Ines Serra

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Dr. Ines Serra

Biography

I obtained my Pharmaceutical Sciences degree (BSc and MSc) from the University of Coimbra, Portugal. During this time, I worked on several research projects, both within university and hospital contexts, focusing on cancer cell targeting. Following my MSc thesis on cancer-associated fibroblasts and my pharmacy training, I moved to the University of Cambridge, UK (Dr. Ewan Smith's lab). Here, I switched into the nervous system field, working on dorsal root ganglia and pain. Afterwards, I moved to the University of Reading, UK to start my PhD. In collaboration with GW Pharmaceuticals, I studied the effect of cannabidiol in tuberous sclerosis complex, concentrating on the development of neuropsychiatric dysfunction and epilepsy (Dr. Ben Whalley and Dr. Claire Williams' labs). Having finished my PhD research, I now moved to the EMC (Dr. Badura's lab) where I am working on immune and cerebellar contributions to the development of autism spectrum disorder-like traits.

Education

2019

PhD in Neuroscience

in Reading UK

2014

Pharmacist Training

in Isabel Folhas PT

2014

MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences

in Coimbra PT

2012

BSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences

in Coimbra PT

Publications

1. Bridging the gap: neurodevelopmental disorder risks in inborn errors of immunity.

Kurup D, FitzPatrick AM, Badura A, Serra I
in Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology 2024
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0000000000001036

2. Delay eyeblink conditioning performance and brain-wide c-Fos expression in male and female mice.

Oyaga MR, Serra I, Kurup D, Koekkoek SKE, Badura A
in Open biology 2023
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.220121

3. Modeling and Inference of Sparse Neural Dynamic Functional Connectivity Networks Underlying Functional Ultrasound Data.

Ruben Wijnands, Justin Dauwels, Ines Serra, Pieter Kruizinga, Aleksandra Badura, Borbála Hunyadi
in 2023
DOI: 10.1109/ICASSPW59220.2023.10193029

4. Tsc1 Haploinsufficiency Leads to Pax2 Dysregulation in the Developing Murine Cerebellum

Ines Serra, Ana Stravs, Catarina Osório, Maria Roa Oyaga, Martijn Schonewille, Christian Tudorache, and Aleksandra Badura
in Front Mol Neurosci. 2022
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.831687

5. Activated PI3Kδ syndrome, an immunodeficiency disorder, leads to sensorimotor deficits recapitulated in a murine model.

Ines Serra, Olivia R. Manusama, Fabian.M.P. Kaiser, Izi Izumi Floriano, Lucas Wahl, Christian van der Zalm, Hanna IJspeert, P. Martin van Hagen, Nico J.M. van Beveren, Sandra M. Arend, Klaus Okkenhaug, Johan J.M. Pel, Virgil A.S.H. Dalm, Aleksandra Badura
in Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health 2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbih.2021.100377
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