2022 - Page 3 of 5 - ZNZ Newsletter

Funding For Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases

June 8, 2022

In the past ten years, numerous ZNZ researchers have received a grant from the Dr. Wilhelm Hurka Foundation. An application window opens again this summer and invites to submit proposals until 31 July 2022. The […]

Tracking Neurodegeneration

June 8, 2022

Many neurological diseases arise initially from a focal lesion. Only with time neurodegeneration spreads to other brain areas and the spinal cord – a phenomena called diaschisis. Currently, neuroimaging studies are performed separately in the […]

Engineering Networks of Human Neurons

June 8, 2022

The brain is composed of more than 80 billion neurons, which are highly interconnected and communicate through electrical signals. Understanding how neurons use these electrical signals to exchange information is essential to elucidate the functioning […]

Silencing Anxiety

June 8, 2022

Anxiety disorders burden millions of people world-wide. Recently, a new source of anxiety in the brain was identified: the orexin/hypocretin neurons in the hypothalamus. Based on that finding, researchers at ETH Zurich’s D-HEST wanted to […]

Recent Publications by ZNZ Members

June 8, 2022

Read here about recent papers published by members of the Neuroscience Center Zurich. Brain aging is faithfully modelled in organotypic brain slices and accelerated by prionsCommun Biol. 2022 Jun 8;5(1):557. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03496-5.Authors: Yingjun Liu, Assunta […]

A New Perspective On Neurodegeneration

June 8, 2022

Magdalini Polymenidou from the Department of Quantitative Biomedicine at the University of Zurich has received an ERC Consolidator Grant. Together with her team she will employ a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to identify the molecular […]

Valerio Zerbi Receives Eccelenza

February 7, 2022

SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowships are aimed at highly qualified young researchers who aspire to a permanent professorship. Valerio Zerbi from the Department of Health, Science and Technology at ETH Zürich was awarded with one. He […]

Recent Publications by ZNZ Members

February 4, 2022

Read here about recent papers published by members of the Neuroscience Center Zurich. Polycystic ovary syndrome and postpartum depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studiesJ Affect Disord. 2022 Feb 15;299:463-469. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.12.044. Epub […]

Welcome to the ZNZ Community

February 4, 2022

We are proud to welcome our new members. Read on to learn about the research expertise they contribute to our community. PD Dr. Lukas ImbachSwiss Epilepsy Clinic, Klinik Lengg AG My research concentrates on the […]

ERC Starting Grant for Katharina Gapp

February 4, 2022

In her ERC funded project “Heritability of stress receptor signatures in the germline Father-Son-Talks“, Katharina Gapp aims to investigate mechanisms how stress or trauma can affect not only directly exposed individuals but also their descendants. […]