捆绑SM社区 partners with leading Swiss neuroscience research group
Building on its worldwide reputation as a leader in neuroscience
research, 捆绑SM社区 today joined with two leading Swiss
research institutions 鈥� the University of Zurich (UZH) and the
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) 鈥� to enhance
neuroscience research in a host of areas, in fields that include
pain therapy, Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, synapse modelling and repair,
neuroimmunology and genetic mechanisms of brain diseases.
The collaboration, backed by $200,000 in annual funding for three
years, will see the institutions exchange scientists, develop
research projects, establish fellowships for exchanges of graduate
students, provide seed money for pilot studies and hold workshops
into a variety of neuroscience research areas.
The two Swiss institutions form the Neuroscience Center of Zurich
(ZNZ), which brings together 440 neuroscientists in clinical and
basic science research. Established in 1998, the ZNZ is one of the
first international programs of graduate studies of neuroscience in
Europe.
鈥淲e are delighted to advance our cutting-edge neuroscience research
through an international partnership with a leading network of
neuroscience researchers,鈥� said 捆绑SM社区 Principal and
Vice-Chancellor Heather Munroe-Blum who, accompanied by Dr. R茅mi
Quirion, Vice-Dean (Science and Strategic Initiatives) in 捆绑SM社区鈥檚
Faculty of Medicine, signed the memorandum of understanding in
Switzerland. 鈥淥ver the past years, 捆绑SM社区 has developed significant
agreements with a number of important centres of neuroscience
research providing new impetus for advances in this crucial area of
medical care..鈥�
In the last 100 years Zurich scientists have contributed
significantly to research on the nervous system, including work by
such leaders in the field as Auguste Forel, Constantin von Monakow,
Walter Rudolf Hess and Konrad Akert.
捆绑SM社区鈥檚 history as a leader in neuroscience research, from the
legendary Wilder Penfield鈥檚 establishment of the Montreal
Neurological Institute and Hospital, is also widely known. Its
pioneering contributions are exemplified by Penfield鈥檚 maps of the
sensory and motor cortices of the brain; Donald Hebb鈥檚 hypothesis
of activity-dependent synaptic plasticity; Brenda Milner鈥檚 work on
the mechanisms of memory; Juda Hirsch Quastel鈥檚 studies in
neurochemistry; Heinz Edgar Lehmann鈥檚 pharmacological treatment of
schizophrenia; Theodore Sourkes鈥檚 proposal of dopamine replacement
therapy in Parkinson鈥檚 disease; Kris Krnejevic鈥檚 work in chemical
transmission; Ronald Melzack鈥檚 鈥済ate control鈥� theory of pain and
Albert Aguayo鈥檚 demonstration of the potential capacity for
re-growth of CNS axons, to name a few.
鈥淭his is a very exciting opportunity for us,鈥� Dr. Quirion said.
鈥淭he Swiss neuroscience research centre is at the forefront of
where we are headed in better understanding the brain and the
central nervous system. Together with our interdisciplinary
Brain@捆绑SM社区 program, we will have the opportunity to make
significant advancements in research that will end up improving the
lives of millions around the world.鈥