Peça, João
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João Peça is a neurobiologist with more than 15 years of research experience. Presently, he is Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Coimbra and Group Leader of the Neuronal Circuits and Behavior Lab. João completed his Ph.D. at Duke University, where he created the first transgenic mice for channelrhodopsin-2 and pioneered the field of optogenetics. He performed postdoctoral research at MIT characterizing animal models for autism, where he uncovered a new role for cortico-striatal dysfunction in autism spectrum disorders. He has completed was supervisor or co-supervisor of 5 Ph.D. students' thesis and of 10+ M.Sc. students. Present interests of his group center on using advanced models to understand how genetic and environmental elements risk factors translate to neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders. To achieve this, João uses a combination of molecular genetics, optogenetics and electrophysiological approaches using animal models and human brain organoids. To date his work has led to primary research papers in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals, including Nature, Nature Communications, Molecular Psychiatry, PNAS, and Neuron, and review work in Cell and Annual Reviews in Neuroscience. In 2019 he won "Pfizer Prize in Basic Research", the oldest and one of the most prestigious prizes in Portugal in the area of Biomedical Sciences.
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| Issue Date | Title | Author(s) | Type | Access | |
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| 1 | 2016 | Dissection of hierarchy formation in mice: behavioral and molecular correlates of dominance. | Sousa, Renato José Melo | masterThesis | embargoedAccess |
| 2 | 10-Oct-2018 | Long-term impact of early life stress on adult social behavior and prefrontal cortical circuits | Franco, Lara Oliveira | doctoralThesis | embargoedAccess |