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

Brand rankings and reputation studies are published every year, nationally and internationally, often attracting attention for their league tables and headline positions. While such studies are inevitably shaped by methodological choices, sampling criteria, and contextual factors, they can nonetheless offer a useful lens for understanding how organisations are perceived within a shared ecosystem.

Healthcare is entering a decisive decade.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a promise on the horizon – it is already transforming diagnostics, treatment, research, education and health systems worldwide. The real challenge we now face is not whether AI will change healthcare, but how we design that transformation responsibly, sustainably and at scale.

Date and Time

27 March 2026, 2:30pm – 6:30pm

Location

Auditorium, Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon

About

PATEO is a Science4Policy project that translates scientific evidence on the prevention of dementia and age-related functional decline into concrete, actionable solutions to support healthier aging, greater autonomy and improved quality of life.

Fifty years ago, Total Mesorectal Excision (TME) transformed rectal cancer surgery, improving local control, survival and quality of life worldwide.

On 22–23 May 2026, the International Rectal Cancer Meeting - “50 Years of Total Mesorectal Excision: Celebrating the Legacy of Bill Heald” will bring leading experts to the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown in Lisbon to mark this milestone and explore what lies ahead.
 

The visual system is hierarchically organised into different areas. The lower visual areas see small parts of the visual field, and they are sensitive to very simple features, such as edges and their orientation. Higher up the hierarchy, the visual areas start encoding more abstract representations of the world, expanding their visual field to respond to stimuli such as objects and faces.  

Oxidative stress is a direct consequence of an excess in the body of so-called “free radicals” – reactive, unstable molecules that contain oxygen. Free radicals are normal metabolic by-products and also help to relay signals in the body. In turn, oxidative stress (an overload of these molecules) can be caused by lifestyle, environmental and biological factors such as smoking, high alcohol consumption, poor diet, stress, pollution, radiation, industrial chemicals, and chronic inflammation.