We cordially invite you to the KNZ Research Day.
Contact
Universitätsspital Zürich, Campus
Klinisches Neurozentrum
Barbara Gilgen
Rämistrasse 100
8091 Zürich
www.neurozentrum.usz.ch
Tel.
+41 44 255 56 00
We cordially invite you to the KNZ Research Day.
On Site
Universitätsspital Zürich, Rämistrasse 100, 8091 Zürich
Hörsaal Monakow (HAL)
17.09.2026
13:30 - 18:00
5 SGNC, 4 SNG, 3 SGR
Free of charge
| 13:30 | Opening: Bettina Balint (NOS) |
| 13:35 | SESSION 1 Innovations: Applied technology, Moderation Meltem Gönel (NCH) |
| 13.35 | Augmented reality-guided external ventricular drain placement: an optimized workflow Raphaele Da Mutten (NCH) |
| 13:45 | The PD-CogT-Sleep Trial – Boosting Cognition in PD through Cognitive Training and Sleep Stimulation Marie Kleinsorge (NOS) |
| 13:55 | Remote thrombectomy in an animal model Patrick Thurner (NRA) |
| 14:05 | AU-FUS: Non-invasive local drug delivery in the brain Luis Padevit (NCH) |
| 14:15 | Quantitative Ocular Motor Biomarkers in Parkinson’s Disease Konrad Weber (NOS) |
| 14:25 | Detecting high-frequency oscillations in real-time during epilepsy surgery to predict postoperative seizure outcome Jeroen Teuerlings (NCH) |
| 14:35 | SESSION 2 Advanced Imaging I, Moderation Patrick Thurner (NRA) |
| 14:35 | Assessment of Quantum Iterative Reconstruction in Photon-Counting Detector CT for Imaging of Intracranial Stents: A Comparison of Q1 vs Q4 Fadi Ben Khalifa (NRA) |
| 14:45 | Advanced Hemodynamic Imaging in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Preliminary Results of the RESTORE-AIS Study Meltem Gönel (NCH) |
| 14:55 | Synthetic tomography from sparse radiographs of the brain and spine using diffusion methods Elias Müller (NCH) |
| 15:05 | Beyond Contrast Enhancement: Biosurgical validation of Hypoxia-Targeted MRI Hotspots in non-enhancing Glioblastoma Infiltration Tristan Schmidlechner (NCH) |
| 15:15 | Coffee Break |
| 15:45 | SESSION 3 Advanced Imaging II, Moderation Alexandra Todea (NRA) |
| 15:45 | Growth Dynamics and Malignant Transformation of Oligodendrogliomas: Integrating Radiomics, Molecular, and Clinical Data Kai Aebli (NRA) |
| 15:55 | Scanner- and Software-Specific rCBV Conversion Factors for Distinguishing Tumor Progression from Pseudoprogression in Glioblastoma Katrine Singer (NRA) |
| 16:05 | Enhancing intraoperative ultrasound visualization through 3D volume synthesis: The ShadowRipple project Alice Alonso (NCH) |
| 16:15 | Regional Brain Volume Trajectories and Immune Cell Reconstitution Dynamics after Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Multiple Sclerosis Andrei Miclea (NOS) |
| 16:25 | SESSION 4 Advancements in Diagnostics and Therapies, Moderation Paulina Will (NOS) |
| 16:25 | Deciphering Cellular Sources of Extracellular Vesicle Phospho-Tau in Alzheimer‘s Disease Nils Briel (NOS) |
| 16:35 | Brain and biological aging in epilepsy Lubin Gou (NOS) |
| 16:45 | STARecon technique in endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke Francesco Morra (NRA) |
| 16:55 | CAR PBMC Therapy for Glioblastoma Carlotta DellAnna (NOS) |
| 17:05 | Neuromodulation of Multisensory Processing in the Basal Ganglia of Patients with Movement Disorders Daniele Piccolo (NOS) |
| 17:15 | Franco-Regli-Prize Award Ceremony Moderation Luca Regli (NCH) |
| 17:15 | Presentation of the Franco Regli Foundation by Maria Cristina Donati (President) |
| 17:20 | Presentation of the research publication of Louis Albert as distinguished nominee: Numerosity estimation of virtual humans as a digital robotic marker for hallucinations in Parkinson’s disease. Published in Nature Communications 2024 |
| 17:30 | Presentation of the research publication of Sara Stampacchia as distinguished nominee: Fingerprints of brain disease: Chronic dorm identify ability in Alzheimer’s disease. Published in Communications Biology 2024 |
| 17:40 | Laudatio of the Franco Regli 2026 price winner |
| 17:50 | Awarding Franco Regli price and presentation of Sylvain Perriot and Samuel Jones: Neuron-reactive KIR+CD8+T cells display an encephalitogenic transcriptional program in autoimmune encephalitis. Published in Nature Communications 2025 |
| 18:00 | Closure of the Research Day |
| 18:00 | Aperitif riche for all participants in the Foyer Nord 2 |
Please register by 10.09.2026.
Universitätsspital Zürich, Campus
Klinisches Neurozentrum
Barbara Gilgen
Rämistrasse 100
8091 Zürich
www.neurozentrum.usz.ch