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Susana Q Lima completed her PhD under the supervision of Gero Miesenbock in the Programa Gulbenkian de Doutoramento em Biologia e Medicina and defended her thesis in 2005 at Universidade de Lisboa. She worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Anthony Zador in Cold Spring Harbor, where she studied the auditory system. In 2008 she moved to the Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme as a Research Fellow, studying mate choice in rodents. Since 2012 she is Principal Investigator in Fundação Champalimaud and her lab is focused on studying sexual behavior in mice.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Susana Q Lima

Citation names

  • Lima, S. Q.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D314-E608-6211
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2446-9869

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2005
Concluded
 Programa Gulbenkian Doutoramento em Biologia e Medicina (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Remote control of animal behavior through photostimulation of genetically target neurons" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Distinção e louvor
1999
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Role of HSP12 on sugar stress" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2012/01/01 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2008/05/01 - 2011/12/31 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013/09/01 - 2015/09/01 Professora Convidada Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2005/05/01 - 2008/05/30 Posdoc Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018 - 2023/03/31 Hypothalamic circuits for the selection of defensive and mating behavior in females
ERC-2017-COG-772827
Principal investigator
European Research Council
2021/01/01 - 2022/12/31 Anatomical and functional characterization of the spinal ejaculation network
301137
Supervisor
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2016 - 2019 Female socio­sexual behavior: role of hypothalamic neuronal activity across the reproductive cycle
PTDC/NEU-SCC/4786/2014
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2009 - 2013 Mate choice
239546
Principal investigator
Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
 European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
2008 - 2010 How do we choose a partner? Neural circuits involved in inbreeding avoidance and mate selection
176/08
Principal investigator
Bial
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. S. Sarbazvatan; R. Ventura; F. F. Esteves; S. Q. Lima; J. M. Sanches. "A Novel Graph-Based Approach for Seriation of Mouse Brain Cross-Section from Images". 461-471. Springer International Publishing, 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-31332-6_40
  2. Lima, S. Q.. "Cérebro e comportamento sexual". In Sexo, drogas e cérebro. Aveiro, Portugal: Edições Afrontamento, 2016.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Dias, Inês C.; Husain, Basma; Gutierrez-Castellanos, Nicolas; Ferreira, Liliana; Rasteiro, Ana; Lima, S. Q.. "A Neuroanatomical Substrate for the Cyclical Control of Female Sexual Rejection". Paper presented in FENS Regional Meeting, 2023.
  2. Dias, Inês C.; Gutierrez-Castellanos, Nicolas; Ferreira, Liliana; Rasteiro, Ana; Lima, S. Q.. "Anatomical and Electrophysiological Characterization of Hypothalamic Neurons Involved in Female Sexual Behavior". Paper presented in International Congress Neuroethology 2022, 2022.
Journal article
  1. Gutierrez-Castellanos, Nicolas; Husain, Basma Fatima Anwar; Dias, Inês C.; Nomoto, Kensaku; Duarte, Margarida A.; Ferreira, Liliana; Lacoste, Bertrand; Lima, S. Q. . Corresponding author: Lima, S. Q.. "A hypothalamic node for the cyclical control of female sexual rejection". Neuron 113 2 (2025): 277-290.e8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2024.10.026.
    10.1016/j.neuron.2024.10.026
  2. Chung, Bryce; Zia, Muneeb; Thomas, Kyle A; Michaels, Jonathan A; Jacob, Amanda; Pack, Andrea; Williams, Matthew J; et al. "Myomatrix arrays for high-definition muscle recording". eLife 12 (2023): https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.88551.3.
    Published • 10.7554/elife.88551.3
  3. Lenschow, Constanze; Lima, Susana Q.. "Socio-sexual touch: On the hunt for a pleasure signal in the mouse brain". Current Biology 33 8 (2023): R308-R311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.03.050.
    10.1016/j.cub.2023.03.050
  4. Lima, Susana Q.. "Social behavior: Closing the gap for close encounters". Current Biology 32 22 (2022): R1279-R1281. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.10.022.
    10.1016/j.cub.2022.10.022
  5. Gutierrez-Castellanos, Nicolas; Husain, Basma F.A.; Dias, Inês C.; Lima, Susana Q.. Corresponding author: Gutierrez-Castellanos, Nicolas. "Neural and behavioral plasticity across the female reproductive cycle". Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tem.2022.09.001.
