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April-15 - Public Lecture Daniel Schechter
Public lecture (April 15) by Professor Daniel Schechter as part of his appointment as Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry.
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A 9th Retreat for the NCCR-Synapsy
Members of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research Synapsy met in Villars on March 21-22, 2019 for its traditional annual retreat. A series of seminars addressing the five Synapsy work packages –autism spectrum disorder, 22q11 deletion syndrome, mood disorders, biomarkers of early psychosis and developmental stress-- provided an opportunity to review the progress and discoveries made since the previous year.
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Impulsivity increases with severity of childhood trauma in bipolar disorder
In the context of WP#5, the clinical dimension of impulsivity was studied in people with attention deficit disorder either with or without hyperactivity (ADHD), borderline personality disorder (BPD) or bipolar disorder (BD).
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Post-Doctoral open position
The HUG Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the UNIGE SEED (reSearch on fEeding, Eating and related Disorders) lab, is looking for a post-doctoral fellow with expertise in structural and functional neuroimaging, and an interest in feeding and eating disorders.
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A gentle method for unlocking the mysteries of the deep brain
Researchers at UNIGE have successfully demonstrated that electroencephalography can be used to accurately study activity in the deep areas of the brain. The way is now open to understanding how these regions interact with other parts of the brain for developing appropriate treatments following dysfunction.
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The rewards of translational work
To bring bench work to bedside there has to be an element of translation. Researchers and clinicians need to collaborate to interpret the findings found in mice and how they can relate to the human patient. Dr Camilla Bellone and Dr Marie Schaer explain just how they are achieving this in the NCCR-Synapsy autism spectrum disorder project.
