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João Pedro Silva

Independent Researcher

Research Group
Toxicology
Email
jpmsilva@ff.up.pt
Phone number
+351 220428796 (ext: 8796)
Researcher ID
E-8444-2012
ORCID
0000-0002-5656-0897
Ciência Vitae
7310-EC2E-8DC1

Recent publications

  • J Alexandre, R Malheiro, DD Silva, H Carmo, F Carvalho, JP Silva. 2020. The Synthetic Cannabinoids THJ-2201 and 5F-PB22 Enhance In Vitro CB1 Receptor-Mediated Neuronal Differentiation at Biologically Relevant Concentrations. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 21(17), DOI: 10.3390/ijms21176277
  • Silva JP, Andronis C, Lekka E, Virvilis V, Carmo H, Bampali K, Ernst M, Hu Y, Loryan I, Richard J, Carvalho F, Savić MM.. 2020. Molecular basis of mood and cognitive adverse events elucidated via a combination of pharmacovigilance data mining and functional enrichment analysis. ARCHIVES OF TOXICOLOGY, DOI: 10.1007/s00204-020-02788-1

Main research interests

  • Molecular Toxicology
  • New Psychoactive substances effects on neuronal development
  • In vitro models of neurotoxicity
  • Assessment of Synthetic Cannabinoids' toxicity signatures
  • Role of New Psychoactive Substances on bone remodeling

Degrees

  • Graduation in Applied Biology, University of Minho (2002)
  • MSc in Molecular Genetics, University of Minho (2004)
  • PhD in Biological Sciences, University of Minho (2009)