    10.1016/j.tem.2022.09.001
  6. Lenschow, Constanze; Mendes, Ana Rita P.; Lima, S. Q. . Corresponding author: Lenschow, Constanze. "Hearing, touching, and multisensory integration during mate choice". Frontiers in Neural Circuits 16 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fncir.2022.943888.
    10.3389/fncir.2022.943888
  7. Dias, Inês C.; Gutierrez-Castellanos, Nicolas; Ferreira, Liliana; Lima, S. Q. . Corresponding author: Lima, S. Q.. "The structural and electrophysiological properties of progesterone receptor expressing neurons vary along the anterior-posterior axis of the ventromedial hypothalamus and undergo local changes across the reproductive cycle". eneuro (2021): ENEURO.0049-21.2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/eneuro.0049-21.2021.
    10.1523/eneuro.0049-21.2021
  8. Valente, Susana; Marques, Tiago; Lima, Susana Q.. "No evidence for prolactin’s involvement in the post-ejaculatory refractory period". Communications Biology 4 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01570-4.
    Open access • 10.1038/s42003-020-01570-4
  9. Esteban Masferrer, Maria; Silva, Bianca A.; Nomoto, Kensaku; Lima, Susana Q.; Gross, Cornelius T.. "Differential encoding of predator fear in the ventromedial hypothalamus and periaqueductal grey". The Journal of Neuroscience (2020): JN-RM. http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.0761-18.2020.
    10.1523/jneurosci.0761-18.2020
  10. Moreira, Luís; Zinck, Léa; Nomoto, Kensaku; Lima, Susana Q.. "Sexual imprinting overrides order effects during sampling of prospective mates". Current Biology 30 6 (2020): R259-R260. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.02.033.
    10.1016/j.cub.2020.02.033
  11. Lenschow, Constanze; Lima, Susana Q. "In the mood for sex: neural circuits for reproduction". Current Opinion in Neurobiology 60 (2020): 155-168. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2019.12.001.
    10.1016/j.conb.2019.12.001
  12. Lima, Susana. "Genital Cortex: Development of the Genital Homunculus". Current Biology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.09.051.
    10.1016/j.cub.2019.09.051
  13. Lima, Susana. "Sexually dimorphic neuronal inputs to the neuroendocrine dopaminergic system governing prolactin release". Journal of Neuroendocrinology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jne.12781.
    10.1111/jne.12781
  14. Tecuapetla, F.; Jin, X.; Lima, S.Q.; Costa, R.M.. "Complementary Contributions of Striatal Projection Pathways to Action Initiation and Execution". Cell 166 3 (2016): 703-715. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84979519960&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cell.2016.06.032
  15. Nomoto, K.; Lima, S.Q.. "Enhanced male-evoked responses in the ventromedial hypothalamus of sexually receptive female mice". Current Biology 25 5 (2015): 589-594. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84924765054&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cub.2014.12.048
  16. Zinck, L.; Lima, S.Q.. "Mate Choice in Mus musculus Is Relative and Dependent on the Estrous State". PLoS ONE 8 6 (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84878823092&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0066064
  17. Pereira, A.G.; Cruz, A.; Lima, S.Q.; Moita, M.A.. "Silence resulting from the cessation of movement signals danger". Current Biology 22 16 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84865250479&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cub.2012.06.015
  18. Lima, S.Q.; Hromádka, T.; Znamenskiy, P.; Zador, A.M.. "PINP: A new method of tagging neuronal populations for identification during in vivo electrophysiological recording". PLoS ONE 4 7 (2009): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-67650255311&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0006099
  19. Lima, S.Q.; Miesenböck, G.. "Remote control of behavior through genetically targeted photostimulation of neurons". Cell 121 1 (2005): 141-152. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-17044431846&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cell.2005.02.004
  20. Ng, M.; Roorda, R.D.; Lima, S.Q.; Zemelman, B.V.; Morcillo, P.; Miesenböck, G.. "Transmission of olfactory information between three populations of neurons in the antennal lobe of the fly". Neuron 36 3 (2002): 463-474. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037168107&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0896-6273(02)00975-3
Newspaper article
  1. Lima, S. Q.. "A Luz como Meio e Limite :Flash cerebral", Piublico, 2015, https://acervo.publico.pt/ciencia/noticia/flash-cerebral-1696942.
Preprint
  1. Constanze Lenschow; Ana Rita P. Mendes; Liliana Ferreira; Bertrand Lacoste; Camille Quilgars; Sandrine S. Bertrand; Susana Q. Lima. "A galanin-positive population of lumbar spinal cord neurons modulates sexual excitation and copulatory behavior". 2022. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.04.510783.
