Host

Christa Rhiner, PhD, Stem Cells and Regeneration Lab

Venue

Seminar Room

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Offer Description

As a partner institution of the INTEGRATE Consortium and the PsyPal Consortium, we are recruiting a PhD student in the topic of 'Psychotherapy process and psychological intervention techniques in psychedelic therapy: safety and efficacy'.This student will join the Neuropsychiatry Unit, supervised by Albino J. Oliveira-Maia and Carolina Seybert. 

Professor Parreira, Clinical Director of the Champalimaud Clinical Centre since its founding, was distinguished by the President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, with the rank of Grand Officer of the Order of Public Instruction. The ceremony took place in Palácio de Belém on the 14th of january, 2026.

Host

Adriana Sánchez Danés, PhD, Cancer and Stem Cell Biology Lab

Venue

Seminar room

Abstract

In this seminar, I will present recent advances developed in our laboratory in CAR-based adoptive T-cell immunotherapy, with a particular focuss on leukemia. The talk will highlight γδ T cells as allogeneic effector platforms and explore emerging dual-targeting and armored CAR strategies.

Location and Dates: Champalimaud Foundation, 13 to 17 April 2026

Application Deadline: 22 February 2026

Acceptance Notification: 24 February 2026

Cost: 300 Euros + VAT (23%) (payment deadline 2 March 2026). The fee includes coffee-breaks, lunches and the course dinner on 16 April 2026. 

Candidate Attendance Confirmation Deadline: 2 March

Capacity: 16 participants

Since the 1990s, non-invasive brain stimulation has grown from an experimental idea into an established tool for treating depression as well as advancing neuroscience research. Among these technologies, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is clinically validated and used to treat major depressive disorder, also known as unipolar depression.

Thinking about the past and how it shaped the present is never simple. But Zach Mainen, who has been here since day one, was a natural person to revisit the “Then and Now” of the Champalimaud Foundation (CF). We spoke about what it meant to take on a new and unpredictable project, and how the dream of a small group gradually became reality. I hope this story inspires you to step into the unknown and to trust that even when the future feels uncertain, it can still unfold into something remarkable.

Maria João Villas-Boas has been close to the Champalimaud Foundation (CF) since its early days. “I was fascinated, truly fascinated,” she told me as I asked when she had first heard about it. She had been following Leonor Beleza's work in the press, and the clarity of her clear vision for the CF made a lasting impression.

One phone call set everything in motion. It changed Leonor Beleza’s life and ultimately shaped the lives of countless others who would one day find their way to the Champalimaud Foundation (CF). It was not just a phone call, of course, but the culmination of everything Leonor had built over decades of public service, women's rights advocacy, political experience and a deep belief that institutions exist to serve people.