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.

For the third episode of the Zoom-In series, meet Daniel Münch. Curious about Daniel's research? Check out the Behaviour & Metabolism Lab.

This last year will go down in history as one of enormous challenges that had a profound impact on societies and people’s lives, especially those who were already dealing with diseases, like cancer. The data shows that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a deep effect in cancer screening programmes, services and care, with an approximately 40 per cent drop* in diagnoses of cancer and delays to treatment with immeasurable repercussions on the outcomes. 

In the 2021 edition, Acesso Cultura received 44 texts from 18 different entities/people, which were analysed by the Prize jury made up of Elsa Santos Alípio, Historian, Joana Fernandes, Clear Communication Consultant and Rita Tomás, Communication Director of Teatro do Bairro Alto. The selection of the jury came down to the texts presented by Casa Fernando Pessoa, Amigos do Coliseu do Porto and by the Champalimaud Centre's Communication, Events and Outreach Group.