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Biography

I am particularly interested in integrating behavioral ecology and neurosciences to help understand the spatial dynamics of neotropical butterflies.

Activities

Employment (4)

The University of Texas at Austin: Austin, US

2023-08 to present | Stengl-Wyer Scholar (post-doc) (Integrative Biology)
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Priscila Albuquerque de Moura

Ministério da Economia: Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, BR

2015-02 to 2023-09 | Assistente Técnico Administrativo (Licitações (2015); Almoxarifado/Patrimônio (2015-2023))
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University of Hawaii at Manoa: Honolulu, Hawaii, US

2009-09 to 2012-06 | Teaching Assistant: BIO101L - Biology for Non-Majors Laboratory (Summer 2011); BIO265L - Ecology and Evolution Laboratory (Fall 2009, Fall 2010); BIO275L - Molecular Biology Laboratory (Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012); BIO375L - Genetics Laboratory (Fall 2011) (Zoology/Biology)
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Prescott College: Prescott, Arizona, US

2011-07 to 2011-11 | Mentor (Advanced Portuguese)
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Education and qualifications (4)

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte: Natal, RN, BR

2018-02 to 2022-07 | PhD in Ecology (Ecology)
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University of Hawaii at Manoa: Honolulu, Hawaii, US

2009-09 to 2012-05 | Specialization in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology (Biology)
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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte: Natal, RN, BR

2007-02 to 2009-02 | MSc in Ecology (Ecology)
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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte: Natal, RN, BR

2001-03 to 2005-08 | BSc in Biology (Physiology)
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Professional activities (5)

University of Bristol: Bristol, Bristol, GB

2018-09 to present | Honorary member at the EBAB-Lab (PhD student) (School of Biological Sciences)
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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte: Natal, RN, BR

2019-08 | Honorable mention for the PhD project presentation (Ecology)
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University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2019-06 to 2019-08 | Visiting researcher (field research in Moulis, France). (Zoology)
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Harvard University FAS Center for Systems Biology: Cambridge, MA, US

2008-01 to 2008-07 | Visiting graduate student (Systems Biology)
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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte: Natal, RN, BR

2005-05 | Best honors research project presentation in Biological Sciences
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Funding (7)

Stengl-Wyer Scholarship

2023-08 to 2026-08 | Salary award
Stengl-Wyer Endowment (Austin, Texas, US)
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Priscila Albuquerque de Moura

Environment-dependent plasticity in Heliconius mushroom bodies

2019-03 to 2019-03 | Grant
The Company of Biologists (Cambridge, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

JEBTF181115

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CAPES Scholarship - PhD Program (declined)

2018-02 to 2018-02 | Salary award
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Brasília, BR)
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Resolving the evolutionary history of Drosophila grimshawi and allies

2012-02 to 2012-05 | Grant
Watson T. Yoshimoto Foundation (Honolulu, US)
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CAPES Scholarship - Masters Program

2007 to 2009 | Salary award
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Brasília, BR)
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Scholarship - Undergraduate's Program

2004 to 2005 | Salary award
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasília, BR)
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Scholarship - Undergraduate's Program

2003 to 2004 | Salary award
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasília, BR)
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Works (7)

Heliconius butterflies use wide-field landscape features, but not individual local landmarks, during spatial learning

Royal Society Open Science
2024-11 | Journal article
Contributors: P. A. Moura; M. Z. Cardoso; S. H. Montgomery
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Long-term spatial memory across large spatial scales in Heliconius butterflies

Current Biology
2023-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0960-9822
Contributors: Priscila A. Moura; Fletcher J. Young; Monica Monllor; Marcio Z. Cardoso; Stephen H. Montgomery
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No evidence of social learning in a socially roosting butterfly in an associative learning task

Biology Letters
2023-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Priscila A. Moura; Marcio Z. Cardoso; Stephen H. Montgomery
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True site fidelity in pollen‐feeding butterflies

Functional Ecology
2022-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Priscila A. Moura; Giberto Corso; Stephen H. Montgomery; Marcio Z. Cardoso
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Comparative population genetics of mimetic Heliconius butterflies in an endangered habitat; Brazil's Atlantic Forest

BMC Genetics
2011 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1471-2156
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Wing patterning gene redefines the mimetic history of Heliconius butterflies

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2011-12-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0027-8424
Part of ISSN: 1091-6490
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Dissecting comimetic radiations in Heliconius reveals divergent histories of convergent butterflies

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2010-04-20 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0027-8424
Part of ISSN: 1091-6490
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