David Vilhena Catarino Brito (7918-F771-8F47)

Curriculum Vitae

David Vilhena Catarino Brito

Education: PhD in Biology, subfield Neuroscience from the University of the Heidelberg, Germany, graduated with the highest distinction of summa cum laude. Current position: Post-Doc, Algarve Biomedical Center Research Institute (ABC-RI) University of Algarve, Portugal. Research line: Molecular mechanisms of memory formation and persistency during physiology and disease. Participation in Research Projects: Total = 5 (4 Germany, 1 Portugal). Peer-reviewed publications: 10. H-index= 4. Citations >95. Communications in international meetings: Total of 19, including 5 oral invited communication. Co-supervision of students: Co-supervision of 3 Master students and currently supervising 2 PhD students. Teaching experience: Teaching assistant in 2 different courses for undergraduate students in the University of Heidelberg. I am currently an invited Assistent Professor at University of Algarve. Prizes received: ERASMUS+ Fellowship by the European Commission; 4 travel awards by the Graduate Academy of Heidelberg University (1) and Portuguese Society for Neurosciences (3); Honorable Mention for best poster presentation at the IZN Retreat, Schöntal, Germany; Completion PhD Fellowship by the Graduate Academy of Heidelberg University, PhD Fellowship by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). Other merits: Long-standing collaborator in outreach events of the German Brain Bee and Native Scientist; Invited member for the Scientific Committee of the IZN retreat; elected representative during my Bachelor (University of Algarve), Master (University of Coimbra) and PhD (University of Heidelberg) programs; Founding member of the Nacional Association for Biomedical Sciences (ANCIB), Part of the organizing committee for the FENS Regional meeting 2023. Elected Representative of the Junior Committee for the Portuguese Society of Neurosciences (SPN). Experience in national and international R&D centers: (Post-doc) Algarve Biomedical Center Research Institute= 3 years; (PhD & master student) Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences= 6 years; (master student) Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology = 1 year, Institute for Molecular Medicine = 6 months (bachelor student). Active Memberships: Total =3: Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society (MCCS); Dutch Neurofederation Network; European Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society (EMCCS) and Portuguese Neuroscience Society (SPN).

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: David Vilhena Catarino Brito

Citation names

Brito, David V.C.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 7918-F771-8F47
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2726-9347

Websites

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David-Brito-6 (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2015/10/01 - 2021/02/19 Concluded	Natural Sciences (Doutoramento) Major in Neurosciences Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany "Molecular Mechanisms of Memory Formation and Persistence in the Adult and Aged Brain" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Summa cum laude
2013/09/01 - 2015/09/01 Concluded	Biologia Celular e Molecular (Mestrado integrado) Major in Neurosciences Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "GADD45ß : a novel long-term memory mediator" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	19
2015/06 - 2015/06 Concluded	Fundamentals of Widefield and Confocal Microscopy and Imaging (Curso médio) European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2014/09/01 - 2014/10/01 Concluded	Animal experimentation course - FELASA (Curso médio) Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany
2010/09/01 - 2013/07/31 Concluded	Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal "Dexamethasone suppression test in rodents: Test building and stress effects." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/08/01 - Current	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
	Algarve Biomedical Center Research Institute (ABC-RI), Portugal
2021/03/31 - 2021/07/31	Postdoc (Research)	Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany

2020/10/01 - 2021/02/28	Researcher (Research)	Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany

2015/09/01 - 2020/09/30	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany

2014/09/01 - 2015/08/31	Researcher (Research)	Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2022/01/01 - Current	ALgarve Fit Ageing Score: a new integrative tool for quality of life improvement and healthy ageing - ALFA Score ALG-45-2020-41 Post-doc Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2020/10/01 - 2020/12/31	Molecular Mechanisms of Memory Formation and Persistence in the Adult and Aged Brain Landesgraduiertenförderung (LGF) completion grant PhD Student Fellow Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany	Graduate Academy Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2021/03/01 - Current	Biphasic expression of plasticity genes in the stabilization of hippocampal and neocortical fear memory neuronal ensembles OL 437/2 Post-doc Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany	Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Ongoing
2020/08/01 - 2021/02/28	Biphasic expression of plasticity genes in the stabilization of hippocampal and neocortical fear memory neuronal ensembles OL 437/2 PhD Student Fellow Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany	Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
2014/09/01 - 2020/09/30	Analysis of the distinct regulatory functions of DNA methylation in memory-related gene expression OL 437/1 Researcher Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany	Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference poster	Afonso, Inês T.; Brito, David V.C.; Hilmar Bading; Nóbrega, Clévio David Rodrigues. "Activity-induced genes expression is impaired in polyglutamine spinocerebellar ataxias". Paper presented in 27th SPGH Annual Meeting, 2023. Santos, Daniela F.; Simão, Sónia; Silva, Nádia; Brito, David V.C.; Clévio Nobrega; Bragança, José; Pedro Castelo-Branco; Araújo, Inês Maria. "Redox profiling of a cohort of young versus medically assisted aged individuals in the Algarve region.". Paper presented in 1st FEBS Redox Medicine Workshop: from cellular signaling to systems physiology and therapeutic targets, 2023. Moreira-Gomes, Tiago; Brito, David V.C.; Afonso-Reis, Ricardo; Codêsso, José Miguel; Voigt, Aaron; Nóbrega, Clévio David Rodrigues. "Translational regulation: exploring the impact of TRMT2A in Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 /Machado-Joseph Disease". Paper presented in 9th European Neuroscience Conference by Doctoral Students (ENCODS), 2023. Moreira-Gomes, Tiago; Brito, David V.C.; Afonso-Reis, Ricardo; Codêsso, José Miguel; Voigt, Aaron; Nóbrega, Clévio David Rodrigues. "Silencing Trmt2a as a novel therapeutic target in Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 /Machado-Joseph Disease". Paper presented in Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Regional Meeting 2023 (FRM 2023), 2023. Rajado, Ana Teresa; Pestana, Daniel; Silva, Nádia; Apolónio, Joana ; Esteves, Filipa; Brito, David V.C.; Trindade, Marlene; et al. "Algarve fit ageing score project, a multidisciplinary approach to assess healthy ageing status.". Paper presented in EMBO Workshop "Systems biology: Linking chromatin and epigenetics to disease and development, 2023. Codêsso, José Miguel; Brito, David V.C.; Mendonça, Liliana; Pereira de Almeida, Luis ; Nóbrega, Clévio David Rodrigues. "Unraveling the role of the RBP HSPA8 in Spinocerebellar Ataxia type 3: from pathogenesis to therapeutics". Paper presented in Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Regional Meeting 2023 (FRM 2023), 2023. Rajado, Ana Teresa; Raquel P. Andrade; Apolónio, Joana ; Inês Maria Pombinho de Araújo; Brito, David V.C.; Sofia M. Calado; Esteves, Filipa; et al. "ALFA Score - Algarve Fit Ageing Score". Paper presented in ABC-Days, 2022. Brito, David V.C.; Afonso, I; Carlos A Matos; Hilmar Bading; Nóbrega, Clévio David Rodrigues. "Targeting the NMDAR/TRPM4 complex as a novel therapeutic strategy for polyglutamine spinocerebellar ataxias type 2". Paper presented in XVII Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neurosciences, 2021. Marcelo, Adriana; Afonso, Inês T.; Afonso-Reis, Ricardo; Brito, David V.C.; Costa, Rafael G; Ana Rosa; Alves-Cruzeiro, João; et al. "From molecular mechanisms to therapy: a new lentiviral mouse model for Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2". Paper presented in XVII Meeting of Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (SPN 2021), 2021. Brito, David V.C.; Afonso, I; Matos, Carlos A; Hilmar Bading; Nóbrega, Clévio