Champalimaud Research
@champalimaudr.bsky.social
Non-profit organisation - Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown
Neuroscience & Cancer Research
Science Communication & Outreach
https://www.fchampalimaud.org/champalimaud-research
Neuroscience & Cancer Research
Science Communication & Outreach
https://www.fchampalimaud.org/champalimaud-research
To survive in new environments, animals must adapt how they eat. @nature.com study with researchers from CF shows that fruit fly diet evolution isn’t just about taste receptors, it’s driven by brain processing of taste 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social
@ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
To survive in new environments, animals must adapt how they eat. @nature.com study with researchers from CF shows that fruit fly diet evolution isn’t just about taste receptors, it’s driven by brain processing of taste 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social
@ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social
20 Years, 20 Stories Collection
6️⃣ Global Footprint with Rui Costa
Rui Costa tells us about one of his dreams that has become reality: a Neuroscience institute and community in Portugal.
📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/local-r...
🔗All stories: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
6️⃣ Global Footprint with Rui Costa
Rui Costa tells us about one of his dreams that has become reality: a Neuroscience institute and community in Portugal.
📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/local-r...
🔗All stories: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
20 Years, 20 Stories Collection
6️⃣ Global Footprint with Rui Costa
Rui Costa tells us about one of his dreams that has become reality: a Neuroscience institute and community in Portugal.
📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/local-r...
🔗All stories: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
6️⃣ Global Footprint with Rui Costa
Rui Costa tells us about one of his dreams that has become reality: a Neuroscience institute and community in Portugal.
📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/local-r...
🔗All stories: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
#20Years20Stories Collection
5️⃣ Global Footprint with Tiago Santos
Tiago Santos reminds us how resilience, teamwork and some humour can lead to a positive global impact.
📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/school-...
🔗All stories: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
5️⃣ Global Footprint with Tiago Santos
Tiago Santos reminds us how resilience, teamwork and some humour can lead to a positive global impact.
📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/school-...
🔗All stories: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
#20Years20Stories Collection
5️⃣ Global Footprint with Tiago Santos
Tiago Santos reminds us how resilience, teamwork and some humour can lead to a positive global impact.
📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/school-...
🔗All stories: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
5️⃣ Global Footprint with Tiago Santos
Tiago Santos reminds us how resilience, teamwork and some humour can lead to a positive global impact.
📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/school-...
🔗All stories: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
#PhDone! Congratulations to our new #Doctor, Jaime Arlandis, from the Systems Neuroscience Lab & Natural Intelligence Lab at @champalimaudf.bsky.social.
We wish you all the best for your future, Jaime 👏
We wish you all the best for your future, Jaime 👏
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
#PhDone! Congratulations to our new #Doctor, Jaime Arlandis, from the Systems Neuroscience Lab & Natural Intelligence Lab at @champalimaudf.bsky.social.
We wish you all the best for your future, Jaime 👏
We wish you all the best for your future, Jaime 👏
Did you know the gut has a railway switch? 🚉 New research shows gut neurons tell the immune system which “track” to take:
🦠 Killer mode
🛠️ Repair mode
This could have important implications for intestinal disease, infection, and cancer.
🔗👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@nature.com
🦠 Killer mode
🛠️ Repair mode
This could have important implications for intestinal disease, infection, and cancer.
🔗👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@nature.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Did you know the gut has a railway switch? 🚉 New research shows gut neurons tell the immune system which “track” to take:
🦠 Killer mode
🛠️ Repair mode
This could have important implications for intestinal disease, infection, and cancer.
🔗👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@nature.com
🦠 Killer mode
🛠️ Repair mode
This could have important implications for intestinal disease, infection, and cancer.
🔗👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@nature.com
At a time when the world faces complex global challenges, institutions like ours play a crucial role in strengthening scientific literacy.
More than ever, we need to bring science and society closer together, building understanding and trust. 🤝
More than ever, we need to bring science and society closer together, building understanding and trust. 🤝
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
At a time when the world faces complex global challenges, institutions like ours play a crucial role in strengthening scientific literacy.
More than ever, we need to bring science and society closer together, building understanding and trust. 🤝
More than ever, we need to bring science and society closer together, building understanding and trust. 🤝
Over the past 15 years, around 20,000 students have stepped into our research labs, asked bold questions, and explored science through hands-on (and minds-on!) experiments.
And hundreds of our scientists have generously shared their curiosity, sense of wonder and knowledge.
And hundreds of our scientists have generously shared their curiosity, sense of wonder and knowledge.
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Over the past 15 years, around 20,000 students have stepped into our research labs, asked bold questions, and explored science through hands-on (and minds-on!) experiments.
And hundreds of our scientists have generously shared their curiosity, sense of wonder and knowledge.
And hundreds of our scientists have generously shared their curiosity, sense of wonder and knowledge.
