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I am currently a Research Assistant at ICVS, School of Medicine, University of Minho, working on the ERC Consolidator Grant “Challenging Current Models of Valence Encoding in the Mammalian Brain”. My research focuses on how reward and aversion modulate molecular, transcriptomic and circuit-level responses in nucleus accumbens circuits, integrating RNA sequencing with behavioural, optogenetic and circuit analyses, with relevance for addiction and neuropsychiatric disorders. In parallel, I am a team member of an FCT-funded project on neuronal maps of reward and aversion in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. I completed my PhD in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in 2026 with a focus on translational neurodegeneration research. During my doctoral training, I developed a high-throughput C. elegans phenotypic screening platform, identifying compounds that improved recovery from proteotoxic stress in vivo. I also contributed to genetic and sequencing studies of patient cohorts to identify disease modifiers. My scientific output includes 2 first-author peer-reviewed publications, 10 co-authored articles and 4 preprint (1 first-author) under revision, with an h-index of 6 (Scopus). I have presented my work in 40 poster presentations and 11 oral communications at national and international conferences/events. My work has been recognized with multiple competitive distinctions, including the Best Oral Communication Prize from the Portuguese Society for Movement Disorders and eight individual travel grants, as well as a competitive oral presentation travel award at the 2025 MJD International Research Conference. I have supervised 6 medical students and mentored 11 researchers, including Master’s students, PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers. I have participated as teaching staff in advanced training courses in neuroscience and bioinformatics and am an active member of national and international scientific societies, including FENS, ESN, ISN and SPN. Additionally, I contribute to multiple research projects, including past and ongoing grants funded by the "la Caixa" Foundation, ERC, US Department of Defense, FCT, NAF, Ataxia UK and the BIAL Foundation. Overall, my scientific trajectory combines translational disease-oriented research with systems neuroscience approaches, with a consistent focus on identifying mechanistic targets and strategies to treat brain disorders.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Daniela Vilas Boas da Silva Campos

Citation names

  • Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
FB11-F347-E8C6
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8786-6680

Email addresses

  • danielacampos@med.uminho.pt (Professional)
  • id8808@alunos.uminho.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Human Genetics
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Pharmacology and pharmacy
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Substance Abuse

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/10/01 - 2026/01/13
Concluded
 Health Sciences (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
"Chemical and genetic screening for novel therapeutic target identification in a C. elegans model of Machado-Joseph disease." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with distinction Very Good (maximum)
2021/09/22 - 2021/09/23
Concluded
 Advanced Training for Fluoview FV3000 Microscope (Diploma de especialização)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2020/04/01 - 2020/06/03
Concluded
 Exploring how activation of serotonergic signalling suppresses proteotoxicity: establishment of a CRISPR-Cas9-based protocol (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2020/02/09 - 2020/02/26
Concluded
 Bioinformatics in Health Sciences (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2020/01/26 - 2020/02/10
Concluded
 Research Methodologies (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2020/01/27 - 2020/02/07
Concluded
 Laboratory Animal Science accredited by FELASA (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2019/09/22 - 2019/10/10
Concluded
 Fundamentals of Neuroscience (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2015/09/15 - 2018/03/28
Concluded
 Biologia Molecular, Biotecnologia e Bioempreendedorismo em Plantas (Mestrado)
Major in Biologia
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
"Avaliação de efeitos neuroprotetores de extratos de plantas medicinais" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/07/01 - Current Research Assistant (Research) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2024/04/01 - 2024/06/30 Science and Technology Management Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2019/10/01 - 2023/12/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) BnML Behavioral and Molecular Lab Lda, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2018/08/10 - 2019/02/10 Contracted Researcher (Research) Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal
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2016/09/01 - 2018/03/28 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2026 - Current Mapping neural representation of positive and negative events in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
2024.14660.PEX
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2025/03 - 2028/02 Cholinergic dynamics of projections from Laterodorsal Tegmentum to the Nucleus Accumbens in associative learning
A-41279
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação Bial
Ongoing
2019/10 - 2023/12/31 Chemogenomics screening for novel therapeutic target identification in a C. elegans model of Machado-Joseph disease.
SFRH/BD/147826/2019
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2018/08/01 - 2018/12/31 Whole-exome sequencing of discordant and concordant affected sib pairs in spinocerebellar ataxia 3 (SCA3): a tool to identify novel modifier genes and highlight disrupted molecular pathways.
PTDC/DTP-PIC/ 2638/2014
Researcher
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/07/01 - Current Challenging current models of Valence encoding in the mammalian brain
ERC Consolidator 101003187
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 European Research Council
2019/05/01 - 2019/09/30 Study of the therapeutic potential of autophagy-activating drugs in a Caenorhabditis elegans model of Machado-Joseph disease.
