Date and Time

15 May 2026, 9:00am – 5:00pm

Location

Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon

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.

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.

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.

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.

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
 

Host

Durval Costa, MD, PhD, Radiopharmacology Lab

Venue

Seminar Room

Led by the Francis Crick Institute in the UK, the team brings together clinicians, scientists and patient advocates, with researchers spanning eight institutions across four countries. The award is funded jointly by Cancer Research UK and the National Cancer Institute in the US, two of the world’s largest cancer research funders, through the global Cancer Grand Challenges initiative. It marks the first time this prestigious international award has been granted to a Portuguese institution.

The Champalimaud Foundation (CF) and Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) have established a five-year strategic partnership to create a Neurorobotics Laboratory within the CF Neurotechnology Warehouse. Signed on 18 February, the agreement brings together two of Portugal’s leading research institutions with the goal of advancing the understanding of intelligence - both biological and artificial - at the convergence of brain science, robotics and artificial intelligence.

Host

Klaas Vangisbergen, PhD, Tissue Immunity Lab

Venue

Seminar Room