Ada Yonath, Aaron Ciechanover and Susumu Tonegawa – From the Ribosome, to Ubiquitin to False and Genuine Memories.

Ar | Respire connosco and Sciencecalifragilistic were selected for the 13th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference (PCST) in Brazil.

PCST was hosted, for the first time, by a country in Latin America – Brazil. The central theme for this year’s edition was Science communication for social inclusion and political engagement.

Ar | Respire Connosco celebrates the completion of DançAr – its very first 3-part Programme.

This endeavour was the outcome of the collaborative teamwork of Ar and the vision of three members of Ar and the Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme – Sara Matias, Gustavo Mello and Rita Venturini.

Researchers, students and teachers celebrate another edition of Sciencecalifragilistic, a project that takes 12 high school students on a 5-month journey through the scientific method.

To celebrate the end of the second year of this science education project, a Symposium hosted by Pedro Ferreira and Ana Mafalda Vicente, took place at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown Auditorium on May 17th, drawing the attention and enthusiasm of around 200 participants.

Neuroscientists and clinicians come together at the Neurodevelopmental disorders: From neuroscience to the clinic conference at Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown.

Rui Costa received on June 10th, the National day of Portugal, Camões and the Portuguese Communities, the Honorific order of Portugal – Antiga, Nobilíssima e Esclarecida Ordem Militar de Sant’Iago da Espada, do Mérito Científico, Literário e Artístico.

CNP researchers form a partnership with Open Ephys: an open-source company pioneering the future of electrophysiological recordings.

Open Ephys was founded with the goal of facilitating the work of neuroscientists by providing them with solutions to acquire high-quality, affordable equipment. According to Open Ephys: Our ultimate goal is to create a completely open-source platform for recording neural signals and analysing them in real time.

CNP researchers develop a game that explores the scientific system

EMBARGO July 7th 2014

Imagine you are facing a forked road. Would you turn left, or right? How does your brain translate your decision into movement?

When we turn to the right or to the left, it is the opposite hemisphere of the brain that controls this type of movement, known as contraversive movements. Within the hemisphere, the basal ganglia, and the striatum in particular, a deep region in the brain, where two neural circuits are know to operate, the direct and the indirect pathway, have been shown to be involved in the generation of these movements.