tacão-Monteiro, André; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Mechanisms of social buffering of fear in zebrafish". Scientific Reports 7 . (2017): 44329-44329.
    Published • 10.1038/srep44329
  46. Wircer, Einav; Blechman, Janna; Borodovsky, Nataliya; Tsoory, Michael; Nunes, Ana Rita; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.; Levkowitz, Gil. "Homeodomain protein Otp affects developmental neuropeptide switching in oxytocin neurons associated with a long-term effect on social behavior". eLife 6 . (2017): 1-25.
    Published • 10.7554/eLife.22170
  47. Cardoso, S.D.; Gonçalves, D.; Goesmann, A.; Canário, A.V.M.; Oliveira, R.F.; Cardoso, Sara D.; Gonçalves, David; et al. "Temporal variation in brain transcriptome is associated with the expression of female mimicry as a sequential male alternative reproductive tactic in fish". Molecular Ecology 27 3 (2017): 789-803. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85036542961&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1111/mec.14408
  48. Teles, Magda C.; Cardoso, Sara D.; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Social Plasticity Relies on Different Neuroplasticity Mechanisms across the Brain Social Decision-Making Network in Zebrafish". Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 10 02/2016 (2016): 1-12.
    Published • 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00016
  49. OLIVEIRA, RUI F.; Simões, José M.; Teles, Magda C.; Oliveira, Catarina R.; Becker, Jorg D.; Lopes, João S.. "Assessment of fight outcome is needed to activate socially driven transcriptional changes in the zebrafish brain". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 5 (2016): E654-E661.
    Published • 10.1073/pnas.1514292113
  50. Teles, Magda C.; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Androgen response to social competition in a shoaling fish". Hormones and Behavior 78 - (2016): 8-12.
    Published • 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.10.009
  51. Cardoso, Sara D.; Faustino, Ana I.; Costa, Silvia S.; Valério, Fábio; Gonçalves, David; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Social network predicts loss of fertilizations in nesting males of a fish with alternative reproductive tactics". acta ethologica 20 1 (2016): 59-68.
    Published • 10.1007/s10211-016-0249-9
  52. Teles, Magda C.; Gozdowska, Magdalena; Kalamarz-Kubiak, Hanna; Kulczykowska, Ewa; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Agonistic interactions elicit rapid changes in brain nonapeptide levels in zebrafish". Hormones and Behavior 84 . (2016): 57-63.
    Published • 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.05.020
  53. Teles, Magda C.; Almeida, Olinda; Lopes, João S.; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Social interactions elicit rapid shifts in functional connectivity in the social decision-making network of zebrafish". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 1816 (2015): 20151099-20151099.
    Published • 10.1098/rspb.2015.1099
  54. Aires, Rui F.; Oliveira, Gonçalo A.; Oliveira, Tânia F.; Ros, Albert F. H.; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.; Norton, William HJ. "Dear Enemies Elicit Lower Androgen Responses to Territorial Challenges than Unfamiliar Intruders in a Cichlid Fish". PLOS ONE 10 9 (2015): e0137705-e0137705.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0137705
  55. Abril-de-Abreu, Rodrigo; Cruz, Ana S.; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Social dominance modulates eavesdropping in zebrafish". Royal Society Open Science 2 8 (2015): 150220-150220.
    Published • 10.1098/rsos.150220
  56. Abril-de-Abreu, Rodrigo; Cruz, José; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Social Eavesdropping in Zebrafish: Tuning of Attention to Social Interactions". Scientific Reports 5 NA (2015): 12678-12678.
    Published • 10.1038/srep12678
  57. Cruz, Ana S.; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Audience effects and aggressive priming in agonistic behaviour of male zebrafish, Danio rerio". Animal Behaviour 107 . (2015): 269-276.
    Published • 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.07.007
  58. Kulczykowska, Ewa; Cardoso, Sónia C.; Gozdowska, Magdalena; André, Gonçalo I.; Paula, José R.; Slebioda, Marek; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.; Soares, Marta C.. "Brain levels of nonapeptides in four labrid fish species with different levels of mutualistic behavior". General and Comparative Endocrinology 222 . (2015): 99-105.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.06.005
  59. Almeida, Olinda; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Social Status and Arginine Vasotocin Neuronal Phenotypes in a Cichlid Fish". Brain, Behavior and Evolution 85 3 (2015): 203-213.
    Published • 10.1159/000381251
  60. Cardoso, Sónia C.; Bshary, Redouan; Mazzei, Renata; Paitio, José R.; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.; Soares, Marta C.. "Arginine vasotocin modulates associative learning in a mutualistic cleaner fish". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 69 7 (2015): 1173-1181.
    Published • 10.1007/s00265-015-1931-z
  61. Fagundes, Teresa; Simões, Mariana G.; Saraiva, João L.; Ros, Albert F. H.; Gonçalves, David; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.; Grindstaff, Jennifer. "Birth date predicts alternative life-history pathways in a fish with sequential reproductive tactics". Functional Ecology . (2015): n/a-n/a.
    Published • 10.1111/1365-2435.12465
  62. Faustino, Ana I.; Oliveira, Gonçalo A.; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Linking appraisal to behavioral flexibility in animals: implications for stress research". Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 9 . (2015): 1-7.
    Published • 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00104
  63. Simões, José M.; Barata, Eduardo N.; Harris, Rayna M; O’Connell, Lauren A; Hofmann, Hans A; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Social odors conveying dominance and reproductive information induce rapid physiological and neuromolecular changes in a cichlid fish". BMC Genomics 16 1 (2015): 114-114.
    Published • 10.1186/s12864-015-1255-4
  64. Bshary, Redouan; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Cooperation in animals: toward a game theory within the framework of social competence". Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 3 . (2015): 31-37.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cobeha.2015.01.008
  65. Costa, Rui Miguel; Correia, Mónica; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Does personality moderate the link between women’s testosterone and relationship status? The role of extraversion and sensation seeking". Personality and Individual Differences 76 . (2015): 141-146.
    Published • 10.1016/j.paid.2014.12.003
  66. Cardoso, Sónia C.; Paitio, José R.; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.; Bshary, Redouan; Soares, Marta C.. "Arginine vasotocin reduces levels of cooperative behaviour in a cleaner fish". Physiology & Behavior 139 . (2015): 314-320.
    Published • 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.11.052
  67. Cardoso, S. D.; Teles, M. C.; Oliveira, R. F. "Neurogenomic mechanisms of social plasticity". Journal of Experimental Biology 218 1 (2015): 140-149.
    Published • 10.1242/jeb.106997
  68. Lopes, João Sollari; Abril-de-Abreu, Rodrigo; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.; van den Bos, Ruud. "Brain Transcriptomic Response to Social Eavesdropping in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)". PLOS ONE 10 12 (2015): e0145801-e0145801.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0145801
  69. Roque, Lisa; Veríssimo, Manuela; Oliveira, Tania F.; Fernandes, Marília; Rebelo, Ana; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Relationships between diurnal adrenocortical activity, children’s attachment security and mothers’ attachment representations". Análise Psicológica 33 4 (2015): 361-372.
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  70. Costa, R.M.; Oliveira, R.F.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Maladaptive defense mechanisms are associated with decoupling of testosterone from sexual desire in women of reproductive age". Neuropsychoanalysis 17 2 (2015): 121-134. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84962013714&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1080/15294145.2015.1089184
  71. Costa, R.M.; Oliveira, R.F.. "Erratum: Maladaptive defense mechanisms are associated with decoupling of testosterone from sexual desire in women of reproductive age (Neuropsychoanalysis DOI:10.1080/15294145.2015.1089184)". Neuropsychoanalysis 17 2 (2015): 187-188. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84961990978&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/15294145.2015.1108503
  72. Oliveira, Gonçalo A.; Uceda, Sara; Oliveira, Tânia F.; Fernandes, Alexandre C.; Garcia-Marques, Teresa; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Testosterone response to competition in males is unrelated to opponent familiarity or threat appraisal". Frontiers in Psychology 5 . (2014): 1-7.
    Published • 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01240
  73. Millot, Sandie; Cerqueira, Marco; Castanheira, Maria-Filipa; Øverli, Øyvind; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.; Martins, Catarina I. M.; Mettke-Hofmann, Claudia. "Behavioural Stress Responses Predict Environmental Perception in European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)". PLoS ONE 9 9 (2014): e108800-e108800.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0108800
  74. Gonçalves-de-Freitas, Eliane; Carvalho, Thaís Billalba; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Photoperiod modulation of aggressive behavior is independent of androgens in a tropical cichlid fish". General and Comparative Endocrinology 207 . (2014): 41-49.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.07.024
  75. Almeida, Olinda; Canário, Adelino V.M.; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Castration affects reproductive but not aggressive behavior in a cichlid fish". General and Comparative Endocrinology 207 . (2014): 34-40.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.03.018
  76. Oliveira, Gonçalo A.; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Androgen modulation of social decision-making mechanisms in the brain: an integrative and embodied perspective". Frontiers in Neuroscience 8 209 (2014): 1-6.
    Published • 10.3389/fnins.2014.00209
  77. Almeida, Olinda; Gonçalves-de-Freitas, Eliane; Lopes, João S.; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Social instability promotes hormone–behavior associated patterns in a cichlid fish". Hormones and Behavior 66 2 (2014): 369-382.
    Published • 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.05.007
  78. Soares, Marta C.; Cardoso, Sónia C.; Grutter, Alexandra S.; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.; Bshary, Redouan. "Cortisol mediates cleaner wrasse switch from cooperation to cheating and tactical deception". Hormones and Behavior 66 2 (2014): 346-350.
    Published • 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.06.010
  79. Millot, Sandie; Cerqueira, Marco; Castanheira, Maria Filipa; Øverli, Øyvind; Martins, Catarina I.M.; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Use of conditioned place preference/avoidance tests to assess affective states in fish". Applied Animal Behaviour Science 154 - (2014): 104-111.
    Published • 10.1016/j.applanim.2014.02.004
  80. Lima, Ana Carolina; Assis, Jorge; Sayanda, Diogo; Sabino, José; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Impact of ecotourism on the fish fauna of Bonito region (Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil): ecological, behavioural and physiological measures". Neotropical Ichthyology 12 1 (2014): 133-143.
    Published • 10.1590/S1679-62252014000100014
  81. Oliveira, Rui; Oliveira, Gonçalo. "Androgen responsiveness to competition in humans: the role of cognitive variables". Neuroscience and Neuroeconomics 3 . (2014): 19-19.
    Published • 10.2147/NAN.S55721
  82. GONCALVES, D; Costa, S. S.; Teles, M. C.; Silva, H.; Ingles, M.; Oliveira, R. F. "Oestradiol and prostaglandin F2  regulate sexual displays in females of a sex-role reversed fish". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 1778 (2014): 20133070-20133070.
