Gladys Caldeira (B218-6CDA-02EA)

Curriculum Vitae

Gladys Caldeira

Gladys Lima Caldeira holds a degree in Genetics and Biotechnology (2010) from the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, a Master’s in Cell and Molecular Biology with a specialization in Neurobiology (2012), and a PhD in Biomedicine and Experimental Biology (2017), from the University of Coimbra. She spent several years working in basic research, focusing on how mutations in genes encoding synaptic proteins contribute to the development of neuropsychiatric disorders. She later pursued medical training and completed her medical degree in 2022. She is currently working as a Family Medicine Resident. Her main interests lie in the development of strategies to promote health and enhance overall well-being, with a particular focus on healthy and active aging. She is especially interested in the implementation of social prescribing projects for older adults, aiming to reduce loneliness and improve quality of life. Additionally, she is committed to raising awareness among family doctors about the importance of recognizing genetic cancer syndromes and ensuring timely referral for oncogenetic counseling, thus promoting a more preventive and personalized approach to healthcare.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Gladys Caldeira

Citation names

Caldeira, Gladys Lima
Gladys L Caldeira
Gladys Caldeira

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: B218-6CDA-02EA
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5623-0847

Email addresses

18257@ulscoimbra.min-saude.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Centro de Saúde Eiras, Rua Dr. João Pinheiro s/n, 3020-171 Coimbra, 3020-171, Eiras, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine
Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Genetics and Heredity
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology

Languages

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

Education

	Degree	Classification
2016/09 - 2022/07 Concluded	Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "Genetic and clinical characterization of patients with CYP1B1 gene biallelic variants" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16
2019/06/28 Concluded	Licenciatura em Ciências Básicas da Saúde (Licenciatura) Major in Ciências da Saúde Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	16
2017 Concluded	Biologia Experimental e Biomedicina (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "The role of Stargazin in the Pathogenesis of psychiatric disorders" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Aprovada com distinção e louvor
2014 - 2014 Concluded	Course of Sciences in Laboratory animals (Curso médio) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2012 Concluded	Mestrado em Biologia Celular e Molecular (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "Changes in Transcription factors related to Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Antioxidant Defenses" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2010 Concluded	Genética e Biotecnologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal "Avaliação da hepatotoxicidade de derivados de tacrina em Rattus norvegicus, uma abordagem ao nível do stresse oxidativo." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16
2007 Concluded	Ciências e Tecnologias (Ensino secundário) Escola EB 2,3/S de Baião, Portugal	18

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018 - 2021/12/31	Contracted Researcher (Research)	CNC.IBILI, Portugal

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/01/01 - Current	Interno (Médica)	Unidade Local de Saúde de Coimbra, Portugal

2023/01/01 - 2023/12/31	Interno (Médica)	Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra EPE Hospital Geral, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2017/12 - 2018/11	Post-Doctoral fellow	CNC.IBILI, Portugal

2012/09 - 2017/12	PhD student	CNC.IBILI, Portugal

2010/09 - 2012/07	Master student	CNC.IBILI, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2021/03/29 - 2025/03/28	Uncovering the molecular machinery responsible for cargo sorting in neuronal polarization PTDC/BIA-CEL/2286/2020 10.54499/PTDC/BIA-CEL/2286/2020 Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2020/09/15 - 2023/08/15	Potassium channel dysfunction in models of neurodevelopmental disorders LCF/PR/HP20/52300003 Institut Interdisciplinaire de Neurosciences, France	Ongoing
2018/07/01 - 2021/06/30	COGNITIVE DISORDERS AS DEFECTS IN SYNAPTIC FUNCTION: INSIGHT FROM HUMAN MUTATIONS IN THE CACNG2 GENE PTDC/MED-NEU/28541/2017 Researcher CNC.IBILI, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2016 - 2018	BEHAVIOR, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL AND BRAIN IMAGING ANALYSES OF MICE EXPRESSING A CACNG2 MUTATION ASSOCIATED WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY Research project #1530 Researcher CNC.IBILI, Portugal	Fondation Jérôme Lejeune Concluded
2015 - 2018	SCHIZOPHRENIA AS A DISRUPTION OF DEVELOPMENTAL HOMEOSTATIC PLASTICITY: A ROLE FOR STARGAZIN NARSAD Independent Investigator Grant PhD Student Fellow CNC.IBILI, Portugal	Brain and Behavior Research Foundation Concluded
2013/07 - 2015/09	A Novel Model for Schizophrenia: Defects in Stargazin-Mediated Homeostatic Plasticity PTDC/NEU-NMC/0750/2012 Researcher CNC.IBILI, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia - Laboratório Associado LA/P/0058/2020 10.54499/LA/P/0058/2020 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Laboratório de Instrumentação Engenharia Biomédica e Física da Radiação, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Other

