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The Synaptic Bases of Mental Diseases

Alexandre Reymond – Puzzled About the Way Nature Works

Alexandre Reymond has a dual biochemical and biological background with undergraduate studies at the University of Lausanne (UNIL). Alexandre entered research via a PhD at the Swiss Institute of Experts on Cancer Research (ISREC) before continuing with a post-doctoral fellowship Read more…


Emmanouil Dermitzakis – “Producing Something Together is so Rewarding!”

Emmanouil Dermitzakis is from Heraklion in Greece. After studying biology at the University of Crete, Emmanouil completed a PhD in genetics at Penn State University. He then joined the University of Geneva as a post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory led Read more…


Radio show with Marie Schaer

Every Friday, the CQFD swiss radio show receives a scientist to talk about his or her work and research. The 6th of September 2019, the journalist Adrien Zerbini invited Marie Schaer, Synapsy member, professor at the University of Geneva, and Read more…


The European Synapsy Meeting 2019 Is Taking Place at Lausanne

The 7thEuropean Synapse Meeting is organized by neuroscientists from the universities of Lausanne (UNIL) and Geneva; Claudia Bagni, Camilla Bellone, Anthony Holtmaat, and Manuel Mameli. All four are members of NCCR-Synapsy, which is sponsoring the event. The aim of the Read more…


Johannes Gräff appointed Vallee Scholar

The Valle Foundation has chosen EPFL Professor and Synapsy member Johannes Gräff among the winners of its scholarships. The Vallee Foundation was founded in 1996 by Bert and Kuggie Vallee “to foster originality, creativity, and leadership within biomedical scientific research and medical Read more…