Champalimaud Open Seminar (COpS)
Moderation
Albino Oliveira-Maia, Neuropsychiatry
Venue
Champalimaud Foundation Auditorium
Registration
Please register via this link.
World Physical Activity Day 2026
Date and time: 12 April 2026, 9:30 – 11:30
Duration: approx. 1 hour
Participation is free of charge.
World Physical Activity Day is on 6 April, and we’re celebrating it with a walk on 12 April.
Research shows that every step counts: increasing your daily steps, even by 2,000 at a time, is linked to meaningful reductions in the risk of death and chronic disease.
19 March 2026
Ciência di Noz Manera stands for Inclusion in Science and Education
Now in its 5th edition, CNM continues to strengthen connections between schools and research institutions. In Phase I, scientists from the GIMM Foundation and the Champalimaud Foundation introduced the programme to more than 100 8th-grade students at Escola Dr. Azevedo Neves (Damaia, Amadora). Phase II then brought students and teachers into the research environment.
Patterns and Plasticity in the Adult Cortex
Host
Leopoldo Petreanu, PhD, Cortical Circuits Lab
Venue
Seminar Room
Abstract
Mark will discuss his lab’s work on the patterns of neuronal activity in the cortex of awake adult mammals and how this interacts with a range of different plasticity mechanisms that contribute to learning.
From Synapses to Cities: Exploring Environmental Neuroscience
Host
Susana Lima, PhD, Neuroethology Lab & Zach Mainen, PhD, Systems Neuroscience Lab
Venue
Seminar Room
Abstract
Environmental neuroscience explores how brain function and behaviour emerge from continuous interactions between neural systems and the environments in which organisms operate. While neuroscience has traditionally relied on controlled laboratory settings, many of the behaviours studied—decision-making, perception, navigation, and social interaction—unfold in complex real-world contexts.
06 March 2026
Champalimaud Foundation and Universidade Católica Portuguesa establish partnership to strengthen biomedical research in Portugal
The agreement establishes a long-term framework for collaboration between the two institutions, creating a model that brings university research closer to one of the country’s most advanced scientific infrastructures while fostering the development of new joint initiatives in biomedicine and interdisciplinary research.
Champalimaud Open Seminar (COpS)
Neural mechanisms for learning and storing knowledge about the world
Leopoldo Petreanu, Cortical Circuits
From Clinical Questions to Research Answers: The Immune Microenvironment of Multiple Myeloma and New Immunotherapy Opportunities
Cristina João, Myeloma Lymphoma Research Group
