Offer Description

Champalimaud Young Investigator Positions:  

- Highly attractive opportunities for talented investigators in translational pancreatic cancer research

- Full-Time, Würth Early Career Principal Investigator (PI) 

Inaugural Call for Applications – 2026

A first-of-its-kind, fully-funded, 12-month immersive fellowship to identify, train and retain the next generation of Strategic Research Development talent.

Cohort
Up to 2 fellows

Duration
12 months, paid, immersive

Eligibility
PhD-level or equivalent; any discipline relevant to CF

Conversion
1 SRD position upon successful evaluation

Offer Description

Champalimaud Foundation (Fundação D. Anna de Sommer Champalimaud e Dr. Carlos Montez Champalimaud), a private, non-profit research institution in Lisbon, Portugal, is looking for a Operations Unit Officer fellow to join our team. 

Champalimaud Research (CR) has an open position for an Operations Unit Officer, to work in a professional, dynamic and diverse work environment at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown.

A Call for one Research fellowship (Bolsa de Investigação) is open at Fundação D. Anna de Sommer Champalimaud e Dr. Carlos Montez Champalimaud (Champalimaud Foundation) in the context of the project entitled “Crosstalk between cancer and the nervous system via interoception (InteroCANCEption)”, with reference “CANCER GRAND CHALLENGES 2026”, funded by Cancer Research UK and the National Cancer Institute.

Offer Description

Seeking a dedicated Pathology Research Technician to join our dynamic team to advance medical knowledge and make a positive impact on healthcare.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Main duties will include: 

Offer Description

The Botton-Champalimaud Pancreatic Cancer Centre (BCPCC) is seeking a highly motivated early-career Pathologist to join its multidisciplinary team dedicated to advancing pancreatic cancer care through integrated clinical practice and translational research.

Offer Description

We are looking for a Laboratory Technician to be part of the Advanced Omics Platforms (AOP) of Botton-Champalimaud Pancreatic Cancer Centre, to provide technical services to support the current operation.

Sample Processing: Process human pancreatic tissues and patient-derived organoids into high-quality single-cell or single-nucleus suspensions using
mechanical and enzymatic dissociation protocols.

Offer Description

As a Lab Administrator, you will be integrated in the Lab Admin team that works with the wider Champalimaud Research community. Your role will encompass managing procurement processes, coordinating purchasing activities, and providing essential administrative support to various groups and units.

Do you want to work with a multidisciplinary and international team using the newest genetic, molecular, behavioral, and imaging technologies? Are you interested in the crosstalk between the brain, the microbiome, and the rest of the body?

As part of our team, you will join two exciting projects:

The Diet-Brain Connection: Understanding how food alters the structure of brain cells to control feeding behavior.
The Microbiome-Metabolism Link: Discovering how gut bacteria help the body survive nutritional stress.

The Cancer Dormancy & Immunity lab headed by Ana Luísa Correia is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral candidate to join us on a project supported by a La Caixa Health Research Grant (DynaMet, HR24-00648).

The overarching goal of this project, DynaMet, is to uncover the composition and dynamics of organ-specific microenvironments that support or oppose breast cancer metastasis in two of the most common target sites, liver and bone, and leverage these insights into novel anti-metastatic therapeutic strategies.