    10.1101/2022.10.04.510783
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/02/12 Neural circuits controlling sexual behavior EMBO Meeting, Subcortical sensory circuits
(Assisi, Italy)
2024/12/13 Neural circuits controlling mouse sexual behavior
Francis Crick Institute (London, United Kingdom)
2024/12/10 Neural circuits controlling mouse sexual behavior
Max Planck for Biological Intelligence (Munich, Germany)
2024/10/01 Neural circuits controlling mouse sexual behavior The Social Brain Workshop
(Baeza, Spain)
2024/09/17 Neural circuits controlling mouse sexual behavior Transatlantic Behavioral Neuroscience Summer School
(Mikolajki, Poland)
2024/09/13 Neural circuits controlling mouse sexual behavior
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (Berlin, Germany)
2024/05/13 Neural circuits controlling mouse sexual behavior
Max Planck Tubingen (Tubingen, Germany)
2024/05/04 Neural circuits controlling mouse sexual behavior
Cell and Developmental Biology Department (London, United Kingdom)
2024/04/04 Neural circuits controlling male sexual behavior
Center for Circuits and Behavior (Oxford, United Kingdom)
2024/03/17 Neural circuits controlling sexual behavior Sexually Dimorphic Circuits and Behaviors
Janelia Research Campus (Virginia, United States)
2023/11/05 Neural circuits controlling mouse sexual behavior Nobel Symposium “The Social Brain
(Stockholm, Sweden)
2023/05/26 Neural circuits controlling mouse sexual behavior Modulation of Neural Circuits and Behavior, Gordon Research Conference
(Les Diablerets, Switzerland)
2023/05/23 Neural circuits controlling mouse sexual behavior Modulation of Neural Circuits and Behavior, Keynote Speaker, Gordon Research Seminars
(Les Diablerets, Switzerland)
2022/12/12 Neural circuits controlling mouse sexual behavior
Center for Neural Science at NYU (NYC, United States)
2022/10/23 Neural mechanisms controlling sexual behavior Keystone Symposia, Vertebrate Sensory Systems
Keystone meetings (Lake Tahoe, United States)
2022/02/02 Dopamine and sex in the mouse brain Barcelona Biomedical Research Park Seminar Series
Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (Barcelona, Spain)
2021/10/06 Ventral tegmental area and dopamine in male sexual behavior Rodent Social Behavior Symposium
University of Alicante (Alicante, Spain)
2021/09/04 The premamillary nucleus in female socio-sexual behavior Symposium “From sex to rage: understanding the female brain
49th Meeting of the European Brain and Behavior Society (Lausanne, Switzerland)
2021/06/15 MSc Integrative Neuroscience program- OVGU, June 15th 2021, Magdeburg, Germany MSc Integrative Neuroscience program
OVGU (Magdeburg (virtual), Germany)
2021/04/04 Spinal circuits for ejaculation Connecting Brains Seminar
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research (Frankfurt (virtual), Germany)
2021/03 Neuronal circuits controlling male sexual behavior 14th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society
German Neuroscience Society (Göttingen, Germany)
2019/10 Neuronal circuits for social behavior
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2019/09 Neuronal circuits for social behavior 18th National Meeting of the Spanish Society for Neuroscience
Spanish Society for Neuroscience (Santiago de Compostela)
2019/01 Hypothalamic circuits for social behavior Neural control of instinctive and innate behavior
FENS Hertie Winter School (Obergurgl, Austria)
2018/09 Neuronal circuits for social behavior Annual meeting of the Norwegian Research School in Neuroscience
Norwegian Research School in Neuroscience (Inderoy, Norway)
2018/02 Neuronal circuits for social behavior International Day of Women and Girls in Science
University of Alicante (Juan, Spain)
2018/02 Neuronal circuits for social behavior
Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/02 Neuronal circuits for social behavior
CEDOC (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/10 Neuronal circuits for internal state dependent behavioral switching Prometheus Seminar-ROE Topic Series on Olfaction: Olfaction, Behaviour & Pathology
University of Valencia (Castellon, Spain)
2017/06 Neuronal circuits for sexual behavior Barcelona Young Neuroscientists Symposium
BYN (Barcelona, Spain)
2017/05 Neuronal circuits for sexual behavior Neural Circuits in the Past, Present and Future
EMBL/EMBO (Heidelberg, Germany)
2016/12 Neuronal circuits for female social behavior Neuroscience Research Seminar Series for the Department of Neuroscience
John Hopkins University (Baltimore, United States)
2016/11 Neuronal circuits for sexual behavior Cambridge Neuroethology Symposium “Neurons, Brains & Behaviour"
Cambridge Neuroethology Symposium (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
2016/07 Neuronal circuits for female sexual behavior Circuits underlying fixed and flexible behaviors
FENS (Copenhagen, Denmark)