NA
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 Casma Therapeutics
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Lopes, Joana; Ferreira-Lomba, Bruna; DA SILVA, JORGE D.; Costa, Marta Daniela; Maciel, Patrícia; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia. "Chemical screening for novel therapeutic target identification in Machado-Joseph disease". Paper presented in 35th European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) Congress, 2022.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nsa.2022.100840
  2. Ferreira-Lomba, Bruna; Guerreiro, S. ; Cunha-Garcia, Daniela ; Pereira-Sousa, Joana; Duarte-Silva, S; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia; Kleven, M. S.; et al. "Befiradol treatment ameliorated the motor dysfunction of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3 mouse model". Paper presented in 35th ECNP Congress 2022, 2022.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nsa.2022.100835
  3. Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Duarte-Silva, S; Monteiro-Fernandes, Daniela; Pereira-Sousa, Joana; Neves-Carvalho, Andreia; Bitan, Gal; Macedo-Ribeiro, Sandra; et al. "The molecular tweezer CLR01 reduces motor impairments and neuropathology in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 in vivo models". Paper presented in ISN-APSN 2022 Meeting, 2022.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.15674
  4. Guerreiro, S. ; Ferreira-Lomba, Bruna; Cunha-Garcia, Daniela ; Duarte-Silva, S; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Maciel, Patrícia. "Pre- clinical study of a 5HT1A specific agonist in the CMVMJD135 mouse model of Machado– Joseph disease". Paper presented in ISN-APSN 2022 Meeting, 2022.
    Published • DOI: 10.1111/jnc.15668
  5. Laranjeira, I. M.; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia; Almeida, Armando; Maciel, Patrícia; Pinto-Ribeiro, F.; Dias, Alberto C.P.. "Pterospartum tridentatum: Phytochemical profile and antioxidant activity of methanolic extracts". Paper presented in International conference on medicinal and food plant research & 3rd sino-cplp symposium on natural products and biodiversity resources, 2021.
    Published • 10.3389/978-2-88966-548-8
  6. Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Rios, Rejaine; Bessa, Carlos; Costa, Marta Daniela; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia; Maciel, Patrícia; Dias, Alberto C. P.. "Antioxidant and neuroprotective effects of Hyptis suaveolens, Hytis pectinata and Hyptis marrubioides in Caenorhabditis elegans". Paper presented in The International Conference on MedicinalPlants and Bioeconomy & the 1st Sino-CPLP Symposium on Natural Productsand Biodiversity Resources., Macau., Taipa, 2018.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1186/s13020-018-0213-x
Conference poster
  1. Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Vieitas-Gaspar, Natacha; Soares-Cunha, Carina; Rodrigues, Ana J. "Neuronal Diversity in the Nucleus Accumbens: Single-Nucleus RNA Sequencing Reveals Distinct Transcriptional Signatures in Reward and Aversion". Paper presented in XIX Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, 2025.
  2. Correia, Raquel G.; Domingues, Ana Verónica; AGUIAR, LEANDRO; Teixeira, Eduardo; Coimbra, Bárbara; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Rodrigues, Ana J; Soares-Cunha, Carina. "Re-activation of a cocaine-responsive ensemble but not a shock-responsive ensemble in the nucleus accumbens controls behavioral preference". Paper presented in XIX Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, 2025.
  3. Vilas-Boas Campos, Daniela; Fernandes, Jorge Humberto; Costa, Marta Daniela; Maciel, Patrícia; Andreia Teixeira-Castro. "Advancing Proteostasis-enhancing Therapies: A Novel Assay for Drug Discovery in Machado-Joseph disease". Paper presented in MJD Foundation Conference -Bridging Science & Service: Research and culturally responsive healthcare for cerebellar ataxia, 2025.
  4. Vieitas-Gaspar, Natacha; Coimbra, Bárbara; Domingues, Ana Verónica; Correia, Raquel G.; Wezik, Marcelina Olga; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Osório, Nuno S.; et al. "Exposure to stimuli of opposing valence: impact in the nucleus accumbens proteome". Paper presented in XIX Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, 2025.
  5. Meireles-Costa L; Duarte-Silva, S; Neves-Carvalho, Andreia; Silva, Joana M.; Monteiro-Fernandes, Daniela; Correia, J. S.; Rodrigues, Beatriz; et al. "ATXN3 is A Key Regulator of Neuronal Splicing and Tau Isoform Dynamics". Paper presented in International Congress for Ataxia Research (ICAR) 2024, 2024.
  6. Liu, Louisa; Michelle Hoang; Packiarajan, Mathivanan; Salvato, Madison R.; Shaw, Emily D.; Barget, Anna J.; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; et al. "Aripiprazole-related compounds reduce cellular abundance of toxic ATXN3 in models of MJD/SCA3". Paper presented in International Congress for Ataxia Research (ICAR) 2024, 2024.
  7. Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Fernandes, Jorge H.; Costa, Marta Daniela; Pereira-Sousa, Joana; Lopes, Joana; Meireles-Costa L; Ferreira-Lomba, Bruna; et al. "Establishment of a Novel Assay to identify drugs that enhance protein homeostasis: towards treatment of spinocerebellar ataxias". Paper presented in International Congress for Ataxia Research (ICAR) 2024, 2024.
  8. Costa, Marta Daniela; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Fernandes, Jorge H.; Vieira, Carmen; Nunes, Lidia; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia; Maciel, Patrícia. "Novel genetic modifiers of SCA3/MJD: an EMS screening in a C. elegans model of the disease". Paper presented in International Congress for Ataxia Research (ICAR) 2024, 2024.
  9. Ferreira-Lomba, Bruna; Duarte-Silva, S; Guerreiro, S. ; Cunha-Garcia, Daniela ; Oliveira, Stéphanie; Vieira, Carmen; Pereira-Sousa, Joana; et al. "Therapeutic efficacy of chronic 5-HT1A receptor agonism by NLX-112 (befiradol) in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3 mice". Paper presented in International Congress for Ataxia Research (ICAR) 2024, 2024.
  10. Costa, Marta Daniela; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Fernandes, Jorge H.; Vieira, Carmen; NUNES, LÍDIA; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia; Maciel, Patrícia. "Novel genetic modifiers of SCA3/MJD: an EMS screening in a C. elegans model of the disease". Paper presented in Congress SPDMov 2024: Portuguese Society for Movement Disorders: Treatable Movement Disorders, 2024.
  11. Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Fernandes, Jorge H.; Pereira-Sousa, Joana; Joana Lopes; Liliana Costa-Meireles; Bruna Ferreira-Lomba; Da Silva, Jorge Diogo; Costa, Marta Daniela; r«. "Establishment of a Novel Assay to identify drugs that enhance protein homeostasis: towards treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases". Paper presented in Congress SPDMov 2024: Portuguese Society for MovementDisorders: Treatable Movement Disorders,, 2024.
  12. Oliveira, Stéphanie; Joana Pereira-Sousa; Vilas-Boas Campos, Daniela; Bruna Ferreira-Lomba; kirstein, J; Li, J; Morimoto R.I.. "Serotonin as an endogenous regulator of proteostasis: towards mechanism.". Paper presented in EMBO Workshop: Proteostasis: From translation to degradation., 2023.
  13. Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Lopes, J; Ferreira-Lomba, Bruna; DA SILVA, JORGE D.; Costa, Marta Daniela; et al. "Unveiling Promising Compounds for Boosting Proteostasis: A Rapid Whole-Animal Organism Phenotypic Assay". Paper presented in EMBO Workshop: "Proteostasis: From translation to degradation"., 2023.
  14. Francisco Figueiredo; Sárkány, Zsuzsa; Alexandra Silva; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Maciel, Patrícia; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia; Martins, Pedro M.; Macedo-Ribeiro, Sandra. "Repurposing dopaminergic drugs to prevent Ataxin-3 aggregation". Paper presented in III phasage internatonal conference, multiscale understanding of protein aggregation and biomolecular condensates in aging and disease., 2023.
  15. Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Lopes, J; Ferreira-Lomba, Bruna; DA SILVA, JORGE D.; Costa, Marta Daniela; Maciel, Patrícia; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia. "FastProtAct - FAST-throughput phenotypic assay to identify compounds with PROTeostasis ACTivity.". Paper presented in International Society of Neurochemistry (ISN) and the European Society of Neurochemistry (ESN) meeting, 2023.
  16. Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia; Joana Lopes; Bruna Ferreira-Lomba; Jorge Diogo Da Silva; Costa, Marta Daniela; Rodrigues A.I.; et al. "Identification of novel molecules with proteostasis enhancement activity using a whole-animal based fast-throughput phenotypic assay.". Paper presented in 6th Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry of the University of Minho. Braga, Portugal., 2023.
  17. Bruna Ferreira-Lomba; Guerreiro, Sara R.; Duarte-Silva, S; Cunha-Garcia, Daniela ; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Vidinha-Mira, André; Maciel, Patrícia. "Motor coordination and balance ameliorated after treatment of the CMVMJD135 mouse model of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3 with befiradol". Paper presented in International Congress for Ataxia Research (ICAR), 2022.
  18. Jorge Humberto Fernandes; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Costa, Marta Daniela; Wang, Q; Alberto C. P. Dias; Maciel, Patrícia. "Neuroprotective effect of a Hemerocallis citrina extract in a C. elegans model of Machado-Joseph disease.". Paper presented in International Congress for Ataxia Research (ICAR) 2022., 2022.
  19. Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Fernandes, Jorge H.; Vieira, Carmen; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia; Maciel, Patrícia; Costa, Marta Daniela. "Novel genetic modifiers of SCA3/MJD: an EMS screening in a C. elegans model of the disease". Paper presented in International Congress for Ataxia Research (ICAR 2022), 2022.
  20. Vilasboas-Campos, D; Lopes J; Bruna Ferreira-Lomba; DA SILVA, JORGE D.; Costa, Marta Daniela; Maciel, Patrícia; Castro, Andreia Cristiana Teixeira; et al. "Chemical screening for novel therapeutic target identification in Machado-Joseph disease". Paper presented in 35th ECNP Congress, 2022.
  21. Sara F. C. Guerreiro; Bruna Ferreira-Lomba; Cunha-Garcia, Daniela ; Duarte-Silva, S; Joana Pereira-Sousa; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Vidinha-Mira, André; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia; Maciel, Patrícia. "Preclinical study of a 5-HT1A receptor specific agonist in the CMVMJD135 mouse model of Machado-Joseph disease.". Paper presented in International Society for Neurochemistry-Asian Pacific Society of Neurochemistry (ISN-APSN) meeting 2022, Honolulu, USA., 2022.
  22. Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Duarte-Silva, Sara; Monteiro-Fernandes, Daniela; Pereira-Sousa, Joana; Neves-Carvalho, Andreia; Bitan, Gal; Macedo-Ribeiro, Sandra; et al. "The molecular tweezer CLR01 reduces motor impairments and neuropathology in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 in vivo models". Paper presented in International Society for Neurochemistry-Asian Pacific Society of Neurochemistry (ISN-APSN) meeting 2022, Honolulu, USA, 2022.
  23. Bruna Ferreira-Lomba; Sara F. C. Guerreiro; Cunha-Garcia, Daniela ; Duarte-Silva, S; Joana Pereira-Sousa; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Vidinha-Mira, André; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia; Maciel, Patrícia. "Pre- and post-symptomatic treatment with NLX-112 improved the balance and motor coordination of the CMVMJD135 mouse model of Machado-Joseph Disease". 2022.
  24. Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Lopes, J; Ferreira-Lomba, Bruna; DA SILVA, JORGE D.; Costa, Marta Daniela; Maciel, Patrícia; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia; et al. "Development of a high-throughput phenotypic assay to screen for chemical enhancers of proteostasis activity in Caenorhabditis elegans". Paper presented in International Neuroscience Conference at the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), 2022.
  25. Jalles, Ana; Vieira, Carmen; Pereira-Sousa, Joana; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Mota, Ana Francisca; Vasconcelos, Sara; Ferreira-Lomba, Bruna; et al. "Aripiprazole offsets mutant ATXN3-induced motor dysfunction by targeting dopamine D2 and serotonin 1A and 2A receptors in C. elegans.". Paper presented in Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (SPN), 2021.
  26. Teixeira-Castro, Andreia; Ferreira-Lomba, Bruna; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Maciel, Patrícia. "Suppression of proteotoxic stress by serotonergic signaling". Paper presented in XVII Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (SPN), 2021.
  27. Guerreiro, Sara; Ferreira-Lomba, Bruna; Duarte-Silva, S; Cunha-Garcia, Daniela ; Vidinha-Mira, André; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia; et al. Corresponding author: Maciel, Patrícia. "NLX-112 improved the motor coordination and balance in a mouse experimental model of Machado-Joseph Disease". Paper presented in XVII Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (SPN), 2021.
  28. Laranjeira, I; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Castro, A.; Almeida, A.; Maciel, P.; Pinto-Ribeiro, F.; Dias, A.C.P.. "Pterospartum tridentatum: phytochemical profile and antioxidant activity of methanolic extracts.". 2021.
  29. Maira C. M. Fonseca; Maria Aparecida N. Sediyama; Glyn M. Figueira; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Carlos Bessa; Marta D. Costa; Patrícia Maciel; Alberto C. P. Dias. "Neuroprotective and antioxidant effects of Maranta arundinacea and Porophyll umruderale extracts in Caenorhabditis elegans.". Paper presented in Internacional Online Phytotherapy Conference. INTERPHYTO. Brasília., 2021.
  30. Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela. "Development of a high-throughput phenotypic assay to screen for chemical enhancers of proteostasis activity in Caenorhabditis elegans". Paper presented in XVII Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (SPN), 2021.
  31. Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Duarte-Silva, S; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia; Maciel, Patrícia. "The molecular tweezer CLR01 delay disease onset and reduce neurotoxicity in animal models of Machado-Joseph disease". Paper presented in NeRD Lockdown retreat - ICVS/3Bs, 2020.
  32. Pereira-Sousa J; Jalles A; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Ferreira-Lomba B; Da Silva JD; Varney MA; Newman-Tancredi A; Maciel P ; Teixeira-Castro A. "Targeting of the serotonin (1A) receptor suppresses mutant ataxin-3 pathogenesis in C. elegans.". Paper presented in International Ataxia Research Conference (IARC). Washington DC, USA, 2019.
  33. Mafalda Raposo; Ana Rosa Vieira Melo; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Ana Ferreira; João Vasconcelos; Isabel Alonso; Paulo Silva; et al. "Identification of novel genetic modifiers of machado-joseph disease (MJD/SCA3) using whole-exome sequencing.". Paper presented in International Machado-Joseph Research Disease Conference., 2019.
  34. Pereira-Sousa, Joana; Jalles, A; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Ferreira-Lomba, Bruna; DA SILVA, JORGE D.; MA, Vamey; A, Newman-Tancredi; Maciel, Patrícia; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia. "Targeting of the serotonin (1A) receptor suppresses mutant ataxin-3 pathogenesis in C. elegans.". Paper presented in International Machado-Joseph Research Disease Conference, 2019.
  35. Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia; Maciel, Patrícia. "Chemogenomics screening for novel therapeutic target identification in a C. elegans model of Machado-Joseph disease". Paper presented in XIII NeRD retreat - ICVS/3Bs, 2019.
  36. Mafalda Raposo; Ana Rosa Vieira Melo; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Ana Ferreira; João Vasconcelos; Isabel Alonso; Paulo Silva; et al. "Identification of novel genetic modifiers of machado-joseph disease (MJD/SCA3) using whole-exome sequencing.". Paper presented in International Ataxia Research Conference (IARC). Washington DC, USA, 2019.
  37. Maira C. M. Fonseca; Maria Aparecida N. Sediyama; Glyn M. Figueira; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Carlos Bessa; Marta D. Costa; Patrícia Maciel; Alberto C. P. Dias. "Neuroprotective and antioxidant effects of Maranta arundinacea and Porophyllum ruderale in Caenorhabditis elegans.". Paper presented in Food Chemistry Conference, Spain., 2019.
  38. Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Costa, Marta Daniela; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia; Maciel, Patrícia. "whole-exome sequencing of discordant and concordant affected sib pairs in spinocerebellar ataxia 3 (SCA3): a tool to identify novel modifier genes and highlight disrupted molecular pathways.". Paper presented in XII NeRD retreat - ICVS/3Bs, 2018.
  39. Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Costa, Marta Daniela; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia; Maciel, Patrícia; Dias, Alberto C.P.. "Antioxidant and neuroprotective effects of Hyptis suaveolens, Hyptis pectinata and Hyptis marrubioides in Caenorhabditis elegans.". Paper presented in International Conference on Medicinal Plants and Bioeconomy (ICMPB) & The 1st Sino-CPLP Symposium on Natural Products and Biodiversity Resources (SNPBR)., 2018.
  40. Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Dias, Alberto C.P.; Maciel, Patrícia. "The neuroprotective effect of Hyptis suaveolens, Hyptis pectinata and Hyptis marrubioides in Caenorhabditis elegans model of SCA3/MJD.". Paper presented in 7th Ataxia Investigators Meeting (AIM), 2018.
  41. Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela. "Neuroprotective effects of Hyptis plant extracts in C. elegans models of neurodegeneration". Paper presented in Neuroscience Forum - XI NeRD Retreat, 2017.
Journal article
  1. Teixeira, Eduardo; Bastos-Gonçalves, Ricardo; AGUIAR, LEANDRO; Royon, Leah; Faria, Ana Clara; Jungmann, Rafael; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; et al. Corresponding author: Coimbra, Bárbara. "Valence-specific ensembles in the laterodorsal tegmentum encode salient stimuli and modulate motivated behavior". (2026):
    Under revision • 10.1101/2026.01.28.702313
  2. Silva, Alexandra; Duarte-Silva, Sara; Martins, Pedro M.; Rodrigues, Beatriz; Serrenho, Débora; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia; et al. "Allosteric Modulation of Pathological Ataxin-3 Aggregation: A Path to Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type-3 Therapies". Advanced Science (2025): https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202502216.
    Published • 10.1002/advs.202502216
  3. Costa, Marta Daniela; Da Silva, Jorge Diogo; Almeida, Dulce; Pereira-Sousa, Joana; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Fernandes, Jorge Humberto; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia; Maciel, Patrícia. "Differential effects of lifespan-extending genetic manipulations in an animal model of MJD/SCA3". Mechanisms of Ageing and Development 225 (2025): 112064. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mad.2025.112064.
    10.1016/j.mad.2025.112064
  4. Fernandes, Jorge H.; Costa, Marta Daniela; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Ferreira-Lomba, Bruna; Pereira-Sousa, Joana; Wang, Qiong; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia; et al. "Therapeutic Effects of Hemerocallis citrina Baroni Extract on Animal Models of Neurodegenerative Diseases Through Serotonin and HLH-30/TFEB-Dependent Mechanisms". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 26 9 (2025): 4145. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26094145.
    10.3390/ijms26094145
  5. Chatterjee, Nivedita; González-Durruthy, Michael; Costa, Marta Daniela; Ribeiro, Ana R.; Vilas-Boas, Vânia; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Maciel, Patrícia; Alfaro-Moreno, Ernesto. "Differential impact of diesel exhaust particles on glutamatergic and dopaminergic neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans: A neurodegenerative perspective". Environment International 186 (2024): 108597. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.108597.
    10.1016/j.envint.2024.108597
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    Published
  7. Francisco Figueiredo; Zsuzsa Sárkány; Alexandra Silva; Daniela Vilasboas-Campos; Patrícia Maciel; Andreia Teixeira-Castro; Pedro M. Martins; Sandra Macedo-Ribeiro. "Drug repurposing of dopaminergic drugs to inhibit ataxin-3 aggregation". Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2023.115258.
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  8. Andreia Teixeira-Castro; João Carlos Sousa; Cármen Vieira; Joana Pereira-Sousa; Daniela Vilasboas-Campos; Fernanda Marques; Perpétua Pinto-do-Ó; Patrícia Maciel. "Learning the Biochemical Basis of Axonal Guidance: Using Caenorhabditis elegans as a Model". Biomedicines (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines11061731.
    10.3390/biomedicines11061731
  9. Ana Jalles; Cármen Vieira; Joana Pereira-Sousa; Daniela Vilas Boas da Silva Campos; Ana Francisca Mota; Sara Vasconcelos; Bruna Ferreira-Lomba; et al. "Aripiprazole Offsets Mutant ATXN3-Induced Motor Dysfunction by Targeting Dopamine D2 and Serotonin 1A and 2A Receptors in C. elegans". Biomedicines (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/10/2/370.
    10.3390/biomedicines10020370
  10. Guerreiro, Sara; Ferreira-Lomba, Bruna; Cunha-Garcia, Daniela; Duarte-Silva, Sara; Teixeira--Castro, Andreia; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Vidinha-Mira, Andre; et al. "Pre-clinical study of a 5HT1A specific agonist in the CMVMJD135 mouse model of Machado-Joseph disease". Journal of Neurochemistry (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/56321717/.
  11. Raposo, Mafalda; Bettencourt, Conceição; Melo, Ana Rosa Vieira; Ferreira, Ana F.; Alonso, Isabel; Silva, Paulo; Vasconcelos, João; et al. "Novel Machado-Joseph disease-modifying genes and pathways identified by whole-exome sequencing". Neurobiology of Disease 162 (2021): 105578. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2021.105578.
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    10.1016/j.dib.2020.106598
Preprint
  1. Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Fernandes, Jorge Humberto; Costa, Marta Daniela; Pereira-Sousa, Joana; Lopes, Joana; Costa-Meireles, Liliana; Ferreira-Lomba, Bruna; et al. "PRO-FitS: a novel phenotypic assay to identify enhancers of proteostasis in C. elegans". 2026. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.22.701023.
    10.64898/2026.01.22.701023
  2. Correia, Raquel; Domingues, Ana Veronica; Aguiar, Leandro A. A.; Cunha-Macedo, Margarida; Vilasboas-Campos, Daniela; Vieitas-Gaspar, Natacha; Jungmann, Rafael M.; et al. "Dissociable neuronal substrates for positive and negative valence stimuli in the nucleus accumbens". 2026. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.24.701496.
    10.64898/2026.01.24.701496
  3. Ferreira-Lomba, B; Guerreiro, S; Duarte-Silva, S; Cunha-Garcia, D; Oliveira, S; Vieira, C; Pereira-Sousa, J; et al. "Efficacy of chronic 5-HT1A receptor agonism by NLX-112 in a mouse model of Spinocerebellar Ataxia type 3". 2025. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.21.671624.
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    10.1101/2025.06.30.662309
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Chemical and genetic screening for novel target identifications in C. elegas model of Machado-Joseph disease". PhD, 2026.
  2. "Evaluation of neuroprotective effects of medicinal plant extracts". Master, Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, 2018.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/05/06 Advancing Proteostasis-enhancing Therapies: A Novel Assay for Drug Discovery in Machado-Joseph disease MJD Foundation Conference -Bridging Science & Service: Research and culturally responsive healthcare for cerebellar ataxia
MJD foundation (Darwin, Australia)
2025/02/19 Neuronal Diversity in the Nucleus Accumbens: Single-Nucleus RNA Sequencing Reveals Distinct Transcriptional Signatures in Reward and Aversion Bioinformatics in Health Sciences Course, 16th edition
School of Medicine, University of Minho
2024/03/15 Establishment of a Novel Assay to identify drugs that enhance protein homeostasis: towards treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases SPDMov - Portuguese Society for Movement Disorders: Treatable Movement Disorders
SPDMov - Portuguese Society for Movement Disorders (Ofir, Portugal)
2022/11/03 Novel genetic modifiers of SCA3/MJD: an EMS screening in a C. elegans model of the disease International Congress for Ataxia Research (ICAR)
NAF (Texas, United States) (United States)
2022/11/01 CLR01, a molecular tweezer, attenuates motor dysfunction and pathology in SCA3 in vivo models International Congress for Ataxia Research (ICAR)
The National Ataxia Foundation (NAF), the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA), and Ataxia UK (Dallas, Texas, United States) (United States)
2021/07/23 Use of Caenorhabditis elegans as a model to study neurodegenerative diseases: Machado-Joseph disease. Summer at the Campus 2021 - University of Minho
University of Minho - School of Medicine (Braga, Portugal)
2021/03/30 Evaluate the neuroprotective activity and possible underlying mechanisms of action of plant extracts in a Caenorhabditis elegans model Neuroscience’s Zoom meeting. Neurosciences Research Domain, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS)
School of Medicine, University of Minho (Portugal)
2020/04/28 EXOS3 - Whole-exome sequencing of discordant and concordant affected sib pairs in spinocerebellar ataxia 3 (SCA3): a tool to identify novel modifier genes and highlight disrupted molecular pathways Neuroscience’s Zoom meeting. Neurosciences Research Domain, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS)
School of Medicine, University of Minho (Portugal)
2019/02/19 The role of natural products in neurodegenerative diseases Neurosciences meeting
Neurosciences Research Domain - Life and Heath Sciences Research Institute (Braga, Portugal)
2019 Targeting of the serotonin (1A) receptor suppresses mutant ataxin-3 pathogenesis in C. elegans International Machado-Joseph Disease Research Conference
MJD Foundation - MJD The Israeli Machado-Joseph Association (United States)
2018/02/19 Antioxidant and neuroprotective effects of medicinal plant extracts in C. elegans models of neurodegeneration Neuroscience meeting
Neuroscience Research Domain - Life and Heath Sciences Research Institute (Braga, Portugal)
2017/05/20 Antioxidant and neuroprotective effects of Hyptis suaveolens, Hyptis pectinata and Hyptis marrubioides in C. elegans model of MJD/SCA3 Advanced course - Oxidative stress and Antioxidants
Centre of molecular and environmental biology (CBMA) (Braga, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2026/03/01 - 2026/05/10 Evaluation of Znt3 Expression in C57BL/6 Mice Following Exposure to Footshock and Cocaine
Supervisor
 Projeto de opção 2 - MinhoMD (Integrated Master’s in Medicine – 4th Year) (Master)
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2025/12/01 - 2026/03/01 Spatial Characterization of NAc Neuronal Subtypes for the Development of Targeted Genetic Tools
Supervisor
 Integrated Master’s Degree in Medicine - MD/PhD Program - PO2 (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2021/07/15 - 2021/09/06 Automated behaviour drug effect evaluation in C. elegans using Wmicrotracker.