	Designation	Funders
2020 - 2021/12/31	CIBB Strategic Plan UIDB/04539/2020 Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2017 - 2020	BrainHealth2020 - Early Detection, Neuromodulation and Advanced Therapies to Brain Disorders CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000008:BrainHealth - European Regional Development Fund Post-doc Fellow CNC.IBILI, Portugal	European Regional Development Fund Ongoing
2018 - 2019	CNC.IBILI Strategic Project UID/NEU/04539/2019	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2015 - 2017	CNC. IBILI UID/NEU/04539/2013 Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2013 - 2014	Strategic Project - LA 1 - 2013-2014 PEst-C/SAU/LA0001/2013 Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Gladys L Caldeira. "Esquizofrenia". In Neurociências, 437-461. Portugal: LIDEL, 2017. Published
Conference abstract	Roque, João; Carvalho, Ana Luisa; Inácio, Ângela S.; Beltrão, Nuno; Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Caldeira, Gladys Lima. "Cerebellar Defects in a Schizophrenia Mouse Model with CACNG2 Mutation". Paper presented in BEB Day 2025, Coimbra, 2025.
Conference poster	Roque, João; Beltrão, Nuno; Inácio, Ângela S.; Gladys Caldeira; Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Carvalho, Ana Luisa. "Addressing cerebellar defects in a mouse model of schizophrenia harbouring a human mutation in the CACNG2 gene encoding stargazin". Paper presented in AIMS Meeting Research Competition, Lisboa, 2024. Beltrão, Nuno; Roque, João; Inácio, Ângela S.; Caldeira, Gladys Lima; Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Khodakhah, Kamran; Carvalho, Ana Luisa. "Social deficits and cerebellar dysfunction in a mouse model carrying a human schizophrenia-associated mutation in the CACNG2 gene". Paper presented in Neurobiology of Social Behavior, 2023. Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Ângela Sanches Inácio; Ribau, Sara; Beltrão, Nuno; Caldeira, Gladys Lima; Maurizio Taglialatela; Carvalho, Ana Luisa. "Functional modulation of Kv7.2 channels by stargazin". Paper presented in XVIII ESM 20-21 Oct 2022, Coimbra, PT, 2022. Gouveia, R. P.; Barreto, Carlos A.V.; Baptista, Salete J.; Preto, A.J.; Caldeira, Gladys Lima; Carvalho, Ana Luisa; Melo, Rita; Irina de Sousa Moreira. "The study of AMPAR: Stargazin interface through molecular dynamics". Paper presented in Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional Estrutural, 2021. Caldeira, Gladys; Inacio AS; Beltrão, Nuno; Barreto CAV; Rodrigues MV; Rondão T; Macedo R; et al. "Aberrant hippocampal transmission and behavior in mice with a stargazin mutation linked to intellectual disability". Paper presented in SPN 2021, 2021. Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Inácio, Ângela S.; Caldeira, Gladys Lima; Gouveia, Raquel P; Barreto, Carlos A.V.; Beltrão, Nuno; Moreira, Irina S; Taglialatela, Maurizio; Carvalho, Ana Luisa. "Stargazin as a Regulator of Neuronal Excitability". Paper presented in SPN2021, 2021. Antal, Orsolya; Macedo, Renato; Beltrão, Nuno; Inácio, Ângela S.; Caldeira, Gladys Lima; Peça, João; Carvalho, Célia; Pato, Carlos; Carvalho, Ana Luisa. "Cognitive behavioural deficits in a knock-in model with a human schizophrenia-associated mutation in the CACNG2 gene.". Paper presented in SPN2021, 2021. Beltrão, Nuno; Caldeira, Gladys Lima; Inácio, Ângela S.; Macedo, Renato; Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Antal, Orsolya; Carvalho, Ana Luisa. "Cerebellar dysfunction in animal models of neurodevelopmental disorders with human mutations in the CACNG2 gene". Paper presented in SPN2021, 2021. Gouveia, Raquel; Barreto, Carlos A.V.; Baptista, Salete J.; Caldeira, Gladys Lima; Preto, A.J.; Melo, Rita; Carvalho, Ana Luisa; Moreira, Irina S. "The Structural and Functional Role of a CACNG2 Mutation in Psychiatric Disorders". Paper presented in Bioinformatics Open Days, 2021. Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Ângela Sanches Inácio; Gladys Caldeira; Maurizio Taglialatela; Carvalho, Ana Luisa. "STARGAZIN AS A REGULATOR OF NEURONAL EXCITABILITY". Paper presented in BEBday 2019, 2019. Caldeira, Gladys Lima; Ana Luísa Carvalho; João Peça; Ângela Inácio; Nuno Beltrão; Marina V. Rodrigues; Susana R. Louros; Tiago Rondão; Joana Guedes. "Abnormal synaptic transmission and behavioral deficits in mice with Stargazin mutations linked to psychiatric disorders". Paper presented in European Synapse Meeting, 2019. Inácio, Ângela Sanches; Caldeira, Gladys Lima; Louros, Susana R; Rondão, Tiago; Beltrão, Nuno; Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Guedes, Joana; Carvalho, Ana Luisa. "Neuronal dysfunction and behaviour abnormalities in mice with stargazin mutation linked to intellectual disability.". Paper presented in FENS Regional Meeting, 2019. Caldeira, Gladys Lima; Louros, Susana R; Inácio, Ângela Sanches; Rondão, Tiago; Beltrão, Nuno; Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Guedes, Joana; Carvalho, Ana Luisa. "Aberrant hippocampal transmission and cognitive behavior in mice with stargazin mutation linked to intellectual disability". Paper presented in 11th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, 2018. Manocchio, L; Soldovieri, MV; Ambrosino, P; Mosca, I; Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Caldeira, Gladys Lima; Carvalho, Ana Luisa; Taglialatela, M. "Stargazin regulates biochemical and functional properties of voltage-gated Kv7.2 potassium channels.". Paper presented in Italian National meeting of PhD students in Neuroscience, 2017. Caldeira, Gladys Lima; Louros, Susana R; Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Pato, CN; Chen, C; Peça, João; Carvalho, Ana Luisa. "CACNG2, a new candidate gene for schizophrenia and intellectual disability. Integrating Hebbian and Homeostatic Plasticity.". Paper presented in Society for Neuroscience, 2016. Calmeiro, João; Bruce F. Milne; Gladys Caldeira; Joana Fernandes; Carvalho, Ana Luisa; Fernando M.S. Nogueira; Peça, João. "Channelrhodopsin engineering and characterization of novel