    Published • 10.1098/rspb.2013.3070
  83. Dias, Raphael I.; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.; Podos, Jeffrey; Macedo, Regina H.. "The importance of novelty: Male–female interactions among blue-black grassquits in captivity". Behavioural Processes 103 . (2014): 211-217.
    Published • 10.1016/j.beproc.2013.12.016
  84. Galhardo, L.; Oliveira, R.F.. "The effects of social isolation on steroid hormone levels are modulated by previous social status and context in a cichlid fish". Hormones and Behavior 65 1 (2014): 1-5.
    Published • 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.10.010
  85. McGregor, P.; Oliveira, R.F.. "Then and now: A brief history of acta ethologica". Acta Ethologica 17 2 (2014): 67-68. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84901240365&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10211-014-0184-6
  86. Mendonça, Rute; Soares, Marta C.; Bshary, Redouan; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Arginine Vasotocin Neuronal Phenotype and Interspecific Cooperative Behaviour". Brain, Behavior and Evolution 82 3 (2013): 166-176.
    Published • 10.1159/000354784
  87. Teles, Magda C.; Dahlbom, S. Josefin; Winberg, Svante; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Social modulation of brain monoamine levels in zebrafish". Behavioural Brain Research 253 . (2013): 17-24.
    Published • 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.07.012
  88. OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Mind the fish: zebrafish as a model in cognitive social neuroscience". Frontiers in Neural Circuits 7 . (2013): 1-15.
    Published • 10.3389/fncir.2013.00131
  89. Oliveira, Gonçalo A.; Uceda, Sara; Oliveira, Tânia; Fernandes, Alexandre; Garcia-Marques, Teresa; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Threat perception and familiarity moderate the androgen response to competition in women". Frontiers in Psychology 4 . (2013): 1-8.
    Published • 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00389
  90. Cardoso, Sara D.; Gonçalves, David; Robalo, Joana I.; ALMADA, VITOR C.; Canário, Adelino V.M.; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Efficient isolation of polymorphic microsatellites from high-throughput sequence data based on number of repeats". Marine Genomics 11 1 (2013): 11-16.
    Published • 10.1016/j.margen.2013.04.002
  91. Taborsky, Barbara; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Social competence vs responsiveness: similar but not same. A reply to Wolf and McNamara". Trends in Ecology & Evolution 28 5 (2013): 254-255.
    Published • 10.1016/j.tree.2013.02.005
  92. Félix, Ana S.; Faustino, Ana I.; Cabral, Eduarda M.; OLIVEIRA, RUI F.. "Noninvasive Measurement of Steroid Hormones in Zebrafish Holding-Water". Zebrafish 10 1 (2013): 110-115.
    Published • 10.1089/zeb.2012.0792
  93. Oliveira, R.F.; Galhardo, L.. "Rescuing the baby from the bathwater: A reply to Carter (2013)". Biology Letters 9 4 (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84880799609&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1098/rsbl.2013.0264
  94. Almeida, Olinda; Gozdowska, Magdalena; Kulczykowska, Ewa; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Brain levels of arginine–vasotocin and isotocin in dominant and subordinate males of a cichlid fish". Hormones and Behavior 61 2 (2012): 212-217.
    Published • 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.12.008
  95. Fagundes, Teresa; Simões, Mariana G.; Gonçalves, David; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Social cues in the expression of sequential alternative reproductive tactics in young males of the peacock blenny, Salaria pavo". Physiology & Behavior 107 3 (2012): 283-291.
    Published • 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.07.011
  96. Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Gonçalves, D. M.; Saraiva, J. L.; Simões, M.. "Plasticity in reproductive behaviour in two populations of the peacock blenny". Behaviour in press (2012):
    Accepted
  97. Saraiva, J. L.; Gonçalves, D.; Oliveira, R. F.. "Ecological modulation of reproductive behaviour in the peacock blenny: a mini-review". Fish Physiology and Biochemistry May 2012 (2012): 1-5.
    Published • 10.1007/s10695-012-9658-5
  98. Taborsky, Barbara; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Social competence: an evolutionary approach". Trends in Ecology & Evolution 27 12 (2012): 679-688.
    Published • 10.1016/j.tree.2012.09.003
  99. Simões, José M.; Teles, Magda C.; Oliveira, Rui F.; Van der Linden, Annemie; Verhoye, Marleen; Burgess, Harold A.. "A Three-Dimensional Stereotaxic MRI Brain Atlas of the Cichlid Fish Oreochromis mossambicus". PLoS ONE 7 9 (2012): e44086-e44086.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0044086
  100. Galhardo, L.; Vitorino, A.; Oliveira, R. F.. "Social familiarity modulates personality trait in a cichlid fish". Biology Letters 8 6 (2012): 936-938.
    Published • 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0500
  101. Soares, Marta C.; Bshary, Redouan; Cardoso, Sónia C.; Côté, Isabelle M.; Oliveira, Rui F.; Krkosek, Martin. "Face Your Fears: Cleaning Gobies Inspect Predators despite Being Stressed by Them". PLoS ONE 7 6 (2012): e39781-e39781.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0039781
  102. Soares, Marta C.; Bshary, Redouan; Mendonça, Rute; Grutter, Alexandra S.; Oliveira, Rui F.; Ulrich, Henning. "Arginine Vasotocin Regulation of Interspecific Cooperative Behaviour in a Cleaner Fish". PLoS ONE 7 7 (2012): e39583-e39583.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0039583
  103. Teles, Magda C.; Sîrbulescu, Ruxandra F.; Wellbrock, Ursula M.; Oliveira, Rui F.; Zupanc, Günther K. H.. "Adult neurogenesis in the brain of the Mozambique tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus". Journal of Comparative Physiology A 198 6 (2012): 427-449.
    Published • 10.1007/s00359-012-0721-6
  104. Ros, Albert F.H.; Oliveira, Rui F.; Dijkstra, Peter D.; Groothuis, Ton G.G.. "Immune activation is inversely related to, but does not cause variation in androgen levels in a cichlid fish species". Fish & Shellfish Immunology 33 1 (2012): 130-133.
    Published • 10.1016/j.fsi.2012.03.006
  105. Roque, Lisa; Veríssimo, Manuela; Oliveira, Tania F.; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Attachment security and HPA axis reactivity to positive and challenging emotional situations in child-mother dyads in naturalistic settings". Developmental Psychobiology 54 4 (2012): 401-411.
    Published • 10.1002/dev.20598
  106. Oliveira, R.F.. "Social plasticity in fish: Integrating mechanisms and function". Journal of Fish Biology 81 7 (2012): 2127-2150. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84871345755&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03477.x
  107. Soares, Marta C.; Oliveira, Rui F.; Ros, Albert F.H.; Grutter, Alexandra S.; Bshary, Redouan. "Tactile stimulation lowers stress in fish". Nature Communications 2 534 (2011): 1-5.
    Published • 10.1038/ncomms1547
  108. Oliveira, Rui F.; Silva, Joana F.; Simões, José M.. "Fighting Zebrafish: Characterization of Aggressive Behavior and Winner–Loser Effects". Zebrafish 8 2 (2011): 73-81.
    Published • 10.1089/zeb.2011.0690
  109. Costa, Silvia S.; Andrade, Rui; Carneiro, Luis A.; Gonçalves, Emanuel J.; Kotrschal, Kurt; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Sex Differences in the Dorsolateral Telencephalon Correlate with Home Range Size in Blenniid Fish". Brain, Behavior and Evolution 77 1 (2011): 55-64.
    Published • 10.1159/000323668
  110. Galhardo, Leonor; Vital, Joana; Oliveira, Rui F.. "The role of predictability in the stress response of a cichlid fish". Physiology & Behavior 102 3-4 (2011): 367-372.
    Published • 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.11.035
  111. Ros, Albert F.H.; Lusa, Jeanne; Meyer, Meghann; Soares, Marta; Oliveira, Rui F.; Brossard, Michel; Bshary, Redouan. "Does access to the bluestreak cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus affect indicators of stress and health in resident reef fishes in the Red Sea?". Hormones and Behavior 59 1 (2011): 151-158.
    Published • 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.11.006
  112. Lacava, Roberto V.; Brasileiro, Luiza; Maia, Rafael; Oliveira, Rui F.; Macedo, Regina H.. "Social environment affects testosterone level in captive male blue–black grassquits". Hormones and Behavior 59 1 (2011): 51-55.
    Published • 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.10.003
  113. Bshary, Redouan; Grutter, Alexandra S.; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Short-Term Variation in the Level of Cooperation in the Cleaner Wrasse Labroides dimidiatus: Implications for the Role of Potential Stressors". Ethology 117 3 (2011): 246-253.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01872.x
  114. Oliveira, R. F.; Canario, A. V. M.. "Nemo through the looking-glass: a commentary on Desjardins & Fernald". Biology Letters 7 4 (2011): 487-488.
    Published • 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0760
  115. Saraiva, João L.; Pignolo, Giulia; Gonçalves, David; Oliveira, Rui F.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Interpopulational variation of the mating system in the peacock blenny Salaria pavo". acta ethologica 15 1 (2011): 25-31.
    Published • 10.1007/s10211-011-0104-y
  116. Galhardo, L.; Almeida, O.; Oliveira, R.F.. "Measuring motivation in a cichlid fish: An adaptation of the push-door paradigm". Applied Animal Behaviour Science 130 1-2 (2011): 60-70. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78951481347&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.applanim.2010.12.008
  117. Saraiva, J.L.; Gonçalves, D.M.; Simões, M.G.; Oliveira, R.F.. "Plasticity in reproductive behaviour in two populations of the peacock blenny". Behaviour 148 14 (2011): 1457-1472. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84860230312&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/156853911X617089
  118. Soares, M. C.; Bshary, R.; Fusani, L.; Goymann, W.; Hau, M.; Hirschenhauser, K.; Oliveira, R. F.. "Hormonal mechanisms of cooperative behaviour". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 365 1553 (2010): 2737-2750.
    Published • 10.1098/rstb.2010.0151
  119. Saraiva, João L.; Gonçalves, David M.; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Environmental modulation of androgen levels and secondary sex characters in two populations of the peacock blenny Salaria pavo". Hormones and Behavior 57 2 (2010): 192-197.
    Published • 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.10.013
  120. Gonçalves, David; Saraiva, João; Teles, Magda; Teodósio, Rita; Canário, Adelino V.M.; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Brain aromatase mRNA expression in two populations of the peacock blenny Salaria pavo with divergent mating systems". Hormones and Behavior 57 2 (2010): 155-161.
    Published • 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.10.007
  121. Soares, Marta C.; Côté, Isabelle M.; Cardoso, Sónia C.; Oliveira, Rui F.; Bshary, Redouan. "Caribbean Cleaning Gobies Prefer Client Ectoparasites Over Mucus". Ethology 116 12 (2010): 1244-1248.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01838.x
  122. Antunes, R. A.; Oliveira, R. F.. "Hormonal anticipation of territorial challenges in cichlid fish". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 37 (2009): 15985-15989.
