Awards

Awards

Ophthalmology Award

October 1, 2019
Praveena Manogaran and Christine Walker have developed a new model with which substances can be tested to protect the vision of MS patients in the future. For this they have received the Swiss OpthAWARD. Multiple […]
Awards

NOMIS Award for Aguzzi

March 3, 2019
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 […]
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Eccellenza Fellowships

March 3, 2019
The future is bright for Patrick Freund and Salomé Kurth. They each won a SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship with which they are on the road to a permanent professorship. With its new Eccellenza funding scheme, […]
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ERC Consolidator Grants awarded

December 2, 2018
Profs. Dominik Bach, Melanie Greter and Fatih Yanik each received an ERC Consolidator Grant 2018 for their research projects. The grants of around 2.4 million Swiss francs (2 million euros) each are awarded over a […]
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ZNZ PhD Grants 2018

December 2, 2018
Through the Bertha-Meierhofer Fund and a generous donation of the ZNZ Patronage, four young research groups were awarded with PhD Grants covering doctoral student salaries for one year each. The following students are supported: Sabine […]
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Ophthalmology Prize for Konrad Weber

October 1, 2018
Konrad Weber receives the Alfred-Vogt Award for simplifying the measurement of squint angles with a newly developed video system. Children and patients with congenital strabismus will benefit in particular. PD Dr. med. Konrad P. Weber, […]
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Pfizer Research Award

March 1, 2018
Two ZNZ members were among the winners of this year’s Pfizer research award. Dr. Thomas Wälchli and Dr. Dominik Bach received the award on February 1 in Zurich for their excellent scientific work. The Pfizer […]
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ERC grant for Rafael Polania

October 1, 2017
Rafael Polania was awarded the prestigious Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). He will receive CHF 1.7 million to conduct his research project on understanding decision-making in humans. Polania’s research focuses on understanding […]