optogenetic tools designed in silico". Paper presented in 5th Champalimaud Neuroscience Symposium . Champalimaud Center for the Unknown (CCU), Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal, 2016. Calmeiro, João; Bruce F. Milne; Gladys Caldeira; Joana Fernandes; Carvalho, Ana Luisa; Fernando M.S. Nogueira; Peça, João. "Characterization of novel optogenetic tools designed in silico". Paper presented in Synaptic Function and Dysfunction in Brain Diseases, 7th Curriculum Vitae – João Calmeiro 13 International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) Special Neurochemistry Conference, Coimbra, Portugal, 2016. Caldeira, Gladys Tarcila Lima; Louros, S; Rodrigues MV; Pato, CN; Chen, C; Peça, J; Carvalho, AL. "CACNG2, a new candidate gene for schizophrenia and intellectual disability". Paper presented in FENS forum, 2016. Calmeiro, João; Bruce F. Milne; Gladys Caldeira; Joana Fernandes; Carvalho, Ana Luisa; Fernando M.S. Nogueira; Peça, João. "Production and in vitro characterization of Ab-Initio designed Channelrhodopsin-2 mutants". Paper presented in XIII CNC Annual Meeting, Coimbra, Portugal, 2015. Caldeira, Gladys Tarcila Lima; Louros, S; Peça, J; Pato, CN; Chen, C; Carvalho, AL. "Stargazin, a new candidate for schizophrenia - identification of new variants and targeted therapies". Paper presented in 5th European Synapse Meeting, 2015. Caldeira, Gladys Tarcila Lima; Louros, S; Peça, J; Pato, CN; Chen, C; Carvalho, AL. "The role of Stargazin in the pathogenesis of Schizophrenia - identification of new variants and development of targeted therapeutic strategies". Paper presented in European Neuroscience Conference by Doctoral Students (ENCODS), 2015. Caldeira, Gladys Tarcila Lima; Louros, S; Peça, J; Carvalho, AL. "Is stargazin involved in schizophrenia pathogenesis?". Paper presented in EMBO Conference – “Brain development and disorders, 2014. Sandra Isabel Mota; Rui O Costa; Gladys Caldeira; Lino Ferreira; Ferreiro, Elisabete; Isabel Santana; Carmela Padovano; et al. "Nrf2 downregulation-mediated oxidative stress and ER stress in early stages of Alzheimer´s disease". Paper presented in Cold-Spring Harbour, New York, USA, 2012. Caldeira, Gladys Tarcila Lima; Mota, Sandra; Santana, Isabel; Rosenstock, Tatiana R.; Ferreira, Ildete L.; Rego, A. Cristina. "Impaired transcription in Alzheimer's disease - Role in oxidative stress". Paper presented in 26th Meeting of GEECD, 2012. Caldeira, Gladys Tarcila Lima; Mota, Sandra; Santana, Isabel; Rosenstock, Tatiana R.; Ferreira, Ildete L.; Rego, A. Cristina. "Changes in transcription factors related with mitochondrial biogenesis and antioxidant defenses in Alzheimer’s disease models". Paper presented in 6th National meeting on cell signaling, 2012.
Journal article	Ferreira, I. Luísa; Marinho, Daniela; de Rosa, Valéria; Castanheira, Bárbara; Fang, Zongwei; Caldeira, Gladys L.; Mota, Sandra I.; Rego, A. Cristina. "Linking activation of synaptic NMDA receptors-induced CREB signaling to brief exposure of cortical neurons to oligomeric amyloid-beta peptide". Journal of Neurochemistry 169 1 (2024): https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.16222. 10.1111/jnc.16222 Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Inácio, Ângela S.; Virginia Soldovieri, Maria; Bauberg, Théo; Leal, Telmo; Ribau, Sara; Amado, Luísa; et al. "Type I TARPs regulate Kv7.2 potassium channels and susceptibility to seizures". (2024): Caldeira, G. L.; Inácio, A. S.; Beltrão, N.; Barreto, C. A. V.; Rodrigues, M. V.; Rondão, T.; Macedo, R.; et al. "Aberrant hippocampal transmission and behavior in mice with a stargazin mutation linked to intellectual disability". Molecular Psychiatry (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41380-022-01487-w. 10.1038/s41380-022-01487-w Mohamed edfawy; Joana Guedes; Marta I Pereira; Mariana Laranjo; Mário J. Carvalho; Xian Gao; Pedro A. Ferreira; et al. "Abnormal mGluR-mediated synaptic plasticity and autism-like behaviours in Gprasp2 mutant mice". Nature Communications (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09382-9. 10.1038/s41467-019-09382-9 Caldeira, Gladys; João Peça; Ana Luísa Carvalho. "New insights on synaptic dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disorders". Current Opinion in Neurobiology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2019.01.004. 10.1016/j.conb.2019.01.004 Susana R. Louros; Caldeira, Gladys; Ana Luísa Carvalho. "Stargazin Dephosphorylation Mediates Homeostatic Synaptic Downscaling of Excitatory Synapses". Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2018.00328. 10.3389/fnmol.2018.00328 Naia, L.; Rosenstock, T.R.; Oliveira, A.M.; Oliveira-Sousa, S.I.; Caldeira, G.L.; Carmo, C.; Laço, M.N.; et al. "Comparative Mitochondrial-Based Protective Effects of Resveratrol and Nicotinamide in Huntington’s Disease Models". Molecular Neurobiology 54 7 (2017): 5385-5399. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84984887332&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s12035-016-0048-3 Mota, S.I.; Costa, R.O.; Ferreira, I.L.; Santana, I.; Caldeira, G.L.; Padovano, C.; Fonseca, A.C.; et al. "Oxidative stress involving changes in Nrf2 and ER stress in early stages of Alzheimer's disease". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease 1852 7 (2015): 1428-1441. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84928128412&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.bbadis.2015.03.015 Caldeira, G.L.; Ferreira, I.L.; Rego, A.C.. "Impaired transcription in Alzheimer's disease: key role in mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress". Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 34 34 (2013): 115-131. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84874303866&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Published • 10.3233/JAD-121444
Working paper	Ventura Rodrigues, Marina; Inácio, Ângela S.; Virginia Soldovieri, Maria; Bauberg, Théo; Leal, Telmo; Ribau, Sara; Amado, Luísa; et al. 2024. "Type I TARPs are auxiliary proteins of Kv7.2-M-channels".