    Published • 10.1073/pnas.0900817106
  123. Oliveira, R. F.; Silva, A.; Canario, A. V.M.. "Why do winners keep winning? Androgen mediation of winner but not loser effects in cichlid fish". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276 1665 (2009): 2249-2256.
    Published • 10.1098/rspb.2009.0132
  124. Galhardo, Leonor; Almeida, Olinda; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Preference for the presence of substrate in male cichlid fish: Effects of social dominance and context". Applied Animal Behaviour Science 120 3-4 (2009): 224-230.
    Published • 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.07.001
  125. Oliveira, R. F.. "Social behavior in context: Hormonal modulation of behavioral plasticity and social competence". Integrative and Comparative Biology 49 4 (2009): 423-440.
    Published • 10.1093/icb/icp055
  126. Ros, Albert F.H.; Fagundes, Teresa; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Adjustment of brood size and androgen levels in a teleost species with exclusive male parental care". Animal Behaviour 78 1 (2009): 25-33.
    Published • 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.03.006
  127. Ros, Albert F. H.; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Androgens and Immune Function in Male Alternative Reproductive Morphotypes of the Peacock Blenny Salaria pavo". Ethology 115 6 (2009): 555-565.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01636.x
  128. Oliveira, T.; Gouveia, M.J.; Oliveira, R.F.. "Testosterone responsiveness to winning and losing experiences in female soccer players". Psychoneuroendocrinology 34 7 (2009): 1056-1064.
    Published • 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.02.006
  129. Leong, H.; Ros, A. F. H.; Oliveira, R. F.. "Effects of putative stressors in public aquaria on locomotor activity, metabolic rate and cortisol levels in the Mozambique tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus". Journal of Fish Biology 74 7 (2009): 1549-1561.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02222.x
  130. Saraiva, J. L.; Oliveira, R. F.; Barata, E. N.; Canário, A. V. M.. "The effect of nest aggregation on the reproductive behaviour of the peacock blenny Salaria pavo". Journal of Fish Biology 74 4 (2009): 754-762.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02153.x
  131. Galhardo, Leonor; Oliveira, Rui. "Psychological Stress and Welfare in Fish". Annual Review of Biomedical Sciences 11 0 (2009): 1-20.
    Published • 10.5016/1806-8774.2009v11p1
  132. BENDER, N; HEGBACHAR, Z; OLIVEIRA, R; CANARIO, A; TABORSKY, M. "Hormonal control of brood care and social status in a cichlid fish with brood care helpers". Physiology & Behavior 94 3 (2008): 349-358.
    Published • 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.02.002
  133. Ros, Albert F. H.; Correia, Maria; Wingfield, John C.; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Mounting an immune response correlates with decreased androgen levels in male peafowl, Pavo cristatus". Journal of Ethology 27 2 (2008): 209-214.
    Published • 10.1007/s10164-008-0105-0
  134. GONCALVES, D; TELES, M; ALPEDRINHA, J; OLIVEIRA, R. "Brain and gonadal aromatase activity and steroid hormone levels in female and polymorphic males of the peacock blenny Salaria pavo". Hormones and Behavior 54 5 (2008): 717-725.
    Published • 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.07.014
  135. Garamszegi, L. Z.; Hirschenhauser, K.; Bókony, V.; Eens, M.; Hurtrez¿?Boussès, S.; Møller, A. P.; Oliveira, R. F.; Wingfield, J. C.. "Latitudinal Distribution, Migration, and Testosterone Levels in Birds". The American Naturalist 172 4 (2008): 533-546.
    Published • 10.1086/590955
  136. Hirschenhauser, Katharina; Canário, Adelino V.M.; Ros, Albert F.H.; Taborsky, Michael; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Social context may affect urinary excretion of 11-ketotestosterone in African cichlids". Behaviour 145 10 (2008): 1367-1388.
    Published • 10.1163/156853908785765935
  137. Cummings, Molly E.; Jordão, Joana M.; Cronin, Thomas W.; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Visual ecology of the fiddler crab, Uca tangeri: effects of sex, viewer and background on conspicuousness". Animal Behaviour 75 1 (2008): 175-188.
    Published • 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.04.016
  138. Scott, Alexander P.; Hirschenhauser, Katharina; Bender, Nicole; Oliveira, Rui; Earley, Ryan L.; Sebire, Marion; Ellis, Tim; et al. "Non-invasive measurement of steroids in fish-holding water: important considerations when applying the procedure to behaviour studies". Behaviour 145 10 (2008): 1307-1328.
    Published • 10.1163/156853908785765854
  139. Galhardo, Leonor; Correia, J.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Galhardo, L.; Oliveira, R.F.. "The effect of substrate availability on behavioural and physiological indicators of welfare in the cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus". Animal Welfare 17 17 (2008): 239-254. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-49749134694&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published
  140. Bshary, Redouan; Oliveira, Rui F; Oliveira, Tânia SF; Canário, Adelino VM. "Do cleaning organisms reduce the stress response of client reef fish?". Frontiers in Zoology 4 1 (2007): 21-21.
    Published • 10.1186/1742-9994-4-21
  141. Fagundes, T.; Gonçalves, D. M.; Oliveira, R. F.. "Female mate choice and mate search tactics in a sex role reversed population of the peacock blenny Salaria pavo (Risso, 1810)". Journal of Fish Biology 71 1 (2007): 77-89.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01466.x
  142. Oliveira, Rui F.; Galhardo, Leonor. "Sobre a aplicação do conceito de bem-estar a peixes teleósteos e implicações para a piscicultura". Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia 36 suppl (2007): 77-86.
    Published • 10.1590/S1516-35982007001000009
  143. Gonçalves, David; Alpedrinha, João; Teles, Magda; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Endocrine control of sexual behavior in sneaker males of the peacock blenny Salaria pavo: Effects of castration, aromatase inhibition, testosterone and estradiol". Hormones and Behavior 51 4 (2007): 534-541.
    Published • 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.02.003
  144. Jordão, Joana M.; Curto, Ana F.; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Stereotypy and variation in the claw waving display of the fiddler crab Uca tangeri". acta ethologica 10 2 (2007): 55-62.
    Published • 10.1007/s10211-007-0030-1
  145. Jordão, Joana M.; Curto, Ana F.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Design of the waving display of the fiddler crab Uca tangeri: stereotypy and between male variation of the signal". Acta Ethologica 10 (2007): 55-62.
    Published
  146. Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de; Galhardo, Leonor. "On the applicability of the concept of welfare to teleost fish and its omplications for fish farming". Brazilian Journal of Animal Science 36 (2007): 77-86.
    Published
  147. Jordão, J.M.; Cronin, T.W.; Oliveira, R.F.. "Spectral sensitivity of four species of fiddler crabs (Uca pugnax, Uca pugilator, Uca vomeris and Uca tangeri) measured by in situ microspectrophotometry". Journal of Experimental Biology 210 3 (2007): 447-453. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33847364829&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1242/jeb.02658
  148. Ros, Albert Frank Huascar; Ferreira, Catarina; Santos, Ricardo Serrão; Oliveira, Rui Filipe. "Regulation of immunocompetence by different androgen metabolites in a blenny with alternative reproductive tactics". Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology 305 12 (2006): 986-994.
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  149. Ros, Albert F.H.; Becker, Klaus; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Aggressive behaviour and energy metabolism in a cichlid fish, Oreochromis mossambicus". Physiology & Behavior 89 2 (2006): 164-170.
    Published • 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.05.043
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Magazine article
  1. Oliveira, Rui F.. "Sobre chimpanzés e robots: artistas não-humanos?", Jornal de Letras, ano xlii (nº 1377), 12 julho., 2023, https://visao.pt/jornaldeletras/.
Preprint
  1. Sorigue, Pol; Pinget, Maeva; Costa, Joao; Teles, Magda; Oliveira, Rui. "Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling of the zebrafish forebrain". 2026. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.20.713102.
    10.64898/2026.03.20.713102
  2. Pol Sorigue; Walter Salzburger; Rui F. Oliveira. "Nonapeptide molecular evolution during the adaptive radiation of Tanganyika cichlids". 2025. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.06.18.660417.
    10.1101/2025.06.18.660417

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  1. Oxytocin regulation of social transmission of fear in zebrafish reveals its evolutionary conserved role in emotional contagion. 2021. Akinrinade, I.; Kareklas, K.; Gliksberg, M.; Petri, G.; Levkowitz, G.; Oliveira, R.F.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85119846930&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/2021.10.06.463413
  2. Social and asocial learning in zebrafish are encoded by a shared brain network that is differentially modulated by local activation. 2021. Pinho, J.; Cunliffe, V.; Petri, G.; Oliveira, R.F.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85119866114&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/2021.10.12.464038
  3. Developmental effects of oxytocin neurons on social affiliation and processing of social information. 2020. Nunes, A.R.; Gliksberg, M.; Varela, S.A.M.; Teles, M.; Wircer, E.; Blechman, J.; Petri, G.; Levkowitz, G.; Oliveira, R.F.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85098901244&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/2020.10.08.330993
  4. Genetic variation in the social environment affects behavioral phenotypes of oxytocin receptor mutants in zebrafish. 2020. Ribeiro, D.; Nunes, A.R.; Teles, M.C.; Anbalagan, S.; Blechman, J.; Levkowitz, G.; Oliveira, R.F.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85098834235&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/2020.03.23.002873
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2026/01/17 Phenotyping social contagion of fear reveals specific cognitive deficits in different zebrafish genetic models of ASD 11th Strategic Conference of Zebrafish Investigators
National University Singapore (Singapore, Singapore)
2026/01/15 Rapid evolution of brain functional and structural phenotypes in response to selection for sociality in zebrafish 11th Strategic Conference of Zebrafish Investigators
National University Singapore (Singapore, Singapore)
2025/08/27 Of fish and flies: experimental studies on the evolution of social cognition using two model organisms BEHAVIOUR 2025 – XXXVIII International Ethological Conference
International Council of Ethologists; ASAB Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (Kolkata, India)
2025/07/10 Nonapeptide regulation of sociality in zebrafish: functional specialization of oxytocin and vasotocin on specific components of social behaviour and socially driven epigenetic changes. 19th International Congress of Comparative Endocrinology
(Sendai, Japan)
2025/06/12 Artificial selection for sociality drives rapid evolution of social cognition, paralleled by divergent forebrain transcriptome and neuronal response to social stimuli in zebrafish. European Social Club: Neurobiology of Social Behaviors
European Social Club (Coimbra, Portugal)
2024/11/01 Of fish and flies: evolutionary neurobiology of social behavior in (zebra)fish and Drosophila Meeting of the EMBO Communities
EMBO (Heidelberg, Germany)
2024/07/30 Of fish and flies: studying the biological basis of sociality in two model organisms International Congress for Neuroethology 2024
International Society for Neuroethology (Berlin, Germany)
2024/05/16 Oxytocin and the evolution of sociality in fish 14th World Congress of Neurohypophysial Hormones
Georgia State University (Atlanta, United States)
2024/05/06 Of fish and flies: using model organisms in social neuroscience Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Neuroscience
Portuguese Society of Neuroscience (Online, Portugal)
2024/04/25 Of fish and flies: evolutionary neurobiology of social behavior in (zebra)fish and Drosophila Invited Guest Lecture at the Institute of Neuroscience, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai (China)
Institute of Neuroscience, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai (China) (Shanghai, China)
2024/04/23 What is it like to be a fish? Neurobiology, Cognition and Fish Welfare Invited Guest Lecture, Shangai Ocean University, Shanghai (China),
Shangai Ocean University, Shanghai (China) (Shanghai, China)
2024/04/22 What is it like to be a fish? Neurobiology, Cognition and Fish Welfare Invited Guest Lecture, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao (China)
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao (China) (Qingdao, China)
2024/03/27 Social transmission of alarm states in zebrafish: mechanisms and evolutionary perspectives Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Neuroscience 2024
Society for Social Neuroscience (Tsukuba, Japan)
2024/02/08 In Leonardo’s footsteps: bringing art and science back together in a post-modern world Invited Public Lecture, New Humanities Coillege, NorthEastern University, London (U.K.)
