The ceremony marking the conclusion of the Botton-Champalimaud Pancreatic Cancer Centre was attended by the King and Queen of Spain, Felipe VI and Letizia, and the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

This center - resulting from a partnership between the Champalimaud Foundation and the Mauricio and Charlotte Botton couple, who contributed with 50 million euros to its construction - is the first in the world simultaneously dedicated to the research and treatment of pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest types of cancer.

Monday, 9 a.m.. A small group of basic science researchers from the Champalimaud Foundation and other people working at the Foundation who are interested in bridging the gap between science and medicine is scheduled for a “medical class” via Zoom (due to pandemic restrictions) with Pedro Marvão, their tutor in a new course called Fundamentals of Medicine. In one week, they will have to “solve”, together, a clinical case. They will do this, week after week, with a series of other cases. 

For the seventh episode of the Zoom-In series, meet Laura Fernandez, a surgeon at the Digestive Unit. Curious about Laura’s work? Check out our website here and you can also find out more about Laura's latest work on the Watch&Wait protocol - a non-invasive approach to rectal cancer treatment.

For the sixth episode of the Zoom-In series, meet Tatiana Silva, a PhD Student at the Champalimaud Foundation's Neural Circuits and Behaviour lab. Curious about Tatiana’s work? Check out her lab.

In recognition of their endeavour, the FAITH project has been nominated for an ‘.eu Web Award’  in the ‘Better World’ category, The .eu Web Awards are an online competition, launched in 2014 and designed to acknowledge the best websites using the .eu, .ею or .ευ extensions, in six dynamic categories. Finalists with the highest scores from the jury will be selected as winners, and will be announced during the Awards ceremony held on 16 October 2021.

For the fifth episode of the Zoom-In series, meet Pedro Gouveia, a surgeon at the CCU Breast Unit. Curious about Pedro’s work? Check out the Breast Unit page on our website and you can also find out more about his exciting work with augmented reality here.

It started pretty innocuously. An email from my coordinator popped up in my inbox, asking if I would be available to prepare a piece for the campaign Be Open about Animal Research Day – Get on #BOARD21.

For the fourth episode of the Zoom-In series, meet Francisco (Paco) Romero. Curious about Paco’s research? Check out the Collective Behaviour Lab.

Photo credits (by order of appearance): Megan Carey, Zoe Orger, Rosa Reis.

The Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, in Lisbon, is a research institution specialised in the neuroscience of behaviour and the complex interactions within biological systems, and at the same time it is a medical and technological institution providing specialised clinical treatment for oncology and mental health.