14-16 October 2026
Lisbon, Portugal
Call for abstracts will open on 27 January 2026.
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The Champalimaud Research Symposium 2026
(CRSy26) will gather an interdisciplinary community of researchers to discuss the interplay between the neural and immune systems in relation to cancer initiation, progression and therapy. This symposium will emphasise the dynamic interactions among tumour cells, neurons and immune components, and how these relationships impact tumour growth, metastasis and the tumour microenvironment.
Key topics will include mechanistic insights into neuro-immune signaling pathways, the influence of stress and innervation on tumor immunity, and how immune responses can affect neural activity within tumours and beyond.
(CRSy26) will gather an interdisciplinary community of researchers to discuss the interplay between the neural and immune systems in relation to cancer initiation, progression and therapy. This symposium will emphasise the dynamic interactions among tumour cells, neurons and immune components, and how these relationships impact tumour growth, metastasis and the tumour microenvironment.
Key topics will include mechanistic insights into neuro-immune signaling pathways, the influence of stress and innervation on tumor immunity, and how immune responses can affect neural activity within tumours and beyond.
Symposium Chairs
Carlos Minutti
Immunoregulation Lab, Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, PT
Henrique Veiga-Fernandes Immunophysiology Lab, Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, PT
Carlos Minutti
Immunoregulation Lab, Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, PT
Henrique Veiga-Fernandes Immunophysiology Lab, Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, PT
Confirmed Keynote Speakers
Douglas Hanahan
EPFL, Lausanne, CH
Florent Ginhoux
Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, FR
Douglas Hanahan
EPFL, Lausanne, CH
Florent Ginhoux
Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, FR
CRSy is the main scientific symposium of the Champalimaud Research. Since 2017, it has fostered global dialogue among researchers across various disciplines, focusing on groundbreaking advancements in neuroscience, physiology and cancer.
Taro Toyoizumi, PhD
RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Wako, JapanTaro Toyoizumi is the Team Leader at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science. He received his B.S. in Physics from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2001, followed by his M.S. and Ph.D. in Computational Neuroscience from the University of Tokyo in 2003 and 2006, respectively. After completing his doctoral studies, he joined the Center for Theoretical Neuroscience at Columbia University as a JSPS and Patterson Trust Postdoctoral Fellow. In 2010, Toyoizumi was appointed as a Special Postdoctoral Researcher at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute and was promoted to Laboratory Head the following year. He undertook his current position at RIKEN in 2018 and was also named an adjunct professor at the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo in 2019. He has served as a Co-Editor-in-Chief of Neural Networks from 2022. Taro Toyoizumi's research focuses on the computational principles underlying the experience-based organization of neural circuits. Among his honors are the International Neural Network Society's Young Investigator Award in 2008, the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan, the Young Scientists' Prize in 2016, and RIKEN Baihou-prize in 2023.
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