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Paula Agostinho
Paula Agostinho
Researcher Investigator at CNC and Faculty of Medicine, UC
pagost@cnc.cj.uc.pt
Research Area(s): Neuroscience
Luís Almeida
Luís Almeida
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra
luispa@ci.uc.pt
Research Area(s): Gene therapy to the central nervous system
Antonio Francisco Rosa Gomes Ambrósio
Francisco Ambrósio
Assistant Researcher, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra
fambrosio@ibili.uc.pt
Research Area(s): Retinal dysfunction and repair
Rui M. Meireles Brito
Rui Brito
Tenured Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Coimbra
brito@ci.uc.pt
Research Area(s): Structural and Computational Biology
Ana Luisa Carvalho
Ana Luisa Carvalho
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra
alc@ibili.uc.pt
Research Area(s): Molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission
Miguel Castelo-Branco
Miguel Castelo-Branco
Assistant Professor of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra
mcbranco@ibili.uc.pt
Research Area(s): Visual Neuroscience; Human Psychophysics; Functional Brain Imaging in Humans and Animals; Human and Animal Neurophysiology
Rodrigo A. Cunha
Rodrigo A. Cunha
Associated Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra
cunharod@gmail.com
Research Area(s): Neuropharmacology
Carlos B. Duarte
Carlos B. Duarte
Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Coimbra
cbduarte@ci.uc.pt
Research Area(s): Neuronal cell death; Neuroprotection; Regulation of synaptic activity by neurotrophins
Carlos Frederico de Gusmão Campos Geraldes
Carlos Geraldes
Full Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Coimbra
geraldes@ci.uc.pt
Research Area(s): Biomedical NMR and Molecular Imaging
Teresa Maria Fonseca de Oliveira Gonçalves
Teresa Gonçalves
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra
tmfog@ci.uc.pt
Research Area(s): Medical mycology; Yeast heterologous expression of viral proteins
John Griffith Jones
John Jones
Invited Assistant Professor at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Coimbra
jones@cnc.cj.uc.pt
Research Area(s):
Maria Amália da Silva Jurado
Amália Jurado
Assistant Professor in the Biochemistry Department of the University of Coimbra
asjurado@ci.uc.pt
Research Area(s): Biomembranes and Biochemical Toxicology
João António Nave Laranjinha
João Laranjinha
Associate Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra
laranjin@ci.uc.pt
Research Area(s): Oxidative and nitrosative stresses in aging and neurodegeneration. Nitric oxide and nitrite Biology. Natural phenolic compounds and the vascular system
Maria da Conceição Monteiro Pedroso de Lima
Conceição Pedrosa de Lima
Full Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Coimbra
mdelima@ci.uc.pt
Research Area(s): Non-viral vectors for gene therapy; Membrane fusion;  Nucleo-cytoplasmic transport of the African Swine Fever virus genome and associated proteins
Maria Celeste Lopes
 
Celeste Lopes
Principal Investigator, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra
mcflopes@ibili.uc.pt
Research Area(s): Celular and Molecular Biology
João O. Malva
João O. Malva
Senior Researcher, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Coimbra and Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology
jomalva@fmed.uc.pt
Research Area(s): Neuroscience - Neuroprotection and Neurogenesis in Brain Repair
João Nuno Moreira
João Nuno Moreira
Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra
jmoreira@ci.uc.pt
Research Area(s): Non-viral vectors for drug and molecular targeting
Catarina Resende Oliveira
Catarina Oliveira
Full Professor, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra
catarina@cnc.cj.uc.pt
Research Area(s): Neuroscience and Disease – Molecular Mechanisms of Disease Group
Paulo J. Oliveira
Paulo Oliveira
Assistant Researcher, Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra
pauloliv@ci.uc.pt
Research Area(s): Mitochondrial Physiology and Toxicology
Cláudia Maria Fragão Pereira
Cláudia Pereira
Associated Researcher, Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra
cpereira@cnc.cj.uc.pt
Research Area(s): Neuroscience-Molecular Mechanisms of Disease
João Ramalho-Santos
João Ramalho-Santos
Associate Professor at the University of Coimbra (Department of Zoology)
jramalho@ci.uc.pt
Research Area(s): Reproductive Biology, stem cell biology
Ana Cristina Cravalho Rego
Cristina Rego
Assistant Professor, with tenure at Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Univ. Coimbra
acrego@cnc.cj.uc.pt
Research Area(s): Neurodegeneration and neuroprotection
Sérgio Simões
Sérgio Simões
Assistant professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra
ssimoes@ci.uc.pt
Research Area(s): Nanobiotechnology;  Non-viral vectors for gene silencing/gene therapy; Cancer gene therapy