The Champalimaud Research Symposium (CRSy) has been the main scientific meeting of Champalimaud Research since 2017, gathering researchers from all over the world, and across disciplines, to discuss ongoing and cutting-edge research in the fields of physiology, cancer and neuroscience.

This year’s Champalimaud Research Symposium, Neuro-Cybernetics at Scale, explored how behavior emerges through complex feedback loops across neural circuits, bodies, and varied environments. While reductionist approaches have brought deep insights into individual components, understanding behavior as it unfolds in the real world demands a shift toward systems-level thinking—across scales, disciplines, and modalities.