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December 2022

Our collaborative work with the Lagier-Tourenne lab and Neurimmune on anti-poly-GA immunotherapy is finally published!
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November 2022

We are so proud of the amazing Dr. Manuela Perez-Berlanga for defending her PhD thesis with flying colors! And the T-Rexes were FlpIN!!
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September 2022

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Congratulations Dr. Pierre De Rossi for receiving the Stuart Berry ZNZ Poster Award! 
We are grateful for the support of Target ALS and ADDF on our collaborative project with the University of Verona and Trieste International School for Advanced Studies. We will work towards the development of a diagnostic test for TDP-43 proteinopathies using nasal swabs.
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June 2022

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At her interview with the ZNZ Magda explained the focus and approach of our ERC project. Read it here.
We are participating at the Science And Nature Festival - June 11th at Irchel!
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May 2022

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Check out our new commentary on fantastic work on Tau phase separation by the Wegmann lab.
Congratulations to our Carlo Scialo for receiving the Silvia Zucchelli prize for the best PhD thesis from the International School for Advanced Studies! Well-deserved!
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March 2022

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We are an ERC-CoG recipient lab! Thrilled about this amazing opportunity to investigate physiopathological transitions of TDP-43. For more information see here: https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/Press-Releases/2022/ERC-Consolidator-Grants.html

December 2021

Our Sinergia application together with the labs of Ben Schuler, Fred Allain and Gunnar Jenschke was approved by the SNF.
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2022 we will be able to actively continue our great collaboration with these groups!
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Dr. Vera Wiersma did it again! She was just awarded the prestigious Rubicon Research Grant from the Dutch Research Council for her project "Out of phase! Protein aggregation in ALS pathogenesis". Congratulations Dr. Wiersma. You make us proud!
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November 2021

Ruchi, along with her team has been awarded the 2nd IndiaBioscience Outreach Grant for her podcast named "IndiaAsksWhy". IndiaBioscience is a Science outreach initiative primarily funded by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. In this podcast series, the two characters Utsuka & Jigyasa ask and answer common questions students may ask in day-to-day life. Scientists from varied fields also join to help them understand the answers.
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Our new study just published in EMBO Reports shows that distinct TDP-43 pathologies can be reproduced in simple cellular systems.
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We are very proud of Johanna Furrer for receiving the Semester Prize for her Master Thesis work in our lab. Congratulations Johanna!
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Congratulations to Manuela Perez Berlanga for being selected to participate in the Global Young Scientists Summit 2022 out of 1700 candidates worldwide. What an exciting opportunity! 
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October 2021

Our new spotlight was just published in Neuron!  
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September 2021

Our lab has moved to UZI5! 
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August 2021

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Our new collaborative work together with the labs of Adriano Aguzzi, Matthias Jucker and many others was just published in EMBO Molecular Medicine! 
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July 2021

Pierre and Julien will be swimming, biking and running at the Uster Triathlon on July 18th. They are fundraising for the Stiftung Synapsis Alzheimer Forschung Schweiz! Click here for more information and to support their cause. 
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June 2021

Meet Magda and the PolyLab in 60''.

May 2021

Our two papers on the role of synaptic FUS in ALS are out! Fantastic collaboration with the labs of Luc Dupuis, Sabine Liebscher and Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne. Read more about the work here. 
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January 2021

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We are excited to work in collaboration with EPFL and SunRegen to test the efficacy of a small neuroprotective compound on ALS/FTD.
We are thrilled to initiate our first R21 grant, recently awarded by NINDS, aiming at testing an immunotherapy approach for ALS/FTD.
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December 2020

We are so proud of our Pierre De Rossi for receiving the prestigious Career Development Award from the Synapsis foundation!
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Congratulations to our Vera for receiving the highly competitive long-term postdoctoral fellowship from the Federation of European Biochemical Societies.
​Well done Vera!

October 2020

Our new review on the role of liquid-liquid phase separation in neurodegenerative diseases is out in Developmental Cell. A special treat to all Star Wars fans out there. May the force be with you.
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The Polymenidou group receives competitive EU Consortium Grant.
Read the details on the DQBM News webpage. 

August 2020

Read here Magda's publication: "A gut feeling about C9ORF72".
Take advantage here of a 50 days' free access to read and download Magda's article with no sign up, registration or fees required until October 16, 2020! 
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July 2020

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Celebrating Sonu's and Kathi's PhD defences!

May 2020

​Congratulations to Magda for being awarded the 2018/2019 Franco Regli Prize! 
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April 2020

Kathi successfully defended her PhD! Congratulations!
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March 2020

Congratulations on successfully defending your PhD, Sonu!
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December 2019

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Happy Holidays from the PolyLab!
Congratulations Julien for winning the Best Lab Manager Award 2019!
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November 2019

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Our SarkoSpin method was published in Bioprotocol.

October 2019




​Magda was appointed Associate Professor for Biomedicine at the University of Zurich.
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July 2019

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Our lab just received an FTD Biomarker Initiative grant award from AFTD to develop biomarkers for FTD patients! ​

June 2019

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New review out on structural transition, function and dysfunction of TDP-43 in neurodegenerative diseases.

December 2018​

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​New publication with our collaborators from ETH, Frederic Allain and colleagues, describing the structural properties of the RNA binding domains of FUS.
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​Our 
manuscript on TDP-43 strains was just published in Nature Neuroscience along with an insightful news and views piece from Barbieri and Shorter.