David Rodrigues. "Targeting the NMDAR/TRPM4 complex as a novel therapeutic strategy for polyglutamine spinocerebellar ataxias type 3 and 2". Paper presented in IV JORNADAS Algarve Biomedical Center, 2021. Brito, David V.C.; Afonso, I; Matos, Carlos A; Hilmar Bading; Nóbrega, Clévio David Rodrigues. "Targeting the NMDAR/TRPM4 complex as a novel therapeutic strategy for polyglutamine spinocerebellar ataxia type 2". Paper presented in XVII Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (SPN), 2021. Brito, David V.C.; Kupke, Janina; Gulmez Karaca K; Zeuch, Benjamin; R. Gomes; Luisa Lopes; Oliveira, Ana M.M. . Corresponding author: Oliveira, Ana M.M.. "Bidirectional dysfunction in Gadd45g expression during mammalian aging impairs cognition and disrupts activity-dependent signaling". Paper presented in FENS Forum of Neuroscience, 2020. Brito, David V.C.; Kupke, Janina; Gulmez Karaca K; Zeuch, Benjamin; R. Gomes; Luisa Lopes; Oliveira, Ana M.M.. "Tight regulation of Gadd45G expression across the lifespan as a requirement for cognitive function". Paper presented in IZN Retreat-“Genetics of neurological diseases: From mutations to personalized medicine”, 2019. Brito, David V.C.; Kupke, Janina; Gulmez Karaca K; Zeuch, Benjamin; R. Gomes; Luisa Lopes; Oliveira, Ana M.M. . Corresponding author: Oliveira, Ana M.M.. "BIDIRECTIONAL DYSFUNCTION IN GADD45G EXPRESSION DURING MAMMALIAN AGING IMPAIRS COGNITION AND DISRUPTS ACTIVITY-DEPENDENT GENE EXPRESSION". Paper presented in XVI Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, 2019. Brito, David V.C.; Kupke, Janina; Karaca, Kubra Gulmez; R. Gomes; Lopes, Luisa; Zeuch, Benjamin; Oliveira, Ana M.M. . Corresponding author: Oliveira, Ana M.M.. "Mimicking age-associated Gadd45g decline results in memory impairments in young mice". Paper presented in SfN- Neuroscience- San Diego, USA, 2018. Brito, David V.C.; Kupke, Janina; Gulmez Karaca K; R. Gomes ; Lopes, Luisa; Zeuch, Benjamin; Oliveira, Ana M.M. . Corresponding author: Oliveira, Ana M.M.. "Mimicking age-associated Gadd45g decline results in memory impairments in young mice". Paper presented in Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society Meeting (San Diego, USA), 2018. Brito, David V.C.; Kupke, Janina; Gulmez Karaca K; Zeuch, Benjamin; Oliveira, Ana M.M. . Corresponding author: Oliveira, Ana M.M.. "Mimicking age-associated Gadd45g decline results in memory impairments in young mice". Paper presented in FENS- Forum of Neuroscience, 2018. Brito, David V.C.; Kupke, Janina; Gulmez Karaca K; Zeuch, Benjamin; Oliveira, Ana M.M. . Corresponding author: Oliveira, Ana M.M.. "Mimicking age-associated Gadd45g decline results in memory impairments in young mice". Paper presented in European Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society Meeting- (Germany), 2018. Brito, David V.C.; Kupke, Janina; Gulmez Karaca K; Zeuch, Benjamin; Oliveira, Ana M.M. . Corresponding author: Oliveira, Ana M.M.. "Mimicking age-associated Gadd45g decline results in memory impairments in young mice". Paper presented in IZN Retreat- The gut brain axis in health and disease (Germany), 2018. Brito, David V.C.; Kupke, Janina; Gulmez Karaca K; Zeuch, Benjamin; Oliveira, Ana M.M. . Corresponding author: Oliveira, Ana M.M.. "Mimicking age-associated Gadd45g depletion results in memory impairments in young mice". Paper presented in IZN Retreat - ¿Evolution of Cognitive Abilities¿ (Germany), 2017. Brito, David V.C.; Kupke, Janina; Gulmez Karaca K; Zeuch, Benjamin; Oliveira, Ana M.M. . Corresponding author: Oliveira, Ana M.M.. "Mimicking age-associated Gadd45g depletion results in memory impairments in young mice". Paper presented in XV Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neurosciences (Portugal), 2017. Brito, David V.C.; Karaca, Kubra Gulmez; Zeuch, Benjamin; Oliveira, Ana M.M. . Corresponding author: Oliveira, Ana M.M.. "Age-associated Gadd45B decrease impairs plasticity gene induction and long-term memory formation". Paper presented in IZN Retreat-CONNECTOMICS (Germany), 2016. Brito, David V.C.; Gulmez Karaca K; Zeuch, Benjamin; Oliveira, Ana M.M.. "GADD45ß KNOCKDOWN IMPAIRS PLASTICITY-ASSOCIATED GENE EXPRESSION AND LONG-TERM MEMORY FORMATION". Paper presented in IZN Retreat-Translational Neuroscience: From Cell Biology to Therapeutics, 2015.