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2019/10/14	Abnormal synaptic transmission and behavioral deficits in mice with Stargazin mutations linked to psychiatric disorders	Neuroscience and Disease Joint Data-Club - a forum for discussion (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/03/16	Workshop Cognitive Improvement: Truth or Myth	III Meet.lab Núcleo de Estudantes de Biologia da AAC (Portugal)
2018/11/30	The role of stargazin in Psychiatric Disorders	Advanced Course in the Doctoral Programme in Health Sciences (Portugal)
2018/10	The Role of Stargazin in the Pathogenesis of Psychiatric Disorders	Masters in Cell and Molecular Biology - Lab talks (Portugal)
2017/02/23	The role of stargazin in Psychiatric Disorders	Advanced Course in the Doctoral Programme in Biomedicine and Experimental Biology Synapses, neuronal circuits and behavior (Portugal)
2016/03/16	Schizophrenia and TARPS	Advanced Course in the Doctoral Programme in Biomedicine and Experimental Biology (Portugal)
2016	CACNG2, a new candidate gene for schizophrenia and intellectual disability	26th Neuropharmacology Meeting – Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors (United States)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2017 - 2018	Stargazin Mutations and Psychiatric Disorders: the case of Intellectual Disability Co-supervisor of Nuno Beltrão	CNC.IBILI, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2015 - 2015	XIII CNC Annual Meeting, Meeting (Other)
2013 - 2013	2nd BEB Symposium Seeding Curiosity, Harvesting Science Symposium (Other)

