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How can scientists balance between their careers and their families? Should men be able to take care of their small children in paid time off? In her essay, Dayra A. Lorenzo Mercado provides strong arguments […]

Who are the people behind the ZNZ? We have asked Prof. Dr. Magdalini Polymenidou of Institute of Molecular Life Sciences and member of the ZNZ Steering Committee, to answer a few personal questions in tweets. […]

Despite our best intentions, we all unconsciously favor men in leading professional posts. In her essay “The Gender Gap in Academia may be a Cognitive Neuroscience Problem”, Prof. Magdalini Polymenidou of the ZNZ Gender Equality […]

Who are the people behind the ZNZ? We have asked Prof. Dr. Fritjof Helmchen, co-director of the ZNZ Steering Committee, to answer a few personal questions in tweets. Me: Married, father of two. Besides science, […]

Who are the people behind the ZNZ? In the next ZNZ News issues we will be asking each member of the Steering Committee to answer a few personal questions in tweets. Second in line is […]

Who are the people behind the ZNZ? In the next ZNZ News issues we will be asking members of the Steering Committee to answer a few personal questions in tweets. We start with Prof. Jean-Marc […]

Despite the increasing number of female PhD graduates, few are appointed to senior academic positions. To encourage women to pursue their academic career, the SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation) introduces a new funding scheme. PRIMA […]

State-of-the-art DNA technologies and services, that is what Microsynth stands for. Markus Schmid and Christof Wunderlin co-CEOs of Microsynth about the academic roots of the company and about their comprehensive service offerings. Markus Schmid: Microsynth […]

IniLabs was founded in 2009 as a spin-off of the Institute of Neuroinformatics (INI). Its mission is to transform promising neurotechnologies into useful applications by overcoming the innovation gap that often exists between interesting research […]

In a survey among University of Zurich employees, the ZNZ Gender Equality Committee has identified a high demand for more childcare services in academia. Over 90% of respondents believe the UZH would benefit as a […]