Gontijo - Network

wowww so busy today that I only saw this now! So happy for Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun. Long due. Another big win for curiosity-driven...

wowww so busy today that I only saw this now! So happy for Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun. Long due. Another big win for curiosity-driven research and model organisms. Such a powerful finding and story. Go, nematodes! https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2024/summary/

This study was performed at our labs at the #ce3c, Faculdade de Ciências ULisboa, INIBIBB, and #inova4health at NOVA Medical School, and is...

This study was performed at our labs at the #ce3c, Faculdade de Ciências ULisboa, INIBIBB, and #inova4health at NOVA Medical School, and is fruit of the work of many talented scientists, including co-first authors Drs. Magdalena Fernandez-Acosta and Rebeca Zanini, as well as Dr F Herédia, Dr Y Volonté, Dr J Menezes, K Prüger, J Ibarra, M Arana, MS Perez, and our collaborators Prof. Drs. Christian Wegener (U of Würzburg) and Jan Veenstra (U of Bordeaux). Funded by FCT & CONICET.

These descending interneurons express and require the neuropeptide Myoinhibiting peptide (Mip) to modulate the activity of multiple...

These descending interneurons express and require the neuropeptide Myoinhibiting peptide (Mip) to modulate the activity of multiple subpopulations of Sex Peptide Receptor (SPR)-positive neurons within the ventral nerve cord to generate the motor pattern characteristic of the natural GSB stage.

Andres Garelli and I are very happy to share our revised preprint:https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.04.27.591209v2It shows how a...

Andres Garelli and I are very happy to share our revised preprint:
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.04.27.591209v2

It shows how a single descending neuron in the Drosophila larval brain acts both as a developmentally-regulated command neuron and a neuromodulatory neuron for the same complex innate behavior, the glue expulsion and spreading behavior (GSB), which occurs a single time at a critical stage of fly development, pupariation.

I am grateful for all the support our research group has received from the NMS and all our dear colleagues there throughout these more than...

I am grateful for all the support our research group has received from the NMS and all our dear colleagues there throughout these more than 10 years. I hope that being next door will greatly facilitate the continuation of our interactions and many collaborative efforts.

I am also thankful to the FCUL community for already making me feel very welcome and I am very excited with the new perspectives that being at FCUL will open to our #research group.

I am happy to announce that this month I have taken up a faculty position uptown at the Department of Animal Biology at #FCUL Faculdade de...

I am happy to announce that this month I have taken up a faculty position uptown at the Department of Animal Biology at #FCUL Faculdade de Ciências da #Universidade de #Lisboa, where I will be responsible for the #Neurobiology curricular unit. I will remain affiliated to the #NOVA Medical School - Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (#NMS) while our lab makes the transition.

Predictable and completely preventable events in Brasilia, #Brazil, today. It is ridiculous and outrageous that this happened. May each of...

Predictable and completely preventable events in Brasilia, #Brazil, today. It is ridiculous and outrageous that this happened. May each of the perpetrators and especially their enablers be held accountable and be charged with the costs and efforts of reparations (of what can be repaired).

Watching this super nice lecture on the origin of the vertebrate nervous system by Marc Kirschner and loving it for some reason beyond the...

Watching this super nice lecture on the origin of the vertebrate nervous system by Marc Kirschner and loving it for some reason beyond the theme per se - then it came to me that he sounds so much like Carl Sagan.. I wondered what’s the common denominator? Age? Chicago? Carl studied there for many years while Marc was born and studied there too? Or am I hearing things? 😅 https://youtu.be/232wtCuLsoI

#accents #CarlSagan #MarcKirschner #neurobiology #vertebrates #chordata #biology #ibiology #evolution

It took me a while to get this done, but after over a month off the bird site, and being quite satisfied with the mastodon experience, here...

It took me a while to get this done, but after over a month off the bird site, and being quite satisfied with the mastodon experience, here we go - 10 years of tweets, likes, and DMs, bye bye!

Thanks @andricheli for the tip!

#tweetdelete

Impressive how vigorous, crisp, and sound Anthony Fauci is at age ~82. Such an important voice.We need many more scientifically literate and...

Impressive how vigorous, crisp, and sound Anthony Fauci is at age ~82. Such an important voice.

We need many more scientifically literate and powerful voices like this willing to go into government and public service around the globe.

From @sciencemagazine podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/pt/podcast/science-magazine-podcast/id120329020?l=en&i=1000589458084

Two peptides encoded by conserved smORFs, Sloth1 and Sloth2, regulate mitochondrial complex III assembly in #Drosophila...

Two peptides encoded by conserved smORFs, Sloth1 and Sloth2, regulate mitochondrial complex III assembly in #Drosophila neurons.
https://elifesciences.org/articles/82709

Chilly morning run #Guincho #Cascais. Bonus: zoom in to find the fearless fishermen and the Cabo da Roca lighthouse (which marks continental...

Chilly morning run #Guincho #Cascais. Bonus: zoom in to find the fearless fishermen and the Cabo da Roca lighthouse (which marks continental Europe's westernmost point). #running

Dear #mastodon #fediverse, has anyone tried apps that delete our birdsite data without deleting our account or have easier/better ways to do...

Dear #mastodon #fediverse, has anyone tried apps that delete our birdsite data without deleting our account or have easier/better ways to do so? #twittermigration

Nice interview (in ES) with Spanish scientist Maria Blasco. #CNIO #telomerase #cancer #WomenSTEM #scicomm ...

Nice interview (in ES) with Spanish scientist Maria Blasco. #CNIO #telomerase #cancer #WomenSTEM #scicomm https://www.rtve.es/play/videos/encuentros-en-rtve/maria-blasco/6730817/

Impressions of this weekend’s runs. Sunny Saturday in #Estoril. Cloudy Sunday morning in #Cascais, #Portugal. Both amazing privileges in...

Impressions of this weekend’s runs. Sunny Saturday in #Estoril. Cloudy Sunday morning in #Cascais, #Portugal. Both amazing privileges in November. Which weather do you prefer for #running? #running for #health

Thank you and goodbye, Gal Costa. :("À manhã que vem, nem bom dia eu vou dar" https://youtu.be/wrLXSCme6Rc

Thank you and goodbye, Gal Costa. :(
"À manhã que vem, nem bom dia eu vou dar"
https://youtu.be/wrLXSCme6Rc

these seems like an alternative: https://social.coop/@konrad/109299381186989677

these seems like an alternative: https://social.coop/@konrad/109299381186989677

2) I am finding the easiest way to follow people from other servers is to copy and paste their URL in the search field in your server. This...

2) I am finding the easiest way to follow people from other servers is to copy and paste their URL in the search field in your server. This is especially true now with the phishing warnings (I was having to authenticate like 3-4 times sometimes).

two points about my #Mastodon experience:1) It would be nice if we could easily follow public timelines of selected servers from direct...

two points about my #Mastodon experience:

1) It would be nice if we could easily follow public timelines of selected servers from direct links within our personal page. Similar to the icons "local" or "Federated" in the web app. (I can't even find a way to look at the federated posts with the iOS app - am I missing something?).

#introduction #ScienceMastodonHello!I am an assistant professor at the Faculdade de Ciências of the University of Lisbon & #research...

#introduction #ScienceMastodon
Hello!
I am an assistant professor at the Faculdade de Ciências of the University of Lisbon & #research group leader at Nova Medical School, Lisbon, #Portugal.


Our lab is interested in #genetics, #physiology, #neurobiology, #behavior, #development, #evolution, #synbio, #bioengineering, #diseasemodelling, and we use #Drosophila, #stemcells, and #computationalbiology approaches.

I am interested in everything #Science, #History, #Politics, #Music, and other stuff.