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Zoom Conference on Equal opportunity with Prof. Dr. Tom Welton
8 October 2020
A open conference organized by NCCR Molecular Systems with Prof. Dr. Tom Welton on the topic "Scientific Excellence and Equality – a Contradiction?" will take place November 4th, 13:30-15:10 on...
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Johannes Gräff promoted to associate professor
1 October 2020
Prof. Johannes Gräff, Synapsy principal investigator, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Life Sciences at the School of Life Sciences at EPFL. At its meeting of 23/24 September 2020...
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorders: How to treat OCD?
7 September 2020
The fourth most common psychiatric illness, OCD affects between 2 and 3% of the population. Obsessive compulsive disorder, called OCD, is a psychological disorder. It is characterized by distressing obsessions...
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Editorial by Camilla Bellone, Carmen Sandi and Philippe Conus
19 August 2020
Dear Colleagues, It is with a profound grief that we are writing the editorial of this issue of the NCCR Synapsy Newsletter. As you certainly all know, Alexandre Dayer, the...
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Synapsy model imitated worldwide
19 August 2020
The translational graduate program at the International Max-Planck Research School for Translational Psychiatry – which is similar to Synapsy’s – is used to teach physicians and researchers. Two PhD students...
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Using genetics and sharing to study autism
19 August 2020
French researcher Thomas Bourgeron is a pioneer in genetic research on autism. The professor was also our guest at the last Neurobiology of Mental Health conference. In this article, he...
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What will the psychiatry of tomorrow look like?
19 August 2020
A female student in medicine at the University of Geneva (who is keen to remain anonymous) dreams of a career in psychiatry. To achieve her goals, she is soaking up...
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Confined planet: a challenge for women
14 July 2020
Following the WHO's announcement on the coronavirus pandemic, our planet entered several weeks of confinement. Since then, the scientific community has been studying the consequences of this health crisis, particularly...
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Death of Prof. Alexandre Dayer, NCCR Synapsy director
30 June 2020
Dear members of the Synapsy community, It is with great sadness that I have to inform you of the tragic passing of our NCCR Synapsy Director, colleague and friend Alexandre....
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Gliapharm completes a CHF 2 Million financing to advance its drug development program
28 May 2020
GliaPharm SA has completed a CHF 2 million financing. The company is initially focusing on an orphan neurological disease caused by a deficiency in brain metabolism that affects more than...
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Optimus Agora Prize for Carmen Sandi and Dominique de Quervain
22 May 2020
Dominique de Quervain and Carmen Sandi are being awarded Optimus Agora Prize. Their project “Stress” encourages interaction with the public. Stress is part of everyday life. Better understanding it, and...
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covidout.ch: maintaining mental health and developing coping skills
29 April 2020
The objective of this new web app, designed by caregivers and researchers, is to help people with temporary/reactional or chronic psychological suffering to find coping strategies to better cope with...
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A New Publication on Social Deficits by Claudia Bagni’s Group
31 March 2020
At a time when our entire society has to increase social distance because of Covid-19, Claudia Bagni, a Synapsy member and Professor of neuroscience at the University of Lausanne, goes...
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27 février 2020: “Que nous apprend la recherche génétique sur l’autisme?”
24 February 2020
Prof. Thomas BOURGERON Directeur du Centre de recherche translationnelle «Génétique humaine et fonctions cognitives», Institut Pasteur, Paris Si les scientifiques soupçonnent depuis longtemps la génétique de jouer un rôle majeur...
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The Harmful Effects of Stress Unraveled – Alexandre Dayer
18 February 2020
The 12th Synapsy newsletter is rich with interviews and portraits of students, clinical scientists and more senior researchers from the developmental stress working group of Synapsy (work package 4, WP#4)....
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Halfway between cell biology and patient care
18 February 2020
Zoé Schilliger was one of the three 2019 winners of the Synapsy clinician-researcher grant. She is embarking on a PhD on anxiety that is based on the expertise of two...
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Anti-stress meditation
18 February 2020
Is meditation effective as an early intervention to reduce reactivity to stress and anxiety? The Mindfulteen study investigates the question using brain imaging. Mindfulness meditation is a technique borrowed from...
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Breaking the transmission of trauma
18 February 2020
Children of mothers with post-traumatic stress disorder have difficulty processing their emotions. Defining the neural bases of this dysfunction will help develop future treatments. Transmitting information, you do not have...
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Making a living on two wheels and electroencephalography
18 February 2020
Virginie Perizzolo tells us how cycling and speech therapy helped her recently graduate from the Lemanic Neuroscience Doctoral School. What training did you do to become a doctor in...
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No clinical work without understanding the basics
18 February 2020
Silvia Monari explains the difficult choice she had to make between medicine and life sciences when deciding on what direction her studies would take. Silvia tells us how she intends...
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