By Research Institution
Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) | Center for Psychiatric Neurosciences (CNP) | Unil-Department of Cell Biology and Morphology (DBCM) | Unil-Dept. Physiology (DP) | Unil-Dept. Pharmacology and Toxicology (DPT) | Unil-Dept. of Medical Genetics (DGM) | Unil-Institute of Psychology (IP) | Unil-Center for Integrative Genomics (CIG) | Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) | Geneva University Hospital (HUG) | Unige-University Medical Center (CMU) | Unige-Sciences | Unige-Faculty of Psychology and Education (FAPSE) | Unige-Service médico-pédagogique (SMP)
Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV)
| Name | Institution | Research Project |
| Arsenijevic, Yvan | CHUV | |
| Berney, Alexandre | CHUV | |
| Besson, Jacques | CHUV | |
| Bovet, Pierre | CHUV | |
| Braissant, Olivier | CHUV | Alteration of CNS development due to inborn errors of metabolism |
| Croquelois, Alexandre | CHUV | |
| Despland, Jean-Nicolas | CHUV | |
| Du Pasquier, Renaud | CHUV | |
| Gamma, Franziska | CHUV | |
| Halfon, Olivier | CHUV | |
| Hirt, Lorenz | CHUV | Experimental stroke and neuroprotection |
| Kuntzer, Thierry | CHUV | Neurology: muscle and peripheral nerve disorders |
| Maeder, Philippe | CHUV | |
| Meuli, Reto | CHUV | |
| Preisig, Martin | CHUV | |
| Prior, John | CHUV | |
| Von Gunten, Armin | CHUV | |
| Zurn, Anne | CHUV | |
| Decosterd, Isabelle | CHUV-Anesthesiology / Unil-DBCM | Mechanisms of pain |
| Draganski, Bogdan | CHUV-Neurology | Anatomical characterization of cortical and subcortical structures |
| Frackowiak, Richard | CHUV-Neurology | Functional and structural architecture of the human brain in health and disease |
| Kherif, Ferath | CHUV-Neurology | Study of inter-subject variation to understand the neural basis of cognitive processes in normal and abnormal populations |
| Rossetti, Andrea | CHUV-Neurology | Status epilepticus. Outcome prognostication after cerebral anoxia |
| Saenz, Melissa | CHUV-Neurology | Sensory perception, multi-sensory processing, and brain plasticity |
| Schluep, Myriam | CHUV-Neurology | Dissecting the decisional process in patients with multiple sclerosis: Congitive, emotional and anatomical aspects |
| Badaut, Jérôme | CHUV-Neurosurgery | Cerebral vasculature and metabolism |
| Levivier, Marc | CHUV-Neurosurgery | |
| Pollo, Claudio | CHUV-Neurosurgery | Deep brain stimulation. Image processing applied to neurosurgery. |
| Clarke, Stephanie | CHUV-Neuropsychology and Neurorehabilitation | |
| Murray, Micah | CHUV-Neuropsychology and Neurorehabilitation | Multisensory interactions |
| Spierer, Lucas | CHUV-Neuropsychology and Neurorehabilitation | Clinical and functional neuroimaging investigations of learning-induced cortical plasticity |
Center for Psychiatric Neurosciences (CNP)
| Name | Institution | Research Project |
| Boutrel, Benjamin | CHUV-CNP | Neurobiology of Addiction, Stress and Craving |
| Cardinaux, Jean-René | CHUV-CNP | Addiction: molecular mechanisms of plasticity |
| Do, Kim Q. | CHUV-CNP | Translational research in schizophrenia |
| Eap, Chin-Bin | CHUV-CNP | Clinical biochemistry and psychopharmacology |
| Leuba, Geneviève | CHUV-CNP | Brain aging and Alzheimer's disease |
| Magara, Fulvio | CHUV-CNP | Neurobiology of mood and perinatal stress |
| Riederer, Beat Michel | CHUV-CNP | Proteomics in psychiatric diseases and clinically applied anatomy |
| Schenk, Françoise | CHUV-CNP | Neuroetology of cognitive functions |
| Stoop, Ron | CHUV-CNP | Neurobiology of anxiety: role of the amygdala |
Unil-Department of Cell Biology and Morphology (DBCM)
| Name | Institution | Research Project |
| Bezzi, Paola | Unil-DBCM | Imaging regulated secretion processes in the brain |
| Decosterd, Isabelle | CHUV-Anesthesiology / Unil-DBCM | Mechanisms of pain |
| Hornung, Jean-Pierre | Unil-DBCM | Serotonin, hippocampus and anxiety: genetic and epigenetic developmental regulation |
| Kasas, Sandor | Unil-DBCM | Touching the molecules of life |
| Kraftsik, Rudolf | Unil-DBCM | Computer assisted morphometric data acquisition, processing and analysis |
| Lebrand, Cécile | Unil-DBCM | Neurons and glia cooperate to guide axons |