Supervisor
 Integrated Master’s Degree in Medicine - MD/PhD Program - 2021 Summer Rotation (Other)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2021/07/01 - 2021/09/06 High-throughput phenotypic assay to screen compounds for proteostasis activity in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Supervisor
 Integrated Master’s Degree in Medicine - MD/PhD Program - 2021 Summer Rotation. (Other)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2021/05/01 - 2021/06/06 Motor phenotype of a C. elegans proteostasis sensor strain: optimizations steps for a drug screening
Supervisor
 Integrated Master’s Degree in Medicine - MD/PhD Program - PO2 (Master) (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2026/03/25 - 2026/03/25 ICVS neuroscience outreach activity for children at Centro Social da Paróquia de Gualtar, Braga. (2026/03/25 - 2026/03/25)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2026/02/06 - 2026/02/06 ICVS Outreach event, including the delivery of an oral presentation on the research activities carried out at ICVS to 12th-grade students from Externato Carvalho Araújo, within the scope of science outreach initiatives. (2026/02/06 - 2026/02/06)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2025/09/26 - 2025/09/26 Staff member at the European Researchers’ Night 2025 (SCIGLO – Science for Global Challenges), funded by the European Commission – DG Research & Innovation, under the Horizon Europe Framework Programme / Operational Programme Scientific Excellence / Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (2025/09/26 - 2025/09/26)
Other
 Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2025/07/25 - 2025/07/25 Organization/Participation in the activities of "Verão no Campus 2025" - Workshop: "How to Use C. elegans to Study Neurodegenerative Diseases", in the ICVS/School of Medicine, University of Minho. (2025/07/25 - 2025/07/25)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2025/03 - 2025/03 The mysteries of the Brain – Brain Awareness Week (2025/03/10 - 2025/03/16)
Other
 Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2024/07/24 - 2024/07/24 Organization of the “Verão no Campus 2024” workshop at the ICVS/School of Medicine (ICVS/EM, University of Minho), focused on hands-on training in experimental models and methodologies for neuroscience research (2024/07/24 - 2024/07/24)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2023/10/20 - 2023/10/21 Outreach Activity in Monção. 20/10/2023: "Unveiling the Mysteries of the Brain". This event will be dedicated to approximately 180 ninth-grade students. 21/10/2023: "Challenging Brain Aging". This activity will focus on healthy aging, ways to delay cognitive decline, and the prevention of dementias. (2023/10/20 - 2023/10/21)
Other
 Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2023/03/15 - 2023/03/15 Organization of Brain Awareness Week - "Brain Mysteries" - "C. elegans: a worm with a brain?" | Preparation of hands-on activities about neurosciences for kindergarten and elementary school children (ICVS/EM, UM, Braga, Portugal). (2023/03/15 - 2023/03/15)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/03 "Rare Disease Day" Celebration at ICVS/School of Medicine - University of Minho (Braga, Portugal). (2023/02 - 2023/02)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
 Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2021/07/23 - 2021/07/23 Organization of a hands-on workshop on C. elegans models applied to neurodegenerative diseases within the University of Minho “Summer on Campus 2021” program, held at ICVS. (2021/07/23 - 2021/07/23)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/03/12 - 2019/03/12 Coordination of a workshop focused on the use of the nematode C. elegans as a model organism for neurodegenerative disease research, conducted as part of the Jornadas da Ciência – Concentra o Conhecimento event (2019/03/11 - 2019/03/15)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2016/09/01 - Current ICVS Neurosciences Scientific Retreat, a scientific meeting bringing together researchers at different career stages to present ongoing work, exchange methodological expertise and foster collaborative projects in neuroscience.
Meeting
 ICVS Neurosciences Scientific Retreat
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2026/02/26 - 2026/02/26 Single-Molecule Localization Microscopy (SMLM) - seminar on super-resolution imaging organized by the Microscopy Facilities of ICVS and INL in collaboration with Abbelight.
Seminar
 Super-Resolution Microscopy for Nanoscale Biology
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2024/03/11 - 2024/03/20 The International Brain Week 2024 with the theme "The Brain and Neurodiversity."
Other
 The International Brain Week 2024 - The Brain and Neurodiversity
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
2019/03/13 - 2019/03/13 Participation in Brain Week | March, 13 2019| School of Medicine - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute. Demonstration and Manipulation of the Caenorhabditis elegans animal models of neurodegenerative diseases.
Exhibition
 "Semana do Cérebro | 2019"
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2018/01/05 - 2018/01/05 Communication in the "Jornadas da Ciência | 2018 ". Report my experience during the master's degree in which I was integrated, as well as the activities developed in my master's thesis.
