🌳On 21 March, @champalimaudf.bsky.social ’s Green Team brought researchers, families and friends together to celebrate World Tree Day. 🤝With other volunteers, they planted ~100 trees in an area impacted by floods and invasive species, helping restore the ecosystem and give new life to the landscape.

The Champalimaud Research (CR) Colloquia Series is a weekly seminar programme open to everyone, where a speaker is invited to give a talk at the Champalimaud Foundation. 🔎 Check our April calendar and join a discussion on 🧠 neuroscience or 🦠 physiology & cancer research. 🔗 forms.gle/21J3GfPFMwm9...

📣 We’re glad to announce and invite you to the inauguration of the Digital Neurotherapeutics (DNTx) Centre! 🗓️ 15 May 📍 Champalimaud Foundation 🎟️ Registrations by 8 May: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 👉 More info: www.fchampalimaud.org/events/digit...

🚀 Less than a month to go until the YPP annual conference! Come and discuss the challenges and advances in Parkinson’s disease care with neuroscientists, doctors and other leading specialists. 🗓️ 11 April 2026 🕚 11h00-18h00 📍 Auditório CF 🎟️ Registrations: shorturl.at/kGq7M 🇵🇹 Event in portuguese

👏 Congratulations Hina Kosakamoto for her project “Ultrastructural remodeling of neuronal organelles governing foraging decisions", being awarded a "la Caixa" Postdoctoral Junior Leader fellowship from "la Caixa" Foundation! #laCaixaFoundation #Fellows #BecariosFundlaCaixa @champalimaudf.bsky.social

🔬👩‍🔬🧪Ciência di Noz Manera, mentoring programme, continues to open doors to science, bringing students closer to it! The @gimminstitute.bsky.social and @champalimaudf.bsky.social were transformed into vibrant lab spaces to welcome ~100 students, this time from Escola Dr. Azevedo Neves, in Amadora!

Decentralising and democratising access to science is essential to bringing knowledge closer to more people. At the 2nd edition of the Alto Minho Science Festival, in Arcos de Valdevez, the Champalimaud Foundation presented the interactive game “What Am I Looking At?”, inspired by our video series.

🗓️Today we mark the Brain Awareness Week! 👉Learn more about this campaign: dana.org/brain-awaren... 🧠Get to know the neuroscience done at the @champalimaudf.bsky.social: www.fchampalimaud.org/champalimaud... @danafoundation.bsky.social @fens.org @spneurociencias.bsky.social @cienciaviva.bsky.social

🔵 Join us for the upcoming COpS! 📣 Leopoldo Petreanu, Cortical Circuits Lab 📣 Cristina João, Myeloma Lymphoma Research Group 🎤 Moderado por Henrique Veiga-Fernandes, Immunophysiology 🗓️ 30 Mar, 12:00 📍 CF Auditorium 👉 www.fchampalimaud.org/events/champ...

📣 The free public session of “PATEO – Pessoas com Autonomia, Tecto, Espaço e Oportunidade”, a Science4Policy project, is almost here and we’re glad to announce the event’s brilliant lineup of speakers: www.onossopateo.info/agenda 🎟️ Secure your spot: tinyurl.com/ycke7p6h

👏 Congratulations to Charline Tessereau and Juan Lozano-Gil for receiving a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025! @champalimaudf.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

🧠 Can the brain sense cancer? A global team including Henrique Veiga-Fernandes @‪champalimaudf.bsky.social has been awarded up to $25M by @cancergrand.bsky.social to explore how the brain and nervous system interact with tumours 🔁. 👉 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/can-bra...

The @champalimaudf.bsky.social and @istecnico.bsky.social have signed an agreement to launch a Neurorobotics Laboratory, cementing a five-year strategic partnership in neuroscience, robotics and AI. 👉 Read more about this new laboratory: www.fchampalimaud.org/news/champal... @isrlisboa.bsky.social

⭐ Rankings come and go. Consistency stays. Five years of consistent results place the Champalimaud Foundation among Portugal’s “excellent brands” and at the top of healthcare. 👉 Full article: www.fchampalimaud.org/news/champal...

⭐ On 11 April, the IV YPP 2026 Annual Conference will feature interdisciplinary discussions bridging medicine and neuroscience to advance care for Parkinson’s Disease patients. 🕚 11:00 - 18:00 📍 CF's Auditorium 🎟️ Registrations: www.eventbrite.com/e/bilhetes-i... 🇵🇹 This event in Portuguese

👏 Congratulations to Bruna Costa for her project “Unveiling the initial cellular mechanisms that drive metastasis in colorectal cancer", being awarded a Bolsa de Investigação em Oncologia 2026, from Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro!

The Champalimaud Research (CR) Colloquia Series is a weekly seminar programme open to everyone, where a speaker is invited to give a talk at the Champalimaud Foundation. 🔎 Check our March calendar and join a discussion on 🧠 neuroscience or 🦠 physiology & cancer research. 🔗 forms.gle/21J3GfPFMwm9...

