Date and time: 12 April 2026, 9:30 – 11:30

Duration: approx. 1 hour

Participation is free of charge.

World Physical Activity Day is on 6 April, and we’re celebrating it with a walk on 12 April. 

Research shows that every step counts: increasing your daily steps, even by 2,000 at a time, is linked to meaningful reductions in the risk of death and chronic disease.

Host

Ana Queirós, PhD, Myeloma Lymphoma Research Group

Venue

Seminar Room

Now in its 5th edition, CNM continues to strengthen connections between schools and research institutions. In Phase I, scientists from the GIMM Foundation and the Champalimaud Foundation introduced the programme to more than 100 8th-grade students at Escola Dr. Azevedo Neves (Damaia, Amadora). Phase II then brought students and teachers into the research environment.

Host

Susana Lima, PhD, Neuroethology Lab & Zach Mainen, PhD, Systems Neuroscience Lab

Venue

Seminar Room

Abstract

Environmental neuroscience explores how brain function and behaviour emerge from continuous interactions between neural systems and the environments in which organisms operate. While neuroscience has traditionally relied on controlled laboratory settings, many of the behaviours studied—decision-making, perception, navigation, and social interaction—unfold in complex real-world contexts.

The agreement establishes a long-term framework for collaboration between the two institutions, creating a model that brings university research closer to one of the country’s most advanced scientific infrastructures while fostering the development of new joint initiatives in biomedicine and interdisciplinary research.

Led by the Francis Crick Institute in the UK, the team brings together clinicians, scientists and patient advocates, with researchers spanning eight institutions across four countries. The award is funded jointly by Cancer Research UK and the National Cancer Institute in the US, two of the world’s largest cancer research funders, through the global Cancer Grand Challenges initiative. It marks the first time this prestigious international award has been granted to a Portuguese institution.

The Champalimaud Foundation (CF) and Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) have established a five-year strategic partnership to create a Neurorobotics Laboratory within the CF Neurotechnology Warehouse. Signed on 18 February, the agreement brings together two of Portugal’s leading research institutions with the goal of advancing the understanding of intelligence - both biological and artificial - at the convergence of brain science, robotics and artificial intelligence.

Healthcare is entering a decisive decade.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a promise on the horizon – it is already transforming diagnostics, treatment, research, education and health systems worldwide. The real challenge we now face is not whether AI will change healthcare, but how we design that transformation responsibly, sustainably and at scale.

The visual system is hierarchically organised into different areas. The lower visual areas see small parts of the visual field, and they are sensitive to very simple features, such as edges and their orientation. Higher up the hierarchy, the visual areas start encoding more abstract representations of the world, expanding their visual field to respond to stimuli such as objects and faces.