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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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Mapping the emotional management of trauma
18 February 2020
Trauma can induce fear pathologies, which are treated using psychotherapeutic approaches whose brain pathways have recently been identified. Fear leaves traces in the brain, and remembering it causes a feeling...
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Tracking neurogliaform cells and their role in the cortical microcircuit
18 February 2020
Studying neurogliaform-type interneurons involves the five key elements of stress-related pathologies: brain development, the prefrontal cortex, serotonergic pathway, interneurons and plasticity. Here’s how. Experience constantly alters the activity of...
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Neural signature of trait anxiety
18 February 2020
The neurological basis of trait anxiety, a risk factor for the development of neuropsychiatric diseases, revealed by Synapsy researchers. Trait anxiety is a personality dimension related to the extent to...
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Maternal exposure to violence and child psychopathology
18 February 2020
Synapsy has been following the children of mothers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder due to interpersonal violence since they were 12 months of age. They are now reaching maturity, just...
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Two Synapsy Neuroscientists Win Prestigious European Grants
21 January 2020
Camilla Bellone, member of the NCCR-Synapsy and researcher at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), was awarded the European Research Council's ERC Consolidator grant. Additionally, Alan Carleton, also a member of...
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
20 December 2019
The whole management team wishes you a Merry Christmas and an Happy New Year 2020!
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MOOC on Autism Spectrum Disorders
12 December 2019
A MOOC on autism spectrum disorders has been launched by the University of Geneva in partnership with the NCCR Synapsy. It brings together experts, videos and testimonies to describe the scientific basis of...
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