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As high-lighted in several recent high-profile publications, predominately unconscious gender bias in science remains a real problem that acts as a barrier to equal opportunity and hinders research. To actively combat these biases, the Principal […]

Who are the people behind the ZNZ and what motivates them? Prof. Nicole Wenderoth of the neural control of movement lab, ETH Zurich, set aside her reluctance to use social media and answered some questions […]

Three ZNZ researchers have launched a new seminar series to share recent developments in neuroimmunology and to encourage networking among junior researchers working in the field. Scientists can vote for the speaker to be invited. […]

Iranian PhD students receive support from the Cognitive Science and Technologies Council of Iran (CSTC) to do a sabbatical in Zurich. The goal of the program is to promote research in cognitive sciences in Iran. […]

Who are the people behind the ZNZ and what motivates them? In this issue, Prof. Richard Hahnloser of the Institute of Neuroinformatics and member of the ZNZ Steering Committee answers a few personal questions in […]

Depression and dementias affect women more often than men, but the effects of sex and gender on mental health have not been well investigated and specific therapies have yet to be developed. The newly founded […]

Who are the people behind the ZNZ? In this issue Prof. Armin Curt of the Spinal Cord Injury Center, University Hospital Balgrist and member of the ZNZ Steering Committee discloses in tweets what his motivation […]

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 […]