2016/07 Neuronal circuits for sexual behavior Neurobiology of Reproductive Behaviour
University of Regensburg (Regensburg, Germany)
2016/06 Using light to dissect brain regions involved in specific behaviors Microscopy and Microanalysis in Materials and Life Sciences
Portuguese Microscopy Society (Porto, Portugal)
2016/04 Neural circuits for female sexual behavior Lisbon Neuroscience Workshop
ISPA (Lisbon, Portugal)
2016/04 Neuronal circuits for social behavior
Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2016/03 Neuronal circuits for social behavior
CNCB, University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom)
2015/04 Neural circuits for female sexual behavior 2nd European Neuroscience Conference by Doctoral Students
ENCODS (Sesimbra, Portugal)
2012/09 Neuronal circuits for social behavior
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (NYC, United States)
2012/03 Neural circuits for social behavior ENEBIOQ Annual Meeting
ENEBIOQ (Coimbra, Portugal)
2009/11 Photoidentification of labeled neurons Pan Iberian Systems Neuroscience Meeting
Champalimaud Foundation (Lisbon, Portugal)
2009/10/01 Hypothalamic Circuits for social behavior Can New Tools Revolutionize Understanding of Hypothalamic Neural Circuits?
Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Janelia Farm (Virginia, United States)
2008/11/06 A new method of tagging neuronal populations for identification during in vivo electrophysiological recording Genetic Manipulation of Neuronal Activity
Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Janelia Farm (Virginia, United States)
2008/10/02 A new method of tagging neuronal populations for identification during in vivo electrophysiological recording Integrative Approaches to Brain Complexity
Welcome Trust/Cold Spring Harbour Laboratories (Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020/04 - Current Hypothalamic circuits linking the reproductive cycle to female sexual receptivity
Supervisor of Ines Dias
 Neuroscience (PhD)
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2019/09 - 2024/12/06 Unraveling the spinal cord ejaculation generator (SEG) in mice
Supervisor of Ana Rita Mendes
 Neuroscience (PhD)
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2018/06/01 - 2024/06/17 Neural population dynamics across hierarchically organised visual areas of the mouse
Supervisor of Oihane Horno
Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
2017/02 - 2023/05/05 Investigating the role of the lateral ventral region of the central gray (vlPAG) in female sexual behavior
Supervisor of Baylor Brangers
 Neuroscience (PhD)
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2016/10/01 - 2023/03/21 “The Role of the Periaqueductal Gray in Female Sexual Behaviour”
Supervisor of Baylor Brangers
 Neuroscience (PhD)
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2017/06 - 2023/01/10 The role of progesterone receptor expressing cells in the ventromedial hypothalamus in female sexual behavior
Supervisor of Basma Husain
 Neuroscience (PhD)
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2014/10/01 - 2022/03/01 Hypothalamic circuits for female social behaviour: Investigating the role of PMv-DAT neurons
Supervisor of António Dias
 Neuroscience (PhD)
Centro Champalimaud, Portugal
2011/02/10 - 2021/11/24 Unravelling the Activity Patterns of Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurons during Male Sexual Behaviour
Supervisor of Silvana Araújo
 Neuroscience (PhD)
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2021/09/20 Unravelling the role of the ventral premammillary nucleus of the hypothalamus in female sexual behavior
Supervisor of Carolina Duro
 Mestrado de Biologia Celular e Molecular (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2010/10/01 - 2021/07/07 Behavioral and endocrinological investigation of male sexual behavior
Supervisor of Susana Soares Valente
 Biologia Básica e Aplicada (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2018/09/03 - 2019/08/05 Investigating the structural and physiological properties of ventromedial hypothalamic neurons across the estrous cycle of female mice
Supervisor of Inês Dias
 Mestrado em Biologia Celular e Molecular (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011/01/01 - 2019/03/06 Mate-choice and social preference in mus musculus females
Supervisor of Luis Moreira
 Neuroscience (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2016/09/03 - 2017/08/01 The Role of PgR+ cells of the Ventromedial Hypothalamus (VMHvl) in Female Sexual Receptivity
Supervisor of Inês Preguiça
 Biologia Celular e Molecular (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/09/03 - 2017/07/04 Unravelling the circuits involved in ejaculation
Supervisor of Ana Rita Mendes
 Mestrado em Investigação Biomédica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2015/09/03 - 2016/09/29 Neuronal Mechanisms Underlying Sex Hormone Dependent Behavior Modulation
