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.

Date and Time

April 11, 2026, 11:00-18:00 WEST

Location

Auditorium, Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon

About

The conference consists of scientific sessions, debates, and patient testimonials, bringing together young researchers, leading experts, patients and families for a broad discussion in the areas of neuroscience and Parkinson's disease.

Some of the topics discussed will include AI in medicine, research on movement disorders and the challenges of living with Parkinson's.

"Why does cancer come back and how to fight it?"

Ana Luísa Correia, Cancer Dormancy & Immunity
 

"The quick and the dead: a tale of resident memory T cells in infection and cancer"

Klaas van Gisbergen, Tissue Immunity
 

Moderation

Leopoldo Petreanu, Cortical Circuits

Host

Christa Rhiner, PhD, Stem Cells and Regeneration Lab

Venue

Seminar Room

Offer Description

A Call for one Research Technician bolsa de investigação for a master at the Shemesh Lab is open at Fundação D. Anna de Sommer Champalimaud e Dr. Carlos Montez Champalimaud (Champalimaud Foundation) in the context of the project entitled “Next-Generation Stroke Imaging via Correlation Tensor Magnetic Resonance Imaging”, with reference LISBOA2030-FEDER-00892500 from the call Nº 15258 (MPr-2013-12), https://doi.org/10.54499/2023.17707.ICDT, funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia and FEDER.

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. 

Offer Description

Host

Carlos Ribeiro, PhD, Behavior and Metabolism

Venue

Seminar room