César Mendes

• A Cabrita, AM Medeiros, T Pereira, AS Rodrigues, M Kranendonk, CS Mendes, (2022) “Motor dysfunction in Drosophila melanogaster as a biomarker for developmental neurotoxicity” 15 Jul 2022, In: ISCIENCE. 25, 7, p. 104541; bioRxiv 2021.07.09.451676.
• Sardoo A, Neto A, Torres RP, Rodrigues-Manica S, Domingues L, Crespo CL, Lagoas-Gomes J, Mascarenhas V, Mendes CS, Galzerano A, Almeida SFd, Sepriano A, Ramiro S, Masi A, Nair K, Costa J, Alexandre B, Vassilevskaia T, Cunha C, Sobral D, Branco J, Gomes-Alves P, Pimentel-Santos F. (2021) “The role of muscle in the susceptibility and progression of axial Spondyloarthritis: The MyoSpA Study Protocol”, Acta Reumatol Port. Oct-Dec 2021;46(4):342-349. 
• AR Fernandes, CS Mendes, ER Gomes, RO Teodoro, (2021) “Motor neuron boutons remodel through membrane blebbing” bioRxiv 2021.03.07.434250 
• F Heredia, Y Volonté, J Pereirinha, M Fernandez-Acosta, AP Casimiro, CG Belém, F Viegas, K Tanaka, J Menezes, M Arana, G A. Cardoso, A Macedo, M Kotowicz, F H. Prado Spalm, MJ Dibo, RD Monfardini, TT Torres, CS Mendes, A Garelli, AM Gontijo (2021) “Innate Behavior Sequence Progression by Peptide-Mediated Interorgan Crosstalk” Nature Communications, 07 June 2021 
• S Skarlatou,; C Hérent; E Toscano; CS Mendes; J Bouvier; N Zampieri. "Afadin Signaling at the Spinal Neuroepithelium Regulates Central Canal Formation and Gait Selection". Cell Reports 31 10 (2020): 107741. 
• CS Mendes*, I Bartos, Z Márka, T Akay, S Márka, RS Mann*. (2015) “Quantification of gait parameters in freely walking rodents”. BMC Biology, 22 July, 13:50. * corresponding authors. 
• MB Bouchard, V Voleti, CS Mendes, C Lacefield, WB Grueber, RS Mann, RM Bruno and EMC Hillman, (2015) “Swept Light Sheet (SLS) imaging for ultra-fast, volumetric microscopy in awake, behaving organisms”, Nature Photonics, Feb;9(2):113-119 (cover article). 
• CS Mendes*, SV Rajendren, I Bartos, S Márka, RS Mann*. (2014) “Kinematic responses to changes in walking orientation and gravitational load in Drosophila melanogaster”, PLoS ONE 9(10): e109204. * corresponding authors.  
• CS Mendes, I Bartos, T Akay, S Márka, RS Mann. (2013) “Quantification of gait parameters in freely walking wild type and sensory deprived Drosophila melanogaster”. eLife, January 8. 
• CS Mendes, C Levet , G Chatelain, P Dourlen, A Fouillet, ML Dichtel-Danjoy, A Gambis, HD Ryoo, H Steller, B Mollereau. (2009) “ER stress protects from retinal degeneration.” The EMBO Journal ;28(9):1296-307. 
• CS Mendes, E Arama, S Brown, H Scherr, M Srivastava, A Bergmann, H Steller, B Mollereau (2006) “Cytochrome-c-d regulates developmental apoptosis in the Drosophila retina” EMBO reports ;7(9):933-9 (cover article). 
• RD Almeida, BJ Manadas, CV Melo, JR Gomes, CS Mendes, MM Grãos, RF Carvalho, AP Carvalho and CB Duarte (2005) “Neuroprotection by BDNF against glutamate-induced apoptotic cell death is mediated by ERK and PI3-kinase pathways” Cell Death and Differentiation 12: 1329–1343 
• PM Domingos, M Mlodzik, CS Mendes, S Brown, H Steller, B Mollereau (2004) “Spalt transcription factors are required for R3/R4 specification and establishment of planar cell polarity in the Drosophila eye. ” Development. 131(22):5695-702. 

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"Glamour" PTDC/BIA-COM/0151/2020, FCT Role: PI

“Senescent cells and their secretory phenotype: novel targets for spinal cord repair” -MC-36-2020

Prémio Melo e Castro 2020, Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa Role: Participant (PI: Leonor Saúde, IMM)

"Development of an inexpensive, simple and open-source device for SARS-Cov-2 detection." Projetos de implementação rápida para soluções inovadoras - COVID-19, FCT [ 613788604 ] Role: PI

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"GEMiNI" H2020-MSCA-IF-2016, #752891 Marie Skłodowska-Curie program –Reintegration Grant-; European Commission. Role: PI Investigador FCT IF/01154/2014/CP1252/CT0003, FCT Role: PI