Month: July 2017

In the Spotlight

Understanding stress

July 2, 2017
Johannes Bohacek has recently been appointed Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience and has started his new position on July 1 at ETH Zurich. We talked with him about his research on […]
Publications

Recent publications by ZNZ members

July 2, 2017
Read here about recent papers published by members of the Neuroscience Center Zurich. Fully embedded myoelectric control for a wearable robotic hand orthosis. IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. 2017 Jul;2017:615-621 Authors: Ryser F, Butzer T, […]
Events

ZNZ PhD Retreat 2017

July 2, 2017
The 19th ZNZ PhD Retreat at the clinic Valens aimed at stimulating exchange between science and the clinic. Part of the program was dedicated to Prof. Jürg Kesselring’s upcoming retirement on September 1. In his […]
Videos

New Findings on Psilocybin & LSD

July 2, 2017
Dr. Rainer Krähenmann presented new findings on mechanisms of action of psilocybin and LSD at the Psychedelic Science 2017 Conference. Rainer Krähenmann of the Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich discusses neurobiological and psychological mechanisms of action […]
Services

Data Analytics in Neuroscience

July 2, 2017
Many neuroscience laboratories are faced with ever-increasing amounts of experimental data. Processing these large datasets with conventional analysis tools is often inefficient. To address these challenges efficiently, ZNZ researchers can rely on excellent cluster computing […]
Events

Don’t miss the ZNZ Symposium 2017!

July 2, 2017
Join the ZNZ Annual Symposium on September 14, 2017. The program is again packed with interesting topics: Prof. Olaf Sporns will talk about connectomics, Prof. Gabor Halmagyi about the vestibular system and parallel workshops will […]
Calls for Proposals

2017 Joint projects and travel awards

July 2, 2017
The Oxford-McGill-Zurich Partnership in Neuroscience announces the fifth call for joint projects/workshops and travel awards. The goal of the programs is to promote collaborative research between the three neuroscience centers and build valuable synergies. Joint […]
Research News

Brain stimulation increases honesty

July 2, 2017
Michel Maréchal and Christian Ruff have identified the brain region involved in conflicts between honesty and material self-interest. They could even increase honest behavior using non-invasive brain stimulation. The results are published in the April […]
People

New ZNZ research group leader

July 2, 2017
The Neuroscience Center Zurich welcomes its new member. Dr. Wolfger von der Behrens Institut of Neuroinformatics, UZH/ETH The central question of Dr. von der Behrens’ research is how the central nervous system adapts to the […]
Awards

Isabelle Mansuy Fellow of EURASC

July 2, 2017
Prof. Isabelle Mansuy was elected as Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences in March 2017. This prestigious international association of distinguished scholars recognizes and elects the best European scientists as fellows. The European Academy […]