Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Ana Rita Silva Martins Nunes
Citation names
- Nunes, A.R.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 7E18-7AF7-3607
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-8893-9247
Email addresses
- arnunes@igc.gulbenkian.pt (Professional)
Websites
- https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8893-9247 (Professional)
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2016 - 2016
Concluded
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Accreditation for procedures on animal models (Outros)
Direcção-Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária, Portugal
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2007 - 2013
Concluded
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Life Sciences (Doutoramento)
Major in Pharmacology
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
"O2/CO2-sensitive cyclic AMP-signaling pathway in peripheral chemoreceptors" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Approved, Distinction and Praise (Aprovada por Una |
2006
Concluded
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Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Caracterização de Fosfodiesterases sensíveis ao cAMP no Corpo Carotídeo de rato" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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16 (0-20) |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2018/10/01 - Current | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal |
2015/06 - 2018/09 | Postdoc (Research) | Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal |
2014/05/01 - 2015/04/30 | Postdoc (Research) | Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel |
2013/10/15 - 2014/01/15 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel |
2013/01/01 - 2013/09/30 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal |
2007/07/01 - 2012/05/01 | Researcher (Research) | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States |
2010/09/01 - 2011/10/01 | Research Trainee (Research) | Johns Hopkins University Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, United States |
2009/01/05 - 2009/01/20 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universität Ulm, Germany |
2008/02/04 - 2008/02/20 | Research Trainee (Research) | Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Chicago Medical School, United States |
2006/09 - 2006/12 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidad de Valladolid Facultad de Medicina, Spain |
Universidad de Valladolid Facultad de Medicina, Spain |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2018 - Current | Lecturer (University Teacher) | Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigacao, Portugal |
Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigacao, Portugal | ||
2012 - 2012 | Invited Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal |
2007 - 2007 | Tutor (University Teacher) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2015 - 2018 | Neural mechanisms of social cognition in Zebrafish
A-04340
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
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Fundação Bial
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Conference paper |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Online resource |
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Other
Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2019 | Fishing for sociality: role of oxytocinergic system in zebrafish social behaviour. | Zebrafish neural Circuits & Behavior Meeting
Cold Spring Harbor (New York, United States)
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2018 | Oxytocinergic modulation of zebrafish social behaviors. | Workshop on “ Understanding the neuroregulatory actions of oxytocin and its potential clinical applications”
The Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture (Erice, Sicilia, Italy)
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2017 | Contrasting the organizational vs activational roles of oxytocin system in the regulation of zebrafish social behavior | Behaviour
joint meeting of the 35th International Ethological Conference (IEC) and the 2017 Summer Meeting of the Association for the
Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) (Estoril, Portugal)
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2017 | The role of oxytocinergic neurons in the regulation of social behaviors in zebrafish | CEDOC Seminars
CEDOC Chronic Diseases FCM NOVA
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2016 | Unveiling the role of oxytocin-like peptides in the regulation of the zebrafish social behavior. | Seminar
CIMeC-Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy (Rovereto, Italy)
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2015 | The role of oxytocin-like neuronal circuits in the regulation of the zebrafish social behaviour | COPEWELL Workshop on “Functional Neuroanatomy of fish: Mapping behaviour and internal states into the brain
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Oeiras, Portugal)
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2015 | Unveiling the role of oxytocin-like peptides in the regulation of the zebrafish social behavior. | I Congress in health Sciences Research: Towards Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Trends in Endocrinology and Neurosciences.
