2025 - Page 3 of 4 - ZNZ Newsletter

3R Hub for researchers working with animals

February 3, 2025

Replace, reduce, refine—these are the three guiding principles of animal research aimed at minimizing harm to animals. In March 2024, ETH Zurich launched the 3R Hub to promote these principles. The hub’s mission is to […]

SNSF Advanced Grants

February 3, 2025

The following members of the Neuroscience Center have recently received an SNF Advanced Grant. They are two out of three recipients of this prestigious grant in the life sciences. Mehmet Fatih YanikYanik’s team is developing […]

BrainFair Zurich 2025 on Speech and Hearing

February 3, 2025

How does the brain formulate words and sentences and transform them into speech? How do we process sounds to make sense of what we hear? How do we learn new languages? And how does hearing […]

Welcome to the community

February 3, 2025

We are proud to welcome our new members. Read on to learn about their research expertise, their motivations and what they love about Zurich. Name and Surname: Sevasti GaspariPosition: Ambizione fellowInstitute: Institute of Pharmacology and […]

Konrad Akert Lecture 2025

February 3, 2025

The 4th Konrad Akert Lecture, held in honor of Konrad Akert, the founder of the Brain Research Institute, will feature Fred H. Gage from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Gage and his team discovered […]

Inaugural Lectures

February 3, 2025

We congratulate the following researchers on their inaugural lectures last fall. On October 7th, Paul Sauseng took the audience to a journey discovering the connection between brain and behavior with «Itʼs swinging in the brain […]

Sleep modulation in mice with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease

February 3, 2025

Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease are brain disorders often accompanied by sleep-wake disturbances. Research suggests that modulating deep sleep could influence the neuropathological progression of both diseases. Daniela Noain and her team from the University Hospital […]

Update international collaboration

February 3, 2025

ZNZ and its partners UCL Neuroscience and the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) have recently approved new joint seed projects for 2025. The projects should pave the way for larger collaborative grant applications. The QBI/ZNZ projects […]

Brain Development in Congenital Heart Disease

February 3, 2025

The heart and the brain are inextricably linked, and cardiovascular and brain health are closely connected. The Children’s Heart and Development Research Group at the University Children’s Hospital Zürich are investigating the contributions of genetic, […]

Gaming therapy for motor control impairments

February 3, 2025

The ability to move joints independently without triggering involuntary muscle activity in other body parts is called selective voluntary motor control (SVMC). Impairments in SVMC can significantly impact patients’ daily activities. Few treatments specifically address […]