Symposium
 XIX Jornadas de Biologia Aplicada
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2025/02/11 - Current European Society for Neurochemistry (ESN) Ordinary member
2022 - Current International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) Ordinary member
2022 - Current Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (SPN) Effective member
2022 - Current Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Effective member

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025 - Current Teaching staff od an advanced course: Advanced techniques and methodologies for brain circuit-level analysis. Advanced techniques and methodologies for brain circuit-level analysis (Outros) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2025/09/22 - 2025/10/10 Teaching staff od an advanced course: 18th Fundamentals in Neuroscience course (Pós-Graduação) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2025/02/10 - 2025/02/28 Teaching staff od an advanced course: Bioinformatics in Health Sciences Course - 16th edition Talk: Neuronal Diversity in the Nucleus Accumbens: Single-Nucleus RNA Sequencing Reveals Distinct Transcriptional Signatures in Reward and Aversion. Bioinformatics in Health Sciences Course - 16th edition (Pós-Graduação) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2026/03/09 - 2026/04/17 Optimization of Immunofluorescence Protocols for ZnT3, ZnT1, BASP1, and MT3 Joana Isabel Carvalho Ribeiro
2025/01/01 - 2025/09/30 Synthesis and in vivo study of proteostasis-enhancing and neuroprotective bioactivities in a selection of small molecules using a simple animal model. Sara Rodrigues (Master’s student in Medicinal Chemistry)
2025/02/04 - 2025/08/04 “Sex-specific modulation of the unfolded protein response (UPR) and glycosylation profiles in the rat brain: Investigating the combined effects of perinatal stress and chronic alcohol consumption." Elia Rochiccioli (Master student - Lille University, GlycoStress Team)
2023/09/01 - 2024/06/30 Characterization of Serotonin Receptors, with Emphasis on the 5-HT3A Receptor Lídia Nunes (Master Student - Biotechnology for Health Sciences - UTAD)
2023/09/01 - 2024/05/31 Neuroprotective activities of macroalgae extracts and phytochemicals Rúben Freitas (Master Student Applied Biochemistry)
2021/09/01 - 2023/09/30 Study of the neuroprotective activity of medicinal plants in Caenorhabditis elegans models of neurodegenerative diseases Jorge Humberto Fernandes (Master Student in biochemistry)
2022/05/01 - 2022/10/31 Evaluation of neuroprotective capacity of macroalgae extracts, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Caenorhabditis elegans models. João Barbosa (Master Student in Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Bioentrepreneurship in Plants
2021/11/01 - 2022/05/31 Evaluating the Impact of Diesel Exhaust Particles on Glutamatergic and Dopaminergic Neurons in C. elegans Models of Neurodegeneration Nivedita Chatterjee (INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory)
2020/09/01 - 2021/06/30 Protective Effects of Plant Extracts Against Glucose-Induced Toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans Inês Martins Laranjeira (PhD student of the Doctoral Program Agrichains)
2020/10/01 - 2021/03/31 Therapeutic Potential of Multi-Target Ligand Compounds in a Caenorhabditis elegans Model of Tauopathy Laura Blaikie (PhD student - Robert Gordon University, UK)
2018/09/01 - 2018/11/30 Functional validation of candidate modifiers genes on C. elegans model of SCA3/MJD Ana Rosa Melo (PhD student - Lab rotation - Univerisity of Azores)
2018/01/01 - 2018/07/31 Phytochemistry analysis and bioactivities evaluation applied to medicinal plants and functional food Maira Fonseca, EPAMIG: Agricultural Research Company of Minas Gerais
Distinctions

Award

2026 ESN Travel Award to FENS Forum 2026
2026 FENS Forum 2026 travel grant
2025 SPN Scholarships for poster presentation "Neuronal Diversity in the Nucleus Accumbens: Single-Nucleus RNA Sequencing Reveals Distinct Transcriptional Signatures in Reward and Aversion"
Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
2025 Travel Award for Oral Communication - Advancing Proteostasis-enhancing Therapies: A Novel Assay for Drug Discovery in Machado-Joseph disease
MJD Foundation, Australia
2024 Award for Best Oral Presentation in Basic Research - SPDMov - Portuguese Society for Movement Disorders Congress 2024 - Treatable Movement Disorders, 15-16 March 2024 | Ofir, Portugal.
Sociedade Portuguesa das Doenças do Movimento, Portugal
2023 Travel awarded "FastProtAct - FAST-throughput phenotypic assay to identify compounds with PROTeostasis ACTivity". ISN-ESN Travel Award. The International Society of Neurochemistry & European Society of Neurochemistry ISN-ESN 2023. Portugal
2023 Abstract awarded with registration fee waiver "Unveiling Promising Compounds for Boosting Proteostasis: A Rapid Whole-Organism Phenotypic Assay". EMBO Workshop "Proteostasis: From translation to degradation". Ericeira, Portugal
2022 Abstract awarded "Development of a high-throughput phenotypic assay to screen for chemical enhancers of proteostasis activity in Caenorhabditis elegans". Travel Award from Portuguese Society for Neuroscience to International Neuroscience Conference, Paris
Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
2022 Abstract awarded "The molecular tweezer CLR01 reduces motor impairments and neuropathology in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 in vivo models". ISN Travel Award - The International Society of Neurochemistry & Asian Pacific Society of Neurochemistry, USA
2019 FCT Doctoral fellowship award (4-Years)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2018 Abstract awarded free meeting registration and Travel Grant - 7th Ataxia Investigators Meeting (AIM) - National Ataxia Foundation, USA
National Ataxia Foundation, United States