University of Beira do Interior, Covilhã, Portugal (Covilhã, Portugal)
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2013 | O2/CO2-sensitive cyclic AMP pathway in the carotid body | XLIII Annual Meeting of Portuguese Society of Pharmacology
Society of Pharmacology (Porto, Portugal)
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2012 | Contribution of transmembrane and soluble adenylate cyclase in cAMP signaling in the carotid body. | XLII Annual Meeting of Portuguese Society of Pharmacology
Society of Pharmacology (Lisboa, Portugal)
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2011 | Contribution of transmembrane and soluble adenylate cyclase in cAMP signaling in the carotid body. | The International Society for Arterial Chemoreception (ISAC) Conference
The International Society for Arterial Chemoreception (ISAC) (Hamilton, Canada)
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2008 | Bicarbonate-regulated soluble Adenylyl Cyclase (sAC) mRNA expression in peripheral and central chemoreceptors | The International Society for Arterial Chemoreception (ISAC) Conference
Valladolid University (Valladolid, Spain)
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2008 | Hypoxia modifies the effects of PDE inhibitors on cAMP accumulation in rat carotid bodies, carotid arteries and superior cervical ganglia | The International Society for Arterial Chemoreception (ISAC) Conference
(Valladolid, Spain)
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2006 | Hypoxia selectively activates phosphodiesterase 4 in carotid body chemoreceptors | XXXVII Annual Meeting of Portuguese Society of Pharmacology
University of Lisbon (Lisboa, Portugal)
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2016/01 - 2016/12 | Seminar Series ‘20 minutes with...’ - Postdoc & PhD students seminars (as part of the IGC Postdoc committee) (2016/01 - 2016/12)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
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Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal |
2016/10/19 - 2016/10/21 | 3rd Cross-Institutional Meeting of Young Investigators (as part of the IGC Postdoc committee)- This meeting brought together
postdoctoral researches from different institutes in Lisboa (IGC, IBET, ITQB, IMM; CCU), and it was focused on scientific
interactions and career development. website: http://postdoccommittee.wixsite.com/retreat2016
(2016/10/19 - 2016/10/21)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
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Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2021/04/19 - Current | "Vamos contar uma história de ciência?"- actividade realizada com a escola primária Jl Luísa Ducla Soares para 25 alunos. | Vamos contar uma história de ciência?
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
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2016 - Current | Participation in the OPEN DAYS of the research institute Outreach activities |
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
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2018/02/07 - 2018/02/07 | “Speed-meeting” with students about current scientific work
https://www.facebook.com/jortecbiologia/photos/a.860447573978078.1073741828.854339664588869/1666094646746696/?type=3&theater
Other
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Jortec Biologia
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2017 - 2018 | Science Outreach Activities - Participation in NOS ALIVE- Music festival with scientific activities
Festival
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NOS Alive
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
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2017 - 2017 | Participation in Job Shadowing Program- This program allows high school students to spend a whole day with a scientist at
the laboratory, to give them the opportunity to understand what I means to be a scientist.
Other
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Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2021/12/10 | Allometric relationship between number of neurons and brain size in a cichlid fish (Oreochromis mossambicus)
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Gonçalo Mota Nobre de Melo (Master)
Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigação em Educação, Portugal
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2019 | Early life social experiences shape social avoidance kinematics in larval zebrafish
(Thesis) Arguer
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Antonia Helena Groneberg (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
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2016 | Development of Optogenetic Tools for Manipulating Neuronal Activity and Behaviour in Zebrafish
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Rita Maria Santos Esteves (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2015 - 2016 | Postdoc Committee of the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência - Representative of postdoctoral fellows and organization of scientific
events
Member
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Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
2016 | Travel award (Cognition and Evolution Workshop, V edition)
Università degli Studi di Trento Centro Interdipartimentale Mente/Cervello, Italy
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2011 | 1st De Castro-Heymans-Neil Award- Best Oral Presentation, XVIIIth ISAC Meeting, Canada
International Society for Arterial Chemoreception (ISAC), Canada
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2009 | Graduate Student Travel Award (Experimental Biology Meeting 2009)
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, United States
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Other distinction
2014 | Dean of the Faculty Postdoc fellowship
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
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2014 | Postdoc Fellowship (SFRH/BPD/93317/2013) starting date Dec 2014
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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2013 | EMBO SHORT-TERM FELLOWSHIP (ASTF 420-2013)
EMBO Press, Germany
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2008 | PhD Fellowship (SFRH/BD /39473/2007)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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2007 | FLAD Long-Term Fellowship (1 year, 155/2007)
Fundação Luso-Americana, Portugal
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