Sidarta Ribeiro

Sidarta Tollendal Gomes Ribeiro (April 16, 1971, Brasilia) is an influential Brazilian neuroscientist, Scientific Director of the [http://www.natalneuro.org.br/_eng/index.asp Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience of Natal] (ELS-IINN).

Academic degrees

* Bachelor of Biological Sciences by Universidade de Brasília (1993)
* Master's in Neurobiology by Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1994)
* Ph.D. in Neurosciences by Rockefeller University (2000)
* Postdoctoral in Duke University (2000-2005)

Works

elected scientific publications

* JARVIS ED, RIBEIRO S, SILVA ML, VENTURA D, VIELLIARD J, MELLO CV. "Behaviourally driven gene expression reveals song nuclei in hummingbird brain". Nature (London), UK, v. 406, p. 628-632, 2000.
* NICOLELIS MAL, RIBEIRO S. "Seeking the neural code". Scientific American, v. 295, p. 70-77, 2006.
* RIBEIRO S, CECCHI, MAGNASCO, MELLO CV. "Towards a song code: evidence for a syllabic representation in the canary brain". Neuron (Cambridge), USA, v. 21, p. 359-371, 1998.
* RIBEIRO S, NICOLELIS MAL. " [http://www.natalneuro.org.br/organizacao/cientistas_iinn/pdf/5.%20Learning%20Memory%202004.pdf Reverberation, Storage and Post-Synaptic Propagation of Memories During Sleep] ". Learn Mem 11: 686 - 696, 2004
* RIBEIRO, Sidarta. "Sonho, memória e o reencontro de Freud com o cérebro". Rev. Bras. Psiquiatria, São Paulo, 2003. Retrieved at: [http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462003000600013&lng=en&nrm=iso Scielo] . Access date: Feb. 02, 2008. doi: 10.1590/S1516-44462003000600013.

Fiction

* "Entendendo as Coisas" (tales, L&PM, 1998)

External links

*en icon- [http://www.natalneuro.org.br/_eng/organizacao/cientistas_iinn/index.asp Sidarta Ribeiro] at ELS-IINN.
*pt icon- [http://revistatrip.uol.com.br/146/especial/sidarta.htm Just a dreamer?] (Interview with Ribeiro in "Trip Magazine").
*pt icon- [http://www.natalneuro.org.br/organizacao/cientistas_iinn/index.asp Sidarta Ribeiro] at ELS-IINN.