⭐️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!

#20Years20Stories Collection 2️⃣0️⃣Defining moments with Leonor Beleza Leonor Beleza’s story shows us how a single call set everything in motion 📝 Full story: www.fchampalimaud.org/news/phone-c... May we never run out of stories capable of transcending time. 🔗 www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...

#20Years20Stories Collection 1️⃣9️⃣ Defining moments with @megancarey.bsky.social Megan Carey’s story tells us about big dreams and big ideas that came true. 📝 Full story: www.fchampalimaud.org/news/intangi... 🔗 Collection: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...

🧠 Treating Bipolar Depression: How repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) is changing the game 🔍 A review from the Neuropsychiatry Unit reveals rTMS as a promising treatment. This technique is available at the new Digital Neurotherapeutics Centre. 📖 fchampalimaud.org/news/why-tra...

👀 The applications to the International Neuroscience Doctoral Programme at the Champalimaud Foundation are open until 31 Jan 2026. ❓ Still deciding if the INDP is for you? Then check out our curriculum in a nutshell! 👉 Don’t miss this opportunity! More info here: fchampalimaud.org/champalimaud...

20 Years, 20 Stories Collection 1️⃣8️⃣ Then and now with Zachary Mainen Zach Mainen’s story is a reminder that the future isn’t fixed, it’s built through continuous adaptation. 📝 Full story: www.fchampalimaud.org/news/blank-s... 🔗 Collection: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...

#20Years20Stories Collection 1️⃣7️⃣ Then and now with Maria João Villas-Boas Maria João Villas-Boas’s story is full of humour, joy and pride. 📝 Full story: www.fchampalimaud.org/news/frontie... 🔗 Collection: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...

💫 The #20Years20Stories Collection is now open! We hope you to have you visiting, exploring and reflecting on the stories that continue to shape the Champalimaud Foundation (CF). 🗓️ 15 Dec 2025-16 Jan 2026 ⏰ Monday to Friday, 9h-18h 📍CF’s Exhibition Centre Info: www.fchampalimaud.org/events/showi...

🧠Save the date for the 4th YPP 2026 Conference, meeting co-organised between Young Parkies Portugal and the @champalimaudf.bsky.social, in which we will discuss the future of Early-Onset Parkinson's! 🗓️10-11 April 2026 📍 Champalimaud Foundation Auditorium 🎟️ More info soon 🇵🇹Event held in Portuguese

#20Years20Stories Collection 1️⃣6️⃣ Building community with Joe Paton Joe Paton’s story tells us about the Champalimaud Foundation’s (CF) ambition to bridge science and medicine. 📝 Full story: www.fchampalimaud.org/news/crossin... 🔗 Collection: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...

#20Years20Stories Collection 1️⃣5️⃣ Building community with António Parreira António tells us about a journey filled with bold ideas and shared purpose always connecting clinical care and community spirit. 📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/buildin... 🔗Collection: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...

Today we honour the memory of Adam Kampff, whose passing leaves an immense void in our community. We are profoundly grateful to Adam. The best way to honour him is to continue innovating, collaborating, and sharing generously, as he taught us. Thank you, Adam Kampff.

#20Years20Stories Collection 1️⃣4️⃣ Linking research & clinic with Henrique Veiga-Fernandes Henrique’s story tells us how a building can shape the way people, science and medicine come together. 📝 Full story: www.fchampalimaud.org/news/institu... 🔗 Collection: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...

👏 Congratulations Juan Álvaro Gallego on his project “SELECT” being selected in the ERC Consolidator 2025 Call! 🧠 SELECT will investigate the neural mechanisms underlying the learning, execution and adaptation of skilled movements at multiple brain areas 👉 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/two-lif...

#20Years20Stories Collection 1️⃣3️⃣ Linking research and clinic with Maria João Cardoso This story shows how personalised care and the fusion of science and medicine are shaping the future of patient treatment. 📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/between... 🔗 www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...