Supervisor of Diogo Matias
 Evolutionary and Developmental Biology (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015/09/02 - 2016/05/03 A snapshot of the brain after ejaculation
Supervisor of Nadja Oellrich
 Erasmus Mundus Neurasmus (Master)
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands
2014/09/03 - 2015/09/06 First come, first served: Primacy effect in mate choice
Supervisor of Alessandro Braga
 International Master in Neuroscience (Master)
Università degli Studi di Trieste Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Italy
2014/09/02 - 2015/09/06 Quality is better than quantity: a comparative study of male mice sexual behaviour
Supervisor of Gonçalo André
 Mestrado em Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012/09/02 - 2013/09/06 How early life experience shapes mate preference in female mice
Supervisor of António Dias
 Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2011/11/01 - 2012/11/01 Estrogénios e Comportamento Social: Implementação de um Método de Quantificação de Estrogénios e sua Monitorização em Murganhos Selvagens
Co-supervisor of Vanessa Urbano
 Mestrado em Análises Clínicas (Master)
Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Egas Moniz, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2017/07/07 - 2017/07/10 Behaviour 2017 (2017/07/07 - 2017/07/10)
Congress (Co-organisor)
 Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, United Kingdom
2015/09/10 - 2015/09/14 Champalimaud Neuroscience Symposium (2015/09/10 - 2015/09/14)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
2014/09/03 - 2014/09/06 One, Two and Many Brains Workshop (2014/09/03 - 2014/09/06)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
2013/09/06 - 2013/09/09 10º Annual meeting for the Portuguese Society of Ethology (2013/09/06 - 2013/09/09)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
 Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2009/09/04 - 2009/09/08 Rodent Social Behavior (2009/09/04 - 2009/09/08)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2006/02/02 - 2006/02/05 Computational and Systems Neuroscience Meeting (2006/02/02 - 2006/02/05)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2020/11/05 - 2020/11/05 Cogito
Festival
 COGITO
Oeiras Valley, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Public engagement From the brain to artificial intelligence
Pint of Science, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Ar Event
Conference
 How the Brain Got Its Wrinkles
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2020/03/01 - Current I am co-director of the Cajal course "Interacting with Neural Circuits" together with Claire Wyart, Tiago Branco abnd Michael Hausser. This course is fully sponsored by FENS and every two years offers a 3 weeks hands on course on state of the art tools to interact with neural circuits. It involves more than 20 international invited speakers which together with TA will teach 20 students.
Director
 Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal

Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Belgium
2019/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Education Committee for the Champalimaud International Neuroscience PhD Program, with Alfonso Renart. Together we were responsible for all pedagogical and logistical aspects of the Neuroscience PhD program at the Champalimaud Foundation.
Coordinator
 Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2025/05/18 - 2025/05/23 Modulation of Neural Circuits and Behavior, Gordon Research Conference

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2008/09/01 - 2021/03/09 Course organizer and lecturer for the International Neuroscience Doctoral Program at the Champalimaud Center for the Unknown (Doutoramento) Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
2014/02/02 - 2021/02/02 Neuronal Circuits and Behavior- Advanced course for Neurasmus International Students Neuronal Circuits and Behavior- Advanced course for Neurasmus (Curso de mestrado (conclusão do curso de especialização)) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2013/09/01 - 2015/09/01 Animal Behavior Animal Behavior (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2021/03/09 - Current NewsTalk Ejaculation and the refractory period
2017 - 2017 Antena 1 90 segundos de Ciência
Distinctions

Other distinction

2007 Robert Lee and Clara Guthrie Patterson Trust Post-Doctoral Fellowship
2005 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellowship
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States
2000 Prize of the Chemistry Department University of Porto
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2000 Best Student - Prize of the University of Porto
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2000 Prize of Instituto Ciencias Biomedicas Abel Salazar
1999 ERASMUS Program Fellow
Erasmus, Netherlands
1999 FCT/PRAXIS XXI PhD Fellowship