Year: 2020

Events

Peering into the Social Brain

March 7, 2020
Save the date! This year’s Konrad Akert Lecture will be held by Prof. Catherine Dulac from Harvard University. She will talk about her work on neuronal circuits underlying social behaviors, and the contribution of genomic […]
Research News

DBS and Swimming

March 7, 2020
Patients who received deep brain stimulation devices are warned not to swim in deep water alone. Daniel Waldvogel, Christian Baumann of the Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich and colleagues report nine patients who lost […]
Videos

Fatty Acids and Brain Development

March 7, 2020
In his inaugural lecture PD Dr. Gregor Berger of the Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich talks about the important role Omega-3 fatty acids play in brain development and […]
Research News

A Game Measuring Movement Control

March 7, 2020
A computer game using movement sensors can help assess the success of rehabilitation therapy in children with brain injury. This may have implications for the future evaluation of therapies. How specific are novel rehabilitation interventions, […]
Calls for Proposals

Swiss Brain League Grant 2020

March 7, 2020
Are you a young scientist looking for funding? Apply for the Swiss Brain League Research Grant. Submit your entries no later than 30 September 2020. Every four years, the Swiss Brain League awards a neuroscientific […]
Awards

Eccellenza Fellowship for Saab

March 7, 2020
Aiman S. Saab has received an SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship. His project was one of 45 projects selected for funding out of 229 applications. With its Eccellenza funding scheme, introduced in 2018, the Swiss National […]
Publications

More than Sleep

March 7, 2020
In his book “Mehr als Schlaf”, Alexander Borbély interweaves an account of his personal life with his research into sleep. Among the main topics are sleep and its rhythms. The author has researched both topics […]
People

Five New ZNZ Members

March 7, 2020
The ZNZ is proud to welcome its new members. New Group Leaders PD Dr. med. Marian Christoph NeidertDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Zurich Many brain tumors carry a poor prognosis despite surgery, radiotherapy as well […]