Inês Moreira Ribeiro

Connectivity
Optogenetics
Neurogenesis
Brain plasticity
Depression
Stress

Inês Moreira Ribeiro graduated in Biomedical Sciences from Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde and holds a master degree in Neurobiology from Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto. She also holds a post-graduation in Biotechnology from Escola Superior de Saúde, Instituto Politécnico do Porto. During her master she joined Addiction Biology lab in Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde da Universidade do Porto where she developed her master thesis, titled “Neuron-microglia crosstalk under methamphetamine: ligand-receptor pairs that may attenuate microglia reactivity” under the supervision of Teresa Summavielle. She worked as researcher under the project “Psychostimulant-induced neuroinflammation: new insight in the crosstalk between microglia, astrocytes and neurons” in the same group in I3S. Once the research fellowship finished she started working as Superior Lab Technician at BebéVida, during 1 year. Finally she received an FCT grant to start her PhD project focused on studying the impact of hippocampal Adult-born neurons for brain circuitry and behavior in depression under the supervision of Luisa Pinto.

Inês Moreira Ribeiro

Connectivity
Optogenetics
Neurogenesis
Brain plasticity
Depression
Stress

Scientific Highlights

Travel award FENS regional Meeting 2023
Prémio PESSOA – 2022/2023
Martins-Macedo, J.; Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Alves, C.; Veloso, F.; Gomes, E.D.; Ribeiro, I.; Correia, J.S.; Silveira-Rosa, T.; Alves, N.D.; Rodrigues, A.J.; et al. StressMatic: A Novel Automated System to Induce Depressive- and Anxiety-like Phenotype in Rats. Cells 2023, 12, 381. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12030381
Vaz, A.; Ribeiro, I.; Pinto, L. Frontiers in Neurogenesis. Cells 2022, 11, 3567. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11223567
Bravo, J.; Ribeiro, I.; Terceiro, A.F.; Andrade, E.B.; Portugal, C.C.; Lopes, I.M.; Azevedo, M.M.; Sousa, M.; Lopes, C.D.F.; Lobo, A.C.; et al. Neuron–Microglia Contact-Dependent Mechanisms Attenuate Methamphetamine-Induced Microglia Reactivity and Enhance Neuronal Plasticity. Cells 2022, 11, 355. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11030355
Mancini S, Nardo L, Gregori M, Ribeiro I, Mantegazza F, Delerue-Matos C, Masserini M, Grosso C. Functionalized liposomes and phytosomes loading Annona muricata L. aqueous extract: Potential nanoshuttles for brain-delivery of phenolic compounds. Phytomedicine. 2018 Mar 15;42:233-244. doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2018.03.053. Epub 2018 Mar 19. PMID: 29655691.