Leenaards Foundation 2023 Science Prize – Cerebellar stimulation can address the negative symptoms of schizophrenia
Lausanne, 21 February 2023. The Leenaards Foundation will hand out its annual Science Prize, together with over CHF 1.5 million in award money, to three research groups in the Lake Geneva region at a ceremony on 23 March. The research groups are headed by Dr. Sylvain Meylan, who is addressing the problem of antibiotic resistance with a new antibiotic-treatment strategy based on sugar; Dr. Indrit Bègue, who is investigating cerebellar stimulation as a method for alleviating certain symptoms of schizophrenia, such as apathy; and Prof. Julien Vaucher, who is working to better understand the causal link between genetic markers and cardiovascular disease.