Awards

The Koetser Award ceremony 2021 had to be cancelled already twice. In July, Prof. Eckart Altenmüller will be finally honored for his outstanding research on music-induced plasticity and therapeutic approached for musicians. Each year, the […]

Prof. Catherine Dulac is a world-renowned scientist and made a number of seminal discoveries underlying the neurobiology of social behavior. Recently, she identified how the mouse brain regulates crucial mating and parenting behavior. On June […]

In November, ZNZ awarded PhD Grants to three young research groups covering doctoral student salaries. The following students are supported: Jeanne Droux in the group of Susanne Wegener will analyze mechanical properties of neutrophils in […]

The good news is already a few months old but we would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Patrick Freund. Together with Jonas Frisén from the Karolinska Institute, he was awarded with the IRP […]

Tommaso Patriarchi from the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology has received the prestigious ERC Starting Grant for his work on visualization of neurotransmitter dynamics in the brain. The European Research Council awards its highly competitive […]

Silvia Brem has been awarded the 2019 Georg-Friedrich-Götz Prize. The prize consists of CHF 30’000 and is awarded each year for outstanding contributions in the field of medical research.   Silvia Brem received the prize for […]

Five ZNZ Group Leaders are on Clarivate Analytics’ list of the world’s most highly cited researchers. The ZNZ members on the list are: Sebastian Jessberger, Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich Burkhard Becher, Institute of […]

Prof. Burkhard Becher was awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for his research projects. He receives 2,5 million Euro over a period of five years from the European Research Council for better prediction of the disease […]