Researchers at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown in Lisbon discover that fruit flies share the human craving for salt during pregnancy and shed light on how the nervous system controls this behaviour.

Pedro Ferreira, graduate student at the CNP’s International Neuroscience Doctoral Programme, was announced the winner of the exclusive science communication competition for his presentation on the neurochemistry behind monogamy and polygamy. This is the first time a Portuguese researcher wins an international FameLab competition.

Scientists at Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown in Lisbon find that mastering challenging motor tasks depends on the brain’s ability to select the most important movement elements.

It could be rather funny, and a bit sad, to watch someone learning how to play tennis. The major goal, to manage to return the ball, seems nearly unattainable at first. But as the player slowly improves, one can observe that though their return becomes more reliable, the force and direction by which they do it remain variable for a while still.

The symposium will be held on 21-24 of September 2016, at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown in Lisbon.

Noam Shemesh was awarded this grant by the European Research Council to establish cutting edge Magnetic Resonance Imaging methodologies that will provide novel insights onto neural function during health and disease.

Two new positions are currently available at Champalimaud Research.

State-of-the-art open-source tool developed by researchers at CNP captures fine details of locomotion and offers new insights onto the neural basis of balance and coordination.

2014 had been an exciting year at CNP, with new additions to the research team, new projects, publications, scientific and outreach activities. Read about the highlights of the past year in the 2014 CNP Annual Report, available to download here.

The Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme has grown significantly in the last 3 years. With many new members, exciting research projects, outreach and scientific events, publications and more.

Download here the new CNP Booklet to learn more about the programme and what we have been up to in the last few years.

Our ability to track time is important for our everyday lives. Without this ability we would not be able to generate the moment-to-moment predictions necessary for learning, or even accomplish simple timed tasks such as speaking or walking.