Curriculum Vitae
SARA CRISTINA LOURENÇO DOS REIS
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- SARA CRISTINA LOURENÇO DOS REIS
Citation names
- Reis, Sara
- Sara L. Reis
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- DF19-8625-A0DD
Email addresses
- screis@med.up.pt (Professional)
Addresses
- Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FMUP), Centro de Investigação Médica (CIM), Biologia Experimental - pisos 4/5, 4200-450, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2019/10/01 - 2024/09/01
Concluded
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Life Sciences (Doktor (PhD))
Major in Neuroscience
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Graduate School of Life Sciences, Germany
"An interoceptive role for glycinergic periaqueductal grey neurons during defensive states" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Magna Cum Laude |
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2015/09 - 2017/07
Concluded
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Biologia Celular e Molecular (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Control of fear memory by adenosine receptors: role in the physiology of the related brain circuitry and implications for
fear extinction and post-traumatic stress disorder" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18 |
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2012/09 - 2015/07
Concluded
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Biologia Humana (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
"“Genetic variablity in obese humans: polimorphisms and telomeres quantification", no grupo de Genética e metabolismo (nota
final 19 (de 20))" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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15.4 |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/04/01 - 2024/09/30 | Researcher (Research) | Universitätsklinikum Würzburg Institut für Klinische Neurobiologie, Germany |
| Universitätsklinikum Würzburg Institut für Klinische Neurobiologie, Germany | ||
| 2017/09/15 - 2019/04/01 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
| 2019/01/07 - 2019/01/28 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
| Institut du cerveau et de la moelle épinière, France |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/11/01 - Current | Neuronal circuits underlying social behavior: using a mouse model of autism to uncover the role of the auditory system in
social interactions
2022.05228.PTDC - ASD-ASD
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2019/10/01 - 2024/09/01 | An interoceptive role for glycinergic periaqueductal grey neurons during defensive states
DFG project grant (TO1124-1/2)
PhD Student Fellow
Universitätsklinikum Würzburg Institut für Klinische Neurobiologie, Germany
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2017/09/04 - 2019/03/31 | Adenosine a1 and a2a receptors differently control synaptic plasticity in the dorsal and ventral hippocampus
CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000008
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Concluded
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| 2017/09/01 - 2019/03/31 | Adenosine A2AR modulate the extinction of fear memories
CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000008
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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| Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2019/02/07 | Adenosine A2A receptores modulate the extinction of fear memories | XLVIX meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2017/02/04 | ATP-derived adenosine activates A2A receptors controlling long-term potentiation in the amygdala | XLVII meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology, Coimbra.
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (Coimbra, Portugal)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2019/08 - 2019/11 | Glycinergic expression in the brainstem and spinal cord
Co-supervisor
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Biology (Scientific initiation)
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013/09/15 - 2014/05/04 | 3 Day Startup é uma atividade de 72 horas intensivas com hands-on workshops. Este programa visa ensinar as
skills necessárias na área de empreendorismo a estudantes universitários através de mentores especialistas da área. No final
da atividade cada grupo de participantes apresenta a sua ideia de negocio a um júri que poderá vir a financia-la. (2014/05/02 - 2014/05/04)
Workshop
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Universidade de Évora, Portugal 3Day Startup, United States |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2024/11/16 - 2024/11/17 | The 1st Phelan-McDermid Portugal Conference is an event bringing together leading experts in Phelan-McDermid Syndrome (PMS)
to share knowledge and insights. The conference also included roundtable discussions and sessions dedicated to therapeutic
approaches, providing a comprehensive platform for learning and collaboration among professionals, families, and individuals
affected by PMS
Conference
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1ª Conferência Phelan-McDermid Portugal |
| 2021/10/30 - 2021/10/31 | Autumm School – Translational Neuroscience (with poster presentation)
Symposium
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| 2017/10/02 - 2017/10/21 | The Cajal course on Connectomics is an intensive three-week course that guides participants through the theory and practice
of state-of-the art methods to address pertinent questions in the field of structural/functional connectomics — from mice
to humans. This goal will be achieved through a unique balance of lectures from worldwide experts in their respective fields
and experimental demonstrations and hands-on laboratory work (mini-projects) in small groups.
Other
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Connectomics: from Micro- to Meso- and Macro-Scales course 2017” of the CAJAL Advanced Neuroscience Training Programm
Fédération Bordeaux Neurocampus, France
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Ad Hoc journal article review
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 - Current | Advanced Science | |
| 2022 - Current | Journal of Neuroscience | |
| 2020 - Current | Nature Neuroscience |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/09 - 2019/04 | Adenosine A2A receptors in the amygdala: slice recordings | Vanessa Lourenço |
| 2018/06 - 2018/07 | Adenosine A2A receptors in the amygdala: implication for fear memory and mood disorders | Ana Sá |
Distinctions
Award
| 2018 | SPN travel award to attend the 11th FENS forum in Berlin, July 7-11th 2018
Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
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| 2017 | CAJAL stipend award to attend the “Connectomics: from Micro-to-Meso- and Macro-Scales course 2017” of the CAJAL Advanced Neuroscience
Training Programme held at the Bordeaux Neurocampus in Bordeaux, France, on October 2-21st 2017
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Belgium
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Other distinction
| 2017 | SPN (Portuguese Society of neuroscience) Scholarship for poster presentation in the XV meeting of the Portuguese Society of
Neuroscience
Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
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