Albino J. Oliveira-Maia, neuropsychiatrist at the @champalimaudf.bsky.social, President-Elect of the Portuguese Society of Psychiatry and Mental Health (2026-2029). 💬 “I hope to continue extending science and innovation to those who most need it." - Albino Find out more here: shorturl.at/lG1T9

@champalimaudf.bsky.social just installed a custom-built 18-Tesla horizontal-bore MRI scanner – the strongest for in-vivo imaging – to advance preclinical research non-invasively in neuroscience and cancer. Full story: shorturl.at/pGREa #PreclinicalResearch #Neuroscience #Cancer #MedicalImaging

#20Years20Stories Collection 1️⃣2️⃣ Behind the Scenes with Joaquim Teixeira Joaquim Teixeira’s story is an example of how fast adaptation to new roles and projects helps shape the future of an institution. 📝Story: www.fchampalimaud.org/news/invisib... 🔗Collection: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...

#20Years20Stories Collection 1️⃣1️⃣ Behind the Scenes with Cátia Feliciano Cátia's story tells us about curiosity, ingenuity and reinvention. 📝 Full story: www.fchampalimaud.org/news/story-a... 🔗20 Years, 20 Stories Collection: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...

🧠 Applications for the International Neuroscience Doctoral Programme (INDP) @champalimaudf.bsky.social open until 31 January 2026. ☀️ Join our vibrant and international research community in sunny Lisbon! 🔗 fchampalimaud.org/champalimaud...

🔵 Join us for the upcoming COpS! 📣 Marta Moita, Behavioral Neuroscience Lab 📣 Joaquim Alves da Silva, Neural Circuits Dysfunction Lab 🎤Moderated by Rita Fior, Cancer Development and Innate Immune Evasion Lab 🗓️ 15 Dec, 12:00 📍 CF Auditorium 👉 www.fchampalimaud.org/events/champ...

#20Years20Stories Collection 1️⃣0️⃣ Tech and tools through time with Gonçalo Lopes Gonçalo shares how the willingness to build, and share, the tools he needed to understand how the brain works ended up shaping his path. 📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/bonsai-... 🔗 www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...

#20Years20Stories Collection 9️⃣ Tech & Tools Through Time with João Santinha João’s journey reveals how technology can transform care when guided by human purpose. 📝 Full story: www.fchampalimaud.org/news/humanit... 🔗20 Years, 20 Stories Collection: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...

Champalimaud Foundation researchers were recognised by the #PfizerResearchAwards2025 for advances in personalised medicine and metabolic regulation. Congratulations to Rita Fior & Bruna Costa and Henrique Veiga-Fernandes & colleague Marko Šestan! 👉 Full story: www.fchampalimaud.org/news/pfizer-...

20 Years, 20 Stories Collection 8️⃣ Unexpected Career Paths with Vânia Conde Vânia Conde’s story is one of courage, self-discovery and authenticity. 📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/heres-n... 🔗 www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...

🎨🔬We’re incredibly proud to highlight the participation of the powerful #ScienceOnTheWalls initiative at the #FallingWallsScienceSummit! Representing it was Thomas Mullen, former PhD student at CF, finalist for Science Breakthrough of the Year, Science Engagement category.

20 Years, 20 Stories Collection 7️⃣ Unexpected Career Paths with Nuno Loureiro When Nuno was 22 years old he wrote a letter to his future self and tells us how his path turned out even more extraordinary. 📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/letters... 🔗 www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...

To survive in new environments, animals must adapt how they eat. @nature.com study with researchers from CF shows that fruit fly diet evolution isn’t just about taste receptors, it’s driven by brain processing of taste 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social

Thrilled to share our new paper! With @tomtom-auer.bsky.social team, we asked how #evolution reshapes what animals #eat to match their ecological niches. Using pan-neuronal Ca2+ imaging, we show that the changes are in how the brain processes #taste. Link @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

20 Years, 20 Stories Collection 6️⃣ Global Footprint with Rui Costa Rui Costa tells us about one of his dreams that has become reality: a Neuroscience institute and community in Portugal. 📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/local-r...  🔗All stories: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...

#20Years20Stories Collection 5️⃣ Global Footprint with Tiago Santos Tiago Santos reminds us how resilience, teamwork and some humour can lead to a positive global impact. 📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/school-... 🔗All stories: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...

#PhDone! Congratulations to our new #Doctor, Jaime Arlandis, from the Systems Neuroscience Lab & Natural Intelligence Lab at @champalimaudf.bsky.social. We wish you all the best for your future, Jaime 👏

Did you know the gut has a railway switch? 🚉 New research shows gut neurons tell the immune system which “track” to take: 🦠 Killer mode 🛠️ Repair mode This could have important implications for intestinal disease, infection, and cancer. 🔗👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @nature.com

🧪🔬 Happy National Scientific Culture Day - to celebrate we’re highlighting one of our longest-running commitments to the promotion of scientific culture: the school visits. ⭐️ Here’s to curiosity, dialogue, and discovery - today and every day.

