Year: 2017

Events

Translational medicine in Zurich

December 3, 2017
Life Science Zurich organizes “Translational Medicine in Zurich” on January 22, 2018. The event provides scientists from academia and industry with a platform to present their projects to potential collaboration partners and investors. Several ZNZ […]
Services

Who can fix a leaky pipeline?

December 3, 2017
Get to know 5 gender-friendly measures implemented by the SNFS to support female researchers in their academic careers and fix the leaky pipeline. Women represent only 20% of faculty members in Switzerland (press release Federal […]
In the Spotlight

Big role for microRNAs

October 1, 2017
Gerhard Schratt started his professorship in Systems Neuroscience at the ETH Zurich this August. He was previously at the University of Heidelberg, where he had his first independent group working on microRNAs, before becoming full […]
Videos

Real-Time Learning and Computing

October 1, 2017
Prof. Giacomo Indiveri presents at the TCE Workshop: 2017 Stephen and Sharon Seiden Frontiers in Engineering and Science at the Technion in Haifa. In his talk he explains new event-based neuromorphic memristive architectures. Memristors are […]
People

New ZNZ junior group leaders

October 1, 2017
We are proud to welcome our new members from the University Children’s Hospital and the University Hospital Zurich. Dr. Dr. med. Andras Jakab Center for MR-Research, University Children’s Hospital Zurich Andras is studying normal and pathological […]
Research News

New EIT Health projects in 2018

October 1, 2017
ETH Zurich is a partner in the European EIT Health Consortium. For 2018, three new projects with ETH participation will receive funding by the Consortium. In one of these projects, an innovation project led by […]
Awards

ERC grant for Rafael Polania

October 1, 2017
Rafael Polania was awarded the prestigious Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). He will receive CHF 1.7 million to conduct his research project on understanding decision-making in humans. Polania’s research focuses on understanding […]
Events

Highlights 20th ZNZ Symposium

October 1, 2017
More than 300 researchers participated in the annual ZNZ Symposium on 14 Sept. 2017 and discussed their current research projects in 90 poster presentations. Prof. Olaf Sporns gave a brilliant overview of today’s efforts in […]
Publications

Brain wellness

October 1, 2017
Alzheimer’s Disease, stroke and depression are among the most serious brain diseases. Lifestyle choices play an important role in their etiology. The new book by Hans-Ruedi Olpe and his daughter Cora Olpe addresses risk factors […]