NorthEastern University, London (U.K.) (London, United Kingdom)
2023/08 Emotion contagion in fish: evolutionary conserved neuromolecular mechanisms. Behaviour 2023
University of Bielefeld (Bielefeld, Germany)
2023/05/16 Coevolution of the oxytocin signaling pathway and reproductive behavior in African cichlids 12th International Symposium on Reproductive Physiology of Fish
(Crete, Greece)
2023/05/04 Evolutionary conserved role of oxytocin and associated neural circuits in social contagion and social buffering of stress in zebrafish. JB Johnston Club of Evolutionary Neuroscience Spring Symposium 2023 - Stress responses in the vertebrate forebrain
JB Johnston Club of Evolutionary Neuroscience (Online, United States)
2021/09/17 Evolutionary conserved role of oxytocin in the regulation of social behaviour Encontro Anual de la Asociacón Ibérica de Endocrinología Comparada
University of Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
2021/09/13 Molecular basis of emotions Wellbeing and Mental Health Seminar Series
i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2021/09/10 Of fish and flies: using model organisms to uncover the mechanisms of sociality The Evolution of Social Behaviour Symposium
University of Bern (Bern, Switzerland)
2021/08/23 Social zebrafish: integrating mechanisms and function of sociality in a model organism ASAB Summer Meeting 2021
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) (Belfast, United Kingdom)
2021/04/09 Evolutionary conserved role of oxytocin in emotion recognition XV Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida (Lisbon, Portugal)
2020/01/16 Physiology of androgens related to winner-loser effects in humans and animals Lorentz Centre workshop: Dynamics of dominance of females relative to males in a group
Lorentz Centre (Leiden, Netherlands)
2019/04/08 Nonapeptide regulation of behavior: social perception, social decision-making and social learning. (Invited Plenary Talk) 13th World Congress on Neurohypophyseal Hormones.
(Ein Gedi, Israel)
2018/08/15 An eco-evo-devo approach to the study of social behavior: lessons from (zebra)fish. (Invited Plenary Talk) 17th International Society for Behavioral Ecology Congress
International Society for Behavioral Ecology (Minneapolis, United States)
2017/12/07 Nonapeptide regulation of social behaviour: an eco-evo-devo approach in zebrafish (Invited Plennary talk) The 5th Israeli Meeting of Zebrafish as a Model for Biomedical Research
Ben Gurion University of Negev ( Beer Sheva, Israel)
2017/06/07 Nonapeptide regulation of social behavior: lessons from fish (Invited talk) Neural Systems and Behaviour Lectures’ Series
Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, United States)
2016/12/01 Social zebrafish. (Invited talk) 4th Conference Imaging Structure and Function of the Zebrafish Brain
Max Planck Institut for Neurobiology (Martinsried, Germany)
2016/09/14 “O Cérebro Social: como a vida social influencia o cérebro e o comportamento” (Invited talk) Ciclo de Conferências Culturgest, “Discursos do Cérebro”
Culturgest (Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/07/28 Neurogenomic mechanisms of social plasticity. Symposium on “The Causes and Consequences of Behavioural Plasticity" (Invited talk) 16th Congress of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology
International Society for Behavioral Ecology (Exeter, United Kingdom)
2016/07/19 Social cognition in zebrafish. (Invited talk) CUSO (Conférence Universitaire de Suisse Occidentale) Inter-University Doctoral Program in Ecology and Evolution Workshop “The role of sensory ecology and cognition in social decisions”
CUSO (Conférence Universitaire de Suisse Occidentale) (Arolla, Switzerland)
2016/07/18 Neuroendocrinology of social behavior in zebrafish. (Invited talk) Weizmann Conference on ”Hormones: a Teeter-Totter of Sociality and Stress”
Weizmann Institute of Science (Rohovot, Israel)
2016/07/12 Social Zebrafish: an emerging model for the comparative study of social cognition. “Teleost fish as models in comparative cognition” (Invited talk) Symposium at the 8th European Conference of Behavioural Biology
(Vienna, Austria)
2016/04/27 Zebrafish as a model organism in social neuroscience. (Invited talk) Lisbon Social Neuroscience Club
ISPA –Instituto Universitário (Lisbon, Portugal)
2016/03/30 Communication networks in zebrafish: neuromolecular mechanisms and cognitive abilities for social communication. (Invited talk) Symposium on “Behavioural and Neural Genomics of Sociality” at the International Congresso f Neuroethology 2016
(Montevideo, Uruguay)
2015/09/16 Behavioural and neuromolecular mechanisms of social cognition in zebrafish. (Invited talk) Champalimaud Neuroscience Symposium
Champalimaud Foundation (Lisbon, Portugal)
2015/09/07 Studying fish social behavior and cognition: implications for fish welfare and conservation (Invited Plennary talk) XV European Congress of Ichthyology
(Porto, Portugal)
2014/11/07 Behavioural and cognitive aspects of (Zebra)Fish welfare. (Invited talk) “Improving Zebrafish Husbandry: towards better research and animal welfare” Workshop.
Champaliamaud Foundation (Lisbon, Portugal)
2014/10/12 Neuromolecular mechanisms of socially driven behavioral plasticity in zebrafish. Janelia Conference “Life in the Aggregate: Mechanisms and Features of Social Dynamics”
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus (Virginia, United States)
2014/09/23 Plasticity of reproductive behavior in fish: why and how? (Invited talk) Conference on “Sex Determination and Differentiation in Fishes: Genes, Environment and Behaviour”
University of Lisbon (lisbon, Portugal)
2014/09/18 Neurogenomics of social behaviour and cognition in (zebra)fish. (Invited talk) Champalimaud Workshop “One, Two, Many Brains”
Champalimaud Foundation (Estoril, Portugal)
2014/07/07 Simple minds living in complex social worlds: zebrafish as a model to study social cognition and behavior. (Invited talk) 4th CogEvo – Rovereto Workshop on Cognition and Evolution
Universitá degli Studi di Trento (Rovereto, Italy)
2014/07/01 Rapid neuromolecular responses to social interactions mediate socially driven behavioural flexibility in zebrafish (Invited talk) “Impact of animal aggression and dominance on neurobiology and stress” Symposium at the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) Annual Meeting 2014
Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) (Manchester, United Kingdom)
2014/06/02 Neurogenomics of social interactions: a systems approach to social behavior. (Invited talk) ProDoc program on Proximate and Ultimate causes of Cooperation and Inter-University Doctoral Program in Organismal Biology “Workshop on Cooperation and Cognition”
University of Neuchâtel (Neuchâtel, Switzerland)
2014/03/29 Socially driven genetic mechanisms underlying neural and behavioral plasticity in fish. (Invited talk) The Journal of Experimental Biology 2014 Symposium “Epigenetics in Comparative Physiology”
(Banff, Canada)
2013/10/11 Social competence as an ecological performance trait: proximate mechanisms and ultimate consequences. (Invited talk) European Social Cognition Network (ESCON) Experts Workshop “A Multilevel Approach to Distributed Cognition”
European Social Cognition Network (ESCON) (Cascais, Portugal)
2013/10/03 Neuroendocrinology of social behaviour in tilapia. (Invited talk) BARD (the United States – Israel Binational Agricultural R&D Fund) Workshop on “Perspectives in Endocrinology of Cichlids”
Kibbutz Ein Harod (Ihud, Israel)
2013/10/03 Neuroanatomy resources for a behavioural neuroendocrinology study model, the Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus). (Invited talk) BARD (the United States – Israel Binational Agricultural R&D Fund) Workshop on “Perspectives in Endocrinology of Cichlids”
Kibbutz Ein Harod (Ihud, Israel)
2013/08/11 Molecular mechanisms of behavioral plasticity: from genes to behavior and back. (Invited talk) CUSO (Conférence Universitaire de Suisse Occidentale) Inter-University Doctoral Program in Ecology and Evolution Workshop “The Evolution of Proximate Mechanisms for Behavioural and Life History Decisions”
CUSO (Conférence Universitaire de Suisse Occidentale) (Arolla, Switzerland)
2013/08/04 Integrating proximate and ultimate causes of social plasticity. (Invited talk) BEHAVIOUR 2013 - Joint meeting of the 33rd International Ethological Conference (IEC) & the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB)
International Ethological Conference (IEC) & the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) (Newcastle, United Kingdom)
2013/05/20 Rapid regulation of gene expression in the zebrafish brain induced by perceived social interactions. (Invited talk) 15th Annual Meeting of The International Behavioural & Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS)
International Behavioural & Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS) (Leuven, Belgium)
2012/12/07 Neurogenomics of social plasticity in adult zebrafish. (Invited talk) II International Symposium on “Imaging Structure and Function in the Zebrafish Brain”
MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology (london, United Kingdom)
2012/10/26 Using zebrafish to study social cognition and behavior. (Invited talk) COST Action BM0804 EuFish BioMed Symposium “Contribution of Zebrafish to Neuroscience”
Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y Leon (Salamanca, Spain)
2012/09/05 Simple minds: a comparative approach to social cognition (Invited Plennary talk) Transfer of Knowledge Conference 2012
European Social Cognition Network (ESCON) (Estoril, Portugal)
2012/09/03 What triggers a neuroendocrine response to a social challenge? (Invited talk) 7th International Symposium on Fish Endocrinology
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2012/09/01 Neuroanatomy resources for a behavioural Neuroendocrinology study model, the Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus): a MRI stereotaxic brain atlas and characterization of adult neurogenesis. (Invited talk) 7th International Symposium on Fish Endocrinology Satellite Symposium “Fish Neuroanatomy and Brain Evolution”
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2012/08/31 Genomics and physiology of social plasticity in fish. (Invited talk) XIV Jornadas de la Socieda Uruguya de Biociencias
Socieda Uruguya de Biociencias (Piriápolis, Uruguay)
2012/08/04 What are the proximate mechanisms shaping variation in animal personalities and alternative tactics? (Invited talk) CUSO (Conférence Universitaire de Suisse Occidentale) Inter-University Doctoral Program in Ecology and Evolution Workshop “The evolution of consistent phenotype variation: alternative tactics vs. behavioural syndromes”
(Adelboden, Switzerland)
2012/07/09 Genomics and physiology of social plasticity in fish (Invited Plennary talk) Annual International Symposium of the Fisheries Society of the British Isles “The Physiology of Fish Behaviour”
University of East Anglia (Norwich, United Kingdom)
2012/07/08 Plasticity of sexual behavior: lessons from fish (Invited Plennary talk) 38th Annual Meeting of the International Academy for Sex Research
(Estoril, Portugal)
2011/05/02 Biologia Social: como o ambiente social modela a expressão dos genes, as hormonas e o cérebro [Social Biology: how does the social environment modulate gene expression, hormones and the brain?]. (Invited talk) Simpósio “O Passado e o Futuro da Biologia” (organizado pelo Núcleo de Estudantes de Biologia da Universidade de Lisboa no âmbito das comemorações dos 100 anos da Universidade de Lisboa)
