In the Spotlight
Deep dive into brain circuitry
Csaba Földy joined the Brain Research Institute as a new assistant professor in November 2015. He talked to ZNZ News about what motivated him to come to Zurich and how he plans to study the […]
Year: 2015
People
Welcome to the ZNZ
The Neuroscience Center Zurich welcomes its new members. New ZNZ research group leaders: PD Dr. med. Mira Katan Kahles Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich Dr. Katan identifies (using OMICS-methods) and validates (conducting clinical studies […]
Publications
Publications July – September 2015
Read here about recent papers published by members of the Neuroscience Center Zurich. Cell Biology of Prions and Prionoids: A Status Report. Trends Cell Biol. 2015 Sep 28; Aguzzi A, Lakkaraju AK Talking in Fury: […]
Videos
Psychedelics and Neuroplasticity
Prof. Vollenweider, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (UZH), talks about neuroplasticity that can be induced by psychedelics.
Services
ZNZ Steering Committee in tweets – Fritschy
Who are the people behind the ZNZ? In the next ZNZ News issues we will be asking members of the Steering Committee to answer a few personal questions in tweets. We start with Prof. Jean-Marc […]
Services
Gender Equality: News from the SNSF
Despite the increasing number of female PhD graduates, few are appointed to senior academic positions. To encourage women to pursue their academic career, the SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation) introduces a new funding scheme. PRIMA […]
Awards
PhD Award for Uli Herrmann
Dr. Uli Herrmann received this year’s ZNZ Best PhD Award for his work on a new substance that blocks propagation of prion proteins and increases survival in prion-infected mice. The prize that comes with a […]
Research News
Fixing resting state fMRI signals
Dr. Valerio Zerbi in the group of Prof. Nicole Wenderoth has for the first time applied a novel method (FIX) for the analysis of resting state functional MRI in mice. In their paper, that will […]
Events
Register now: KNZ Symposium 2015
The Clinical Neurocenter (KNZ) of the University Hospital Zurich announces its annual symposium on 26 November. The symposium will focus on neuro-oncology with a special emphasis on the diagnostics and therapy of gliomas. Professor Paul […]
Calls for Proposals
Third call for projects and travel awards
The McGill-Oxford-ZNZ Partnership in the Neurosciences promotes collaborative research between the three neuroscience centers. The partners are happy to announce a third call for joint projects and graduate student awards. Joint projects/workshops for principal investigators […]