🧪🔬 Happy National Scientific Culture Day - to celebrate we’re highlighting one of our longest-running commitments to the promotion of scientific culture: the school visits.
⭐️ Here’s to curiosity, dialogue, and discovery - today and every day.
⭐️ Here’s to curiosity, dialogue, and discovery - today and every day.
November 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🧪🔬 Happy National Scientific Culture Day - to celebrate we’re highlighting one of our longest-running commitments to the promotion of scientific culture: the school visits.
⭐️ Here’s to curiosity, dialogue, and discovery - today and every day.
⭐️ Here’s to curiosity, dialogue, and discovery - today and every day.
The Champalimaud Research Colloquia Series is a weekly seminar programme open to everyone, where a speaker is invited to give a talk at the Champalimaud Foundation.
🔎 Check our December calendar and join a discussion on 🧠 neuroscience or 🦠 physiology & cancer research.
🔗 forms.gle/21J3GfPFMwm9...
🔎 Check our December calendar and join a discussion on 🧠 neuroscience or 🦠 physiology & cancer research.
🔗 forms.gle/21J3GfPFMwm9...
November 24, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The Champalimaud Research Colloquia Series is a weekly seminar programme open to everyone, where a speaker is invited to give a talk at the Champalimaud Foundation.
🔎 Check our December calendar and join a discussion on 🧠 neuroscience or 🦠 physiology & cancer research.
🔗 forms.gle/21J3GfPFMwm9...
🔎 Check our December calendar and join a discussion on 🧠 neuroscience or 🦠 physiology & cancer research.
🔗 forms.gle/21J3GfPFMwm9...
20 Years, 20 Stories Collection
4️⃣ Freedom to Try with Albino J. Oliveira-Maia
🍃 Albino’s story is an inspiration for those unsure of how to combine careers.
📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/head-ma...
🔗20 Years, 20 Stories Collection: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
4️⃣ Freedom to Try with Albino J. Oliveira-Maia
🍃 Albino’s story is an inspiration for those unsure of how to combine careers.
📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/head-ma...
🔗20 Years, 20 Stories Collection: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
November 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
20 Years, 20 Stories Collection
4️⃣ Freedom to Try with Albino J. Oliveira-Maia
🍃 Albino’s story is an inspiration for those unsure of how to combine careers.
📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/head-ma...
🔗20 Years, 20 Stories Collection: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
4️⃣ Freedom to Try with Albino J. Oliveira-Maia
🍃 Albino’s story is an inspiration for those unsure of how to combine careers.
📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/head-ma...
🔗20 Years, 20 Stories Collection: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
🧑🔬🏆Joe Paton & @minuttilab.bsky.social from @champalimaudf.bsky.social and 7 other PIs from @gimmfoundation.bsky.social, @ucoimbra.bsky.social and @i3suporto.bsky.social have won #CaixaResearch funding 👏
👉 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/caixare...
@caixaresearch.bsky.social
👉 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/caixare...
@caixaresearch.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🧑🔬🏆Joe Paton & @minuttilab.bsky.social from @champalimaudf.bsky.social and 7 other PIs from @gimmfoundation.bsky.social, @ucoimbra.bsky.social and @i3suporto.bsky.social have won #CaixaResearch funding 👏
👉 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/caixare...
@caixaresearch.bsky.social
👉 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/caixare...
@caixaresearch.bsky.social
20 Years, 20 Stories Collection
3️⃣ Freedom to Try with Marta Moita
🍃Marta Moita shares that sense of wonder, courage and creativity which defines Champalimaud Foundation (CF).
📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/believi...
🔗20 Years, 20 Stories Collection: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
3️⃣ Freedom to Try with Marta Moita
🍃Marta Moita shares that sense of wonder, courage and creativity which defines Champalimaud Foundation (CF).
📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/believi...
🔗20 Years, 20 Stories Collection: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
November 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
20 Years, 20 Stories Collection
3️⃣ Freedom to Try with Marta Moita
🍃Marta Moita shares that sense of wonder, courage and creativity which defines Champalimaud Foundation (CF).
📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/believi...
🔗20 Years, 20 Stories Collection: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
3️⃣ Freedom to Try with Marta Moita
🍃Marta Moita shares that sense of wonder, courage and creativity which defines Champalimaud Foundation (CF).
📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/believi...
🔗20 Years, 20 Stories Collection: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
Missed it last week?
From “phantom spouse” experiences to artists who create without a mind’s eye, Ep7-Part 2 of the #LeafingThroughScience #podcast 🎙️ is now out, as we explore the science of #imagination✨
🎧 rss.com/podcasts/lea...
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Co...