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2010/12/13 (Zebra)Fish Blues: How social life shapes genes, hormones, and social behaviour? (Invited talk) European Zebrafish Symposium: Imaging Structure and Function in the Zebrafish Brain
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2010/07/18 Fighting fish blues: how does social information influence hormones, gene expression and social behavior? (Invited Plennary talk) Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology 2010, Presidential Symposium
Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (Toronto, Canada)
2010/07/05 How and why do social interactions influence gene expression, hormones and behavior? (Invited talk) 9th International Congress on the Biology of Fish
(Barcelona, Spain)
2009/05/22 Hormonas, evolução e comportamento. (Invited talk) Simpósio “Fronteiras do Humano”
ISPA (Lisboa, Portugal)
2009/04/23 Ghosts in the machine: from mind-body dualism to the psycho-neuro-sciences. (Invited talk) Conference “Evolution Today and Tomorrow: Darwin evaluated by contemporary evolutionary and philosophical theories”
Philosophy of Science Center (Lisbon, Portugal)
2009/01/03 Social behaviour in context: how animals adjust their behaviour to the social environment. (Invited talk) Symposium “Hormonal Regulation of Whole-Animal Performance: Implications for Selection” at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (Boston, United States)
2008/09/01 Swimming in Vygotsky’s pool: cichlid fish as models to study the social construction of brain and behaviour. (Invited talk) I NEUROLATAM (I Congresso IBRO/LARC de Neurociências da América Latina, Caribe e Península Ibérica)
(Búzios - RJ, Brazil)
2007/11/14 Hormônios, comunicação e comportamento social [Hormones, animal communication and social behaviour]. (Invited Plennary talk) XXV Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Ethological Society (SBEt)
Brazilian Ethological Society (SBEt) (São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil)
2007/08/15 From hormones to behavior and back: androgens, social context and competition. (Invited Plennary talk) XXX International Ethological Conference
(Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
2007/07/24 Sobre a aplicação do conceito de bem-estar a peixes teleósteos e implicações para a piscicultura. (Invited Plennary talk) 44ª. Reunião Anual da Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia
Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia (Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil)
2006/06/02 Contexto social, hormonas e comportamento: mecanismos e funções da modulação social de androgénios. (Invited Plennary talk) VII Meeting of the Portuguese Ethological Society
Portuguese Ethological Society (Coimbra, Portugal)
2006/03/09 Ética e Investigação em Psicobiologia [Ethics and Research in Psychobiology]. (Invited talk) III European Meeting on Psychology and Ethics
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2005/11/23 Androgens, social context and behaviour. (Invited Plennary talk) Annual Meeting of the Netherlands Society for Behavioural Biology (NVG)
Netherlands Society for Behavioural Biology (NVG) (Dalfsen, Netherlands)
2005/10/13 Bem-estar animal: um conceito legítimo para peixes? [Animal Welfare: a legitimate concept for fish?] (Invited talk) 3rd Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Veterinary Sciences
Portuguese Society of Veterinary Sciences (Santarém, Portugal)
2005/09/15 The neuroendocrinology of fish sexual behaviour: mechanisms and implications for endocrine disruption studies. (Invited Plennary talk) ReproSafe 2005 Symposium “Reproductive Behaviour and Environmental Pollutants”
Swedish Environmental Agency (Stockholm, Sweden)
2005/08/20 Androgens and social conflict: from hormones to behaviour and back. (Invited talk) XXIX International Ethological Conference
(Budapeste, Hungary)
2005/05/24 Dos peixes e dos Homens: Bem-estar de peixes em aquacultura [Of Fish and Man: fish welfare and aquaculture].(Invited talk) V Congresso Internacional de Zootecnia
(Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil)
2004/10/30 Efeitos do contexto social no comportamento: mecanismos endócrinos e cognitivos [Effects of social context on behaviour: endocrine and cognitive mechanisms]. (Invited Plennary talk) XXII Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Ethological Society (SBEt)
Brazilian Ethological Society (SBEt) (Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil)
2004/04/27 Neuroendocrinologia da agressividade: hormonas, cérebro e comportamento [Neuroendocrinologogy of aggressive behaviour: hormones, brain and behaviour]. (Invited talk) Symposium on “Violence: Ethology, Neurobiology and Neuropsychology”, IV Ciclo Nacional de Conferências de Psicologia
University Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2003/11/05 ‘Of Mice and Men’: on the use of experimental subjects in psychology and behavioural sciences. (Invited talk) II European Meeting on Psychology and Ethics.
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbon, Portugal)
2003/08/20 Ecological modulation of alternative reproductive tactics in the peacock blenny. (Invited talk) XXVIII International Ethological Conference
(Florianópolis, Brazil)
2002/11/14 Genes, Ambiente e Comportamento [Genes, Environment and Behaviour]. (Invited talk) Symposium on “Cloning: a biopsychological approach”
Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon, Portugal)
2002/07/31 Of Fish and Men: a comparative approach to hormonal correlates of conflict behaviour. (Invited Plennary talk) First European Conference of Behavioral Biology
(Muenster, Germany)
2002/06/21 Of sneaker males and peacock tales: male alternative reproductive tactics in fish. (Invited Plennary talk) Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research, Presidential Symposium
(Hamburg, Germany)
2002/04/02 Uma abordagem psicobiológica do género sexual [Gender: a psychobiological approach]. (Invited talk) Symposium on “Sex and Temperament: biological and cultural perspectives on sex and gender”, Anthropology Meetings of the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas
Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2001/05/26 Androgens and mating systems in fish: the challenge hypothesis revisited. (Invited talk) XIV International Congress of Comparative Endocrinology
(Sorrento, Italy)
2000/11/23 O berço da agressividade: uma perspectiva etológica [An ethological perspective on aggression]. (Invited talk) II Meeting of Mental Health of the Hospital São Francisco Xavier
Hospital São Francisco Xavier (Cascais, Portugal)
2000/09/05 Social modulation of androgens in teleosts: proximate mechanisms and ultimate consequences. (Invited talk) 20th Conference of European Comparative Endocrinologists
Univ. Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
2000/08/05 “Waves of love”: alternative reproductive tactics in intertidal blennies. (Invited talk) Joint Meeting of the VIth International Conference on Hormones, Brain and Behavior and the Society for Behavioural Neuroendocrinology
Society for Behavioural Neuroendocrinology (Madrid, Spain)
1999/03/28 Male sexual polymorphism in blenniid fishes: behavioural and neuroendocrine aspects. (Invited talk) European Science Foundation Workshop on "Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology of Shallow-Water Fishes"
University of Helsinki (Helsinki, Finland)
1998/04/15 Hormones and behaviour in littoral fishes: current status and a case study in the peacock blenny. (Invited talk) International Symposium on "Behaviour and Conservation of Littoral Fishes"
ISPA (Lisbon, Portugal)
1996/12/12 Dos Peixes e dos Homens - aspectos endócrinos e cognitivos da dominância social [Of fish and man: endocrine and cognitive aspects of social dominance]. (Invited talk) From Animals to Man – Symposium on Comparative Psychology and Ethology
Univ. Minho (Braga, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/06/16 - 2027/03/31 Neurogenomics of sociality: searching for genetic toolkits underlying social behavior
Supervisor of Marta Liber
 IGC PhD Programme in Integrative Biology and Biomedicine (PhD)
Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine Oeiras Site, Portugal
2022/01/01 - 2026/06/30 Molecular evolution of sociality in African cichlids
Supervisor of Pol Sorigue
 Behavioural Biology (PhD)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2022/01/01 - 2025/11/06 Stress in fish: the role of oxytocin and vasotocin
Co-supervisor of Bianca Fusani
 Behavioral Biology (PhD)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2018 - 2024 "The social fly: genetic architecture for social learning neural circuits in Drosophila melanogaster" (FCT Fellowship, PD/BD/138178/2018)
Supervisor of Carla Henriques
 Biologia Integrativa e Biomedicina (PhD)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2021/12/20 The Implication of GABA and Glutamate signalling in the oxytocin-like modulation of social fear transmission in zebrafish
Co-supervisor
 Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience (Master)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2020/03/01 - 2021/02/28 Oxytocin and social modulation of adult neurogenesis in zebrafish
Co-supervisor of Bianca Fusani
 Neuroscience (Master)
Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy
2016 - 2020 “Phenotypic architecture of social behavior in zebrafish” (FCT Fellowship SFRH/BD/132562/2017)
Supervisor of Cláudia Gonçalves
 Programa de Pós-Graduação Ciência para o Desenvolvimento (PhD)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2016 - 2020 “Sociality, cognition and brain complexity in Neotropical cichlids” (FAPESP Fellowship 2016/26160-2 and CAPES Fellowship 2019/10808-1)
Co-supervisor of Manuela Brandão
 Biologia Animal (PhD)
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - Câmpus de São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
2015 - 2020 “Oxytocinergic modulation of social information use in threat perception”(FCT Fellowship PD/BD/106005/2014)
Supervisor of Ibukun Akinrinade
 Biologia Integrativa e Biomedicina (PhD)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2015 - 2019 "Neuroendocrine Regulation of Social Interactions in a Cichlid Fish" (FCT Fellowship SFRH/BD/102892/2014)
Supervisor of Ana Sofia Mendes da Silva Santos Félix
 Biologia do Comportamento (PhD)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2014 - 2019 “Neurobehavioural and molecular mechanisms of social learning in zebrafish”(FCT Fellowship SFRH/BD/97442/2013)
Supervisor of Júlia Pinho
 Behavioural Biology (PhD)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2013 - 2019 “RNA-Seq applied to the peacock blenny Salaria pavo: unveiling the gene networks and signalling pathways behind phenotypic plasticity in a littoral fish”(FCT Fellowship SFRH/BD/89072/2012)
Supervisor
 Ciências Biológicas (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2016 - 2017 "The role of an oxytocin-like peptide in social reward in zebrafish"
Supervisor of DANIELA FILIPA TRAVANCA DOS SANTOS
 Biologia Molecular e Celular (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2015 - 2017 "Neural Mechanisms of Social Cognition in Zebrafish"
Supervisor of Leonor Inácio Fragata Carreira
 Neurociências (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2015 - 2016 “Indirect Genetic Effects of Oxytocin in the Development of Social Behaviour in Zebrafish” (M.Sc. in Evolutionary and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon).
