Champalimaud Open Seminar (COpS)
Effective Neural Dynamical System
Memming Park (Neural Dynamics Lab)
Moderation
Klaas van Gisbergen (Tissue Immunity Lab)
Venue
Champalimaud Foundation Auditorium
Registration
Please register via this link.
21 August 2025
Tribute to our colleague and friend, Henrique Nabais
With deep sorrow at the passing of Dr. Henrique Nabais, we pay tribute to our colleague and our friend. His unwavering dedication, leadership and professionalism earned him the highest regard and respect from all who knew him. We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends.
Dr. Henrique Nabais led the Gynaecology Unit of the Champalimaud Clinical Centre since 2013. In these years, he left a profound and lasting mark on his colleagues, on the many patients he cared for, and on their families, whose trust he honoured with compassion and excellence.
16 August 2025
Artificial intelligence can help in the non-invasive diagnosis of prostate cancer
An international and multidisciplinary team, led by researchers from the Champalimaud Foundation, in Lisbon, has developed an artificial intelligence algorithm that improves the reliability of prostate cancer detection based solely on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans – that is, without resorting to a biopsy. Their findings were published today, 15th of August, in the journal Radiology: Imaging Cancer.
14 July 2025
Contactless Device Reveals Timing of Sleep Disturbances Due to Breast Cancer Treatment
Sleep disturbances in breast cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy – designed to shrink the tumours prior to surgery – are one of the common side effects of these treatments, which can not only exacerbate other side effects, but also impact prognosis. One of the possible, non-pharmacological strategies to mitigate these disturbances is thought to be physical exercise.
11 July 2025
Better Patient Screening: New AI-Powered Model Automates Medical Report Analysis
Traditional manual analysis of medical reports is extremely time consuming but crucial for accurate diagnosis and effective patient screening.
In a recently published scientific study, Luís Elvas - Health Data Engineer in the Breast Cancer Research Programme at the Champalimaud Foundation - and colleagues, have shown that fine-tunning language models can be used for automated analysis of medical reports. This approach can streamline daily clinical workflows, improve categorisation of diseases in patients and offer a tool for new clinical research analysis.
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 and Tribute to Dr. Henrique Nabais
20 June 2025
Artificial intelligence may be a reliable tool for screening for early lung cancer in exhaled breath
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. One of the reasons for this is that it is difficult to detect and diagnose at an early stage because the currently available methods are impracticable at the population level.
