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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Rita Costa Afonso

Citation names

  • Afonso, Ana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8518-A882-AF33
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9586-8413
Education
Degree Classification
2018/10 - 2023/06
Concluded
 PhD in neuroscience (Doctor)
Universität Basel, Switzerland

Universität Basel Department Biozentrum, Switzerland

Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland
2015/09 - 2017/09
Concluded
 Biologia Celular e Molecular (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
2012/09 - 2015/06
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/09/05 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Multidisciplinary Institute of Aging: MIA-Portugal, Portugal
2023/07/01 - 2023/12/31 Researcher (Research) Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland
2017 - 2018 Research Trainee (Research) Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Afonso, Ana; Gabriele Sibilla; Manuel Pinto; Silvia Arber. "Charting movement correlates in subpopulations of the subthalamic area and beyond". Paper presented in Lake conference, 2023.
  2. Afonso, Ana; Gabriele Sibilla; Manuel Pinto; Silvia Arber. Corresponding author: Afonso, Ana. "Charting movement correlates in subpopulations of the subthalamic area and beyond". Paper presented in OptoDBS, 2022.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Role of basal ganglia interactions with brainstem in control of movement". PhD, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, 2023. https://edoc.unibas.ch/95967/.
  2. "The superior colliculus projection to midbrain dopaminergic neurons: a study on its anatomy and role during spatial orientation behavior". Master, Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/10316/83374.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/05 Charting movement correlates in subpopulations of the subthalamic area and beyond Basel Neuroscience Workshop
Neuroscience Network Basel (Basel, Switzerland)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025/02 - 2025/06 Técnicas de Biologia Molecular e Celular em Neurociências
Co-supervisor
 Biologia
Multidisciplinary Institute of Aging: MIA-Portugal, Portugal
2021/08 - 2022/12 The role of subthalamic nucleus to brainstem projection in movement
Co-supervisor
Universität Basel Department Biozentrum, Switzerland

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019 - 2022 Neuroscience Block course 2019 (1 week/year) (Master) Universität Basel Department Biozentrum, Switzerland
2020/09 - 2021/02 Introduction to Biology Biology (Bachelor) Universität Basel, Switzerland
Distinctions

Other distinction

2019 Swiss Excellence fellowship for foreign students
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Switzerland