Supervisor of Diogo Ribeiro
 Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012 - 2016 "Social Buffering of Fear in Zebrafish" (FCT fellowship SFRH/BD/79087/2011
Supervisor of Ana Isabel Soares Faustino
 Biologia do Comportamento (PhD)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2011 - 2016 “Appraisal Modulation in Sea Bass Dicentrarchus labrax” (FCT fellowship SFRH/BD/80029/2011) [co-supervised with, Dr. Catarina Martins, Center for Marine Sciences - CCMar, University of Algarve, Portugal]
Supervisor of Marco Alexandre Cavaco Cerqueira
 Aquaculture (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2014 - 2015 “Social memory in zebrafish: behavioral assessment and the role of Brain-Derived Neurothrophic Factor (BDNF)”
Supervisor of Natália da Costa Madeira
 Neurociências (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2013 - 2015 “The effect of unpredictable chronic stress on celular ageing in zebrafish (Danio rerio)”
Supervisor of Raquel Rua Martins
 Neurociências (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2013 - 2015 “Patterns of brain activation in European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) with different coping styles”
Supervisor of André Monteiro
 Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2011 - 2015 “Social modulation of androgens in humans: Psychological mechanisms and adaptive function” (FCT fellowship SFRH/BD/68528/2010)
Supervisor of Gonçalo Aires de Oliveira
 Psicologia (PhD)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2011 - 2015 “Social eavesdropping in zebrafish” (FCT fellowship SFRH/BD/33280/2007)
Supervisor of Rodrigo Manuel Abril de Abreu
 Neuroscience (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2010 - 2015 “Neuroendocrinology of cooperation: the role of neuropeptides in the regulation of mutualistic behaviour in the Indo-Pacific cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus” (FCT fellowship SFRH/BD/41683/2007)
Supervisor of Sónia Cardoso
 Marine Ecology
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2008 - 2015 “Social regulation of adult neural plasticity in teleost fish” (FCT fellowship SFRH/BD/36765/2007)
Supervisor of Magda Teles Saturnino
 Ethology
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013/09/01 - 2014/07/31 "Effect of the violation of expectation on the behavioural and hormonal responses to competition"
Supervisor of Sofia Cavalheiro
 Psicobiologia (Master)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2013/09/01 - 2014/07/31 "Communication networks in the zebrafish, Danio rerio"
Supervisor of Ana Sofia Cruz
 Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013 - 2014 "Audience effects in Oreochromis mossambicus males on a territorial intrusion context"
Supervisor of António João Almeida Roleira
 Ecologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2008 - 2014 “Neuroendocrinology of reproductive behaviour in the African cichlid Oreochromis mossambicus: neurobiology and endocrine regulation of social interactions and communicative functions” (FCT fellowship SFRH/BD/37187/2007)
Supervisor of Olinda Gomes de Almeida
 Ciências Biológicas (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2008 - 2014 “The social brain: how social stimuli are translated into neuroendocrine signals?” (FCT fellowship SFRH/BD/40976/2007)
Supervisor of José Miguel Simões
 Biology (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012/09/01 - 2013/07/31 Baseline testosterone, social network size and social intelligence in college students
Supervisor of José Pestana
 Psicobiologia (Master)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2012/09/01 - 2013/07/31 Social modulation of the effects of cortisol on adult neurogenesis
Supervisor of Fábio Faustino
 Neurociências (Master)
Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2012 - 2013 “Social modulation of the effects of cortisol on adult neurogenesis”
Supervisor of Fábio Miguel Varela Faustino
 Neurociências (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2009/09/01 - 2010/07/31 Relationship between perceived stress and cortisol response during an academic exam
Supervisor of Sofia Melo
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2008/09/01 - 2009/07/31 Effects of mood manipulation on testosterone and cortisol
Supervisor of Patrícia Mendonça
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2008/09/01 - 2009/07/31 Arousal and its effect on hormonal response
Supervisor of Pedro Alves
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2008/09/01 - 2009/07/31 Winners and Losers: social modulation of behaviour in zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Supervisor of Joana Ferreira da Silva
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2008 - 2009 Adult neurogenesis in a new model species, the cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus
Supervisor of Magda Teles
 Psicobiologia (Master)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2005 - 2009 “Emotional regulation, temperament, attachment and adrenocortical functioning in children” (FCT fellowship SFRH/BD/23365/2005) [co-supervision Prof. Manuela Veríssimo from ISPA]
Supervisor of Lisa Roque
 Psicologia (PhD)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2003 - 2009 “Inter-populational variation in reproductive behaviour in the peacock blenny: ecological and endocrine aspects” (FCT fellowship SFRH/ BD / 10764 / 2002)
Supervisor of João Luís Vargas de Almeida Saraiva
 Ciências do Meio Aquático (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2004 - 2008 “Fish Welfare: behavioural, cognitive and physiological aspects in the Mozambique tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus” (FCT fellowship SFRH/ BD / 16162 / 2004)
Supervisor of Leonor S. Galhardo
 Ciência Animal (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2005/09/01 - 2007/07/31 Effects of ecotourism on the behaviour and cortisol levels of two fish species at Sucuri River, Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Supervisor of Carolina Lima
 Ecology (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
1999 - 2007 "Behavioural Ecology and Conservation of the Fiddler Crab Uca Tangeri at the Ria Formosa Natural Park" (FCT fellowship PRAXIS XXI / BD / 19835 / 99)
Supervisor of Joana Maria de Melo Belém Jordão
 Ciências do Mar (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2005/09/01 - 2006/07/30 Importance of the substrate to the welfare biology of the cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus
Supervisor of João Correia
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2002 - 2006 “Mating system of the peacock blenny at Ria Formosa: male alternative mating tactics and sex-role reversal” (FCT fellowship SFRH/ BD / 6502 / 2001)
Supervisor of Maria Teresa Pissarreira Mendes Fagundes
 Ciência Animal (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2004/09/01 - 2005/07/31 Endocrine response to social challenges in humans: a case study with female soccer players
Supervisor of Tânia Oliveira
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2004/09/01 - 2005/07/31 Aromatase, AR, and ER gene expression in the brain of a blennid fish with alternative reproductive tactics
Supervisor of Ana Inês Domingues
 biology (Degree)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2004/09/01 - 2005/07/31 Pavlovian conditioning of the endocrine response to territorial intrusions in the Mozambique tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus
Supervisor of Raquel Antunes
 Biology (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2004/09/01 - 2005/07/31 Brain aromatase activity in alternative male types in the peacock blenny, Salaria pavo
Supervisor of João Alpedrinha
 Biology (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2003/09/01 - 2004/07/31 Response of androgens and estrogens to social challenges in soccer players” (, ISPA).
Supervisor of Joana S. Rego
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2003/09/01 - 2004/07/31 Stress and welfare in teleosts: the use of cortisol and metabolic rate as physiological indicators
Supervisor of Helder Leong
 Biology (Degree)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2003/09/01 - 2004/07/31 Effects of density and social status in the adoption of alternative mating tactics by juvenile male peacock blennies
Supervisor of Mariana Simões
 Biology (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2002/09/01 - 2003/07/31 Assessing the impact of visitors on the behaviour and stress levels of some teleost fish at the Lisbon Oceanarium
Supervisor of Isabel M. Marques da Silva
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2002/09/01 - 2003/07/31 Aggressive behaviour in Humans: instruments, sex differences and age effects
Supervisor of Sónia Machado
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2002/09/01 - 2003/07/31 Effect of the presence of sneaker males on the reproductive behaviour of females in a species with alternative mating tactics
Supervisor of Alexandre M. Pereira
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2002/09/01 - 2003/07/31 Effects of the spatial distribution of nest sites on the social behaviour of the peacock blenny, Salaria pavo
Supervisor of João L. Saraiva
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2002/09/01 - 2003/07/31 Androgens as endocrine mediators of the dear enemy effect in the African cichlid Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters 1852)
Supervisor of Rui F. Aires
 Biology (Degree)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2001/09/01 - 2002/07/31 Androgens, imunocompetence and social signals in the peacock, Pavo cristatus”
Supervisor of Maria J. Correia
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2001/09/01 - 2002/07/31 Relationship between the metabolic rate and the agonistic behaviour in Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens
Supervisor of Nídia S. Castro
 Biology (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2001/09/01 - 2002/07/31 The role of androgens in winning and losing effects in the African cichlid Oreochromis mossambicus
Supervisor of Ana I. Silva
 Biology (Degree)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
1998 - 2002 “Visual Communication in the peacock blenny, Salaria pavo”. (FCT fellowship PRAXIS XXI / BD / 13436 / 97)
Supervisor of David Manuel Flores Gonçalves
 Biologia (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2000/09/01 - 2001/07/31 Mate sampling tactics and mate choice in female peacock blennies Salaria pavo, in the wild
Supervisor of Maria T. Fagundes
 Biology (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1999/09/01 - 2000/07/31 Comparative neuroanatomy of the olfactory bulbs and the telencephalic olfactive projections in blennid species with and without pheromones
Supervisor of Rui P. Andrade
 Biology (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1998/09/01 - 1999/07/31 Audience effect in social interactions in the Siamese fighting fish Betta splendens
Supervisor of Pedro Amaral
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
1997/09/01 - 1998/07/31 Social modulation of androgens in bystanders of social interactions in the tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus
Supervisor of Marco Lopes
 Biology (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1997/09/01 - 1998/07/31 Inter-individual variation and design of the waving display in male fiddler crabs, Uca tangeri
Supervisor of Ana F. Curto
 Biology (Degree)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
1997/09/01 - 1998/07/31 Audience effects in social interactions in the Siamese fighting fish Betta splendens
Supervisor of Ana I. Malheiro
 Biology (Degree)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
1997/09/01 - 1998/07/31 Costs of male ornaments in the fiddler crab Uca tangeri: detection by visual predators
Supervisor of Joana M. Jordão
 Biology (Degree)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
1996/09/01 - 1997/07/31 Sound production by the Lusitanean toadfish Halobatrachus dydatcylus
Supervisor of Ricardo J. Matos
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
1996/09/01 - 1997/07/31 Social dominance and androgens in the Mozambique tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus
Supervisor of Luis A. Carneiro
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
1996/09/01 - 1997/07/31 Social organization and bioacoustics of feral peacocks Pavo cristatus
Supervisor of João C. Mendes
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
1996/09/01 - 1997/07/31 Mudballing behaviour in male European fiddler crabs Uca tangeri: further investigation of function and some puzzles
Supervisor of Claire Latruffe
University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
1995/09/01 - 1996/07/31 Spatial distribution and temporal variation in the social behaviour of the fiddler crab Uca tangeri
Supervisor of José L. Machado
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
1995/09/01 - 1996/07/31 Female mate choice in the fiddler crab Uca tangeri
Supervisor of Maria R. Custódio
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
1995/09/01 - 1996/07/31 A study of mudballing behaviour by Uca tangeri
Supervisor of Fiona Burford
 Animal Behaviour (Degree)
University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2025/09/23 - 2025/09/26 Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Neuroscience 2025 (S4SN 2025), Chair of the Organizing Committee (2025/09/23 - 2025/09/26)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 Society for Social Neuroscience, United States
2023/10/12 - 2023/10/12 "Art & Science – Gathering of Creative Minds" (2023/10/12 - 2023/10/12)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2023/06/26 - 2023/06/29 Social neuropeptides: a comparative perspective from insects to mammals” - Symposium co-organized with Dr. Virginie Canoine (Univ. Vienna) at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Tours (France), June 26-29. (2023/06/26 - 2023/06/29)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, United States
