25 June 2025
Episode 5 - The Brain Below: Mating Marathons & the “Love Hormone” (Part 1)
From the “love hormone” and maternal bonding, to why your brain is more like a quantum computer, discover the brain’s secret hormonal languages that drive your behaviour and keep you alive in Episode 5 (Part 1).
25 Jun. 2025
Research fellowship for a Master’s student
Application Starts: 25 Jun. 2025
Offer Description
Applications are welcome for a Research fellowship (Bolsa de Investigação) for a Master’s student to develop their Master’s thesis. The successful applicant will join our team at Fundação D. Anna de Sommer Champalimaud e Dr. Carlos Montez Champalimaud (Champalimaud Foundation) in the context of the project entitled “Neural circuits mediating behavioral consequences of social isolation” (2023.14873.PEX), funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT).
Conference on Gynaecological and Urological Cancers
Date and Time
22 September 2025, 2pm - 7:45pm
Location
Auditorium, Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon
Topic
This conference will discuss the prevention, treatment and challenges of gynaecological, testicular and prostate cancers with leading experts in the field.
Programme
Presented by Fernanda Freitas
2:00pm – 2:10pm – Opening Session
17 June 2025
The European Research Council (ERC) awards two ERC Advanced Grants to Life Sciences in Portugal
The results of the most recent European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants have been announced today (June 17th). In Portugal, the ERC selected two new projects in the area of life sciences, which in total will receive 5M€.
The ERC funding, worth in total €721M, will go to 281 leading researchers across Europe. In the case of life sciences, 732 proposals were submitted and 83 were selected for funding, which represents a success rate of approximately 11%.
