Host

Margarida Caio, Stem Cells and Regeneration Lab

Venue

Seminar room

A New Player in Pancreatic Cancer

The team found that some pancreatic cancer cells gain a major survival edge by carrying copies of critical cancer genes—such as MYC—on circular pieces of DNA that exist outside chromosomes, the structures that house most of our genetic material. Known as ecDNA, these genetic rings float freely in the cell nucleus, enabling tumour cells to swiftly ramp up gene expression, change their shape, and survive in otherwise hostile environments.

Host

Rita Cardoso-Figueiredo, Behavior and Metabolism Lab

Venue

Seminar room

The "Spatial Omics and AI: Bridging Discovery and Translational Medicine" symposium, is a free event which will explore the impact of Spatial Proteomics and AI in Translational Research and Life Sciences.

Keynote speakers include: 

- Prof. Emma Lundberg (Stanford University)
- Dr. Andrea J. Radtke (Leica Microsystems)
- Dr. Thierry Nordmann (Max Planck Institute)
- Dr. Giuseppe Diaferia (Champalimaud Foundation)

Developed by an international consortium of 117 experts in legal, ethical, clinical, and AI domains—and featuring Champalimaud Foundation (CF) Principal Investigator Nikolas Papanikolaou—the framework provides a detailed roadmap for creating trustworthy medical AI, from the earliest design stages all the way through clinical deployment and monitoring.