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I have a degree in Biomedical Engineering (BSc and MSc) from the Department of Physics of the University of Coimbra. My Master's area of specialization is in Neuroscience. My main scientific interests are optical imaging, image processing and analysis, and machine learning.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Joana Sofia da Silva Domingues

Citation names

  • Domingues, Joana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D216-1AD8-411B
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8307-2194

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/09 - 2023/02
Concluded
 Engenharia Biomédica (Mestrado)
Major in Neurociências
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Física, Portugal
"Astrocytic connexin 43 hemichannels activity under Alzheimer's disease-like conditions: Regulation by adenosine A2A receptors" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17/20
2022/09 - 2022/09
Concluded
 “Introduction to Digital BioImage Analysis - 4th Edition” (Curso médio)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2017/09 - 2020/07
Concluded
 Engenharia Biomédica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Física, Portugal
 15/20
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023 - 2024 "NVCreflex - Searching for a neurovascular coupling reflex pathway"
2022.07585.PTDC
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/09 - 2021/09 "Verão com Ciência: Investigação, Desenvolvimento e Inovação Interdisciplinar em Fisiopatologia de Doenças Dependentes de Estilos de Vida e do Envelhecimento"
4539
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Lopes, Cátia R.; Madeira, Daniela; Domingues, Joana; Simões, Ana P.; Canas, Paula M.; Cunha, Rodrigo A.; Agostinho, Paula. "The role of astrocytic A2A receptors on hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory". Paper presented in 8th European Synapse Meeting, 2022.
    Assistant staff
  2. Lopes, Cátia R.; Madeira, Daniela; Domingues, Joana; Simões, Ana P.; Canas, Paula M.; Cunha, Rodrigo A.; Agostinho, Paula. "The impact of silencing astrocytic A2A receptors on hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory". Paper presented in VI Symposium of the Portuguese Glial Network, 2022.
    Assistant staff
Journal article
  1. Madeira, Daniela; Domingues, Joana; Lopes, Cátia R.; Canas, Paula M.; Cunha, Rodrigo A.; Agostinho, Paula. "Modification of astrocytic Cx43 hemichannel activity in animal models of AD: modulation by adenosine A2A receptors". Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 80 11 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00018-023-04983-6.
    10.1007/s00018-023-04983-6
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/02/11 "Astrocytic A2A receptors modulate hippocampal-dependent memory and synaptic plasticity" 52ª Reunião da Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (Porto, Portugal)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/05/11 - 2023/05/12 Network of European BioImage Analysts (NEUBIAS) Conference - Symposium
Symposium
 The 5th NEUBIAS Conference - Symposium
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2021/11/30 - 2021/11/30 Symposium of the Portuguese Glial Network
Symposium
 V Symposium of the Portuguese Glial Network
Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal