Projects
Our faculty is significantly involved in numerous research projects of national and international scope. Below you will find a selection of noteworthy projects in the various domains. This page is under development as more content will be added gradually. A more comprehensive list of projects funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) can be found in their P3 – SNSF Grant Database.
SNSF-Funded and National Projects
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Biology
Glauser Group
Molecular and neural substrates of nociception and aversive behaviors in Caenorhabditis elegans
01.09.2014 – 31.08.2018, CHF 1'589'000 – SNSF
Intracellular Signals Tuning Nociceptors in C. elegans (ItSTINGs)
01.11.2015 – 31.10.2020, CHF 1'499'000 – SNSF
Linking nociception and gene regulation in C. elegans neuroendocrine cells
01.01.2017 – 31.03.2019, CHF 120'000 – SNSF
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Chemistry
Fromm Group
SCOPES: Biomedical Dimension of Supramolecular Chemistry in the training and research in the Balkans area
01.07.2015 – 30.06.2018, CHF 195'000 – SNSF
PI in the NCCR: Center for Bio-Inspired Stimuli-Responsive Materials
01.06.2014 – 31.05.2018, CHF 12'000'000 (total) – SNSF
SNF-Division II Project: Coordination Compounds: From Basics towards Applications in Materials and Medicine
01.04.2014 – 31.08.2018, CHF 899'000 – SNSF
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Earth Sciences
Paleontology Group
The Utility of Continuous and Polymorphic Characters and the Evolution of Geoemydid Turtles
01.11.2014 – 31.10.2018, CHF 540'000 – SNSF
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Medicine
Spierer Group
State-dependency of inhibitory control plasticity
01.01.2018 – 31.12.2022, CHF 600'000 – SNSF
Training-based remediation of inhibitory control in elderly: a randomized controlled trial combined with neuroimaging
01.01.2018 – 31.12.2020, CHF 120'000 – Velux Stiftung
Alcohol-induced disruption of task automatization: towards a new account for the emergence of impulse control failures during intoxication?
01.01.2018 – 31.12.2019, CHF 50'000 – Swiss Foundation For Alcohol Research