New episodes early next year! 🌟
From “phantom spouse” experiences to artists who create without a mind’s eye, Ep7-Part 2 of the #LeafingThroughScience #podcast 🎙️ is now out, as we explore the science of #imagination✨
🎧 rss.com/podcasts/lea...
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Co...
New episodes early next year! 🌟
November 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Missed it last week?
From “phantom spouse” experiences to artists who create without a mind’s eye, Ep7-Part 2 of the #LeafingThroughScience #podcast 🎙️ is now out, as we explore the science of #imagination✨
🎧 rss.com/podcasts/lea...
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Co...
New episodes early next year! 🌟
From “phantom spouse” experiences to artists who create without a mind’s eye, Ep7-Part 2 of the #LeafingThroughScience #podcast 🎙️ is now out, as we explore the science of #imagination✨
🎧 rss.com/podcasts/lea...
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Co...
New episodes early next year! 🌟
#20Years20Stories Collection
2️⃣ Welcoming Internationals with Mert Erginkaya
🌍 Mert’s story at the Champalimaud Foundation (CF) tells us of a community that welcomes internationals with warmth and openness.
📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/communi...
🔗All stories: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
2️⃣ Welcoming Internationals with Mert Erginkaya
🌍 Mert’s story at the Champalimaud Foundation (CF) tells us of a community that welcomes internationals with warmth and openness.
📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/communi...
🔗All stories: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
November 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
#20Years20Stories Collection
2️⃣ Welcoming Internationals with Mert Erginkaya
🌍 Mert’s story at the Champalimaud Foundation (CF) tells us of a community that welcomes internationals with warmth and openness.
📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/communi...
🔗All stories: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
2️⃣ Welcoming Internationals with Mert Erginkaya
🌍 Mert’s story at the Champalimaud Foundation (CF) tells us of a community that welcomes internationals with warmth and openness.
📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/communi...
🔗All stories: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
#PhDone! Congratulations to our new #Doctor, Joana Carmona, from the Theoretical Neuroscience Lab at @champalimaudf.bsky.social!
We wish you all the best for your future, Joana 👏
We wish you all the best for your future, Joana 👏
November 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
#PhDone! Congratulations to our new #Doctor, Joana Carmona, from the Theoretical Neuroscience Lab at @champalimaudf.bsky.social!
We wish you all the best for your future, Joana 👏
We wish you all the best for your future, Joana 👏
#20Years20Stories Collection
1️⃣Welcoming Internationals with Diego Carrasco
Diego shares his story about openness and curiosity to explore beyond borders at Champalimaud Foundation.
📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/welcome...
🔗 All stories: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
@champalimaudf.bsky.social
1️⃣Welcoming Internationals with Diego Carrasco
Diego shares his story about openness and curiosity to explore beyond borders at Champalimaud Foundation.
📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/welcome...
🔗 All stories: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
@champalimaudf.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
#20Years20Stories Collection
1️⃣Welcoming Internationals with Diego Carrasco
Diego shares his story about openness and curiosity to explore beyond borders at Champalimaud Foundation.
📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/welcome...
🔗 All stories: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
@champalimaudf.bsky.social
1️⃣Welcoming Internationals with Diego Carrasco
Diego shares his story about openness and curiosity to explore beyond borders at Champalimaud Foundation.
📝 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/welcome...
🔗 All stories: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
@champalimaudf.bsky.social
⚡ The history of any institution is, at its heart, a collection of the stories of the people who shape it.
To celebrate 20 years of the Champalimaud Foundation, we’re sharing 20 of ours.
📢 Stay tuned and discover two new stories every Tuesday and Thursday: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
📢 Stay tuned and discover two new stories every Tuesday and Thursday: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
⚡ The history of any institution is, at its heart, a collection of the stories of the people who shape it.
To celebrate 20 years of the Champalimaud Foundation, we’re sharing 20 of ours.
📢 Stay tuned and discover two new stories every Tuesday and Thursday: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
📢 Stay tuned and discover two new stories every Tuesday and Thursday: www.fchampalimaud.org/20-years-20-...
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Tradition repeats itself. Magusto 2025! 🌰🍁
Last Friday, the Champalimaud Foundation community gathered to celebrate Magusto. With roasted chestnuts and good music, it was a get-together that strengthened the spirit of community.
We hope that you are also taking the most out of this season. 💫
Last Friday, the Champalimaud Foundation community gathered to celebrate Magusto. With roasted chestnuts and good music, it was a get-together that strengthened the spirit of community.
We hope that you are also taking the most out of this season. 💫
November 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Tradition repeats itself. Magusto 2025! 🌰🍁
Last Friday, the Champalimaud Foundation community gathered to celebrate Magusto. With roasted chestnuts and good music, it was a get-together that strengthened the spirit of community.
