NCCR-Synapsy

The Synaptic Bases of Mental Diseases

Micah Murray is awarded the Research Prize of the Swiss Brain League

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Profs. Magistretti and Murray The 2014 Research Prize of the Swiss Brain League (Hirnliga) is awarded to Prof. Micah M. Murray (UNIL-CHUV) and to Prof. Christoph S. Herrmann (University of Oldenburg, Germany). Vision, and perception more generally, should not be Read more…


Nobel Prize 2013 : Thomas Südhof, a pioneer of synaptic mechanisms

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Thomas Südhof Ralf Schneggenburger shares his views on the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate. The 2013 Nobel Prize honours three scientists who have solved the mystery of how the cell organizes its transport system, and how vesicles Read more…


Pico Caroni receives prestigious Théodore Ott Prize

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Pico Caroni, Group leader at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, professor at the University of Basel and member of the NCCR Synapsy, has received on June 7, 2013 in Montreux, the prestigious Théodore Ott Prize of the Swiss Academy Read more…