The President of the Republic, António José Seguro, highlighted today the appointment of Gonçalo Castelo-Branco, a professor of Glial Cell Biology at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, to the Nobel Committee for Medicine, stating that this distinction “honours Portuguese science”. The President congratulated the researcher on his election, noting that it recognises his scientific merit and academic excellence. The committee consists of five members and the secretary-general of the Nobel Assembly, serving three-year terms. Castelo-Branco, who holds both Portuguese and Swedish nationality, expressed his satisfaction with the election, viewing it as recognition of his ongoing research.