We hope that you are also taking the most out of this season. 💫
Last Friday, the Champalimaud Foundation community gathered to celebrate Magusto. With roasted chestnuts and good music, it was a get-together that strengthened the spirit of community.
We hope that you are also taking the most out of this season. 💫
Recently the Champalimaud Foundation hosted Science Kitchen, where four chefs, four researchers, met with one mission: to turn science into a multi-sensory experience.
An evening of discovery, dialogue, and creativity.
An evening of discovery, dialogue, and creativity.
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Recently the Champalimaud Foundation hosted Science Kitchen, where four chefs, four researchers, met with one mission: to turn science into a multi-sensory experience.
An evening of discovery, dialogue, and creativity.
An evening of discovery, dialogue, and creativity.
Can you measure #imagination? 📏🧠💭
In Ep7–Part 2 of #LeafingThroughScience 🎙️, we explore how imagining sunlight can make your pupils constrict 👁️🌞, how Tetris can weaken traumatic memories 🧩, and how imagination can both heal and misfire.
🎧 rss.com/podcasts/lea...
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Co...
In Ep7–Part 2 of #LeafingThroughScience 🎙️, we explore how imagining sunlight can make your pupils constrict 👁️🌞, how Tetris can weaken traumatic memories 🧩, and how imagination can both heal and misfire.
🎧 rss.com/podcasts/lea...
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Co...
November 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Can you measure #imagination? 📏🧠💭
In Ep7–Part 2 of #LeafingThroughScience 🎙️, we explore how imagining sunlight can make your pupils constrict 👁️🌞, how Tetris can weaken traumatic memories 🧩, and how imagination can both heal and misfire.
🎧 rss.com/podcasts/lea...
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Co...
In Ep7–Part 2 of #LeafingThroughScience 🎙️, we explore how imagining sunlight can make your pupils constrict 👁️🌞, how Tetris can weaken traumatic memories 🧩, and how imagination can both heal and misfire.
🎧 rss.com/podcasts/lea...
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Co...
🧠In this essay Carlos Ribeiro and Albino J. Oliveira-Maia, @champalimaudf.bsky.social, explore the brain-body interactions.
🤝Their collaboration bridges fundamental and clinical science, reminding us that progress comes from a joint effort between the two.
👉 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/how-sci...
🤝Their collaboration bridges fundamental and clinical science, reminding us that progress comes from a joint effort between the two.
👉 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/how-sci...
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🧠In this essay Carlos Ribeiro and Albino J. Oliveira-Maia, @champalimaudf.bsky.social, explore the brain-body interactions.
🤝Their collaboration bridges fundamental and clinical science, reminding us that progress comes from a joint effort between the two.
👉 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/how-sci...
🤝Their collaboration bridges fundamental and clinical science, reminding us that progress comes from a joint effort between the two.
👉 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/how-sci...
👏Congratulations to Bruna Meira for receiving a #MariadeSousaAward from #OrdemdosMédicos and the Ordem dos Médicos and the #BIALFoundation!
⚡This funding will support a two-year project between the Neuropsychiatry unit of the Champalimaud Foundation and the University Hospital Würzburg in Germany.
⚡This funding will support a two-year project between the Neuropsychiatry unit of the Champalimaud Foundation and the University Hospital Würzburg in Germany.
November 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
👏Congratulations to Bruna Meira for receiving a #MariadeSousaAward from #OrdemdosMédicos and the Ordem dos Médicos and the #BIALFoundation!
⚡This funding will support a two-year project between the Neuropsychiatry unit of the Champalimaud Foundation and the University Hospital Würzburg in Germany.
⚡This funding will support a two-year project between the Neuropsychiatry unit of the Champalimaud Foundation and the University Hospital Würzburg in Germany.
🦠 Microbes for dinner, anyone?
When fruit flies go short on nutrients, their brains literally change the way they smell the world, helping them sniff out the microbes they need to survive.
👉 Article: tinyurl.com/yw4rfph2
🔗 Paper: tinyurl.com/3j4avr4x
@currentbiology.bsky.social
When fruit flies go short on nutrients, their brains literally change the way they smell the world, helping them sniff out the microbes they need to survive.
👉 Article: tinyurl.com/yw4rfph2
🔗 Paper: tinyurl.com/3j4avr4x
@currentbiology.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🦠 Microbes for dinner, anyone?
When fruit flies go short on nutrients, their brains literally change the way they smell the world, helping them sniff out the microbes they need to survive.
👉 Article: tinyurl.com/yw4rfph2
🔗 Paper: tinyurl.com/3j4avr4x
@currentbiology.bsky.social
When fruit flies go short on nutrients, their brains literally change the way they smell the world, helping them sniff out the microbes they need to survive.
👉 Article: tinyurl.com/yw4rfph2
🔗 Paper: tinyurl.com/3j4avr4x
@currentbiology.bsky.social