Journal article	Brito, David V.C.; Nóbrega, Clévio David Rodrigues . Corresponding author: Nóbrega, Clévio David Rodrigues. "Making Bridges Between Preclinical and Clinical Insights into Age-Related Cognitive Decline". Neural Regeneration Research (2024): Accepted Brito, David; Janina Kupke; Rostilav Sokolov; Sidney Cambridge; Martin Both; C. Peter Bengtson; Andrei Rozov; Ana M. M. Oliveira. Corresponding author: Ana M. M. Oliveira. "Biphasic Npas4 expression promotes inhibitory plasticity and suppression of fear memory consolidation in mice". Molecular Psychiatry (2024): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-024-02454-3. Open access • Published Brito, David V.C.; Filipa Esteves; Ana Teresa Rajado; Nádia Silva; ALFA Score Consortium; Inês Araújo; José Bragança; Pedro Castelo-Branco; Clevio Nobrega. "Assessing cognitive decline in the aging brain: lessons from rodent and human studies". npj Aging (2023): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41514-023-00120-6. Open access • Published Esteves, Filipa; Brito, David V.C.; Rajado, Ana Teresa; Silva, Nádia; Apolónio, Joana; Roberto, Vânia Palma; Araújo, Inês; et al. "Reprogramming iPSCs to study age-related diseases: Models, therapeutics, and clinical trials". Mechanisms of Ageing and Development 214 (2023): 111854. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mad.2023.111854. 10.1016/j.mad.2023.111854 Nádia Silva; Ana Teresa Rajado; Filipa Esteves; Brito, David V.C.; Joana Apolónio; Vânia Palma Roberto; Alexandra Binnie; et al. Corresponding author: Pedro Castelo-Branco. "Measuring healthy ageing: current and future tools.". Biogerontology (2023): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10522-023-10041-2. Open access • Published Koppenol, Rebekah; Conceição, André; Afonso, Inês T; Afonso-Reis, Ricardo; Costa, Rafael G; Tomé, Sandra; Teixeira, Diogo; et al. "The stress granule protein G3BP1 alleviates spinocerebellar ataxia-associated deficits". Brain (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brain/awac473. 10.1093/brain/awac473 Rajado, Ana Teresa; Nádia Silva; Filipa Esteves; Brito, David; Alexandra Binnie; Inês M. Araújo; Clévio Nóbrega; José Bragança; Pedro Castelo-Branco. Corresponding author: Pedro Castelo-Branco. "How can we modulate aging through nutrition and physical exercise? An epigenetic approach". Aging (2023): https://www.aging-us.com/article/204668/text. Open access • Published Gülmez Karaca, Kübra; Brito, David V.C.; Nicolas, Céline. "Young researchers series #6". Trends in Cell Biology 33 2 (2023): 87-91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcb.2022.11.005. 10.1016/j.tcb.2022.11.005 Brito, David V.C.; Kupke, Janina; Gulmez Karaca, Kubra; Oliveira, Ana M.M.. "Regulation of neuronal plasticity by the DNA repair associated Gadd45 proteins". Current Research in Neurobiology 3 (2022): 100031. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crneur.2022.100031. Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.crneur.2022.100031 Marcelo, Adriana; Afonso, Inês T.; Afonso-Reis, Ricardo; Brito, David V. C.; Costa, Rafael G.; Rosa, Ana; Alves-Cruzeiro, João; et al. Corresponding author: Nóbrega, Clévio. "Autophagy in Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2, a dysregulated pathway, and a target for therapy". Cell Death & Disease 12 12 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41419-021-04404-1. Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41419-021-04404-1 Gulmez Karaca, Kubra; Brito, David V.C.; Kupke, Janina; Zeuch, Benjamin; Oliveira, Ana M.M.. "Engram reactivation during memory retrieval predicts long-term memory performance in aged mice". Neurobiology of Aging 101 (2021): 256-261. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2021.01.019. Published • 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2021.01.019 Brito, David; Karaca, Kubra Gulmez; Kupke, Janina; Frank, Lukas; Oliveira, Ana M.M.. "MeCP2 gates spatial learning-induced alternative splicing events in the mouse hippocampus". Molecular Brain 13 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13041-020-00695-1. Open access • Published • 10.1186/s13041-020-00695-1 Brito, David V.C.; Gulmez Karaca, Kubra; Kupke, Janina; Mudlaff, Franziska; Zeuch, Benjamin; Gomes, Rui; Lopes, Luísa V.; Oliveira, Ana M.M.. Corresponding author: Oliveira, Ana M.M.. "Modeling human age-associated increase in Gadd45g expression leads to spatial recognition memory impairments in young adult mice". Neurobiology of Aging 94 (2020): 281-286. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2020.06.021. Published • 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2020.06.021 Gulmez Karaca, Kubra; Kupke, Janina; Brito, David V. C.; Zeuch, Benjamin; Thome, Christian; Weichenhan, Dieter; Lutsik, Pavlo; Plass, Christoph; Oliveira, Ana M. M.. Corresponding author: Oliveira, Ana M. M.. "Neuronal ensemble-specific DNA methylation strengthens engram stability". Nature Communications 11 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14498-4. Published • 10.1038/s41467-020-14498-4 Brito, David V.C.; Kupke, Janina; Gulmez Karaca, Kubra; Zeuch, Benjamin; Oliveira, Ana M.M.. Corresponding author: Oliveira, Ana M.M.. "Mimicking Age-Associated Gadd45g Dysregulation Results in Memory Impairments in Young Adult Mice". The Journal of Neuroscience 40 6 (2019): 1197-1210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.1621-19.2019. Published • 10.1523/jneurosci.1621-19.2019 Karaca, Kubra Gulmez; Brito, David; Oliveira, Ana M.M. . Corresponding author: Oliveira, Ana M.M.. "MeCP2: A Critical Regulator of Chromatin in Neurodevelopment and Adult Brain Function". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms20184577. Published • 10.3390/ijms20184577 Brito, David V.C.; Gulmez Karaca, Kubra. Corresponding author: Brito, David V.C.. "Neuronal Chromatin Architecture Regulator CTCF Dictates Remote Memory". The Journal of Neuroscience 38 48 (2018): 10239-10240. http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.1869-18.2018. Published • 10.1523/jneurosci.1869-18.2018 Gulmez Karaca K; Brito DVC; Zeuch B; Oliveira, Ana M.M. . Corresponding author: Oliveira, Ana M.M.. "Adult hippocampal MeCP2 preserves the genomic responsiveness to learning required for long-term memory formation.". Neurobiology of learning and memory (2018): Published • 10.1016/j.nlm.2018.02.010
Thesis / Dissertation	Brito, David V.C.. "Molecular Mechanisms of Memory Formation and Persistence in the Adult and Aged Brain". PhD, Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, 2021. Brito, David Vilhena Catarino. "GADD45ß : a novel long-term memory mediator". Master, Universidade de Coimbra, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/30745. Brito, David V.C.. "Dexamethasone suppression test in rodents: Test building and stress effects.". Degree, Universidade do Algarve, 2012.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2022/01/12	We are What we Remember: Molecular Insights into Memory Formation in the Adult and Aged brain	National Postdoc Exchange Program Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
2021/10/27	We are What we Remember: Molecular Insights into Memory Formation in the Adult and Aged brain	Algarve Biomedical Center - Seminars Algarve Biomedical Center - University of Algarve
2020/12/14	Tips & Tricks for Scientific Growth during your PhD	Biomedical Sciences PhD Program Annual Journey Biomedical Sciences PhD Program (Faro, Portugal)
2020/06/03	We are what we remember: Molecular insights into age-related cognitive decline	IZN seminar series Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences (IZN) (Heidelberg, Germany)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/10/01 - Current	Regulation of circadian rhythmicity by Ataxin-2 in the suprachiasmatic nucleus Co-supervisor	PhD in Biomedical Sciences (PhD) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021/04/01 - Current	Expression of Activity-regulated Inhibitor of Death (AID) genes as a therapeutic strategy for Machado-Joseph disease Co-supervisor	PhD in Biomedical Sciences (PhD) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2019/09/16 - 2019/12/20	Methods in molecular and cell biology and surgery in rodents Co-supervisor	Biosciences (Master) Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany
2019/04/23 - 2019/07/15	Npas4 biphasic expression in memory persistence Co-supervisor	Biosciences (Master) Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany
2019/01/14 - 2019/03/20	Establishment of a temporally-controlled expression system Co-supervisor	Biosciences (Master) Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2022/02/01 - Current	FENS Regional Meeting 2023 (2022/02/01)
2016/01/01 - Current	Collaborator for the Deutsche Neurowissenschaften-Olympiade (DNO)- International organization that promotes every year regional competitions in Germany for high school students to learn Neuroscience. The finalists go on to compete in a Germany-wide competition and later travel to international locations to participate in workshops. The winner receives a prize at the FENS or SfN conference (event occurs once a year). (2016/05/12) Call (Member of the Organising Committee)

