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Prof. Dr. Lukas Sommer elected as EMBO member



Prof. Dr. Lukas Sommer of the Institute of Anatomy, dual professor at the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Science UZH, was elected as EMBO member!
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Awards and Honors, 2026-07-07, Communication MNF

Aiman S. Saab receives the Robert Bing Prize



The Robert Bing Prize 2026 is awarded to two outstanding neuroscientists. At the University of Zurich, Aiman S. Saab is honored for his fundamental contributions to understanding how the interplay between glial cells and neurons helps maintaining brain function.
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Awards and Honors, 2026-06-29, SAMW

Martin Jinek receives the Cloëtta Prize 2026



The Cloëtta Prize 2026 is awarded to two outstanding researchers from the University of Zurich and the University of Basel. Martin Jinek from the Department of Biochemistry of UZH receives the prize for helping to elucidate the mechanisms of RNA-guided CRISPR-Cas systems and continuing to advance the scientific foundations of genome editing technologies.
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Awards and Honors, 2026-06-25, Communications

Prof. Dr. em. Catherine Housecroft was awarded one Honorary Doctorate of UZH



On the occasion of Dies academicus of the University of Zürich 2026, the Faculty of Science UZH awarded an honorary doctorate to Prof. Dr. em. Catherine Housecroft.
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Awards and Honors, 2026-05-10, Communication

Cozzarelli Prize Awarded to Jordi Bascompte



UZH evolutionary biologist Jordi Bascompte has received the Cozzarelli Prize for his research on the emergence of eukaryotic cells.
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Awards and Honors, 2026-04-27, Communication

UZH Creates New Fellowship Program for Postdocs



The University of Zurich has set up a new funding instrument for postdoctoral researchers. We present the first three recipients of the Sylvia Isobel Willener Fellowship.
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Awards and Honors, 2026-04-14, Carole Scheidegger

Election as Member of Academia Europaea



The Academia Europaea was founded in 1988 and is the most prestigious Academy with individual membership from the Council of Europe states and other nations across the world. Its members are eminent individual scientists and scholars, who cover the full range of academic disciplines. Gabriela Schaepman-Strub has been elected as member of AE in 2026 joining the Earth & Cosmic Sciences and Ecology.
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Awards and Honors, 2026-04-02, gabriela.schaepman@uzh.ch

Ueli Grossniklaus was appointed Corresponding Member of the Australian Society of Plant Scientist



Ueli Grossniklaus was appointed Corresponding Member of the Australian Society of Plant Scientist. The membership recognizes overseas colleagues with a high profile of research achievement in any field of plant science, who have a strong track record of successfully contributing to and promoting plant science research within Australia.
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Awards and Honors, 2026-03-19, Communications

Jordi Bascompte has been awarded the 2025 Cozzarelli Prize



Jordi Bascompte has been awarded the 2025 Cozzarelli Prize, an award that recognizes outstanding contributions to the scientific disciplines represented by the USA National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
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Awards and Honors, 2026-03-19, Communication

Florencia Canelli appointed as CMS Deputy Spokesperson



Florencia Canelli has been appointed as Deputy Spokesperson of the CMS experiment at CERN and will be in office until 31 August 2028.
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Awards and Honors, 2026-03-09, Katharina Müller

FAN Awards 2026



Under the motto «Sparkling Research», the University of Zürich celebrated outstanding achievements in the fields of research and innovation. Among the awardees were the winners of the FAN Awards 2026, one of which went to Zoe Marti from the Faculty of Science.
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Awards and Honors, 2026-02-05, Communications

Muons and Childhood Cancer



The University of Zurich has been chosen to host two new National Centers of Competence in Research, providing long-term support for cutting-edge work in childhood cancer diagnostics and treatment as well as in muon research.
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Awards and Honors, 2026-01-29, Roger Nickl; Translation: Philip Isler

Kriminalitätsforschung und verantwortungsvolle KI



Die Förderlinie TRANSFORM finanziert zwei interdisziplinäre Projekte zu neuen Formen von Kriminalität und zum verantwortungsvollen Umgang mit künstlicher Intelligenz.
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Awards and Honors, 2026-01-19, Roger Nickl

Chemical Landmark for Schrödinger`s foundation of quantum physics and quantum chemistry



In Arosa, Erwin Schrödinger laid the foundations of quantum physics and quantum chemistry, subsequently revolutionizing science and society. This site has now been recognized as Chemical Landmark by SCNAT.
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Awards and Honors, 2026-01-14, SCNAT Leo Merz

Nina Hartrampf receives the Werner Preis 2026



Nina Hartramof from the Department of Chemistry receives the Werner Prize of the Swiss Chemical Society. The Werner Prize is awarded to promising young Swiss scientists or young foreign scientists working in Switzerland for outstanding research in the field of chemistry.
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Awards and Honors, 2026-01-07, Communication

Benjamin Schlein receives the Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research



Benjamin Schlein from the Department of Mathematics (UZH) receives together with László Erdős aund Horng-Tzer Yau the 2026 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research. They receive the prize for a paper series that develop a beautiful dynamical approach to the universality of the spectrum of random matrices at the local scale.
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Awards and Honors, 2026-01-05, Communication

Google Awards PhD Fellowship to DQBM Researcher Ibrahim Hamamci



Ibrahim Hamamci, a PhD student in Bjoern Menze’s group at DQBM, University of Zurich, has been awarded the prestigious Google PhD Fellowship. His research at the intersection of AI and medicine stands out for its innovation and societal relevance.
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Awards and Honors, 2025-10-27, Simon Albertini

Pflanzenbiologin erhält Preis für Immunforschung



Die Pflanzenbiologin Dr. Jana Ordon forscht an Immunreaktionen von Pflanzen. Dafür wird sie von «Swiss L’Oréal – UNESCO For Women in Science» ausgezeichnet.
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Awards and Honors, 2025-10-19, Interview: Carole Scheidegger

Prof. Dr. Florencia Canelli was elected as APS Fellow 2025!



Prof. Dr. Florencia Canelli from the Physik-Institut was elected as APS Fellow 2025 of the American Physical Society (APS). APS Fellowships recognize members for their outstanding efforts to advance physics.
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Awards and Honors, 2025-10-10, KE

Prof. Dr. Marc Janoschek was elected as APS Fellow 2025!



Prof. Dr. Marc Janoschek from the Physik-Institut and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) was elected as APS Fellow 2025 of the American Physical Society (APS). APS Fellowships recognize members for their outstanding efforts to advance physics.
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Awards and Honors, 2025-10-10, KE

Prof. Dr. Nina Hartrampf received the DECHEMA Award 2024



Prof. Dr. Nina Hartrampf from the Department of Chemistry received the DECHEMA Award 2024 for her pioneering contributions to process development and automation of methods for the production of complex and widely applicable peptides.
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Awards and Honors, 2025-10-03,