2020 - 2022 International Conference of Neuroethology 2022, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (2022/07/24 - 2022/07/29)
Congress (President of the Organising Committee)
 International Society for Neuroethology, United States
2019 - 2019 Brain: Wider than the Sky, Science Exhibition, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum (2019/03/16 - 2019/06/10)
Exhibition (President of the Organising Committee)
 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Brain Dialogues (accompayning science communication conference series to the exhibition "Brain: Wider than the Sky"), Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon (Portugal) (2019/03 - 2019/06)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Behaviour2017 – 35th International Ethological Conference and 2017 ASAB Summer Meeting, Estoril Congress Center (2017/07/30 - 2017/08/04) Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, United Kingdom
2016 - 2016 Symposium “Teleost fish as models in comparative cognition” at the 8th European Conference of Behavioural Biology (ECBB), Vienna, July 12-15 [Co-Organized with Theresa Burt de Perera, University of Oxford, U.K.] (2016/07/12 - 2016/07/15)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
2015/10/16 - 2015/10/16 Symposium “Of mice, fish and men: Chemical signaling in social communication”, at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Neuroscience 2015, Chicago, U.S.A. [Co-organized with Gün R. Semin (ISPA, Lisboa)]. (2015/10/16 - 2015/10/16)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Society for Social Neuroscience, United States
2015 - 2015 Symposium “Genomics of Social behaviour”, at the 17th Annual Genes, Brain & Behavior Meeting (IBANGS 2015), Uppsala, Sweden [Co-Organized with Svante Winberg (Univ. Uppsala, Sweden)] (2015/05/19 - 2015/05/23) International BEhavioural and Neural Genetics Society , United States
2015 - 2015 COPEWELL Workshop “Functional Neuroanatomy of Fish: mapping behavioural and internal states into the brain”, Gulbenkian Institute of Science (Oeiras, Portugal) [Co-organized with Lars ebbesson (Univ. Bergen, Norway)] (2015/04/10 - 2015/04/11)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2013 - 2013 European Social Cognition Network (ESCON) Experts Workshop “A Multilevel Approach to Distributed Cognition”, Cascais, Portugal [Co-organized with Gün R. Semin (Utrecht Univ., Netherlands)] (2013/10/10 - 2013/10/13)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 European Science Foundation, France
2013 - 2013 Symposium “Adaptive Behavioural Variation”, at the BEHAVIOUR 2013 - Joint meeting of the 33rd International Ethological Conference (IEC) & the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB), Newcastle, U.K. [Co-organized with Michael Taborsky (Univ. Bern, Switzerland) and Andy Sih, Univ. California Davis, CA, USA)]. (2013/08/04 - 2013/08/08)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, United Kingdom
2009 - 2009 Workshop “Social modulation of hormones, brain and behavior”, Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme at Gulbenkian Institut of Science (Oeiras, Portugal). (2009/06/05 - 2009/06/07)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
2006 - 2006 Workshop on the “Welfare of Aquatic Animals”, ISPA, Lisboa (Portugal). (2006/10/30 - 2006/10/31)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2006 - 2006 ISPA Advanced Courses in Psychobiology 2006, ISPA, Lisboa (Portugal) (2006/04 - 2006/06)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigacao, Portugal
2003 - 2006 ISPA Conference Series on Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, ISPA, Lisboa (Portugal) (2003-2006) (2003 - 2006)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigacao, Portugal
2005 - 2005 ISPA Advanced Courses in Psychobiology 2005, ISPA, Lisboa (Portugal) (2005/04 - 2005/04)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigacao, Portugal
2004 - 2004 VIII Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa (Portugal) (2004/07/28 - 2004/07/30)
Congress (President of the Organising Committee)
 Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, United States
2003 - 2003 ASAB Winter Meeting 2003 “Hormones, brain and behaviour: which comes first?”, Zoological Society of London (U.K.)[Co-organized with Jacques Balthazart, Liège Univ., Belgium] (2003/12/04 - 2003/12/05)
Congress (Co-organisor)
 Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, United Kingdom
2002 - 2002 IV Meeting of the Portuguese Ethological Society, ISPA, Lisboa. (2002/10/03 - 2002/10/04)
Congress (President of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2002 - 2002 Symposium on “Physiological aspects of aggressive behaviour” at the 1st European Conference of Behavioural Biology, Muenster (Germany). (2002/07/31 - 2002/08/04)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, United Kingdom
2001 - 2001 Symposium on “Sexual polymorphism in Vertebrates: mechanisms and function” at the XXVI International Ethological Conference, Tuebingen (Germany). (2001/08/22 - 2001/08/29)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
1999 - 1999 ASAB Summer Meeting 1999 “Communication and Social Ethology”, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa. (1999/07/14 - 1999/07/16)
Congress (President of the Organising Committee)
 Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, United Kingdom
1999 - 1999 Workshop on “The Use of Videoplayback Techniques in Behavioural Research”, ISPA (Lisboa) [Co-organized with Peter McGregor, Univ. Copenhagen; Ingo Schlupp, Univ. Hamburg; and Gil Rosenthal, Univ. Texas at Austin] (1999/07/12 - 1999/07/13)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
1998 - 1998 Symposium on “Behaviour and Conservation of Littoral Fishes”, ISPA, Lisboa (Portugal), April 15-18. [Co-organized with Vitor Almada, ISPA and Emanuel Gonçalves, ISPA] (1998/04/15 - 1998/04/18)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
1991 - 1991 1st Meeting of the Portuguese Ethological Society, ISPA, Lisboa (Portugal) (1991/11/28 - 1991/11/30)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/09/13 - Current “Voicing the More-Than-Human: an Interdisciplinary Research”, Talks + Round table discussion Modern Art Centre of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, September 13, 2025; participants: Rosana Antolí (Artist), Jorge Ramos (Composer), Rui Oliveira (Neuroscientist), Gonzalo de Polavieja (Neuroscientist); Moderation: António Gomes da Costa (Gulbenkian Foundation).
Round table
 Voicing the More-Than-Human: an Interdisciplinary Research
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2022/03/30 Suboptimal choice (an extended summary)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Marco Vasconcelos (Aggregation)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/11/04 A deteção da assinatura de seleção no genoma de organismos não-modelo
Thesis Member
 Octávio Paulo (Aggregation)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/10/20 A neurodevelopmental approach to the phylogeny and ontogeny of Primate personality
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Angela Brandão (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/07/07 Behavioral and endocrinological investigation of male sexual behavior
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Susana Valente (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2021/05/06 Modulating vigilance: the differential contributions of fear chemosignals and group contexts
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Nuno Santos (PhD)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2021/03/25 A multilevel framework for examining (ab)normal social cognition: combining genetic, neuroimaging and environmental approaches
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Adriana Sampaio (Aggregation)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/02/11 Viver no oceano sem longe nem distância
Thesis Member
 Paulo Catry (Aggregation)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2020/11/23 Bases hormonales de la agresión territorial no reproductiva
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Lucia Zubizarreta (PhD)
Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Uruguay
2020/11/04 Evolução dos cuidados parentais e da parentalidade em peixes ósseos da subclasse Actinopterygii: uma abordagem filogenética
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Crespo (PhD)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2020/07/16 Animal use in Major Depressive Disorder: a necessary evil? Assessing the past to improve the future
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Cosntança Carvalho (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/06/25 Não Há Nutrição Sem Ingestão
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Elvira Batista (Aggregation)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2020/05/05 Cleaning stations in a changing ocean: Bio-ecological responses of cleaning mutualisms to ocean warming and acidification
(Thesis) Main arguer
 José Paula (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/03/30 Porque são tão coloridas as aves? O significado evolutivo da coloração sexual em aves.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Paulo Gama Mota (Aggregation)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/05/13 Pathogens and parasites as effective biological weapons
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Francisco Dionísio (Aggregation)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/02/11 Ecologia evolutiva dos conflitos
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Sara Magalhães (Aggregation)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/01/02 Anatomical and functional characterization of the zebrafish agrp genes
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Inbal Shainer (PhD)
Tel-Aviv University - department of Neurobiology, Israel
2018/10/10 Long-term impact of early life stress on adult social behavior and prefrontal cortical circuits
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Lara Franco (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/10/08 Health Psychology
President of the jury
 Maria João Figueiras (Aggregation)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2018/03/23 Evolutionary pathways driven by female mate choice: the curious case of the Squalius alburnoides allopolyploid fish complex
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Miguel Santos (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/02/05 How larval zebrafish respond to changes in illumination
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Simone Lackner (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2017/12/14 Developmental Psychology
President of the jury
 António José dos Santos (Aggregation)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2017/10/14 Social predispositions and underlying neural mechanisms in chicks (Gallus gallus domesticus)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Elena Lorenzi (PhD)
Università degli Studi di Trento Dipartimento di Psicologia e Scienze Cognitive, Italy
2017/09/11 Behavioural variations and their ecological correlates among wild zebrafish Danio rerio
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Tamal Roy (PhD)
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India
2017/05/22 Dynamics of interbacterial cooperation and cheating
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ozhan Ozkaya (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2016/09/15 Rats Hunt Stag
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Scott Rennie (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2016/07/25 Ontogeny of associative learning behaviors in zebrafish
(Thesis) Main arguer
 André Valente (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2016/02/03 Analysis of Social Behavior in Zebrafish
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Robert Hinze (PhD)
Universidade Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
2015/02/15 Colouration as a signal of health status: The effects of diet, parasites and androgens on the expression of colour in the European Serin (Serinus serinus )
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Sandra Trigo (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2014/07/25 Chemical identification of dominance pheromones in Mozambique tilapia males
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Tina Keller (PhD)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2014/02/07 Implicit processing of emotional faces using temporal and spatial constraints: A multimodal approach
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Inês Almeida (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011/10/03 Health Psychology
President of the jury
 Isabel Leal (Aggregation)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2002/01/01 - 2012/12/31 President of the Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE - Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia). President of the Executive Board
2001/01/01 - 2009/12/31 Portuguese representative in the International Ethologists Council (ICE) that organizes the International Ethological Conferences (IEC). Member of the Executive Council

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
1996/09/01 - Current Membro de Conselho Científico do ISPA
Member
 Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2020/07/01 - 2022/06/30 Past-President (2020-2022) of the Executive Committee of the Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN).
