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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

Websites

Education
Degree Classification
2007 - 2013
Concluded
 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)
 Approved, Distinction and Praise (Aprovada por Una
2006
Concluded
 Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Caracterização de Fosfodiesterases sensíveis ao cAMP no Corpo Carotídeo de rato" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16 (0-20)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/07 - Current Science and Technology Management Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2022 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
2018 - 2021 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
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. 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, 95-130. Springer International Publishing, 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-33774-6_5
  2. Holmes, Andrew P.; Nunes, Ana Rita; Cann, Martin J.; Kumar, Prem. "Ecto-5'-Nucleotidase, Adenosine and Transmembrane Adenylyl Cyclase Signalling Regulate Basal Carotid Body Chemoafferent Outflow and Establish the Sensitivity to Hypercapnia". In Arterial Chemoreceptors in Physiology and Pathophysiology, 279-289. Springer International Publishing, 2015.
    10.1007/978-3-319-18440-1_32
  3. Nunes, Ana Rita; Sample, Vedangi; Xiang, Yang K.; Monteiro, Emília C.; Gauda, Estelle; Zhang, Jin. "Effect of Oxygen on Phosphodiesterases (PDE) 3 and 4 Isoforms and PKA Activity in the Superior Cervical Ganglia". In Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 287-294. Springer Netherlands, 2012.
    10.1007/978-94-007-4584-1_39
  4. Nunes, A.R.; Batuce, J.R.; Monterio, E.C.. "Functional Characterization of Phosphodiesterases 4 in the Rat Carotid Body: Effect of Oxygen Concentrations". In Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 113-119. Springer Netherlands, 2009.
    10.1007/978-90-481-2259-2_13
  5. Nunes, A.R.; Monteiro, E.C.; Johnson, S.M.; Gauda, E.B.. "Bicarbonate-Regulated Soluble Adenylyl Cyclase (sAC) mRNA Expression and Activity in Peripheral Chemoreceptors". In Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 235-241. Springer Netherlands, 2009.
    10.1007/978-90-481-2259-2_27
Conference paper
  1. Diogo, Lucilia N.; Pereira, Sofia A.; Nunes, Ana R.; Afonso, Ricardo A.; Santos, Ana I.; Monteiro, Emilia C.. "Hypertension induced by chronic intermittent hypoxia: Effects of carvedilol in a rat model". Paper presented in European Respiratory Society, 2015.
  2. Nunes, A.R.. "Soluble (sAC) and transmembrane adenylate cyclase (tmAC) signaling in carotid body type 1 cells using FRET-based sensors". Paper presented in Federation of american societies for experimental biology-FASEB Journal, 2011.
  3. Nunes, A.R.. "Investigating the role of phosphodiesterases (PDE) 3 and 4 in the activation of protein kinase A (PKA) in superior cervical ganglia using FRET". Paper presented in Federation of american societies for experimental biology-FASEB Journal, 2011.
  4. Nunes, A.R.. "Response kinetics of petrosal ganglion neurons to ATP changes with development". Paper presented in Federation of american societies for experimental biology-FASEB Journal, 2010.
  5. Nunes, A.R.. "Post-natal age enhances somal calcium responses of peripheral chemoreceptor neurons in response to extracellular ATP". Paper presented in Federation of american societies for experimental biology-FASEB Journal, 2009.
  6. Nunes, A.R.. "Bicarbonate-regulated soluble Adenylyl Cyclase (sAC) mRNA expression in peripheral and central chemoreceptors". Paper presented in Federation of american societies for experimental biology-FASEB Journal, 2008.
Conference poster
  1. Nunes, A.R.. "Perceptual mechanisms of social affiliation and the role of oxytocin in zebrafish". Paper presented in Society for Neuroscience- Neuroscience 2019, Chicago, USA, 2019.
  2. Nunes, A.R.. "Fishing for sociality: the role of oxytocin neurons in zebrafish social behaviour.". Paper presented in Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) 2019 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, 2019.
  3. Nunes, A.R.. "Fishing for sociality: the role of oxytocin neurons in zebrafish social behaviour.". Paper presented in 13th World Congress on Neurohypophysial Hormones (WCNH2019), Ein Gedi resort, Dead Sea, Israel, 2019.
    10.2991/hssnpp-19.2019.72
  4. Nunes, A.R.. "New insights on the role of oxytocin-like peptides in zebrafish social behaviour". Paper presented in FENS, Forum of Neuroscience, Berlin, Germany, 2018.
  5. Nunes, A.R.. "New insights into oxytocinergic neural circuits mediating social behaviour". Paper presented in Society for Behavioural Neuroendocrinology, Long Beach, California, USA, 2017.
  6. "Animacy perception in zebrafish: neural mechanisms and modulation by oxytocin-like peptides.". Paper presented in Behaviour 2017, 2017.
  7. "Genotype- environment interaction in the effects of the oxytocin receptor gene on zebrafish social behaviour.". Paper presented in World Congress on Neurohypophysial Hormones - WCNH 2017, 2017.
  8. Nunes, A.R.. "Early ablation of oxytocin-like peptides shapes adult zebrafish sociality". Paper presented in Society for Social Neuroscience Meeting, San Diego, USA, 2016.
  9. Nunes, A.R.. "Unveiling the role of oxytocin-like peptides in the regulation of the zebrafish social behavior". Paper presented in Workshop on Cognition and Evolution V edition, CIMeC. Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento, Italy, 2016.
  10. "Neural mechanisms of social cognition in zebrafish: the role of oxytocin-like peptides in biological motion perception". Paper presented in Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia, 2016.
  11. "Indirect genetic effects of oxytocin in the development of social behaviour in zebrafish.". Paper presented in Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia, 2016.
  12. Nunes, A.R.. "Contrasting the organizational vs. activational roles of the oxytocin system in the regulation of zebrafish social behavior". Paper presented in 4th Champalimaud Neuroscience Symposium, Portugal, 2015.
  13. Nunes, A.R.. "Contrasting the organizational vs. activational roles of the oxytocin system in the regulation of zebrafish social behavior". Paper presented in 11th World Congress on Neurohypophysial Hormones,Queenstown,New Zealand, 2015.
  14. Nunes, A.R.. "Adenosine, CD73 and transmembrane adenylate cyclase signaling regulates the basal carotid body chemoafferent outflow and establishes the sensitivity to hypercapnia". Paper presented in International Society of Arterial Chemoreception, 2014.
