Services
How to overcome bias in academia
What is the effect of biases on the gender gap in academia? The ZNZ Gender Equality Committee proposes the use of a bias test to make decision-makers aware of their implicit bias. In our daily […]
Year: 2019
Research News
Matters of the heart
Heart defects are the most common birth defects. They cause neurodevelopmental problems in affected children, including problems with communication and speech. Andras Jakab and the Research Group Heart and Brain at the Children’s hospital showed […]
Events
PhD students in the clinic
A record number of 65 doctoral students participated in this year’s annual ZNZ PhD Retreat in the Neurorehabilitation Clinic Valens in May. Students of the ZNZ are coming from diverse backgrounds like biology, medicine, engineering, […]
Calls for Proposals
Synapsis research grants
Synapsis Foundation – Alzheimer Research Switzerland ARS has opened a call for a competition for Research Grants and Career Development Awards. Deadline for submission of proposals is July 15, 2019. The goal of the Synapsis […]
Events
Molecular logic of neural circuits
Prof. Thomas Südhof, Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine 2013, held the first Konrad-Akert Lecture on 5 June 2019. The new lecture series is organized by the Brain Research Institute in honor of Konrad […]
Publications
Recent publications by ZNZ members
Read here about recent papers published by members of the Neuroscience Center Zurich. High-precision magnetoencephalography for reconstructing amygdalar and hippocampal oscillations during prediction of safety and threat.Hum Brain Mapp. 2019 Jun 30Authors: Tzovara A, Meyer […]
In the Spotlight
WeCare about sweat
Biomarkers in human sweat can contain useful information about the physiological state of a person. Currently, however, this information is rarely used. The WeCare project, that recently received a SNSF Sinergia grant, explores how biomarkers […]
Events
The Healthy Brain
How does the brain stay healthy and what can we do to prevent brain disorders? This year’s BrainFair is all about the healthy brain. From 11-15 March, experts review the field in panel discussions and […]
Awards
NOMIS Award for Aguzzi
Adriano Aguzzi, professor and director of the Institute of Neuropathology at the University of Zurich, has been awarded for his research into neurodegenerative diseases linked to aberrant protein aggregates, such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s or Creutzfeldt-Jakob […]
People
Welcome Daniel Razansky
The Neuroscience Center Zurich welcomes its new member. Prof. Daniel Razansky Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich and Institute for Biomedical Engineering, ETH Zurich At present, real-time visualization of large-scale neural dynamics is […]