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2019/05/22 - 2019/05/22	Participation in the a Native Scientist event. I prepared a workshop presentation for children and teenagers of parents that speak Portuguese (e.g. Portugal, Brazil) in Germany. These children are bilingual and this program encourages to stimulate further learning of their parent’s mother tongue while motivating scientific interest. Workshop	Native Scientist outreach activity
2015/09/17 - 2015/09/17	Invited talk: "Bachelor in Biomedical Sciences what to expect?" Symposium	Opening of the Academic year session Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2018/01/01 - Current	Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society (MCCS)	Member
2016/01/01 - Current	Dutch Neurofederation Network	Member
2016/01/01 - Current	European Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society (EMCCS)	Member
2016/01/01 - Current	Portuguese Neuroscience Society (SPN)	Efective Member
2014/01/01 - Current	ANCiB-Associação Nacional de Ciências Biomédicas	Founder member
2018/01/01 - 2018/12/31	Society for Neuroscience (SfN)	Member

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2018/10/01 - 2019/07/14	Invited member for the Scientific Committee of the annual Interdisciplinary Center for Neuroscience Conference (IZN, a consortium of >60 laboratories). Together with three principal investigators and a research coordinator we selected and invited the speakers for this conference. Coordinator	Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2020/07/20 - 2020/07/24	Teaching Assistant- Introduction to Methods in Learning and Memory Research	Biosciences (Bachelor)	Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany
2020/06/15 - 2020/07/03	Teaching Assistant- Methods in Molecular Biology/Nuclear Acid	Biosciences (Bachelor)	Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany
2019/06/24 - 2019/07/11	Teaching Assistant- Methods in Molecular Biology/Nuclear Acid	Biosciences (Bachelor)	Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany
2019/05/13 - 2019/05/17	Teaching Assistant- Introduction to Methods in Learning and Memory Research	Biosciences (Bachelor)	Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany
2017/06/19 - 2017/07/07	Teaching Assistant- Methods in Molecular Biology/Nuclear Acid	Biosciences (Bachelor)	Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany
2017/01/02 - 2017/01/06	Teaching Assistant- Introduction to Methods in Learning and Memory Research	Biosciences (Bachelor)	Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany
2016/06/06 - 2016/06/10	Teaching Assistant- Introduction to Methods in Learning and Memory Research	Biosciences (Bachelor)	Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2023/02/08 - Current	Journal of Neurochemistry
2022/10/30 - Current	Frontiers in Medicine (2296-858X)	Frontiers
2022/06/08 - Current	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
2022/04/04 - Current	Molecular Neurobiology (1559-1182)	Springer Nature

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2021/12/14 - 2021/12/15	Jury for the annual Ph.D. students progress evaluation (PhD programme in Biomedical Sciences)	Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2024	Travel grant Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
2023	Best Oral Communication Award
2022	Post-Doc Fellowship
2022	Ruprecht-Karls Award - Finalist Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany
2022	Foundation BrainAid IZN Dissertation Award 2022 Foundation BrainAid , Germany
2022	Best Oral Communication Award Universidade do Algarve Centro Académico de Investigação e Formação Biomédica do Algarve, Portugal
2020	PhD Fellowship Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Germany
2020	Travel grant Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
2019	Completion PhD Fellowship Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany
2018	Travel grant Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany
2018	Honorable Mention for best poster presentation IZN Retreat Scientific Comission, Germany
2017	Travel grant Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
2014	ERASMUS+ Fellowship

Title

2023	Representative for the Junior Committee of SPN Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal