Guide2008
National Centres of Competence in Research

Guide2008
National Centres of Competence in Research

The NCCR brochure “Guide” will be updated every
year. A complementary brochure (“The National Centres
of Competence in Research NCCR – Cutting the Edge
Research Made in Switzerland – Strategic Priorities in
Research”) informs about the visions, the research topics
and the activities of the 20 NCCRs. It is addressed to a
broad public and written in an easily understandable
way. Both brochures can be ordered at the Swiss National
Science Foundation (see address below).
Publishing details
Published and produced by
Swiss National Science Foundation
NCCR Office
Wildhainweg 3
CH-3001 Berne
phone: +41 (0)31 308 23 52
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Printing
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© January 2008 SNSF
(The statistical data is based on the latest
progress reports of the NCCRs.)

Content
National Centres of Competence in Research (NCCRs)
Goals and Implementation 5
The NCCRs at a glance 6
Life Sciences
• NCCR Molecular Oncology - From Basic Research to Therapeutic Approaches 8
• NCCR Frontiers in Genetics - Genes, Chromosomes and Development 12
• NCCR Molecular Life Sciences: Three Dimensional Structure, 16
Folding and Interactions
• NCCR Neural Plasticity and Repair 20
Environment and Sustainability
• NCCR North-South: Research Partnership for Mitigating Syndromes 25
of Global Change
• NCCR Plant Survival in Natural and Agricultural Ecosystems 30
• NCCR Climate Variability, Predictability and Climate Risks 34
Technology
• NCCR Materials with Novel Electronic Properties 38
• NCCR Nanoscale Science - Impact on Life Sciences, Sustainability, 42
Information and Communication Technologies
• NCCR Quantum Photonics 46
Information and Communication Technology
• NCCR Interactive Multimodal Information Management 49
• NCCR Computer Aided and Image Guided Medical Interventions 53
• NCCR Mobile Information and Communication Systems 58
Social Sciences and Humanities
• NCCR Financial Valuation and Risk Management 62
• NCCR The Power and Meaning of Images 65
• NCCR International Trade Regulation: From Fragmentation to Coherence 68
• NCCR Mediality – Historical Perspectives 71
• NCCR Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century 74
• NCCR Swiss Etiological Study of Adjustment and Mental Health 77
• NCCR Affective Sciences: Emotion in Individual Behaviour and Social Processes 80

National Centres of Competence
in Research (NCCRs)
Goals and Implementation
In the year 2001 the Swiss National Science NCCRs are funded by the Swiss National
Foundation launched the National Centres of Science Foundation (SNSF), participating in-
Competence in Research (NCCR). The main stitutions - in particular the home institution
goal of the currently 20 NCCRs is the promo- - and third parties. The 20 existing NCCRs
tion of scientific excellence in areas of major receive a total of CHF 250 million in SNSF
strategic importance for the future of Swiss funding for 2005 - 2008.
research, economy and society. NCCRs are
Calls for submissions to set up NCCRs were
managed by leading houses institutionally
first made in January 1999. Priority was given
linked to universities or other distinguished
to four areas of research: life sciences, social
research institutions (home institutions). In
sciences and humanities, sustainable devel-
addition to the research teams at the home
opment and environment, and information
institution, an NCCR sets up a network of
and communication technologies. A share of
other research teams across Switzerland.The
the overall budget was also made available to
maximum duration of an NCCR is 12 years.
projects involving promising topics from out-
The three underlying principles of NCCRs
side these priority areas. The SNSF assessed
are:
the projects in two stages: a pre-proposal
• Research: NCCRs carry out research of stage, with 82 projects submitted, and a
excellent quality, spanning basic research to full-proposal stage, with 34 submissions.
applications. There is a number of individual The SNSF presented 18 full proposals of out-
projects doing the actual research work in standing merit to the Federal Department of
each NCCR. The NCCR director ensures the Home Affairs, which made the final selection
coherence and integration of the individual of 14 NCCRs according to federal research
projects. policy in December 2000.
• Knowledge and technology transfer: A second call for NCCRs in the field of Social
NCCRs develop links with the potential users Sciences and Humanities was launched in
of their results, and involve them in project October 2003. After a thorough evaluation of
planning from the outset. 44 pre-proposals and 17 full proposals 6 new
NCCRs started in autumn 2005.
• Training and promotion of women: NCCRs
create the necessary structures and imple- Within the SNSF, Division IV of the National
ment measures required to train young sci- Research Council is responsible for NCCRs.
entists (doctoral and postdoctoral students). An international Review Panel is set up for
Particular attention is paid to the advance- each NCCR to assess its progress regularly.
ment of women in research.
From a research policy point of view, NCCRs
should contribute to a better structuring
of the Swiss research environment, and to
optimised task assignment between research
institutions.
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The NCCRs
at a glance
1st Call of NCCRs
Short Name NCCR-Director Home Institution Web Address
Climate Prof. Stocker Thomas University of Berne www.nccr-climate.unibe.ch
CO-ME Prof. Székely Gábor ETH Zurich co-me.ch
FINRISK Prof. Gibson Rajna University of Zurich www.nccr-finrisk.unizh.ch
Genetics Prof. Duboule Denis University of Geneva www.frontiers-in-genetics.org
IM2 Prof. Bourlard Hervé IDIAP Martigny www.im2.ch
MaNEP Prof. Fischer Øystein University of Geneva www.manep.ch
MICS Prof. Aberer Karl EPF Lausanne www.mics.org
Molecular Oncology Prof. Aguet Michel ISREC Epalinges www.nccr-oncology.ch
Prof. Schönenberger
Nanoscale Science Christian University of Basel www.nccr-nano.org
Neuro Prof. Schwab Martin University of Zurich www.nccr-neuro.unizh.ch
North-South Prof. Hurni Hans University of Berne www.north-south.unibe.ch
Plant Survival Prof. Rahier Martine University of Neuchâtel www.unine.ch/plantsurvival
Prof. Devaud-Plédran
Quantum Photonics EPF Lausanne nccr-qp.epfl.ch
Benoît
Structural Biology Prof. Grütter Markus University of Zurich www.structuralbiology.unizh.ch
2nd Call of NCCRs
Short Name NCCR-Director Home Institution Web Address
www.affective-sciences.org
Affective Sciences Prof. Scherer Klaus University of Geneva www.sciences-affectives.ch
Democracy Prof. Kriesi Hanspeter University of Zurich www.nccr-democracy.unizh.ch
Iconic Criticism Prof. Boehm Gottfried University of Basel www.eikones.ch
Mediality Prof. Kiening Christian University of Zurich www.mediality.ch
SESAM Prof. Margraf Jürgen University of Basel www.sesamswiss.ch
Trade Regulation Prof. Cottier Thomas University of Berne www.nccr-trade.ch
Output in 2001 - 2004
(1st Call of NCCRs)
Type Number
Scientific papers 7 100
Presentations at congresses and fairs 6 700
Patents/licences 126
Start up companies1 17
Prototypes, demonstrators, processes 131
Cooperations with private and public sector 338
CTI projects2 283
1
Built up or encouraged by the NCCRs
2
CTI: Innovation Promotion Agency of the Swiss Government funding cooperation projects with industry
3
The total amount of the 28 projects is about CHF 31.7 Mio.
