NCCR-Synapsy

The Synaptic Bases of Mental Diseases

Dominique Muller leaves behind an indelible imprint

Dominique Muller

Remembering Dominique Muller Dominique Muller, the former Synapsy co-director who passed away three years ago, was commemorated in a one-day conference on April 19, when the lecture theater at the Louis Jeantet Foundation played host to family members, old colleagues Read more…


The tragic death of Professor Dominique Muller

Dominique Muller

It is with heavy hearts that we learned that Professor Dominique Muller, Head of the Department of Basic Neurosciences in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Geneva and co-director of the NCCR-Synapsy sadly died after a gliding accident Read more…


A breakthrough in understanding brain-learning processes

plasticity astrocytic

Plasticity of the astrocytic processes (green) around a dendritic spine (red) in a post-synaptic receiving neuron structure transferring a sensory impulse. Professor Dominique Muller, co-director of the NCCR-Synapsy, and his team at the University of Geneva, have discovered a new Read more…