| Lüthi, Anita | Unil-DBCM | physiology of sleep and cognitive functions |
| Puyal, Julien | Unil-DBCM | Neuroprotection against neonatal stroke and asphyxia |
| Toni, Nicolas | Unil-DBCM | Synaptic integration of new neurons in the adult hippocampus |
| Truttmann, Anita | Unil-DBCM | Neuroprotection against neonatal stroke and asphyxia |
| Volterra, Andrea | Unil-DBCM | Glia, an active synaptic partner : from physiology to neurodegeneration |
| Walter-Barakat, Ibtissam | Unil-DBCM | Study of peripheral nerve regeneration |
| Welker, Egbert | Unil-DBCM | Organization and Plasticity within somatosensory system of the mouse |
| Chatton, Jean-Yves | Unil-DBCM/DP | Imaging the neuron-glia metabolic interplay |
Unil-Dept. Physiology (DP)
| Name | Institution | Research Project |
| Chatton, Jean-Yves | Unil-DBCM/DP | Imaging the neuron-glia metabolic interplay |
| Martin, Jean Luc | Unil-DP | Neuronal Development and Depression |
| Pellerin, Luc | Unil-DP | Neuroenergetics |
| Tschudi-Monnet, Florianne | Unil-DP | Neuroinflammation |
| Zurich, Marie-Gabrielle | Unil-DP | Cellular pathways of environmental adverse effects |
Unil-Dept. Pharmacology and Toxicology (DPT)
| Name | Institution | Research Project |
| Broillet, Marie-Christine | Unil-DPT | Cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channels / Olfaction. |
| Kellenberger, Stephan | Unil-DPT | Function and structure-function relationship of acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) |
Unil-Dept. of Medical Genetics (DGM)
| Name | Institution | Research Project |
| Chrast, Roman | Unil-DGM | Genetics of peripheral nerve development and maintenance |
Unil-Institute of Psychology (IP)
| Name | Institution | Research Project |
| Brandner, Catherine | Unil-IP | Sex differences / Visuospatial cognition |
| Fahim, Cherine | Unil-IP | Socio-Psychobiological Adaptation |
| Mohr, Christine | Unil-IP | Experimental Study of Behavior |
Unil-Center for Integrative Genomics (CIG)
| Name | Institution | Research Project |
| Benton, Richard | Unil-CIG | Chemosensory perception and evolution in insects |
| Desvergne, Béatrice | Unil-CIG | Cellular differentiation |
| Franken, Paul | Unil-CIG | Sleep and energy homeostasis, circadian clock genes, QTL analysis, genetics of EEG activity |
| Tafti, Mehdi | Unil-CIG | Genetic basis of sleep |
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
| Name | Institution | Research Project |
| Aebischer, Patrick | EPFL-BMI | Modelling and treatment of human neurodegenerative diseases in rodents |
| Blanke, Olaf | EPFL-BMI | Functional and neural mechanisms of body perception, corporeal awareness, and self consciousness |
| Fraering, Patrick | EPFL-BMI | Molecular & Cellular Biology of Alzheimer's Disease |
| Gerstner, Wulfram | EPFL-BMI | Models of spiking neurons and spike-timing dependent plasticity / Neuronal coding in single neurons and populations / Role of spatial representation for navigation of rat-like autonomous agents |
| Hadjikhani, Nouchine | EPFL-BMI | Visual cortex organization: migraine, emotion perception and autism. |
| Herzog, Michael | EPFL-BMI | Basic mechanisms of visual processing in human observers |
| Hirling, Harald | EPFL-BMI | Membrane trafficking of AMPA receptors |
| Lashuel, Hilal | EPFL-BMI | Molecular Neurobiology and Functional Neuroproteomics: structural basis of amyloid-associated toxicity in neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's disease. |
| Luthi-Carter, Ruth | EPFL-BMI | Molecular study of polyglutamine diseases, such as Huntington's disease / Normal function and dysfunction of the basal ganglia |
| Magistretti, Pierre | EPFL-BMI | Cellular and molecular mechanisms of brain energy metabolism |
| Markram, Henry | EPFL-BMI | Structure, function and plasticity of the microcircuitry of the neocortex |
| Marquet, Pierre | EPFL-BMI | Neuroenergetics and Cellular Dynamics |
| Moore, Darren | EPFL-BMI | Molecular pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease (PD) |
| Petersen, Carl | EPFL-BMI | Synaptic mechanisms of sensory perception and associative learning |
| Sandi, Carmen | EPFL-BMI | Stress and cognitive function |
| Schneggenburger, Ralf | EPFL-BMI | Presynaptic mechanisms underlying short-term plasticity |
