Events

BrainFair Zurich 2026 invites you to explore how our understanding of the human brain has evolved over the past two decades – and what this progress means for medicine and society.   Researchers from science laboratories as well as neurological and […]

The Swiss 3Rs Day 2025 will focus on the implementation of the 3Rs – Replace, Reduce, Refine – in neuroscience. The event brings together contributions from research, education, and industry. The upcoming Swiss 3Rs Day […]

Based on several discussions at ZNZ Strategy Meetings, many neuroscientists are convinced that more could be done to advance the transfer of research results into society. More specifically, translational neuroscience involves bringing new inventions generated […]

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 […]

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 […]

The equity and inclusion committee of the ZNZ invites to a movie night: The movie “JANE” by Brett Morgen follows the path of Jane Goodall challenging the male-dominated scientific consensus of the time and revolutionizing […]

Last year six ZNZ Ph.D. students started their own seminar series called “ZNZ Science and Drinks”. This initiative aims to foster connections among ZNZ students while providing a relaxed and interactive platform to explore a […]

How does the brain learn? What is the role of genetic factors, the environment, and personal experiences? Which connections of our neural network are enforced during learning, and which are reduced? And how well do […]