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 December calendar and join a discussion on 🧠 neuroscience or 🦠 physiology & cancer research. 🔗 forms.gle/21J3GfPFMwm9...

20 Years, 20 Stories Collection 4️⃣ Freedom to Try with Albino J. Oliveira-Maia 🍃 Albino’s story is an inspiration for those unsure of how to combine careers. 📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/head-ma... 🔗20 Years, 20 Stories Collection: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...

🧑‍🔬🏆Joe Paton & @minuttilab.bsky.social from @champalimaudf.bsky.social and 7 other PIs from @gimmfoundation.bsky.social, @ucoimbra.bsky.social and @i3suporto.bsky.social have won #CaixaResearch funding 👏 👉 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/caixare... @caixaresearch.bsky.social

20 Years, 20 Stories Collection 3️⃣ Freedom to Try with Marta Moita 🍃Marta Moita shares that sense of wonder, courage and creativity which defines Champalimaud Foundation (CF). 📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/believi... 🔗20 Years, 20 Stories Collection: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...

Missed it last week? From “phantom spouse” experiences to artists who create without a mind’s eye, Ep7-Part 2 of the #LeafingThroughScience #podcast 🎙️ is now out, as we explore the science of #imagination✨ 🎧 rss.com/podcasts/lea... 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Co... New episodes early next year! 🌟

#20Years20Stories Collection 2️⃣ Welcoming Internationals with Mert Erginkaya 🌍 Mert’s story at the Champalimaud Foundation (CF) tells us of a community that welcomes internationals with warmth and openness. 📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/communi... 🔗All stories: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...

#PhDone! Congratulations to our new #Doctor, Joana Carmona, from the Theoretical Neuroscience Lab at @champalimaudf.bsky.social! We wish you all the best for your future, Joana 👏

#20Years20Stories Collection 1️⃣Welcoming Internationals with Diego Carrasco Diego shares his story about openness and curiosity to explore beyond borders at Champalimaud Foundation. 📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/welcome... 🔗 All stories: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-... @champalimaudf.bsky.social

⚡ The history of any institution is, at its heart, a collection of the stories of the people who shape it.
To celebrate 20 years of the Champalimaud Foundation, we’re sharing 20 of ours. 📢 Stay tuned and discover two new stories every Tuesday and Thursday: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...

Tradition repeats itself. Magusto 2025! 🌰🍁 Last Friday, the Champalimaud Foundation community gathered to celebrate Magusto. With roasted chestnuts and good music, it was a get-together that strengthened the spirit of community. We hope that you are also taking the most out of this season. 💫

Recently the Champalimaud Foundation hosted Science Kitchen, where four chefs, four researchers, met with one mission: to turn science into a multi-sensory experience. An evening of discovery, dialogue, and creativity.

Can you measure #imagination? 📏🧠💭 In Ep7–Part 2 of #LeafingThroughScience 🎙️, we explore how imagining sunlight can make your pupils constrict 👁️🌞, how Tetris can weaken traumatic memories 🧩, and how imagination can both heal and misfire. 🎧 rss.com/podcasts/lea... 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Co...

🧠In this essay Carlos Ribeiro and Albino J. Oliveira-Maia, @champalimaudf.bsky.social, explore the brain-body interactions. 🤝Their collaboration bridges fundamental and clinical science, reminding us that progress comes from a joint effort between the two. 👉 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/how-sci...

👏Congratulations to Bruna Meira for receiving a #MariadeSousaAward from #OrdemdosMédicos and the Ordem dos Médicos and the #BIALFoundation! ⚡This funding will support a two-year project between the Neuropsychiatry unit of the Champalimaud Foundation and the University Hospital Würzburg in Germany.

🦠 Microbes for dinner, anyone? When fruit flies go short on nutrients, their brains literally change the way they smell the world, helping them sniff out the microbes they need to survive. 👉 Article: tinyurl.com/yw4rfph2 🔗 Paper: tinyurl.com/3j4avr4x @currentbiology.bsky.social