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Seminar Series NVG Network

Marjan van der Haar — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 03:05:19 +0000

PhD students of the Neuro-Vascular-Glia Network organized a new seminar series for early-career scientists. The goal is to broaden their knowledge of the biology of different brain cell types, experimental approaches and potential clinical applications. [...]

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ZNZ PhD Retreat – World Café Tables

Marjan van der Haar — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 17:30:14 +0000

Why is there no cure for most neurodegenerative diseases and how can we improve behavioral data reproducibility? These and other questions were explored in the World Café format, during the 2016 ZNZ PhD Retreat. During [...]

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PhD Thesis completed!

Pia — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 19:00:32 +0000

Congratulations! The following students have completed their PhD thesis in the last six months: Michael Arzt, Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich (Supervisor: Prof. Martin Schwab) 24 September 2015 Structural Analysis of the Interface between [...]

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2015 ZNZ PhD grants

Marjan van der Haar — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 17:40:58 +0000

On December 3, the ZNZ Steering Committee has awarded two PhD grants. The grants, each covering a doctoral student’s salary for one year, go to ZNZ group leaders Shiva Tyagarajan of the Institute of Pharmacology [...]

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Steiger receives Brain@McGill research travel award

Marjan van der Haar — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 17:15:41 +0000

Vivian Roger Steiger has received a Laszlo and Etelka Kollar Brain@McGill Graduate/Postgraduate Travel Award. He will travel to Montreal to apply a new method in neuroimaging that was developed at the Computational Brain Anatomy Laboratory [...]

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New brainpower @ ZNZ

Pia — Sun, 03 May 2015 16:30:48 +0000

The Neuroscience Center Zurich welcomes its new members. New PhD students: 03.2015 Raffael Ranzani, Group of Roger Gassert, Rehabilitation Engineering Lab, ETH 04.2015 Frances-Catherine Quevenco, Group of Paul G. Unschuld, Clinic for Geriatric Psychiatry, UZH Fabian [...]

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PhD Retreat 2015: the clinic and animal models

Marjan van der Haar — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 07:15:28 +0000

Each year, the ZNZ organizes a retreat for its PhD students, with the main objective to stimulate the exchange among doctoral students from various institutes and clinics. At this year’s Retreat, that will take place [...]

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Not one-solution-fits-all

Marjan van der Haar — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 06:30:30 +0000

The ZNZ retreat on scientific career planning was organized to show participants that it is possible to pursue a scientific career and have a family. ZNZ News asked participants Corinna Wentzel (Institute of Molecular Life [...]

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PhD Thesis completed July to November 2014!

Pia — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 06:30:27 +0000

Congratulations! The following students have completed their PhD thesis in the last six months: Reza Asadollahi, Institute of Medical Genetics, UZH 28 October 2014 Genome-wide Analysis in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: In Depth Approach to Decipher the [...]

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Paralyzed rats walk upon brain stimulation

Marjan van der Haar — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 06:10:50 +0000

This year’s ZNZ Best PhD Award went to Lukas Bachmann for the excellent work performed in the group of Martin Schwab at the Brain Research Institute. He and his colleagues could restore mobility in partially [...]

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