Host

Ana Luísa Correia, PhD, Cancer Dormancy & Immunity

Venue

Seminar room

Host

Daniel McNamee, PhD, Natural Intelligence Lab

Venue

Seminar room

From the “love hormone” and maternal bonding, to why your brain is more like a quantum computer, discover the brain’s secret hormonal languages that drive your behaviour and keep you alive.

Offer Description

Applications are welcome for a Research fellowship (Bolsa de Investigação) for a Master’s student to develop their Master’s thesis. The successful applicant will join our team at Fundação D. Anna de Sommer Champalimaud e Dr. Carlos Montez Champalimaud (Champalimaud Foundation) in the context of the project entitled “Neural circuits mediating behavioral consequences of social isolation” (2023.14873.PEX), funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT).

Date and Time

22 September 2025, 2pm - 7pm

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.

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. 

Host

Rita Fior, PhD, Cancer Development and Innate Immune Evasion Lab

Venue

Seminar room

The results of the most recent European Research Council (ERC)  Advanced Grants have been announced today (June 17th). In Portugal, the ERC selected two new projects in the area of ​​life sciences, which in total will receive 5M€. 

The ERC funding, worth in total €721M, will go to 281 leading researchers across Europe. In the case of life sciences, 732 proposals were submitted and 83 were selected for funding, which represents a success rate of approximately 11%.