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2019/09 - 2019/09	European Synapse Meeting - Lausanne, Switzerland Meeting
2019 - 2019	Science outreach activities - Participation in outreach activities during the European Researcher’s Night Other	CNC.IBILI, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2019/07/19	Impact of astrocytes in memory: role of astrocytic adenosine A2A receptors (Thesis) Main arguer	Marlene Santos Domingues (Master)

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2019/02 - 2020/06	MTBM - Métodos e Técnicas em Biologia Molecular	Biologia (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2013 - 2020	Lab rotation students	Over 15
2016 - 2017	Behavioral and Biochemical Characterization of Stargazin knock-in mice expressing an Intellectual disability-linked mutation	Tiago Rondão
2015 - 2016	Interactome of Stargazin: Relevance in Neuropsychiatric Disorders	Marina Rodrigues
2015 - 2016	Scale for mapping the brain: the role of stargazin in regulating dendritic spine morphology	Joana Freitas
2015 - 2015	Stargazin and mGluR5: partners in the pathogenesis of psychiatric disorders?	Laura Oliveira

Distinctions

Award

2019	Prémio Pfizer de Investigação básica Pfizer Biofarmacêutica Sociedade Unipessoal Lda, Portugal
2016	Award for Best Short Communication Elsevier - Society for Neuropharmacology, Portugal

Other distinction

2016	Travel Award for the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2016 Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
2016	Travel Award for the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2016 Hello Bio, Portugal
2016	Travel Award for the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2016 Tebu-bio, Portugal
2012	PhD scholarship Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2008	Scholarship for the Integration in Scientific Research Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal