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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Fábio de Jesus Ribeiro de Sousa

Citation names

  • Sousa, Fábio J.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8C11-62DA-FE0B
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7847-5063
Scopus Author Id
57211145512

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/02/16 - 2027
Ongoing
 Psychology (Doctor of Philosophy)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Faculteit Psychologie en Pedagogische Wetenschappen, Belgium
2015/09 - 2017/09
Concluded
 Biologia Celular e Molecular (Mestrado)
Major in Área de especialização: Biologia Molecular e Celular
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Impact of maternal diabetes on offspring memory." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18/20
2011/09 - 2014/07
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
 15/20
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/02/16 - Current Doctoral Student in Psychology Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Faculteit Psychologie en Pedagogische Wetenschappen, Belgium
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Faculteit Psychologie en Pedagogische Wetenschappen, Belgium
2022/06/01 - 2022/09/30 Laboratory Technician Toxfinder Lda, Portugal
Toxfinder Lda, Portugal
2021/11/23 - 2022/02/28 Reseach Fellow from Project: (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029089) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2021/03/01 - 2021/08/31 Reseach Fellow from Project: Inpactus (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-021874) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2020/05/20 - 2021/02/22 Clinical Lab Technician Laboratório de Análises Clinicas da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/03/17 - 2020/05/19 Reseach Fellow from Project: HealthyAging 2020 (CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000012) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2017/09 - 2018/03 Research Trainee Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Portugal
Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Portugal
2016/10/25 - 2017/09/25 Master Thesis Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Portugal
2014/02 - 2014/06 Bachelor Project Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Portugal
2013/09/01 - 2013/09/30 Extracurricular Summer Internship Radelfe - Clínica de Radiologia, Portugal
Radelfe - Clínica de Radiologia, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Sousa, Fábio J.; Carrascal, Myléne A.; Moreira, Paula I.; Santos, Armanda E.; Cruz, Maria Teresa; Pereira, Cláudia. "Impact of Endoplasmic Reticulum stress on neuronal mitochondria". Paper presented in 1st Annual Meeting in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Coimbra, Portugal, 2019.
  2. Santos-Carvalho, Ana; Barros-Viegas, Ana Teresa; Cordeiro, Daniela; Sousa, Fábio J.; Cardoso, João; Ferreira, Miguel; Amaral, Sara Varela. "PubhD Coimbra - 3 doutorandos entram num bar". Paper presented in 7º Congresso SciCom PT 2019, Aveiro, portugal, 2019.
  3. Baptista, FI; Sousa, Fábio J.; Correia, Raquel G.; Gomes, Catarina A.; Ambrósio, António F.. "Maternal diabetes impairs offspring development and short-term memory". Paper presented in 11th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Berlin, Alemanha., 2018.
  4. Sousa, Fábio J.; Correia, Raquel G.; Gomes, Catarina A.; Ambrósio, António F.; Baptista, FI. "Maternal Diabetes: The Impact of Gestational Environment on Offspring Postnatal Development and Memory". Paper presented in XI Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquímica, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Diana Serra; Joana F. Henriques; Fábio J. Sousa; Mariana Laranjo; Rosa Resende; Marisa Ferreira-Marques; Victor de Freitas; et al. "Attenuation of Autism-like Behaviors by an Anthocyanin-Rich Extract from Portuguese Blueberries via Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis Modulation in a Valproic Acid Mouse Model". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23169259.
    10.3390/ijms23169259
  2. Tânia Almeida; Patrícia Moreira; Fábio J. Sousa; Cláudia Pereira; Armando J. D. Silvestre; Carla Vilela; Carmen S. R. Freire. "Bioactive Bacterial Nanocellulose Membranes Enriched with Eucalyptus globulus Labill. Leaves Aqueous Extract for Anti-Aging Skin Care Applications". Materials 15 5 (2022): 1982-1982. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15051982.
    10.3390/ma15051982
  3. Patrícia Moreira; Fábio Jesus Sousa; Patrícia Matos; Gonçalo Sousa Brites; Maria José Gonçalves; Carlos Cavaleiro; Artur Figueirinha; et al. "Chemical Composition and Effect against Skin Alterations of Bioactive Extracts Obtained by the Hydrodistillation of Eucalyptus globulus Leaves". Pharmaceutics 14 3 (2022): 561-561. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14030561.
    10.3390/pharmaceutics14030561
  4. Fábio J. Sousa; Raquel G. Correia; Alexandra F. Cruz; Joana M. Martins; Matilde S. Rodrigues; Catarina A. Gomes; António F. Ambrósio; Filipa I. Baptista. "Sex differences in offspring neurodevelopment, cognitive performance and microglia morphology associated with maternal diabetes: putative targets for insulin therapy". Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health (2020): 100075-100075. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2020.100075.
    In press • 10.1016/j.bbih.2020.100075
  5. Pereira, Cláudia Fragão; Santos, Armanda E.; Moreira, Paula I.; Pereira, Ana C.; Sousa, Fábio J.; Cardoso, Sandra M.; Cruz, Maria Teresa. "Is Alzheimer’s disease an inflammasomopathy?". Ageing Research Reviews 56 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2019.100966.
    Published • 10.1016/j.arr.2019.100966
Newspaper article
  1. Pereira, Cláudia Maria Pereira; Moreira, Paula I.; Cardoso, Sandra M.; Rego, Ana Cristina; Sousa, Fábio J.; Pereira, Ana Catarina. ""Exercício Saudável para Neurónios Saudáveis" - Chronicle for European Universities Games Coimbra 2018", Diário de Coimbra, 2018, Região das Beiras
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019/02/07 Endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondrial stress responses in neuronal cells in the context of Alzheimer's disease XLIX Reunião sociedade portuguesa de farmacologia, XXXVII Reunião farmacologia clínica, XVIII Reunião toxicologia
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (Porto, Portugal)
2018/03/10 Efeitos da diabetes durante a gravidez no neurodesenvolvimento e processos de memória da descendência XIV Annual meeting of the Portuguese Society of Diabetology
Annual meeting of the Portuguese Society of Diabetology (Vilamoura, Portugal)
2018/02/25 Maternal Diabetes impairs the offspring development and short-term memory IV – Reunião Nacional de Bioquímicos
ANBIOQ - Associação Nacional de Bioquímicos (Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2018/11/05 - 2019/06/26 Desregulação da proteóstase e comunicação intercelular na doença de Alzheimer. A indução de stresse intracelular afeta a comunicação neurónio-microglia?
Co-supervisor
 Biotecnologia (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018/10/20 - 2018/10/26 Volunteer at Quantitative approaches to Behaviour and Neural Systems, Champalimaud Research Symposium 2018 (2018/10/23 - 2018/10/26)
Symposium (Other)
 Centro Champalimaud, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/03/11 - 2019/03/11 Public Engagement activity at School - "Externato Menino Jesus" - perform brain-related activities with kids to bring awareness to brain science.
Other
 Brain Awareness Week 2019 - School Time
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2018/09/28 - 2018/09/28 Public Engagement activity - play a board game about how the cells of the immune system defend our organism to bring awareness to scientific research importance.
Other
 European Researchers' Night 18' - "Os Guardiões do Organismo"
2018/06/01 - 2018/06/01 Public Engagement activity - perform activities with the public to bring awareness to scientific research importance.
Other
 Brain Buskers na OAF Academia de Futebol
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2018/05/29 - 2018/05/29 Public Engagement activity - talk with the public to bring awareness to scientific research importance
Other
 Brain Buskers no Teatro Académico Gil Vicente
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2018/05/11 - 2018/05/11 Public Engagement activity - perform activities with the public to bring awareness to scientific research importance
Other
 Brain Buskers no Jardim Botânico
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2017/09/29 - 2017/09/29 Public Engagement activity - play games to talk about how our senses work to bring awareness to scientific research importance.
Other
 European Researcher's Night 17' - "Uma Noite com Sentidos"
2017/04/01 - 2017/04/01 Public Engagement activity - perform activities with the public to bring awareness to brain science.
Other
 Brain Awareness Week 2017 - "A Viagem do Cérebro" - "Cérebros no Parque"
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2017/03/31 - 2017/03/31 Public Engagement activity at School - "Escola Norton de Matos" - perform brain-related activities with kids to bring awareness to brain science.
Other
 Brain Awareness Week 2017 - "A Viagem do Cérebro" - "O Cérebro vai à Escola"
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2016/09/30 - 2016/09/30 Public Engagement activity - construction of neuronal and glial cells to assemble a NETwork with male and female brain cells to bring awareness to scientific research importance.
Other
 European Researcher's Night 16' - "Guerra dos Sexos: elas sem eles não seriam nada"

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2017/12/31 - Current "Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências" - Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Member
2018/10 - 2022/05 PubhD Coimbra initiative organizing member. A science communication initiative featured monthly, with 3 PhD students that explain their PhD project in 10 minutes, without recourse to audiovisuals, to non-specialized audiences in the respective scientific areas. Collaborator
2015/06 - 2017/07 Quantunna - Associação Cultural sem fins Lucrativos Governing Board - Secretary
2014 - 2015 "Núceo de Estudantes de Bioquímica da Associação Académica de Coimbra" - Student Association Directive Board Coordinator

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2018/09/03 - 2018/09/07 "Estágios Ciência Viva" - Internships for Young People in Laboratories Sara Gama

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019/07/26 - 2019/07/26 Juri member in Internship Report Defense of Vanessa Moço; “Desregulação da proteóstase e comunicação intercelular na doença de Alzheimer. A indução de stresse intracelular afeta a comunicação neurónio-microglia?”. Bachelor in Biotechnology July 26, 2019. Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2018 3rd Place in #scienceflash. Science communication video competition
EMBL Heidelberg Genome Biology, Germany
2018 Best Short Talk: Fábio J. Sousa, Raquel G. Correia, Catarina A.Gomes, António F. Ambrósio, Filipa I. Baptista. Maternal Diabetes impairs the offspring development and short-term memory at IV – Reunião Nacional de Bioquímicos
Associação Nacional de Bioquímicos (Anbioq), Portugal
2018 Best Poster: Fábio J. Sousa, Raquel G. Correia, Catarina A.Gomes, António F. Ambrósio, Filipa I. Baptista. Maternal Diabetes: The Impact of Gestational Environment on Offspring Postnatal Development and Memory at XI ENEBioq
Associação Nacional de Bioquímicos (Anbioq), Portugal
2018 FameLab Portugal 2018 - National Finalist