| Gruetter, Rolf | EPFL-CIBM | Bio-medical Imaging / In vivo neurochemistry and hypoglycemia |
| Knott, Graham | EPFL-CIME | Electron microscopy |
Geneva University Hospital (HUG)
| Name | Institution | Research Project |
| Ansermet, François | HUG | |
| Bertschy, Gilles | HUG | Therapeutic of anxiety and mood disorders |
| Bijlenga, Philippe | HUG | Cerebral ischemia |
| Félicien, Karege | HUG | Cell Signalling and Psychiatric Disorders |
| Gasche, Yvan | HUG | Molecular mechanisms of blood-brain barrier disruption and neuronal degeneration in cerebral ischemia |
| González Andino, Sara | HUG | Understanding and mimicking the coding/decoding of sensory-motor information |
| Hüppi, Petra | HUG | Child Development Disorders: Study of normal and abnormal brain development in high risk neonates with neuro-imaging |
| Ibañez, Vicente | HUG | Brain imaging of neuropsychiatric disorders: functional cognitive processing, glucose metabolism, dopaminergic transmission and molecular binding in Alzheimer disease and schizophrenia |
| Karege, Félicien | HUG | Cell Signalling and Psychiatric Disorders |
| Khateb, Asaid | HUG | Experimental Neuropsychology: Study of various aspects of human cognition in healthy and brain-damaged patients with a particular emphasis on visual perception and language processing |
| Lacroix, Silvan | HUG | Rhinology and Olfactology: Clinical investigations of chemical senses disorders (olfaction, taste and trigeminal sense) and psychophysical and objective (evoked potentials) testing of these modalities. |
| Lalive, Patrice | HUG | Neuroimmunology |
| Landis, Basile | HUG | Rhinology and Olfactology: Clinical investigations of chemical senses disorders (olfaction, taste and trigeminal sense) and psychophysical and objective (evoked potentials) testing of these modalities. |
| Landis, Theodor | HUG | Neurology: Study of neurological disorders |
| Millet, Phillipe | HUG | PET and SPECT Quantification: Quantification of PET ligand-binder interactions |
| Pegna, Alan | HUG | Experimental Neuropsychology: Study of various aspects of human cognition in healthy and brain-damaged patients with a particular emphasis on visual perception and language processing |
| Pelizzone, Marco | HUG | Cochlear and Retinal Implants |
| Savioz, Armand | HUG | Neocortical vulnerability, compensatory mechanisms and cerebral reserve in aging and Alzheimer's disease |
| Schaller, Karl | HUG | Mechanisms of cerebral ischemia and pathophysiology of cerebral blood flow |
| Schnider, Armin | HUG | Cognitive Neurorehabilitation: Amnesia and Confabulation: Mechanisms and Rehabilitation. |
| Seeck, Margitta | HUG | EEG and Epilepsy |
| Steimer, Thierry | HUG | Clinical Psychopharmacology: Stress, anxiety and depression: from the behavioural to the molecular level |
| Vutskits, Laszlo | HUG | Neuroscience-oriented Anesthesia: Investigating the effects of anesthetics on the developing central nervous system. |
| Zaidi, Habib | HUG | PET Instrumentation and Neurosciences: Novel instrumentation technologies development, improvement of image reconstruction techniques, modeling/simulation tools and quantitative analysis strategies for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) images |
| Ptak, Radek | HUG-Beau-Séjour | Spatial Attention, Perception and Action |
| Malafosse, Alain | HUG-Belle Idée | Genetics of psychiatric disorders |
Unige-University Medical Center (CMU)
| Name | Institution | Research Project |
| Bernheim, Laurent | Unige-CMU | Study of skeletal muscle regeneration |
| Carleton, Alan | Unige-CMU | Sensory Perception and Plasticity |
| Dayer, Alexandre | Unige-CMU | Study of basic neuro-developmental processes such as cortical migration and early dendritic development and their implication in the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders |
| Holtmaat, Anthony | Unige-CMU | Structural synaptic plasticity |
| Jabaudon, Denis | Unige-CMU | Molecular controls over the development and plasticity of cerebral cortical maps |
| Kiss, Jozsef | Unige-CMU | Neuromorphology: A Neural stem/progenitor cell based approach for brain repair |
