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SPN monthly seminars
November 2024 - Patrícia gave a talk on “Sensory Processing in Autism Spectrum Disorder” at The Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (SPN) monthly seminars.
Animal refresher course
November 2024 - We hosted an animal research refresher course led by Liliana. The session provided updates on animal welfare practices.
Meeting of the EMBO communities
October 2024 - Patrícia attended the EMBO fellows meeting in Heidelberg, Germany, at the occasion of the 60th anniversary of EMBO. Happy bday, EMBO!
Farewell Picnic
October 2024 - The laboratory gathered for a warm farewell picnic for Patrícia. We wish her all the best in her next adventure!
Summer Lab Gathering
August 2024 – Our annual summer gathering at Parque da Cidade was a blast! We enjoyed a picnic, played board games, and had a great time with a Frisbee game.
SPN Best Manuscript Award
June 2024 - The Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (SPN) announced that the Best Manuscript Award for 2022 has been attributed to our publication Chronic stress causes striatal disinhibition mediated by SOM-interneurons in male mice published in Nature Communications. The prize was received by Diana Rodrigues at FENS 2024 in Vienna, Austria.
FENS Forum 2024
June 2024 - Margarida and Patrícia shared their exciting research at the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) conference in Vienna, Austria, impressing their peers! Cheers to their contributions to neuroscience!
Pint of Science 2024
May 2024 - Carolina and Margarida took part in this edition of Pint of Science, a science festival for society. In the end, they discovered that the best way to have fun is to mix science with a good beer!
Workshop at Jornadas de Bioquímica FCUP
April 2024 - Our group organized a workshop for biochemistry students at the School of Science of University of Porto (FCUP) on the fascinating subject of optogenetics. We were thrilled with the enthusiasm and keen interest shown by the students!
Christmas Lab Gathering 2023
December 2023 – Neurons are not the only ones that know how to fire!
Margarida Goncalves PhD defense
December 2023 – We have a newly minted Doctor in the lab! Congratulations Margarida: PhDone!
18th YES Meeting
September 2023 – Luis had the pleasure to take part in the jury that evaluated presentations at the 18th YES Meeting. The future of biomedical science is bright.
2023 ISN-ESN Meeting
August 2023 – Patricia gave a talk at the 2023 ISN-ESN Meeting. This time, the meeting was held at beautiful Porto, Portugal. #WeAreNeurochemistry
Summer Gathering
JULY 2023 – The entire lab headed to Parque da Cidade for our annual summer gathering. Picnic + coffee by the beach + outdoor games = FUN!
Talk at Academia de Ciências de Lisboa
JUNE 2023 – Patricia gave a talk at Academia de Ciências de Lisboa entitled “Novel technologies for brain manipulation”. Streaming available @academialx YouTube.
St. John's festivities - UBEX
JUNE 2023 – Enjoying St. Johns festivities organized by students from our Experimental Biology Unit (UBEX). Cheers!
IJUP 2023 - UPorto Young Resarchers Meeting
MAY 2023 – Patricia and Luis had the pleasure to evaluate posters from the future scientists at University of Porto at IJUP 2023. This meeting brought together more than one thousand BSc and MSc students from University of Porto to present their research. More here (in portuguese). (photo: UPorto)
FENS Regional Meeting 2023
MAY 2023 – FENS regional meeting in beautiful Algarve! From left to right: Margarida, Patrícia, and Carolina. These three in a row will tickle your brain.
Diana Rodrigues PhD defense
MAY 2023 – We have a new Doctor! Diana successfully defended her thesis entitled “Corticostriatal circuitry dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disorders”. Congratulations Dr. Rodrigues.
Science week
APRIL 2023 – Luis went to “Irmãos Passos” School at Guifões to talk about the brain and neuroscience research. Sometimes the best ideas come from thinking like a child.
New neurotechnology from our lab
MARCH 2023 - Our team has developed the most sensitive dopamine sensor ever reported: 1aM (10^-18M) sensitivity using aptamer-functionalized graphene transistors. The sensor was developed in collaboration with the International Iberian Institute of Nanotechnology (INL). Read more here and check the paper here .