Year: 2015

Awards

Götz Award for neuroscientists

May 3, 2015
Prof. Bea Latal and Prof. Magdalini Polymenidou have been awarded the 2014 Georg-Friedrich-Götz Prize. The prize consists of CHF 30’000 and is awarded each year for outstanding contributions to medical research.   Bea Latal received the […]
Research News

Geared for choice

May 3, 2015
Our brain is geared to make choices, but how does this work and which brain regions are involved? Research by Marcus Grueschow, Christian Ruff and colleagues has for the first time broken apart the value […]
Events

Inflammation, Brain, and Depression

May 3, 2015
Depression can be a devastating disease and many patients do not respond well to medication. The search for the cause of this non-responsiveness has led to a seemingly unrelated condition: inflammation. But how are inflammation […]
Publications

Tribute to Hanns Möhler

May 3, 2015
Volumes 72 and 73 of Advances in Pharmacology honor Hanns Möhler, Professor Emeritus since 2005, and his work. Contributing authors have all been associated with Prof. Möhler during their career. The volumes provide a good […]
Research News

Color proves multipotency

May 3, 2015
How multipotent are neural crest cells and is their fate determined before they migrate? This long-standing controversy has now been ended by the work of Prof. Lukas Sommer of the Institute of Anatomy, UZH, and […]
In the Spotlight

Strengthening Parkinson Research

February 20, 2015
In February 2015, Christian Baumann was appointed associate professor of neurology with the particular focus on Parkinson’s disease and movement disorders. He is affiliated with the Department of Neurology of the University Hospital Zurich. His […]
Events

In memory of Prof. Konrad Akert

February 20, 2015
Founder of the Brain Research Institute of the University of Zurich and strong advocate for neurosciences, Prof. Konrad Akert has laid the groundwork for today’s neuroscience research in Zurich. At the age of almost 96 […]
Research News

fMRI for clinical neuroimaging

February 20, 2015
In order to make fMRI fit for clinical application in psychiatric disorders, the groups of Klaas Stephan, Klaas Prüssmann and Dominik Bach are developing methods to increase image resolution. They will soon start the clinical […]
Services

DNA solutions beyond oligos

February 20, 2015
State-of-the-art DNA technologies and services, that is what Microsynth stands for. Markus Schmid and Christof Wunderlin co-CEOs of Microsynth about the academic roots of the company and about their comprehensive service offerings. Markus Schmid: Microsynth […]