Women scientists in the news

Professor Carmen Sandi has been awarded the Valkhof Chair 2015

22 June 2015

Prof. Carmen Sandi has been awarded the Valkhof Chair 2015. On June 22nd, she had the opportunity to give this year's Valkhof Lecture, entitled: "The stressed social brain: from rodents...

Two young researchers awarded at the 2nd DNF Symposium

27 May 2015

P. Bezzi, C. Bellone, F. Petrelli, S. Habbas During the 2nd DNF Symposium held at the DNF/CHUV, two young scientists working within the NCCR Synapsy received the 1st and 2nd...

Regulating the brain’s redox state to prevent schizophrenia

18 May 2015

Kim Q. Do’s group show that cell-specific regulation of redox state balances critical periods of brain plasticity; essential as disruption of natural critical periods in brain development may be at...

Stress and the social brain : effects and mechanisms

20 April 2015

Prof. Carmen Sandi has published a review article in Nature Reviews Neuroscience on stress and the social brain. As noted in a review article by Carmen Sandi (> LGC lab),...

How stress affect self-confidence during competition time

19 February 2015

How does stress affect our self-confidence when we compete? An EPFL study shows how stress could actually be both a consequence and a cause of social and economic inequality, affecting...

Profs. Bellone and Gräff are part of the first FENS-Kavli Scholars (2014-2018)

7 January 2015

The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and the Kavli Foundation have selected 20 young European neuroscience researchers for the excellence of their research. NCCR-Synapsy is very proud to announce...

Antioxidants to reduce schizophrenia risk

30 September 2014

In an article published in Neuron, Kim Do and her group reveal that deficits related to schizophrenia can be corrected by protecting a specific group of vulnerable neurons from oxidative...

How chronic stress tears us apart

19 September 2014

Chronic stress can lead to behavioral problems. Prof Carmen Sandi's team has discovered an important synaptic mechanism: the activation of a cleaving enzyme, leading to these problems. Why is it...

Best Poster Award to Anne Ruef

8 September 2014

Anne Ruef and Prof. Yves Dunant During the Lemanic Neuroscience Annual Meeting, held in Les Diablerets on August 29-30, 2014, Anne Ruef won the prize for the best poster or...

Carmen Sandi awarded the Behavioral Brain Research Prize

9 July 2014

Carmen Sandi, project leader on the "Developmental stress" project of Synapsy and head of the Brain Mind Institute (EPFL), received the Behavioral Brain Research Prize last Sunday. On the occasion...

Martina Franchini awarded the Best Poster Prize

23 June 2014

Martina Franchini, researcher from Marie Schaer and Stephan Eliez’s group, was honored by the Swiss Society of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of Children and Adolescents during its Annual Congress. Martina Franchini...

Kim Do and Andrea Volterra new members of the SAMS

17 June 2014

The Senate of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS) appointed Kim Do and Andrea Volterra, project leaders at the NCCR-Synapsy, as individual members of the Academy. Kim Do is...

Childhood trauma leaves marks on the brain

15 January 2013

EPFL scientists have found that childhood trauma leaves a lasting imprint on the brain – a structural change that is related to a predisposition to violence. It is well known...