📣 Registrations for the free public session of “PATEO – Pessoas com Autonomia, Tecto, Espaço e Oportunidade”, from Science4Policy, are now open! 📅 27 Mar 2026, 2:30pm–6:30pm 📍 Champalimaud Foundation’s Auditorium 🇵🇹 Event in PT 🎟️ Registration: tinyurl.com/ycke7p6h 👉 More info: www.onossopateo.info

⚡AI is no longer a promise on the horizon. Join us for the last edition of Medica AI to discuss how to 🦾 design AI-driven healthcare for 2050! 📍 Champalimaud Foundation 🎟️ Book until 19 June to benefit from a reduced fee 👉 More info and registration: www.fchampalimaud.org/events/medic...

📢 One week left to apply to the ICDP! ❓ Still deciding if the ICDP is for you? Then check our website for all the info you need: fchampalimaud.org/champalimaud... 👀 Don’t miss this opportunity! 💥 Applications to the ICDP are open until 1 March: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

👏Congratulations Silvia Salvalaggio! “MOSAIC: A multidimensional profiling of post-stroke upper-limb recovery: biological markers linking motor, cognitive & brain structural dimensions after rehabilitation", was awarded a Bolsa de Investigação Prof. Castro Lopes em Doença Vascular Cerebral 2025!

👀 New preprint ‪@neurabel.bsky.social & @memming.bsky.social, @champalimaudf.bsky.social Can we use RNNs for complex dynamical systems not just over finite time intervals but for all future time? Yes! And they also show the models can capture multistability & oscillations. 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2602.08640

📣 Reminder: Applications to the Advanced Confocal Microscopy Course close by the 22 February! 🗓️ 13-11 April 📍@champalimaudf, Lisbon ✏️ Application deadline: 22 February 2026 ✅ Acceptance notification: 24 February 2026 🔗 fchampalimaud.org/events/advan...

Does every visual experience shape the brain in the same way, or does what we see change how visual areas are wired? 🧠 New research from Leopoldo Petreanu’s Cortical Circuits Lab at the @champalimaudf.bsky.social, first co-authors Radhika Rajan and Rodrigo Dias, shows that visual experience matters.

🗓️ Today we mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. 👉 Learn more about this year’s campaign: www.un.org/en/observanc... 🧩 STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

🔵Join us for the upcoming COpS! 📣Ana Luísa Correia, Cancer Dormancy & Immunity Lab 📣Klaas van Gisbergen, Tissue Immunity Lab 🎤Moderated by Leopoldo Petreanu, Cortical Circuits Lab 🗓️23 Feb, 12:00 📍Champalimaud Foundation Auditorium 👉 www.fchampalimaud.org/events/champ... @champalimaudf.bsky.social

🪰 New study from Stem Cells and Regeneration Lab, @champalimaudr.bsky.social shows that a brief, well-controlled burst of oxidative stress from glial cells right after an injury can help the fruit fly brain repair itself. 👉 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/control... 📖 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🧑‍🎓 Interdisciplinary Curriculum - Multicultural - Exciting - Vibrant Environment - Friendships and Collaborations - Dynamic Courses and Lab Rotations - Broadening Horizons 🔬👩‍🔬🧪 💥 Applications to the ICDP are open until 1 March. 👉 More info and application form: fchampalimaud.org/champalimaud...

⭐ Registration for the IV YPP Conference 2026 is still open! John Krakauer and Joaquim Alves da Silva, from @champalimaudf.bsky.social, are among the confirmed speakers. 🗓️ 11 Apr 2026, 11h-18h 📍 Champalimaud Foundation Auditorium 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/bilhetes-i... 🇵🇹 Event in Portuguese

💬 The free public session of “PATEO – Pessoas com Autonomia, Tecto, Espaço e Oportunidade” will be held on 27 March. Save the date! 📅 27 March 2026 ⏰ 2:30pm – 6:30pm 📍 Champalimaud Foundation’s Auditorium 🇵🇹 Event held in Portuguese 💡 More information and registration available soon. Stay tuned!

🐟 The Champalimaud Foundation, used the ‘zAvatar-test to help personalise treatment for a young patient with brain cancer. 🎯Test was also used in a different study to predict ovarian cancer treatment responses with 91% accuracy in a group of 32 patients. 👉 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/first-t...

🗓️ Today we mark World Cancer Day. 🔎 Discover the Champalimaud Foundation's cancer research and healthcare initiatives: www.fchampalimaud.org/champalimaud... 👉 Learn more about World Cancer Day and this year’s campaign: www.worldcancerday.org/the-campaign

The Champalimaud Research (CR) Colloquia Series is a weekly seminar programme open to everyone, where a speaker is invited to give a talk at the Champalimaud Foundation 🔎Check our February calendar and join a discussion on 🧠 neuroscience or 🦠 physiology & cancer research 🔗 forms.gle/21J3GfPFMwm9...

