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There is a Portuguese man among the members elected to decide who will be the next Nobel laureate in Medicine. Gonçalo Castelo-Branco was chosen for the Nobel Committee and considers the selection a recognition of the research he has been developing.
He holds both Portuguese and Swedish nationality, is currently a professor of Glial Cell Biology at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, and will join the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine.
The Portuguese Gonçalo Castelo-Branco, a professor at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, has been chosen for the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, according to information available on the award's website.
Institutions are opening 1,465 more places than in the 2025/2026 academic year. There are 56,790 places in the General Access Regime. The offer in Basic Education and Medicine is increasing.
