Year: 2017

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 […]
Services

Steering committee in tweets

July 2, 2017
Who are the people behind the ZNZ and what motivates them? Prof. Bruno Weber of the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, answers these questions in tweets. Me: 46 years old, family with […]
Videos

Science Stories with Fritjof Helmchen

July 2, 2017
In the Science Stories video clip, Prof. Fritjof Helmchen of the Brain Research Institute talks about his fascination for neurosciences and his experience with the major international grants he has received for his research projects. […]
Events

Renewed Partnership

July 2, 2017
On 29 May 2017, Suzanne Fortier, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University, Michael Hengartner, President of the University of Zurich and Anna Christina Nobre, Head of Oxford Neuroscience, signed the new Memorandum of Understanding in […]
Services

Women want it all

July 2, 2017
May 2017 marked the 40th anniversary of the first woman to preside over the Swiss National Council, Elisabeth Blunschy-Steiner. This came a few years after women gained the right to vote at the national level […]
Calls for Proposals

Funding for lecture series/ workshops

July 2, 2017
The ZNZ offers PhD students the opportunity to organizing a lecture series or a workshop with international experts on their research topic of interest. Apply for funding today! During the PhD Retreat 2016, a new […]