President / Vice-president
 Society for Social Neuroscience, United States
2017/06/01 - 2021/05/31 Member of the Advisory Board of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN)
Member
 Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, United States
2018/07/01 - 2020/06/30 President (2018-2020) of the Executive Committee of the Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN).
President / Vice-president
 Society for Social Neuroscience, United States
2016/07/01 - 2018/06/30 President-Elect (2016-2018) of the Executive Committee of the Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN).
President / Vice-president
 Society for Social Neuroscience, United States
2014/12/01 - 2017/09/30 Member of FCT Scientific Council (Natural and Environmental Sciences)
Member
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2010/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Member of the Program Committee of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN)
Member
 Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, United States
2006/01/01 - 2011/12/31 Portuguese Delegate at the COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technological Research) Action 867 on “Welfare of Fish in European Aquaculture”.
Member
 European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2001 - 2009 Director of ISPA’s Research Center
Director
 Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigacao, Portugal
2003/01/01 - 2006/12/31 Member of the Program Committee of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN)
Member
 Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, United States
2001/01/01 - 2004/12/31 Member of the Advisory Board of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN).
Member
 Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, United States
2001/01/01 - 2004/12/31 European Secretary of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB.)
Other
 Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, United Kingdom
2000/01/01 - 2004/12/31 Delegate of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) in the Committee of European Associations of Behavioural Biology.
Coordinator
 Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, United Kingdom
1999/01/01 - 2001/12/30 Council Member of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB)
Member
 Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, United Kingdom

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2025/07/12 - Current Consultant in the Art-Science project “An Aria for the Mallard” by the artist Rosana Antoli, 2025. Sound sculpture in display at the Gardens of the Modern Art Centre of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2001/01/01 - Current Evaluator on a regular basis of research grant applications for the National Science Foundation (NSF, USA) in the areas of Animal Behaviour and Neuroendocrinology
Evaluator
 National Science Foundation, United States
2025/09/01 - 2026/01/31 NCN (Poland) Life Sciences Grants Evaluation Panel Member: SONATA and MAESTRO Programs in the Life sciences
Member
 National Science Centre, Poland National Science Centre
2021/04/01 - 2021/11/11 Chair of FCT Biological Sciences PhD fellowships evaluation panel 2021
President
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2020/01/01 - 2020/12/31 Coordinator of the FCT Biological Sciences Panel for the evaluation of PhD fellowships 2020 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/01/01 - 2020/12/31 Member of the ERC Evaluation panel (Life Sciences 8) 2020 European Research Council, Belgium
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Coordinator of the FCT Biological Sciences Panel for the evaluation of PhD fellowships 2019 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/01/01 - 2018/12/31 Member of the ERC Evaluation panel (Life Sciences 8) 2018 European Research Council, Belgium
2016/01/01 - 2016/12/31 Member of the ERC Evaluation panel (Life Sciences 8) 2016 European Research Council, Belgium
2016/01/01 - 2016/12/31 Member of the FCT Biological Sciences Panel for the evaluation of Post-doc and PhD fellowships 2016 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/01/01 - 2016/12/31 Member of the NCN (Poland) Evaluation Panel for the POLONEZ funding programme in the Biological Sciences (NZ8: Evolutionary and environmental biology)
Member
 National Science Centre, Poland
2014/01/01 - 2014/12/31 Member of the ERC Evaluation panel (Life Sciences 8) 2014 European Research Council, Belgium
2012/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Member of the FCT Marine Sciences Panel for the evaluation of Post-doc and PhD fellowships 2012 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2011/01/01 - 2011/12/31 Member of the FCT Marine Sciences Panel for the evaluation of Post-doc and PhD fellowships 2011 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2004/01/01 - 2007/12/31 Member of the Frank Beach Awards Committee of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN)
Member
 Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, United States
2004/01/01 - 2006/12/31 Member of the Experts Panel of the European Commission (DG XII) for the Marie Curie Actions under the 6th Framework Programme
Member
 EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, Belgium European Commission Sixth Framework Programme
1999/01/01 - 2002/12/31 Member of the Experts Panel of the European Commission (DG XII) for the assessment of European-level research proposals under the 5th Framework Program, in the area of the Biological Sciences.
Member
 EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Excellent Science, Belgium

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2025/06/29 - Current "Alexandria" - TV show Alexandria by António Pinto Ribeiro, Episode 8: “Optimism”: participants: Rui Oliveira (Neuroscientist), Maria Castello Branco (Political Scientist, Media Commentator), Paula Melâneo (Architect), Miguel Vale de Almeida (Anthropologist) Optimism
2022 - Current "Des poissons pas si cons?” documentary for the European TV Channel ARTE Fish Cognition and Welfare
2026/03/10 - 2026/03/10 Radio Observador - "Convidado Extra" de João Paulo Sacadura Research/ biography
2026/01/17 - 2026/01/17 SIC - "Admirável Mundo Novo" de Miriam Alves Optimism and health
2022/02/02 - 2022/02/02 "As Coisas em Volta: A Vida Misteriosa dos Objectos", RTP 2, de Joana Cunha Ferreira Biological basis of fear

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2020/03/01 - Current Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (1662-5153) Frontiers Media SA
2017/01/01 - Current Social Neuroscience (1747-0927) Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)
2016/01/01 - Current Scientific Reports (2045-2322) Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2026/01/01 - 2028/12/31 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B (1471-2970) Royal Society
2024/03/01 - 2026/12/31 Journal of Comparative Neurology (0021-9967) Wiley
1998/09/01 - 2013/12/31 acta ethologica (1437-9546) Springer-Verlag
2003/06/01 - 2008/12/31 Hormones and Behavior (1095-6867) Elsevier
2000/01/01 - 2004/12/31 Animal Behaviour (1095-8282) Elsevier

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2018/10/01 - 2024/09/30 FCT Postdoc contract DL 57/2016 “Searching for the social brain in a model organism: unveiling the neural circuitry underlying social cognition in zebrafish”. Ana Rita Nunes
2019 - 2021 Post-doc contract within grant PTDC/BIA-COM/31956/2017 “EpiSocial: Early life influence of social environment on adult social competence: developmental and transgenerational effects on zebrafish”. Magda Teles Saturnino
2019 - 2021 Post-doc contract within grant PTDC/BIA-COM/31887/2017 “The social fly: genetic architecture for social learning neural circuits in Drosophila melanogaster” Susana Varela
2019 - 2021 Marie Curie Post-doc Fellowship “COGBIAS: Neural circuitry and health consequences of cognitive bias” (European Commission, #795765)” Felipe Espigares
2019 - 2021 Post-doc contract within grant PTDC/BIA-COM/31010/2017 “COGBIAS: Neural mechanisms and health consequences of cognitive bias along the life-span”. Victoria Alvarado Fernandez
2019 - 2021 Post-doc contract within Project Lisboa-01-0145-FEDER-030627 “SocialPeptides: Developmental and transgenerational effects of oxytocin-like peptides on social behavior: an eco-evo-devo approach using zebrafish as a model”. Kyriacos Kareklas
2017 - 2019 FCT Post-doc fellowship “The role of social complexity on social competence: molecular mechanisms and transgenerational epigenetic inheritance” (SFRH/BPD/121953/2016) Magda Teles Saturnino
2017 - 2019 FCT Post-doc fellowship within grant PTDC/BIA-ANM/0810/2014) “Behavioural and evolutionary ecology of social cognition: experimental approaches in zebrafish” Susana Varela
2015/05/01 - 2018/09/30 FCT Post-doc fellowship “Searching for the social brain in a model organism: unveiling the neural circuitry underlying social cognition in zebrafish” (FCT fellowship SFRH/BPD/93317/2013) Ana Rita Nunes
2016 - 2018 Post-doc Marie Curie Fellowship “BIASTRESS: Neural mechanisms of cognitive bias and its role in the triggering of the stress response in zebrafish" (European Commission, #703285) Felipe Espigares
2016/05/01 - 2017 FCT fellowship within grant PTDC/BIA-ANM/0810/2014 “Behavioural and evolutionary ecology of social cognition: experimental approaches in zebrafish” Magda Teles Saturnino
2013/01/01 - 2016/12/31 FCT Post-doc fellowship within grant EXCL/BIA-ANM/0549/2012) “Development of bioinformatics tools for microarray and RNAseq studies of behavioral genomics”. João Sollaris Lopes
2012/01/01 - 2014/12/31 FCT Post-doc Fellowship “Testosterone, sexual desire and emotional appraisal” (SFRH/BPD/76130/2011) Rui Costa
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 FCT Post-doc Fellowship “Appraisal mechanisms in sea bream Sparus aurata and sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax” (SFRH/BPD/72952/2010) Sandie Millot
2008 - 2013 FCT Post-doc fellowship “The marine cleaning mutualism between the cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus and its client reef fish: cognition and endocrinology”.(SFRH/BPD/41437/2007) Marta Soares
2008 - 2013 FCT Post-doc fellowship “The amygdala in Teleost fish: anatomical and functional involvement in emotional and defensive learning” (SFRH/BPD/30367/2006) Silvia Costa
2011 - 2012 FCT Post-doc fellowship “Zebrafish Welfare: identification of relevant housing and handling aspects” (SFRH/BPD/70192/2010) Leonor S. Galhardo
2003 - 2008 FCT Post-doc fellowship “Neuroendocrinology of alternative mating tactics in blenniid fish” (SFRH/BPD/7188/2001) David M. Gonçalves
2002 - 2008 FCT Post-doc fellowship “Role of androgens in the regulation of life-history trade-offs in the rock-pool blenny” (SFRH/BPD/7143/2001) Albert F.H. Ros
2005 - 2006 Post-doc fellowship funded within the FCT research project (POCTI/PSI/59133/2004) “Behavioural and hormonal modification of aspiration levels as a tactic in human mate choice: where self-esteem meets sexual competition”. Anahita Kazem
2003 - 2006 FCT Post-doc fellowship “Mating and fighting in a social environment: the role of information gathering and androgens” (SFRH/BPD/12872/2003) Ricardo J. Matos
1999 - 2003 FCT Post-doc fellowship “Social modulation of androgens in cichlid fishes” (PRAXIS XXI / BPD / 20142 / 99) Katharina Hirschenhauser
Distinctions

Other distinction

2024 EMBO elected member
EMBO - European Molecular Biology Organization, Germany