Total of funds in 2001 - 2004
(1st Call of NCCRs)
Funding source (CHF) 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total %
SNSF funding 51 034 237 57 303 066 58 114 035 57 607 320 224 058 658 37
Self-funding from home 18 685 602 20 762 660 19 157 137 19 722 980 78 328 379 13
institutions1
Self-funding from project 39 364 540 51 884 528 64 851 723 69 156 289 225 257 080 37
participants
Third-party funding2 8 861 639 16 620 401 27 986 869 29 546 417 83 015 326 13
Total 117 946 018 146 570 655 170 109 764 176 033 006 610 659 443 100
1
Personnel costs, equipment and consumables, not included infrastructure and basic equipment
2
Not included is CTI funding (cf. above)
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Total of persons involved in 2001 - 2004
(1st Call of NCCRs)
Personnel Total Female % Male % Swiss Other
of Persons Nations
Management 501 86 44 111 56 141 80
Master students 172 83 48 89 52 80 98
Doctoral students 1 310 359 27 951 73 523 829
Postdoctoral students 654 161 25 493 75 161 505
Research associates 97 29 30 68 70 49 49
Senior researchers2 1 172 199 17 973 83 523 704
Other staff 758 398 53 360 47 471 297
Total 4 213 1 315 30 3 045 70 1 948 2 562
1
Fulltime equivalent, including all NCCR-Directors, and persons in charge of knowledge and technology transfer,
and education and training
2
Including leaders of the individual projects and other organisational units of the NCCRs
Total of funds in 2005 - 2008
(1st and 2nd Call of NCCRs)
Funding source (CHF) 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total %
SNSF funding 66 955 000 65 567 000 63 341 000 61 537 000 257 400 000 36
Self-funding from home 20 645 686 22 315 172 24 626 480 21 624 492 89 211 830 13
institutions1
Self-funding from other 3 030 395 3 220 676 3 117 275 3 017 275 12 385 621 2
institutions2
Self-funding from project
participants 72 023 884 66 522 313 62 134 002 58 551 095 259 231 294 36
3
Third-party funding 30 212 890 20 263 539 23 115 372 21 809 350 95 401 151 13
Total 192 867 855 177 888 700 176 334 129 166 539 212 713 629 896 100
1
Personnel costs, equipment and consumables, not included infrastructure and basic equipment
2
See the NCCRs Molecular Oncology, Neuro and Structural Biology
3
Not included is CTI funding (cf. page 6 and some NCCRs)
Total of persons involved in the NCCRs in the last reporting period (12 months)
(1st and 2nd Call of NCCRs)
Personnel Total Female % Male % Swiss Other
of Persons Nations
Management 921 104 41 151 59 163 128
Master students 127 68 54 59 46 71 55
Doctoral students 1279 434 34 845 66 511 821
Postdoctoral students 520 144 28 376 72 121 425
Research associates 219 87 40 132 60 94 125
Senior researchers2 1139 202 18 937 82 518 714
Other staff 518 278 54 240 46 351 182
Total 3894 1 317 32 2 740 68 1 829 2450
1
Full-time equivalent, including NCCR-Director and persons in charge of knowledge and technology transfer,
and education and training
2
Including leaders of the individual projects and other organisational units of the NCCRs
Guide 2008 | 7

Molecular Oncology – From Basic
Research to Therapeutic Approaches
NCCR Molecular Oncology
Home Institution
EPFL, Lausanne
Start of the NCCR
May 1, 2001
NCCR Management
Director Tumor Host Gene expression profiling Molecular analysis
Aguet Michel, Prof. Interactions - Research of microdissected pigmented of T cell immune responses
skin lesions and primary H: Rufer N.
Associate Director Cell Signaling in Tumor
melanoma
Deka Jürgen, Dr. Development and Metastasis Structural design
H: Piguet V.
phone: +41 (0)21 692 58 41 Signaling pathways important of peptide/MHC and T cell >
jurgen.deka@epfl.ch in breast cancer and breast Microarray analysis of receptor interactions
Office development breast cancer H: Michielin O.
Rossier Geneviève, Mrs. Head: Brisken C. H: Iggo R.
phone: +41 (0)21 692 58 40 Technology Develop-
Mechanisms controlling tissue Tumor Angiogenesis ment and Support
genevieve.rossier@epfl.ch
homeostasis and their role in Role of COX-2 and inflamma-
Public Relations cancerogenesis Bioinformatics core facility
tory cells in tumor angiogene- H: Delorenzi M.
Rossier Geneviève, Mrs. H: Hülsken J. sis and tumor progression
Knowledge and The role of the tumor stroma H: Rüegg C. Mouse facility
Technology Transfer H: Beermann F.
H: Stamenkovic I. Unraveling the molecular
Aguet Michel, Prof.
Apoptosis-inducing MegaFasL regulation of tumor Microscopy, imaging &
Education and Training morphology facility
as novel anti-tumor agent lymphangiogenesis and
Deka Jürgen, Dr. H: Garin N.
H: Tschopp J. lymph node metastasis
Advancement of Women H: Christofori G. Clinical tumor proteome
Brisken Cathrin, Dr. Study of gene networks
implied in cancer biology Tumor Immunity and Cancer analysis facility
Address H: Naef F. Immunotherapy H: Servis C.
NCCR Molecular Oncology Coordinator H: Romero P.
Gene Expression Education
Institut Suisse Antigen discovery and
de Recherche Expérimentale Signatures in Tumors Oncology Online:
validation
sur le Cancer, EPFL Gene expression signatures in Development of a web-based
H: Lévy F
Chemin des Boveresses 155 human glioblastoma and their oncology teaching program
Case postale implications for tumor biology T cell vaccination of cancer H: Kraehenbuhl J.-P.
1066 Epalinges sur Lausanne and treatment of cancer patients and cellular analysis
phone: + 41 (0)21 692 58 58 H: Hegi M. of T cell responses
nccr.oncology@epfl.ch H: Speiser D.
Web Address Combining T cell vaccination
www.nccr-oncology.ch with adoptive-cell-transfer
(ACT) immunotherapy
Public Relations H: Leyvraz S.
• Newsletter NCCR
• News and press coverage
Heads of Individual Research Projects
on website
• Press releases Aguet Michel, Prof. Institut Suisse de Recherche Expérimentale sur le Cancer,
EPFL, Epalinges
Beermann Friedrich, Dr. Institut Suisse de Recherche Expérimentale sur le Cancer,
EPFL, Epalinges
Brisken Cathrin, Prof. Institut Suisse de Recherche Expérimentale sur le Cancer,
EPFL, Epalinges
Christofori Gerhard, Prof. Dept. of Clinical-Biological Sciences, University of Basel
Delorenzi Mauro, Dr. Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne
Garin Nathalie, Dr. EPFL, Epalinges
Hegi Monika, Dr. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne
Hülsken Jörg, Prof. Institut Suisse de Recherche Expérimentale sur le Cancer,
EPFL, Epalinges
Iggo Richard, Prof. University of St Andrews, Scotland
Kraehenbuhl Jean-Pierre, Prof. Health Sciences eTraining, Epalinges
Lévy Frédéric, Prof. Ludwig Institut for Cancer Research, Epalinges
Leyvraz Serge, Prof. Centre Pluridisciplinaire d’oncologie, Lausanne
Michielin Olivier, Prof. Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne
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Third Party Cooperation
Topics (in progress)
Cancer cells are defective of basic tumor biology and the research portfolio of
in basic processes con- the host response to can- this cancer research pro- Programmes
trolling cell differentiation cer. Work at ISREC centers gram. • ACGT (FP6)
and proliferation, genome on the discovery of genes The projects carried out in • EORTC
stability and programmed that play important roles in Epalinges form a basis for • EORTC + RTOG
cell death. They acquire tumorigenesis, using ge- the design of novel ap- • TRANS-BIG (FP6)
capacities to invade tissues, netic approaches in unicel- proaches to cancer therapy, • TRANS-BIG (FP6)
• Vital - IT
to stimulate angiogenesis, lular and multicellular or- and the NCCR program
and to elicit innate and in ganisms. A major project at provides us with the means Research Institutions
some instances specific im- the Department of Bio- to explore such prospects, • Bute Medical School,
