Antigo Membro

Joana Ferreira

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Biologia da Sinapse

Antigo Membro

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Joana Ferreira, licenciada em Biologia em 2006 (Universidade de Coimbra) e concluiu o doutoramento em Biociências, especialidade Neurociências (Universidade de Coimbra) em 2012, sob a co-orientação de Ana Luísa Carvalho no Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (Universidade de Coimbra) e Ann Marie Craig no Center for Brain Health (Universidade de British Columbia, Vancouver, Canadá). Juntou-se ao grupo de Laurent Groc, no Instituto Interdisciplinar de Neurociências (IINS, CNRS, Universidade de Bordéus, França), em 2016, como investigadora pos-doutorada. Tem 18 artigos em revistas internacionais, 10 dos quais como primeira ou co-autora, 2 como co-autora correspondente, e 2 capítulos de livros. Supervisionou e co-orientou 2 estudantes de mestrado, e orientou vários estudantes de doutoramento e mestrado. Juntou-se ao CNC em 2021 para desenvolver a sua investigação centrada principalmente na sinapse glutamatérgica e no estudo dos mecanismos que regulam o tráfego sináptico dos receptores NMDA e a sua organização sub-sináptica. É especialista em biologia molecular e microscopia de super-resolução. Para mais informação sobre o grupo visite o nosso website: https://sites.google.com/view/jferreiralab/home

Afiliação

Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Cellular (CNC) & Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia (CIBB) & Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Universidade de Coimbra

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Informação sobre artigos em revista, actualizada a 11-05-2025, a partir da plataforma CIÊNCIAVITAE.

[PREPRINT] Neuronal ARHGAP8 controls synapse structure and AMPA receptor-mediated synaptic transmission

Schmidt, Jeannette; Inácio, Ângela; Ferreira, Joana S; Serrenho, Débora; Socodato, Renato; Beltrão, Nuno; Ribeiro, Luís F; et al, bioRxiv. 2024. 10.1101/2024.02.29.582472 . submitted bioRxiv

GluN3A subunit tunes NMDA receptor synaptic trafficking and content during postnatal brain development

Inmaculada M. González-González; John A. Gray; Joana Ferreira; María Jose Conde-Dusman; Delphine Bouchet; Isabel Perez-Otaño; Laurent Groc, Cell Reports. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112477 . 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112477 . Cell Reports

Near-Infrared Carbon Nanotube Tracking Reveals the Nanoscale Extracellular Space around Synapses

Paviolo, Chiara; Ferreira, Joana S.; Lee, Antony; Hunter, Daniel; Calaresu, Ivo; Nandi, Somen; Groc, Laurent; Cognet, Laurent, Nano Letters. 6849 - 6856. 17. 22. 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04259 . 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04259 . Nano Letters

A Bottom-Up Approach to Red-Emitting Molecular-Based Nanoparticles with Natural Stealth Properties and their Use for Single-Particle Tracking Deep in Brain Tissue.

Ferreira, Joana S, Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202006644 . 10.1002/adma.202006644 . Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)

CaMKII activation persistently segregates postsynaptic proteins via liquid phase separation

Tomohisa Hosokawa; Pin-Wu Liu; Qixu Cai; Joana S. Ferreira; Florian Levet; Corey Butler; Jean-Baptiste Sibarita; et al, Nature Neuroscience. 777 - 785. 6. 24. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-021-00843-3 . 10.1038/s41593-021-00843-3 . Nature Neuroscience

Interplay between NMDA receptor dynamics and the synaptic proteasome

Joana S. Ferreira; Blanka Kellermayer; Ana Luísa Carvalho; Laurent Groc, European Journal of Neuroscience. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15427 . 10.1111/ejn.15427 . European Journal of Neuroscience

CaMKII activation triggers persistent formation and segregation of postsynaptic liquid phase

Tomohisa Hosokawa; Pin-Wu Liu; Qixu Cai; Joana S. Ferreira; Florian Levet; Corey Butler; Jean-Baptiste Sibarita; et al, Nature Neuroscience. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.25.397091 . 10.1101/2020.11.25.397091 . accepted Nature Neuroscience

