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Ana Rita Pimentel Mendes. Concluiu o Mestrado em Investigação Biomédica, com especialização em Neurociências em 2017/09 pela Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Medicina. É licenciada em Bioquímica em 2015/07 pela Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia. Actualmente é Investigadora (Estudante de Doutoramento) na Fundação Champalimaud, no International Neuroscience Doctoral Programme (INDP2017). Publicou 4 artigos em revistas especializadas.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Rita Pimentel Mendes

Citation names

  • Mendes, Ana Rita

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
FA1B-D6A8-75CF
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5795-2027

Email addresses

  • arpmendes94@gmail.com (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 210480200 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Fundação Champalimaud. Avenida Brasília, Doca de Pedrouços, 1400-038 , Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/03/15 - 2023/03/15
Ongoing
Champalimaud International Neuroscience Doctoral Program (Doutoramento)
Major in Neurociências
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2022/10/24 - 2022/10/28
Concluded
Visual Reactive Programming – Bonsai (Online) (Outros)
FENS Information Ltd, United Kingdom
2022/05/22 - 2022/07/24
Concluded
Neural Systems and Behaviour Course (Outros)
Marine Biological Laboratory, United States
2021/10/11 - 2021/10/29
Concluded
EMORY-SKAN Remote Workshop for Advanced EMG Methods (Outros)
Emory University, United States
2020/03 - 2020/04
Concluded
Introduction to Programming with MATLAB - Online course (Outros)
Coursera Inc, United States
2016/09 - 2018/03
Concluded
English Classes - Advanced level (Outros)
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2015/09 - 2017/09
Concluded
Mestrado em Investigação Biomédica (Mestrado)
Major in Neurociências
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Unravelling the circuits involved in ejaculation in mice (Mus musculus)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
19
2016/11/12 - 2016/11/12
Concluded
Graphic Design for Scientists Workshop (Outros)
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2016/06/26 - 2016/06/30
Concluded
Course in Animal Experimentation: Function A (former FELASA Category B) (Outros)
Major in Experimentação Animal
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2012/09 - 2015/07
Concluded
Licenciatura em Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
15
2013/09 - 2014/01
Concluded
English Course - Post-Intermedium Level (B2) (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2018/03 - Current Doutoramento no International Neuroscience Doctoral Program (bolsa de doutoramento financiada pela FCT) Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
2020/08/03 - 2020/08/28 Short term research stay with supervisors Sandrine Bertrand and Jean-René Cazalets Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine, France
Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine, France
2019/10/14 - 2019/11/09 Short term research stay with supervisors Sandrine Bertrand and Jean-René Cazalets (financed by a Short-Term Fellowship from EMBO) Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine, France
2018/06/04 - 2018/08/10 Rotação Laboratorial com o Joe Paton no Paton Lab – Learning Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2018/04/09 - 2018/06/01 Rotação Laboratorial com a Megan Carey no Carey Lab – Neural Circuits and Behavior Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2016/09/05 - 2017/01/29 Tese de Mestrado com a Susana Lima; Lima Lab – Neuroethology Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2016/04/10 - 2016/04/29 Rotação Laboratorial com a Susana Lima no Lima Lab – Neuroethology Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2016/02/15 - 2016/03/04 Rotação Laboratorial com o Carlos B. Duarte no Growth Factor Signaling and Brain Ischemia Group Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2016/01/11 - 2016/01/29 Rotação Laboratorial com a Cláudia Cavadas no Neuroendocrinology and Aging Group Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2015/11/16 - 2015/12/04 Rotação Laboratorial com a Cláudia Pereira Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2015/02/01 - 2015/06/30 Projecto integrado na Licenciatura em Bioquímica, com a Ana Paula Silva no Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Life Sciences, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2014/06/24 - 2014/07/19 Estágio de Verão no Grupo de Química Biológica (Doutora Margarida Castro) e no­ Centro I&D Química­-Física Molecular (Doutora Paula Marques) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. 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): http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/elife.88551.
    Accepted • 10.7554/elife.88551
  2. Mugnaini, Matias*; Mehrotra, Dhruv*; Davoine, Federico*; Sharma, Varun*; Mendes, Ana Rita; Gerhardt, Ben; Concha-Miranda, Miguel; Brecht, Michael; Clemens, Ann M.. "Supra-orbital whiskers act as wind-sensing antennae in rats". PLOS Biology 21 7 (2023): e3002168. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002168.
    10.1371/journal.pbio.3002168
  3. Lenschow, Constanze; Mendes, Ana Rita; Lima, Susana Q.. "Hearing, touching, and multisensory integration during mate choice". Frontiers in Neural Circuits 16 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fncir.2022.943888.
    Accepted • 10.3389/fncir.2022.943888
  4. Esteves, Francisco F.; Matias, Diogo; Mendes, Ana Rita; Lacoste, Bertrand; Lima, Susana Q.. "Sexually dimorphic neuronal inputs to the neuroendocrine dopaminergic system governing prolactin release". Journal of Neuroendocrinology 31 10 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jne.12781.
    Accepted • 10.1111/jne.12781
Preprint
  1. Lenschow, Constanze*; Mendes, Ana Rita; Ferreira, Liliana; Lacoste, Bertrand; Quilgars, Camille; Bertrand, Sandrine S.; Lima, Susana Q.. "A galanin-positive population of lumbar spinal cord neurons modulates sexual excitation and copulatory behavior". 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.04.510783.
    10.1101/2022.10.04.510783
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/12/06 Spinal modulation of sexual excitation and copulatory behavior in mice Social Brain Magdeburg - Neural circuits of social behaviors
(Magdeburg, Germany)
2023/12/06 Poster: Spinal modulation of sexual excitation and copulatory behavior in mice Social Brain Magdeburg - Neural circuits of social behaviors
(Magdeburg, Germany)
2023/05/05 Spinal control of copulatory behavior and sexual excitation FENS Regional Meeting
(Albufeira, Portugal)
2021/10/08 Anatomical and functional characterization of the neural circuits underlying ejaculation The Neural Basis of Rodent Social Behaviours Symposium
(Alicante, Spain)
2021/10/08 Poster: Anatomical and functional characterization of the neural circuits underlying ejaculation The Neural Basis of Rodent Social Behaviours Symposium
(Alicante, Spain)
2018/07/07 Poster: 'Unravelling the circuits involved in ejaculation in mice' 11th FENS Forum of Neuroscience
FENS (Berlim, Germany)
2017/10/09 Poster: 'Unravelling the circuits involved in ejaculation in mice' Champalimaud Research Symposium
Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown (Lisboa, Portugal)