Year: 2016

People

New members @ ZNZ

June 7, 2016
The Neuroscience Center Zurich welcomes its new members. New ZNZ research group leaders: Dr. Mirko Santello Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, UZH Our research aims at understanding the role of the cortex in pathological pain […]
Publications

Publications March – May 2016

June 7, 2016
Read here about recent papers published by members of the Neuroscience Center Zurich. Circadian Metabolism: From Mechanisms to Metabolomics and Medicine. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Jun;27(6):415-26 Author: Brown SA Motivational state, reward value, and Pavlovian […]
In the Spotlight

Understanding the developing brain

March 3, 2016
Theofanis Karayannis recently joined the Brain Research Institute. With his expertise in the development of neuronal circuits he is a great addition to the team. We interviewed the new assistant professor about what attracted him […]
Events

Zurich meets London

March 2, 2016
Experts from the University College London and the ZNZ will present and discuss their pioneering work at the event entitled “Neuroscience – Novel Approaches to Understanding the Mechanisms of Mental Health and Illness” in London, […]
Research News

Improve post-stroke hand function

March 2, 2016
EIT Health has awarded an innovation project aimed at developing a new technology for improving hand function in post-stroke patients. Prof. Volker Dietz of the Balgrist University Hospital and Dr. Miriam Schrafl-Altermatt, together with the […]
Services

The gender gap in academia

March 2, 2016
Despite our best intentions, we all unconsciously favor men in leading professional posts. In her essay “The Gender Gap in Academia may be a Cognitive Neuroscience Problem”, Prof. Magdalini Polymenidou of the ZNZ Gender Equality […]
Videos

Accelerating neuro-science research

March 2, 2016
In his inaugural lecture, Prof. Mehmet Fatih Yanik talks about the role technology can play in acceleration neuroscience research. From automated screening of large libraries of chemicals on neurological disease models in zebrafish to automated […]
Services

ZNZ Steering Committee in tweets

March 2, 2016
Who are the people behind the ZNZ? We have asked Prof. Dr. Fritjof Helmchen, co-director of the ZNZ Steering Committee, to answer a few personal questions in tweets. Me: Married, father of two. Besides science, […]