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Mirjam Habegger has successfully defended her PhD thesis, “Childhood and Adolescence as Sensitive Periods of Brain Development: The Role of Early Social Influences and Implications for Mental Health.” -
Michelle Loher Awarded Prestigious UZH Postdoc Grant 2026
Michelle Loher received a highly competitive UZH Postdoc Grant 2026 from the University of Zurich. This outstanding achievement recognizes Michelle’s excellent research record. -
Beyond a simple marker of stress: New paper on hair cortisol and cortisone
Led by Dr. Clarissa Janousch, a new z-proso study analyzed hair samples from over 1,000 young adults to test the link between hair cortisol and psychosocial stress. -
Which life events matter most to young people
Led by Drs. David Bürgin and Christina Haag (Jacobs Center), a new z-proso study uses automated language processing on young people's open responses, preserving their perspectives in their own words. -
Congratulations to Dr. Lukas Eggenberger on His Successful PhD Defense
A big congratulations to Dr. Lukas Eggenberger on successfully defending his doctoral dissertation! -
Large-scale study by the Jacobs Center on Masculinity now published
A large-scale study by the Jacobs Center shows how prevalent restrictive and dominance-based concepts of masculinity are. -
New study: How parental behavior is linked to brain development
How parental behavior changes over the course of childhood and how it is linked to the development of key brain structures is examined in a new study by PhD candidate and first author Mirjam Habegger and a research team from the NMR Kids Lab led by Prof. Nora M. Raschle.
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The 2026 LIFE Spring Academy took place from May 6 – 9 in Charlottesville, Virginia
bringing together around 50 LIFE Faculty and Fellows from Germany, the US, and Switzerland at the University in Virginia. Over four intensive days, participants shared and discussed their research in an atmosphere of openness, curiosity, and collaboration.
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Lukas Eggenberger and Michelle Loher Awarded UZH Population Center Seed Grant
Lukas Eggenberger and Michelle Loher (Risk and Resilience research area) and Andreas Baumer (Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute) were awarded a UZH Population Research Center Seed Grant 2026.
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Talk by Prof. Philipp Kanske
The Social Brain - Empathy and Perspective Taking as Risky Strengths
May 18, 2026, 14:30 h
Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, AND 4.55/57 (4th floor)