  15. Nunes, A.R.. "Investigating the role of phosphodiesterases (PDE) 3 and 4 in the activation of protein kinase A (PKA) in superior cervical ganglia". Paper presented in The International Society for Arterial Chemoreception, Hamilton, Canada, 2011.
  16. Nunes, A.R.. "Soluble adenylate cyclase (sAC) and transmembrane (tmAC) signaling in carotid body type 1 cells using FRET-based sensors". Paper presented in Experimental Biology Meeting (EB2011), Washington, D.C., USA, 2011.
  17. Nunes, A.R.. "Investigating the role of phosphodiesterases (PDE) 3 and 4 in the activation of protein kinase A (PKA) in superior cervical ganglia using FRET.". Paper presented in Experimental Biology Meeting (EB2011), Washington, D.C., USA, 2011.
  18. Nunes, A.R.. "Response kinetics of petrosal ganglion neurons to ATP changes with development.". Paper presented in Experimental Biology Meeting (EB2010), Anaheim, CA, USA, 2010.
  19. Nunes, A.R.. "Post-natal age enhances somal calcium responses of peripheral chemoreceptor neurons in response to extracellular ATP". Paper presented in Experimental Biology Meeting (EB2009), New Orleans, LA, USA, 2009.
  20. Nunes, A.R.. "Bicarbonate upregulates soluble Adenylyl Cyclase (sAC) activity and gene expression in peripheral and central chemoreceptors". Paper presented in Neuroscience 08, Washigton, D.C., USA, 2008.
  21. Nunes, A.R.. "Bicarbonate-regulated soluble Adenylyl Cyclase (sAC) mRNA expression in peripheral and central chemoreceptors". Paper presented in Experimental Biology Meeting (EB), San Diego, CA, USA, 2008.
Journal article
  1. Ana Rita Nunes (co-first)*; Michael Gliksberg (co-first)*; Susana A.M. Varela; Magda Teles; Einav Wircer; Janna Blechman; Giovanni Petri; Gil Levkowitz; Rui Oliveira. "Developmental effects of oxytocin neurons on social affiliation and processing of social information.". Journal of Neuroscience (2021): 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2939-20.2021.
    Accepted
  2. Ana Rita Nunes; Ana S Félix; Rui Oliveira. "Fishing for sociality: how what we see helps us with social interactions". Frontiers for Young Minds (2021):
    In press
  3. 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.
    Published • 10.1038/s41598-020-60154-8
  4. Ribeiro, Diogo (co-first)*; Nunes, Ana Rita (co-first)*; Gliksberg, Michael; Anbalagan, Savani; Levkowitz, Gil; Oliveira, Rui F.. "Oxytocin receptor signalling modulates novelty recognition but not social preference in zebrafish". Journal of Neuroendocrinology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jne.12834.
    Published • 10.1111/jne.12834
  5. 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): http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/elife.22170.
    10.7554/elife.22170
  6. Pedroso, Daniela (co-first)*; Nunes, Ana R. (co-first)*; Diogo, Lucília N.; Oudot, Carole; Monteiro, Emília C.; Brenner, Catherine; Vieira, Helena L.A.. "Hippocampal neurogenesis response: What can we expect from two different models of hypertension?". Brain Research 1646 (2016): 199-206. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2016.05.044.
    10.1016/j.brainres.2016.05.044
  7. Diogo, Lucília N.; Pereira, Sofia A.; Nunes, Ana R.; Afonso, Ricardo A.; Santos, Ana I.; Monteiro, Emília C.. "Efficacy of carvedilol in reversing hypertension induced by chronic intermittent hypoxia in rats". European Journal of Pharmacology 765 (2015): 58-67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejphar.2015.08.019.
    10.1016/j.ejphar.2015.08.019
  8. Nunes, Ana R.; Holmes, Andrew P.; Conde, Sílvia V.; Gauda, Estelle B.; Monteiro, Emília C.. "Revisiting cAMP signaling in the carotid body". Frontiers in Physiology 5 (2014): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2014.00406.
    10.3389/fphys.2014.00406
  9. Kesavan, Kalpashri; Ezell, Tarrah; Bierman, Alexis; Nunes, Ana Rita; Northington, Frances J.; Tankersley, Clarke G.; Gauda, Estelle B.. "Breathing and temperature control disrupted by morphine and stabilized by clonidine in neonatal rats". Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology 201 (2014): 93-100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resp.2014.06.015.
    10.1016/j.resp.2014.06.015
  10. Nunes, Ana Rita; Monteiro, Emilia; Gauda, Estelle. "Soluble adenylyl cyclase in the locus coeruleus". Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology 201 (2014): 34-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resp.2014.05.011.
    10.1016/j.resp.2014.05.011
  11. Nunes, Ana R.; Holmes, Andrew P.S.; Sample, Vedangi; Kumar, Prem; Cann, Martin J.; Monteiro, Emília C.; Zhang, Jin; Gauda, Estelle B.. "Bicarbonate-sensitive soluble and transmembrane adenylyl cyclases in peripheral chemoreceptors". Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology 188 2 (2013): 83-93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resp.2013.05.013.
    10.1016/j.resp.2013.05.013
  12. Chavez-Valdez, Raul; Mason, Ariel; Nunes, Ana R.; Northington, Frances J.; Tankersley, Clarke; Ahlawat, Rajni; Johnson, Sheree M.; Gauda, Estelle B.. "Effect of hyperoxic exposure during early development on neurotrophin expression in the carotid body and nucleus tractus solitarii". Journal of Applied Physiology 112 10 (2012): 1762-1772. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.01609.2011.
    10.1152/japplphysiol.01609.2011
  13. Nunes, Ana R.; Chavez-Valdez, Raul; Ezell, Tarrah; Donnelly, David F.; Glover, Joel C.; Gauda, Estelle B.. "Effect of development on [Ca2+]i transients to ATP in petrosal ganglion neurons: a pharmacological approach using optical recording". Journal of Applied Physiology 112 8 (2012): 1393-1402. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00511.2011.
    10.1152/japplphysiol.00511.2011
  14. Nunes, Ana R.; Batuca, Joana R.; Monteiro, Emília C.. "Acute hypoxia modifies cAMP levels induced by inhibitors of phosphodiesterase-4 in rat carotid bodies, carotid arteries and superior cervical ganglia". British Journal of Pharmacology 159 2 (2010): 353-361. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00534.x.
    10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00534.x
Online resource
  1. Nunes, A.R.. A Neurobiologia do Comportamento Social: o papel da oxitocina. A short review article for the IGC ´s web-based science outreach resource for high school teachers.. 2016. http://ce3.igc.gulbenkian.pt/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Neurobiologia-do-Comportamento-Social.pdf.

Other

Other output
  1. Ana Rita Nunes; Michael Gliksberg; Susana A.M. Varela; Magda Teles; Einav Wircer; Janna Blechman; Giovanni Petri; Gil Levkowitz; Rui F. Oliveira. 2020. Developmental effects of oxytocin neurons on social affiliation and processing of social information. 2020. Nunes, A.R.. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.08.330993.
    10.1101/2020.10.08.330993
  2. D. Ribeiro; A.R. Nunes; M.C. Teles; S. Anbalagan; J. Blechman; G. Levkowitz; R.F. Oliveira. 2020. Genetic variation in the social environment affects behavioral phenotypes of oxytocin receptor mutants in zebrafish.. 2020. Diogo R.. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.23.002873..
    10.1101/2020.03.23.002873.
  3. O peixinho que já era crescido. Histórias de Ciência para Crianças - Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência. 2019. Felix, A.S.; Nunes, A.R.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJx_GtLMLHk.
Distinctions

Award

2016 Travel award (Cognition and Evolution Workshop, V edition)
Università degli Studi di Trento Centro Interdipartimentale Mente/Cervello, Italy
2011 1st De Castro-Heymans-Neil Award- Best Oral Presentation, XVIIIth ISAC Meeting, Canada
International Society for Arterial Chemoreception (ISAC), Canada
2009 Graduate Student Travel Award (Experimental Biology Meeting 2009)
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, United States

Other distinction

2014 Dean of the Faculty Postdoc fellowship
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
2014 Postdoc Fellowship (SFRH/BPD/93317/2013) starting date Dec 2014
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2013 EMBO SHORT-TERM FELLOWSHIP (ASTF 420-2013)
EMBO Press, Germany
2008 PhD Fellowship (SFRH/BD /39473/2007)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2007 FLAD Long-Term Fellowship (1 year, 155/2007)
Fundação Luso-Americana, Portugal