📣 The Brain Prize Course – Computational and Theoretical Neuroscience, from the @cajal-training.bsky.social is now accepting applications! 🗓️ 13 - 31 July 2026 📍 Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal ⏳ Application Deadline: 27 February 2026 👉 cajal-training.org/on-site/comp...

📢 You have 4 more days to apply to the International Neuroscience Doctoral Programme (INDP)! Deadline has been extended until 4 Feb. ❓ Still deciding if the INDP is for you? Check our website for all the info: fchampalimaud.org/champalimaud... 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @itqbnova.bsky.social

✏️ We’re glad to announce that the call for abstracts to the Champalimaud Research Symposium 2026 (CRSy26) is now open! We invite all authors to submit their work until 10 July.

👏 Congratulations Cláudia Nunes dos Santos, Inês Figueira and Miguel Santos from NIMSB, and Marcelo Mendonça, from Digital Neurotherapeutics Centre at Champalimaud Foundation, on their ERC Proof of Concept Grant. 🧠 The project aims to advance innovative and ethical research for Parkinson’s disease.

#PhDone! Congratulations to our new #Doctor, Beatriz Belbut, from the Cortical Circuits Lab at the @champalimaudf.bsky.social. We wish you all the best for your future, Beatriz! 👏

📣The Quantitative Approaches to Behavior and Virtual Reality Course, from the @cajal-training.bsky.social is now accepting applications! 🗓️7-26 Jun 2026 📍Champalimaud Foundation ⏳Deadline: 13 Feb 2026 🔗 Apply here: form.jotform.com/Cajal_traini... 👉 Info: cajal-training.org/on-site/quan...

👀 #Newpreprint from ‪@josegcpa.bsky.social‬ @champalimaudf.bsky.social with @sohmandal.bsky.social & collaborators @icr.ac.uk 🔬#Classpose is a new AI tool to find and label every cell in large tissue images - fast. Open code, ready models, and QuPath extension. #Preprint here 📄👉🔗: shorturl.at/Noudz

👀 The applications to the International Cancer Doctoral Programme (ICDP) at the @champalimaudr.bsky.social are open until 1 March 2026. ❓ Wondering if the ICDP is the right fit for you? Read the comments for a summary of the curriculum! 👉 More info: fchampalimaud.org/champalimaud...

🧑‍🎓 Expanding Horizons - Deep Learning - Strong Community - Intimate Settings - Meaningful Exchanges - Welcoming - Support from Others 🧠 This is a glimpse of what our students say about the International Neuroscience Doctoral Programme (INDP) 💥 Deadline: 31 Jan 👉 fchampalimaud.org/champalimaud...

🔬🧪Would you like to learn confocal microscopy in-depth? Apply to our advanced course! 🗓️ 13-11 April 📍Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon ✏️ Application deadline: 22 February 2026 ✅ Acceptance Notification: 24 February 2026 🔗 fchampalimaud.org/events/advan...

#PhDone! Congratulations to our new #Doctor, Anh Nguyen, from the Circuit Dynamics & Computation Lab at the @champalimaudf.bsky.social. We wish you all the best for your future, Anh! 👏

💫Last days to visit the #20Years20Stories collection! Don’t miss the opportunity to explore the #20Years20Stories collection open to the public at Champalimaud Foundation. 🗓️Until 16 Jan 2026 ⏰Mon-Fri, 9h-18h 📍Champalimaud Foundation’s Exhibition Centre 🎟️Free 👉 www.fchampalimaud.org/events/exhib...

🧠 The showing of 'Distant Brains' from Nuno Cera, artist in residence at the Champalimaud Foundation (CF), as part of the Bridges to the Unknown art-science residency programme, is happening in less than two weeks! 🗓️ 16 Jan, 20h 📍 CF Auditorium 🎟️ Free event 👉 fchampalimaud.org/distant-brains

🧪 Looking for a state-of-the-art education in cancer research? Applications to the International Cancer Doctoral Programme (ICDP) at the Champalimaud Foundation are open until 1 March 2026! Join our vibrant and international research community in sunny Lisbon ☀️ 👉 fchampalimaud.org/champalimaud...

The Champalimaud Research Colloquia Series is a weekly seminar programme open to everyone, where a speaker is invited to give a talk at the Champalimaud Foundation. 🔎 Check our January calendar and join a discussion on 🧠 neuroscience or 🦠 physiology & cancer research. 🔗 forms.gle/21J3GfPFMwm9...

⭐️We wish you Happy Holidays! As we celebrate 20 years, we are reminded that our journey was shaped by Many People, towards Many Futures We invited our community to add portraits to #20Years20Stories exhibition, since the history of an institution is a collection of the stories of those who shape it

📣 It’s time to save the date for next year’s Champalimaud Research Symposium (CRSy26): 14 to 16 October 2026! The CRSy26 will explore the theme 🟫🟦🟧 “Neural and Immune Codes in Cancer”. 👉 The call for abstracts will open on 27 January 2026 here: symposium.fchampalimaud.science Stay tuned!