PhD Thesis completed!
Congratulations! The following students have completed their PhD thesis in the last six months: Christian Brändli, Institute of Neuroinformatics, UZH/ETH (Supervisor: Dr. [...]
Awards
ERC Advanced Research Grants for two ZNZ members
Two leading researchers of the ZNZ have been awarded the European Union’s top research award, the “Advanced Grant” of the European Research Council (ERC). The EU will [...]
Steiger receives Brain@McGill research travel award
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 [...]
Götz Award for neuroscientists
Prof. Bea Latal and Prof. Magdalini Polymenidou have been awarded the 2014 Georg-Friedrich-Götz Prize. The prize consists of CHF 30’000 and is awarded each year for [...]
SNSF Consolidator Grant for Jessberger
The SNSF Consolidator Grants are part of the Temporary Backup Schemes launched in March 2014. They made it possible for outstanding researchers working or planning to work at [...]
Research prize 2015 of the Swiss Brain League
The Swiss Brain League calls for proposals for the Research prize. The prize is awarded to outstanding contributions in the field of neurological research. Every two years, a [...]
“Clocks, Sleep, and the Ageing Brain” receives Velux Grant
The groups of Prof. Steven Brown (UZH), Prof. Nicolas Cermakian (McGill University) and Prof. Russell Foster (Oxford University) have been awarded a 400’000 SFr grant by [...]
Starting Grants for UZH neuroscientists
Two UZH neuroscientists have been awarded a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Starting Grant. Frank Scharnowski and Melanie Greter receive around CHF 1.5 million each [...]
PhD Thesis completed July to November 2014!
Congratulations! The following students have completed their PhD thesis in the last six months: Reza Asadollahi, Institute of Medical Genetics, UZH 28 October 2014 [...]
Paralyzed rats walk upon brain stimulation
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 [...]