Distance-dependent regulation of NMDAR nanoscale organization along hippocampal neuron dendrites

Joana S. Ferreira; Julien P. Dupuis; Blanka Kellermayer; Nathan Bénac; Constance Manso; Delphine Bouchet; Florian Levet; et al, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1922477117 . 10.1073/pnas.1922477117 . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Fluorescent sp3 Defect-Tailored Carbon Nanotubes Enable NIR-II Single Particle Imaging in Live Brain Slices at Ultra-Low Excitation Doses

Amit Kumar Mandal; Xiaojian Wu; Joana S. Ferreira; Mijin Kim; Lyndsey R. Powell; Hyejin Kwon; Laurent Groc; YuHuang Wang; Laurent Cognet, Scientific Reports. 1. 10. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62201-w . 10.1038/s41598-020-62201-w . Scientific Reports

Self-Interference (SELFI) Microscopy for Live Super-Resolution Imaging and Single Particle Tracking in 3D

Ferreira, Joana S, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2019.00068 . 10.3389/fphy.2019.00068 .

Nanoscale exploration of the extracellular space in the live brain by combining single carbon nanotube tracking and super-resolution imaging analysis

Ferreira, Joana S, Methods (San Diego, Calif.). 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymeth.2019.03.005 . 10.1016/j.ymeth.2019.03.005 . Methods (San Diego, Calif.)

Differential Nanoscale Topography and Functional Role of GluN2-NMDA Receptor Subtypes at Glutamatergic Synapses

Ferreira, Joana, Neuron. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2018.09.012 . 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.09.012 . Neuron

Co-agonists differentially tune GluN2B-NMDA receptor trafficking at hippocampal synapses

Joana S Ferreira; Thomas Papouin; Laurent Ladépêche; Andrea Yao; Valentin C Langlais; Delphine Bouchet; Jérôme Dulong; et al, eLife. 6. 2017. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.25492 . 10.7554/eLife.25492 . eLife

Single nanoparticle tracking of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in cultured and intact brain tissue

Varela, J.A.; Ferreira, J.S.; Dupuis, J.P.; Durand, P.; Bouchet, D.; Groc, L.; Varela JA; et al, Neurophotonics. 4. 3. 2016. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84991525161&partnerID=MN8TOARS . 10.1117/1.NPh.3.4.041808] . Neurophotonics

Biotinylation and Purification of Plasma Membrane-associated Proteins from Rodent Cultured Neurons

Caldeira, Margarida; Ferreira, Joana; Carvalho, Ana; Duarte, Carlos, BIO-PROTOCOL. 10. 6. 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.21769/bioprotoc.1807 . 10.21769/bioprotoc.1807 . BIO-PROTOCOL

Multiple domains in the C-terminus of NMDA receptor GluN2B subunit contribute to neuronal death following in vitro ischemia.

Vieira MM; Schmidt J; Ferreira JS; She K; Oku S; Mele M; Santos AE; et al, 2016. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26581639 . 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.11.007 .

GluN2B-Containing NMDA Receptors Regulate AMPA Receptor Traffic through Anchoring of the Synaptic Proteasome

Ferreira, J. S.; Schmidt, J.; Rio, P.; Águas, R.; Rooyakkers, A.; Li, K. W.; Smit, A. B.; Craig, A. M.; Carvalho, A. L., J Neurosci. 8462 - 79. 22. 35. 2015. 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3567-14.2015 . J Neurosci

Contactin-associated protein 1 (Caspr1) regulates the traffic and synaptic content of a-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA)-type glutamate receptors.

Santos SD; Iuliano O; Ribeiro L; Veran J; Ferreira JS; Rio P; Mulle C; Duarte CB; Carvalho AL, 2012. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/22223644 . 10.1074/jbc.M111.322909 .

Glutamate binding to the GluN2B subunit controls surface trafficking of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors.

She K; Ferreira JS; Carvalho AL; Craig AM, 2012. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/22740692 . 10.1074/jbc.M112.345108 .

Activity and protein kinase C regulate synaptic accumulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors independently of GluN1 splice variant.

