Zoom-In on Champalimaud: João Lourenço

I graduated in Medicine in 2001, a Radiology specialist since 2006, and I have been working in the Imaging Department of the Champalimaud Clinical Centre for about five years. I perform diagnostic exams such as ultrasound, CT and MRI, image-guided biopsies and drainage procedures, as well as advise colleagues from other specialties. I am also involved, as a Radiologist, in several ongoing research projects and clinical trials.

A Fundação Champalimaud, enquanto instituição prestadora de cuidados na área da oncologia e centro privilegiado de aprendizagem, promove anualmente uma conferência multidisciplinar onde aborda transversalmente o que de mais inovador e diferenciador se faz em oncologia. 

Zoom-In on Champalimaud: Terufumi Fujiwara

I received my Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo, Japan, and joined Eugenia Chiappe's lab as a postdoc in 2013. I am studying how the brain monitors and controls walking movements by combining patch-clamp electrophysiology and head-fixed behaviour in the fruit fly animal model. I will be moving back to Japan and starting my lab at Riken in November 2022! 

The new season of Zoom-In is here! Now in a written format, but with the same goal of giving you a sneak-peek into the lives of the people that make up our community.

This time, John Lee, a member of our Communication, Events & Outreach Team, tells us why bad jokes are the best jokes and reveals his ‘tnelat neddih’... 

What was your thesis question and what did you find?

My original thesis question was ‘How do we read mental states from facial expressions?’ However, a few months after presenting it, my PhD project changed 180 degrees and the final question ended up being ‘How can deep learning help to understand collective behaviour in zebrafish?’ We found that deep learning is a very po

But there’s more! During the interview, they also told us about great places to visit, cool music, fascinating podcasts and other discoveries they made this year. We couldn’t fit everything in the final cut, so we’ve listed their top recommendations below.

To view all 2021 individual episodes, tune in to the Zoom-In on Champalimaud YouTube playlist.