October 2018



​Magda was named among the "45 below 45" most cited Greek scientists in an article published by a major Greek newspaper.
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August 2018

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​New study published with our collaborators Isabelle Mansuy, Ali Jawaid and colleagues showing defective miRNA biogenesis in ALS and FTD. ​



Our new study on the dynamic translocation of FUS to the cytosol is highlighted at the HFSP website.
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July 2018

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Press 
release on our new paper by Alzforum.



​Read here our latest paper on the role of cellular stress in the initiation of FUS pathology.
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May 2018

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​Read Magda's latest Perspective on the role of RNA in the formation of phase separated granules.
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April 2018



​A new review on protein phase separation that Magda contributed to was just published at Trends in Cell Biology.
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May 2018​

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​​Great News! Our lab received a Therapeutic Idea Award from the US Department of Defense. We are excited to work with Dr. Lagier-Tourenne's lab from MGH on this collaborative project!

October 2017

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​Congratulations Magda for receiving the EMBO Young Investigator Award!
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Our collaborative 
work on GFP-complementation and TDP-43 was just published in Scientific Reports!

September 2017




​The Motor Neurone Disease Australia highlights our study on TDP-43 oligomerization on their International research update!
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August 2017

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​The SNF funding for our lab was extended for another two years! ​


​Magda received an Investigator Initiated Award by the ALS Association! ​
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July 2017

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​Our study on TDP-43 oligomerization featured by the Faculty of Science of our University!
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Our paper on physiological TDP-43 oligomerization is finally out!

June 2017




​The Joining Forces Symposium focused on Protein Aggregation in Health and Disease that Magda co-organized together with colleagues at the ETH Zurich was a big success! We were all there and enjoyed two days of fascinating talks and intense discussions.
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January 2017

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​Our lab receives a Target ALS Consortium grant to test the efficacy of anti-DPR immunotherapy for C9 ALS. 

Our lab receives SNF Sinergia grant! We are excited to team up with the groups of Ben Schuler, Fred Allain, GunnarJeschke and Paolo Paganetti to study the role of disordered regions in RNA-binding proteins for function and pathology. ​
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September 2015

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New open access review on the role of small RNAs in human disease with colleagues from the Clinical Research Priority Programs is published.

July 2015




​Congratulations Marian for receiving the Milton Safenowitz Post Doctoral Fellowship from ALSA.
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​New report supporting prion-like propagation events in ALS was just published from our collaborators at King’s college and UCSD. Read article 
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June 2015



​Congratulations to Marian for receiving a Forschungskredit from University of Zurich.
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May 2015

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​Evi presents our research at the European ALS meeting in Dublin.

April 2015



​Congratulations to Magda! She received a Research Grant from the Research Talent Development Fund (FAN) of the University of Zurich.
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​Magda receives the Georg-Friedrich-Götz Prize from the President of the University, Michael Hengartner. Read more on UZH News and on ZNZ Newsletter.

March 2015


​Congrats to Sonu for receiving a Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship for her PhD!
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​We are very excited that Magda will join the NCCR RNA & Disease as a Junior Principal Investigator!

February 2015



​Read our new review on prion-like events in ALS here.
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January 2015

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​Florent and Magda describe the current understanding of ALS pathogenesis here.


​Congratulations to Marian! His project was funded by the Swiss Foundation for Research on Neuromuscular Disease!
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December 2014

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​Congratulations to Tariq! His project was funded by the 
Novartis Research Foundation!


​The lab trains 2 students from the RNA block course.
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​Magda goes to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to present our research at the international meeting on "Neurodegenerative Disease: Biology & Therapeutics".
The Alzforum website highlights a new study on TDP-43 and asks Magda to comment on it. Read the story “TDP-43 Structure Reveals Two-Faced Amino End” here.
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November 2014

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​Congratulations to Magda for winning the 2014 prize of Georg-Friedrich-Götz-Stiftung.

October 2014



​Watch Magda describe the mechanisms of ALS and FTD and our research at her Inaugural lecture at the University of Zurich.
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​Congratulations to Evi for receiving a PhD Grant from the Neuroscience Center Zurich ZNZ.

September 2014


​Magda presents our research at the Annual Symposium of the Neuroscience Center Zurich ZNZ .
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​The lab spends 2 days of interviewing RNA Biology PhD candidates. As a result Sonu Sahadevan Mala Kkoth will join the lab at the beginning of 2015.

July 2014



​Magda gives a 6hr lecture at the Neuroscience School of Advanced Studies on Protein Spreading in Neurodegenerative Diseases.
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June 2014

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Read about Florent’s project funded by ALSA on the Research ALS Today magazine here. ​


May 2014


​Congratulations to Florent Laferriere and Zuzanna Maniecka for receiving a Forschungskredit from University of Zurich!
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March 2014

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​​The lab starts with teaching and welcomes 2 master students for 2 weeks for the neuroscience block course BIO328.


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​Magda gives keynote lecture at the 
Winter Brain Symposium in Engadin.
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January 2014

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Magda receives a second affiliation with the Medical Faculty of the University of Zurich.

December 2013



​Magda presents at the Hellenic Society of Immunology as an invited speaker.
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September 2013

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​Magda starts working at the Institute of Molecular Life Sciences as SNFS Assistant Professor.
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