From groundbreaking scientific research to compassionate, patient-centered clinical care, the Foundation is committed to developing innovative solutions for complex challenges, all with the goal of improving lives and inspiring hope.

Founded in the beginning of the 21st century, it carries forward the visionary legacy of António Champalimaud, advancing science and healthcare for the greater good of humanity.

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During periods of low energy—such as intermittent fasting or exercise—immune cells step in to regulate blood sugar levels, acting as the “postman” in a previously unknown three-way conversation between the nervous, immune and hormonal systems. These findings open up new approaches for managing conditions like diabetes, obesity, and cancer.

Date and time:

20 January 2025 – 12:00

Location:

Champalimaud Foundation Auditorium

Description:

Conventional Dendritic Cells – Ecology, Diversity, and Functio

Carlos Minutti (Immunoregulation Lab)

Moderator: Cristina João (Myeloma Lymphoma Research Group)

Host

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

Venue

Seminar room

Osteosarcoma is a type of aggressive bone cancer that most commonly affects children and young adults between the ages of 10 and 20, during times of rapid bone growth. Although rare, it has a significant impact on young people and their families as treatment can require surgery or amputation. The cancer also has the potential to spread to other organs, most commonly the lungs. Because osteosarcoma is so genomically complex, it has been challenging to identify what genetic mutations drive the disease.

Host

Daniel Münch, PhD, Behaviour and Metabolism Lab

Venue

Seminar room

Water is the matrix of our planet. Not only human societies, but all forms of life, are dependent on water. And while we still take its availability largely for granted, it is a resource which is becoming scarcer by the minute owing to climate change,  intensive agriculture, and access inequalities to water for drinking, cooking, and personal hygiene.

The aim of this 2-days meeting, is to bring together experts working on innovative AI methodologies, for example: Physics-Inspired Machine Learning, New Statistical Approaches, Quantum Machine Learning, Bayesian Methods, Neurosymbolic Methods, Symbolic AI, Automated Theorem Proving, Probabilistic Programming Languages, Algebraic Machine Learning, Category Theory applied to AI.

Date: 3-4 February, 2025

Further information on the official website.

Higher calorie foods were preferred among individuals with and without obesity despite similar taste and texture, according to a study published December 17th in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Albino Oliveira-Maia from the Champalimaud Foundation, Portugal, and colleagues.

Precursor lesions of pancreatic cancer are very difficult to characterise with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). But now, in a new study, researchers led by Noam Shemesh and Carlos Bilreiro – respectively head of the Preclinical MRI lab at Champalimaud Research and a doctor at the Champalimaud Clinical Centre’s Radiology Department – have shown, for the first time, that a particular form of MRI, called Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI), is capable of robustly detecting pre-malignant lesions in the pancreas.