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The President of the Republic, António José Seguro, congratulated the Portuguese scientist Gonçalo Castelo-Branco today, who was chosen for the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, stating that the distinction “honours Portuguese science.”
António José Seguro considers the appointment of Gonçalo Castelo-Branco to be the “recognition of the scientific merit and academic excellence of the Portuguese researcher”.
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.
