2015 - Page 4 of 6 - ZNZ Newsletter

Early English teaching may not be effective

July 2, 2015

Children are able to learn a foreign language much more easily than adults. This notion has led to the introduction of foreign language classes in elementary school. Results of electrophysiological experiments published by the group […]

Changes in sensory processing during learning

July 2, 2015

How is sensory information processing changing during learning? In their experiments published in Nature Neuroscience, Jerry Chen, Fritjof Helmchen and colleagues have made a significant step towards understanding the modulation of the neural signal pathways […]

Oxford Textbook of Neurorehabilitation

July 2, 2015

The book Neurorehabilitation, edited by Volker Dietz and Nick Ward, provides an understanding of the theoretical foundations of neurorehabilitation and presents clinical recommendations that are based on a mix of established evidence and clinical experience. […]

Steiger receives Brain@McGill research travel award

July 2, 2015

Vivian Roger Steiger has received a Laszlo and Etelka Kollar Brain@McGill Graduate/Postgraduate Travel Award. He will travel to Montreal to apply a new method in neuroimaging that was developed at the Computational Brain Anatomy Laboratory […]

Launch of Viral Vector Facility

July 2, 2015

The Viral Vector Facility (VVF) of the ZNZ has officially started its activities on 1 July 2015. The facility offers a variety of services to research groups working with viral vectors. Interested scientists are invited […]

Second ZNZ retreat on scientific career planning

July 2, 2015

The ZNZ Gender Equality Committee invites young neuroscientists to the 2015 ZNZ retreat on scientific career planning. With topics such as life-balance and self-marketing and a panel discussion about career path management, the retreat follows […]

Publications May to June 2015

July 2, 2015

Read here about recent papers published by members of the Neuroscience Center Zurich. Combined HDAC1 and HDAC2 Depletion Promotes Retinal Ganglion Cell Survival After Injury Through Reduction of p53 Target Gene Expression. ASN Neuro. 2015 […]

Sleep research in Zurich

May 3, 2015

It is well known that lack of sleep has a negative effect on our well-being and yet we know so little about sleep’s function. The Clinical Research Priority Program (CRPP) Sleep and Health aims at […]

New brainpower @ ZNZ

May 3, 2015

The Neuroscience Center Zurich welcomes its new members. New PhD students: 03.2015 Raffael Ranzani, Group of Roger Gassert, Rehabilitation Engineering Lab, ETH 04.2015 Frances-Catherine Quevenco, Group of Paul G. Unschuld, Clinic for Geriatric Psychiatry, UZH Fabian […]

Publications February to April 2015

May 3, 2015

Read here about recent papers published by members of the Neuroscience Center Zurich. A matching pursuit algorithm for inferring tonic sympathetic arousal from spontaneous skin conductance fluctuations. Psychophysiology. 2015 Apr 30; Authors: Bach DR, Staib […]