Events
What Does the Virus Do to Our Brain?
Under the title “The Brain in Times of the Pandemic”, the program of the BrainFair 2021 has taken up a red-hot topic. Normally, speakers are sought to report on topics on which there is already […]
Year: 2021
Videos
Antagonizing the Protein Aggregation
The 10th Annual Les Turner Symposium on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) featured presentations from leading clinicians and researchers in the field. In her presentation, Magdalini Polymendiou from the Department of Quantitative Biomedicine (UZH), presented research […]
Research News
New Perspectives on Language
Where does our ability to communicate come from? How does language develop and how do we pass it on from generation to generation? The National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Evolving Language, established last […]
Research News
How Does Empathy Feel Like on Opioids?
When prescription opioids are used over a longer period for medical or non-medical purposes, it can have consequences on brain and behavior. Sara Kroll and Boris Quednow from the Psychiatric Hospital of the University of […]
Videos
Can Computers Understand Cognition?
Valerio Mante from the Institute of Neuroinformatics (UZH) was an invited speaker at the Neurotheory seminar series. It is a collaborative effort between current and former labs at the University of Oxford to study theoretical […]
In the Spotlight
When Memory Becomes a Burden
A violent assault or a car accident – traumatic events in the past could affect your present and future health. They can trigger emotional and even physical reactions that make you more prone to a […]
People
Our New Bright Minds
We welcome the newest members to the ZNZ. With knowledge, experience and a curious mind, they will certainly contribute to new insights in neuroscience. Dr. Elisa DonatiInstitute of Neuroinformatics, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich […]
Publications
Recent Publications by ZNZ Members
Read here about recent papers published by members of the Neuroscience Center Zurich. Conditional valuation for combinations of goods in primatesPhilos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2021 Mar;376(1819):20190669. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0669.Epub 2021 Jan 11.Authors: Hui-Kuan Chung, Carlos […]
Events
Inauguration of Prof. Tommaso Patriarchi
What an exciting time for Tommaso Patriarchi. In 2019, he started as Assistant Professor for Chemical Neuropharmacology at the Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology. In September last year, he received the prestigious ERC Starting Grant […]
Publications
Questioning the Brain
A new book features the answers of 16 Swiss neuroscientists to 300 questions. Journalist Barbara Schmutz interviewed neuroscientists – amongst them several from the ZNZ – on common phenomena interesting to many of us:Can we […]