In the Spotlight

Prof. Armin Curt and his team have been conducting a Europe-wide phase II clinical trial with NG-101, a recombinant human antibody. NG-101 neutralizes the membrane protein Nogo-A and thus promotes neural repair and functional recovery […]

Petra Schweinhardt and Jasmine Ho have recently received an SNF Sinergia Grant for their research project “Virtual Reality and Psychoplastogens: A Synergistic Approach for The Treatment of Chronic Pain”. The project is starting in spring […]

In January 2022, Hans-Georg Wirsching and his research group started their  project, “A phase Ib/II randomized drug repurposing trial of glutamate signaling inhibitors in combination with chemoradiotherapy in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GLUGLIO)”, which […]

Melika Payvand, SNSF Assistant Professor at the University of Zurich (UZH), was awarded an SNSF Starting Grant. In February, she started working on her project “UNITE: Brain-inspired device-circuits-algorithm co-design for resource-constrained hardware on the edge” […]

Benjamin Ineichen, group leader at the Center for Reproducible Science at the University of Zurich, will lead the project “Advancing 3R – Animals, Research and Society” from the National Research Program 79. He will establish […]

Magdalini Polymenidou from the Department of Quantitative Biomedicine at the University of Zurich has received an ERC Consolidator Grant. Together with her team she will employ a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to identify the molecular […]

Catherine Jutzeler was awarded in 2020 both an SNSF Spark Grant and an SNSF Ambizione Grant to set up her own research group. Only one year later, she has been appointed as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor […]

Bacteria, which are particularly common in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, could be the trigger for the inflammatory reactions in the brain and spinal cord. Endogenous proteins of the brain and protein building blocks of these […]

Walking is a central part of independent living. Neurological causes, such as stroke or Parkinson’s disease, can substantially impair gait and mobility. This affects our quality of life, as many studies have shown. In precision […]

A violent assault or a car accident – traumatic events in the past could affect your present and future health. They can trigger emotional and even physical reactions that make you more prone to a […]