Ferreira JS; Rooyakkers A; She K; Ribeiro L; Carvalho AL; Craig AM, 2011. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/21676872 . 10.1074/jbc.M111.222539 .

Characterization of alternatively spliced isoforms of AMPA receptor subunits encoding truncated receptors.

Gomes AR; Ferreira JS; Paternain AV; Lerma J; Duarte CB; Carvalho AL, 2008. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/18065236 . 10.1016/j.mcn.2007.10.008 .

Todos os projectos

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Informação da exclusiva responsabilidade do investigador 11-05-2025 , a partir da plataforma CIÊNCIAVITAE.

2023/03/01 - 2024/08/31

A New TransSynaptic Bridge: Functional characterization of the NMDA receptor-Neurexin interaction

2022.05386.PTDC

Principal investigator

Universidade de Coimbra

Financiadores: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

2023/01/01 - 2026/12/31

Homeostatic plasticity defects in autism: insight from human mutations in the CNTNAP2 gene

607/C/2022

Researcher

Financiadores: La Fundació La Marató de TV3

2022/01/01 - 2024/12/31

The study of the novel NMDA receptor-Neurexin-2 interaction and potential role in schizophrenia

29902

Principal investigator

Universidade de Coimbra

Financiadores: Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

2021/06/01 - 2024/12/31

Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology

UIDB/04539/2020

Researcher

Financiadores: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

2021/06/01 - 2023/05/31

Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus - 3rd Edition (CEEC-IND)

2020.01761.CEECIND

Principal investigator

Universidade de Coimbra

Financiadores: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

2021/06/01 - 2023/05/31

Functional characterization of a novel transsynaptic complex

IBRO Return Home Fellowship 2021

Principal investigator

Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology; Universidade de Coimbra

Financiadores: International Brain Research Organization

2020/09/15 - 2023/08/15

Potassium channel dysfunction in models of neurodevelopmental disorders

LCF/PR/HP20/52300003

Principal investigator

Institut Interdisciplinaire de Neurosciences

Financiadores: ”la Caixa” Foundation

2017/01/01 - 2020/06/30

The Nano-organization of NMDA receptors in neuronal cultures and brain tissue using super resolution techniques

ANR-15-CE16-0004-01

Post-doc Fellow

Institut Interdisciplinaire de Neurosciences; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Université de Bordeaux

Financiadores: Agence nationale de la recherche

2016/01/01 - 2016/12/31

Role of NMDA receptors co-agonists, glycine and D-serine in the regulation of NMDA receptor surface diffusion: implications in neuronal development

ANR-13-BSV4-0007

Post-doc Fellow

Institut Interdisciplinaire de Neurosciences

Financiadores: Agence nationale de la recherche

2013/01/01 - 2015/12/31

The Role of GluN2B-Containing NMDA Receptors in Regulating the Synaptic Proteasome: Implications to AMPA Receptor Traffic

SFRH/BPD/90045/2012

Post-doc Fellow

CNC.IBILI

Financiadores: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

2012/01/01 - 2012/12/31

Regulation of the stability of the messenger RNA for the GluR1 subunit of glutamate receptors

PTDC/BIA-BCM/113738/2009

Research Technician Fellow

Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology

Financiadores: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31

Strategic Project - LA 1 - 2011-2012

PEst-C/SAU/LA0001/2011

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular

Financiadores: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

2010/09/15 - 2013/12/31

Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Traffic of Glutamate Receptors of the NMDA Type

PTDC/SAU-NEU/099440/2008

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular

Financiadores: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

2008/01/01 - 2012/06/20

Molecular mechanisms of synaptic traffic of glutamate receptors of NMDA type: implications in synaptic plasticity

SHFR/BD/37522/2007

PhD Student Fellow

Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology

Financiadores: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

2006/07/01 - 2007/12/31

Driving AMPA receptors into synapses: role of interacting proteins in the delivery of GluR4- and GluR2L-containing AMPA receptors

POCI/SAU-NEU/58955/2004

Research Technician Fellow

Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology

Financiadores: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

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