| Lüscher, Christian | Unige-CMU | Addiction and Dopamine System: Study of phenomena of synaptic transmission and plasticity in the ventral tegmental area to elucidate mechanims underlying addiction. |
| Michel, Christoph | Unige-CMU | Functional Brain Mapping: Dynamic Electric Neuroimaging of large-scale cerebral neuronal networks in the healthy and pathological human brain |
| Muller, Dominique | Unige-CMU | Synaptic Plasticity: Mechanisms of synaptic plasticity and remodeling of synaptic networks in cognitive functions |
| Mühlethaler, Michel | Unige-CMU | Sleep Networks: Neural networks involved in sleep and wakefulness |
| Raggenbass, Mario | Unige-CMU | Neuropeptide and Neurotransmitter physiology: Modulation of motoneuron activity by the neuropeptide vasopressin: cellular electrophysiological studies. |
| Schwartz, Sophie | Unige-CMU | Sleep and Cognition Neuroimaging |
| Thut, Gregor | Unige-CMU | Neuro-stimulation and Attention: Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for the study of human brain function and physiology in healthy participants and patients |
| Vuilleumier, Patrik | Unige-CMU | Behavioral Neurology and Imaging of Cognition: Combining functional brain imaging and neuropsychology to study cognitive functions, perception, and emotion, in healthy and brain-lesioned people |
Unige-Sciences
| Name | Institution | Research Project |
| Gomez, Marie | Unige-Sciences | Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as model system to study nervous system development and function |
| Matter, Jean-Marc | Unige-Sciences | Neurogenesis: Cell cycle progression and neuronal determination |
| Pun, Thierry | Unige-Sciences | Computer Vision and Multimedia: interested in multimodal interaction, affective computing, brain-computer interaction, emotions analysis |
| Rodriguez, Ivan | Unige-Sciences | Developmental and Molecular Biology of Sensory Systems |
Unige-Faculty of Psychology and Education (FAPSE)
| Name | Institution | Research Project |
| Barrouillet, Pierre | Unige-FAPSE | Cognitive processes involved in reasoning, mathematics, working memory and executive functions |
| De Ribaupierre, Anik | Unige-FAPSE | Study of cognitive development, variability and neurofunctional changes across the lifespan |
| Frauenfelder, Ulirch | Unige-FAPSE | Psycholinguistics |
| Grandjean, Didier | Unige-FAPSE | Neuroscience of Emotion and Affective Dynamics |
| Hauert, Claude-Alain | Unige-FAPSE | Motor Development and Learning: Normal and impaired perceptual and motor processes |
| Kerzel, Dirk | Unige-FAPSE | Cognitive Psychology: How attention and perceptual factors interact in the visual guidance of eye and hand movements |
| Labouvie-vief, Gisela | Unige-FAPSE | Social-emotional Development: Study of the variations occurring during the life span in neural networks involved in emotional regulation and social information processing using functional neuroimaging techniques (EEG and fMRI). |
| Maurer, Roland | Unige-FAPSE | Human Spatial Orientation |
| Ortigue, Stephanie | Unige-FAPSE | Action, Intention & Relationships |
| Sander, David | Unige-FAPSE | Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience of Emotion: Investigation of cognitive mechanisms involved in the processing of self-relevant stimuli, and how these processes elicit emotions and modulate attention and memory. |
| Scherer, Klaus | Unige-FAPSE | Emotion: Theoretical development and empirical research in the affective sciences, investigating in particular the different components of the emotion process. |
| Zesiger, Pascal | Unige-FAPSE | Processing, acquisition and disorders of language : Early lexical acquisition in infants and toddlers, role of phonology and phonological working memory in lexical and grammatical acquisition in 4-5 year-olds, acquisition of lexical and grammatical spelling in school-aged children. |
| Van Der Linden, Martial | Unige-FAPSE | Psychopathology and Cognitive Neuropsychology: Theoretical development and empirical research in the field of cognitive psychopathology and neuropsychology |
Unige-Service médico-pédagogique (SMP)
| Name | Institution | Research Project |
| Eliez, Stephan | SMP, DIP | Study of neurogenetic syndromes and psychiatric disorders in children and adolescent |
