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Ana Clara Braz Cristóvão
aclara05@cnc.uc.pt
Degree in Biochemistry (2005), University of Beira Interior
Project: “NADPH oxidase 1: a key player in paraquat induced oxidative
stress in Parkinson?s disease.“
Institution: Weill Cornell Medical College, Neurology/Neuroscience Department, Cornell
University, New York, USA; Faculdade Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal; Faculdade Ciências e Tecnologia, Departamento Zoologia, Universidade
Coimbra, Portugal.
Advisors: Dr. Yoon.Seong Kim; Dra. Graça Baltazar; Dra. Emília Duarte
PhD Defense: September 21th 2010
Currently: Post-doc Fellow at Dr. Yoon-Seong Kim lab, Neurodegenerative Diseases Research - Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, - University of Central Florida, FL, USA.
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Ana Isabel Pontífice Boléo Teles
anateles@cnc.uc.pt
Degree in Biology (2003), University of Évora
Project: “Characterization of tolerance mechanisms at the fetal – maternal interface – Treg cells and novel tolerance-related molecules“
Institution: Faculdade Farmácia, Universidade de Coimbra; Institute of Medical Immunology, Biomedical Research Institute, Charité, Berlim, Germany
Advisors: Dr.ª Alexandrina Mendes; Dr.ª Ana Claudia Zenclussen
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Carina de Sousa Silva Gomes dos Santos
carinadossantos@gmail.com
Degree in Biology (2005), University of Coimbra
Project: “Live imaging analysis of host cytoskeleton dynamics during Plasmodium infection of human hepatocytes“
Institution: Instituto Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina- Universidade de Lisboa; Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular – Universidade de Coimbra
Advisors: Dr.ª Maria Mota; Dr.ª Ana Luísa Carvalho
PhD Defense: November 26th, 2010
Currently: Post- doc Fellow at Institut Curie, Paris
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Catarina Sofia Gonçalves Pimentel
catsgp@cnc.uc.pt
Degree in Biology (2005), University of Lisbon
Project: “Investigations of mechanisms underlying growth cone advance and guidance in the model organism Drosophila melanogaster“
Institution: Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular – Universidade de Coimbra; Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
Advisors: Dr.ª Ana Luísa Carvalho; Dr. Andreas Prokop
PhD Defense: July 16th, 2010
Currently: Fellowship Regional Scientific Development CNPq, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil.
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Eduardo Miguel Gonçalves Dias Ferreira
eddifer@cnc.uc.pt
Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2004), University of Coimbra
Project: “The role of stress in cortico-basal ganglia loop processing and instrumental conditioning“
Institution: Universidade do Minho, Braga
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the National Institutes of Health, USA; Instituto Biomédico de Investigação da Luz e Imagem, University of Coimbra
Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme at Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
Advisors: Dr. Nuno Sousa; Dr. Rui Costa; Dr. Miguel Castelo-Branco
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Gisela Machado da Silva
gisela@cnc.uc.pt
Degree in Biology (2005), University of Porto
Project: “Investigating signalling pathways involved in the regulation of cell growth in mammalian cells – the role of insulin, IGF-1 and serum“
Institution: Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular – Universidade de Coimbra; University College London - MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology
Advisors: Dr. Carlos Duarte; Dr.ª Alison Lloyd
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Helena Sofia de Azevedo Domingues
sofiadom@cnc.uc.pt
Degree in Bioquímica (2003), University of Porto
Project: "Role of microglia in the modulation of T cell immune responses in the pathogenesis of EAE"
Institution: "Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Coimbra / Max-Planck-Institute of Neurobiology, Department of Neuroimmunology, Martinsried, Munich, Germany"
Advisors: Dr. João Malva; Dr. Hartmut Wekerle
PhD Defense: September 27th, 2010
Currently: Post-doc at Molecular and Cell Biology Institute, IBMB, Porto
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Joana Catarina Cravo Lourenço
jocravo@cnc.uc.pt
Degree in Biology, University of Coimbra
Project: “The endocannabinoid system and its role in regulating synaptic plasticity and adaptive behaviour“
Institution: Instituto Farmacologia e Terapêutica Experimental, Faculdade Medicina, Universidade Coimbra; Institute François Magendie, Bordeaux, France
Advisors: Dr.ª Ana Paula Silva; Dr. Giovanni Marsicano
PhD Defense: July 20th, 2010
Currently: Post-doc Fellow at ICM, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Épinière, Paris, France
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Lígia Carinha Gomes
ligiag@cnc.uc.pt
Degree in Biochemistry (2005), University of Porto
Project: “Exploring the role of Fis1 in different modes of cell death: from cells to animal models“
Institution: Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular – Universidade de Coimbra; Dulbecco - Telethon Institute, Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, Padova - Italy
Advisors: Dr.ª Sandra Macedo Ribeiro; Dr.ª Luca Scorrano
PhD Defense: November 11th, 2011
Currently: Post-doc (long-term FEBS Fellowship at the Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Frankfurt am Main)
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Mariana Bexiga
mgbexiga@cnc.uc.pt
Degree in Biochemistry (2005), University of Coimbra
Project: “Metabolic Changes induced by HIV-1 infection of primary macrophages. The case of Neurotoxicity"
Institution: Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, University College Dublin - Irlanda; Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology & Faculty of Sciences and Tecnology, University of Coimbra
Advisors: Dr. Jean-Marc Jacqué; Dr. Luís Pereira de Almeida
PhD Defense: February 22nd, 2012
Currently: Post-doc at University College Dublin, Ireland
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Ricardo José Ribeiro Soares
ricardos@cnc.uc.ptt
Degree in Biology (2001), University of Porto
Project: “Molecular mechanisms regulating muscle atrophy“
Institution: Instituto Biomédico de Investigação da Luz e Imagem, University of Coimbra; Dulbecco-Telethon Institute, Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, Italy
Advisors: Dr. Paulo Pereira; Dr. Marco Sandri
PhD Defense: April 10th, 2012
Currently: Post-doc at Dulbecco Institute, Italy
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Ricardo Miguel Marques
rmarques@cnc.uc.pt
Degree in Biology (2004), University of Coimbra
Project: “Temporal coding of odour representations in the antennal lobe of the fruit fly“
Institution: Instituto Biomédico de Investigação da Luz e Imagem, University of Coimbra; Yale Medical School, Cell Biology Department
Advisors: Dr. Miguel Castelo-Branco; Dr. Gero Miesenboeck
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