mune responses.The Swiss chemistry of the University through cooperation with University of St Andrews,
Institute for Experimental of Lausanne investigates our partners in different Edinburgh, GB
Cancer Research (ISREC) the ways that permit tumor University hospitals. The • Cancer Research Inst., New
forms together with several cells to evade programmed NCCR is also essential York, US
partner institutes (Ludwig cell death. Other groups in for supporting technology • Centre Médical Universitaire
Institute for Cancer Re- the ISREC and the Ludwig development and core fa- de Genève, CH
search, Department of Bio- Institute for Cancer Re- cilities necessary for such • Dept. of Biochemistry, Uni-
versity of North Carolina, US
chemistry of the University search elucidate the mech- clinically oriented re-
• Dept. of Diagnostic Radiology,
of Lausanne, Swiss Insti- anisms that control im- search. Finally, the pro-
CHUV, Lausanne, CH
tute of Bioinformatics) part mune responses to cancer. gram provides training op-
• Dept. of Growth Control,
of a biomedical research Research projects in exter- portunities for MD/PhDs to Friedrich Mischer Inst., Basel,
center in Epalinges near nal institutes and clinics, foster the development of CH
Lausanne. The research fo- also in other parts of translational oncology in • Dept. of Immunology
cuses on different aspects Switzerland, complement Switzerland. and Oncology, University
of Madrid, ES
• Dept. of Neurosurgery,
Naef Felix, Prof. Institut Suisse de Recherche Expérimentale sur le Cancer, Anderson Cancer Center, Uni-
EPFL, Epalinges versity of Texas, Houston, US
Piguet Vincent, Prof. Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève • Dept. of Signal Processing,
Romero Pedro, Prof. Ludwig Institut for Cancer Research, Epalinges EPF Lausanne, CH
Rüegg Curzio, Prof. Centre pluridisciplinaire d’oncologie, Lausanne • Dept. of Surgical Oncology,
Rufer Nathalie, Dr. Centre pluridisciplinaire d'oncologie, Lausanne Erasmus University Hospital,
Servis Catherine, Dr. Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne Rotterdam, NL
Speiser Daniel, Prof. Ludwig Institut de Recherches sur le Cancer, Epalinges • Inst. de Investigaciones
Stamenkovic Ivan, Prof. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CHUV, Lausanne Biomedicas, CSIC-UAM,
Tschopp Jürg, Prof. Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne Madrid, ES
• Lab. of Physical Chemistry,
Partner Institutions ETHZ, Zürich, CH
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research LICR, Lausanne Branch • Molecular Cancer Biology
Department of Biochemistry of the University of Lausanne DB, UNIL Lab., University of Helsinki, FI
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics SIB, Lausanne Branch • Service de dermatologie
Centre Pluridisciplinaire d’Oncologie CePO et vénéréologie, Centre Hos-
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois CHUV pitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève HUG (CHUV), Lausanne, CH
Members of the Advisory Board Economy / Industry
• Agilent Technologies, Inc.,
Tumor-Host Interaction and Apoptosis
Palo Alto, US
Ashkenazi Avi, Prof. Genentech Inc., San Francisco, US • Animatrics GmbH, Basel, CH
Carmeliet Peter, Prof. Catholic University of Leuven, BE • Apoxis SA, Lausanne, CH
Rommelaere Jean, Prof. Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum DKFZ, Heidelberg, DE • AstraZeneca (UK) Ltd,
DNA-Microarrays, Bioinformatics and Tumor Specific Gene Expression London, GB
• Bracco Research SA,
Ansorge Wilhelm, Prof. European Molecular Biology Laboratory EMBL, Heidelberg, DE
Geneva, CH
Collins Peter, Prof. University of Cambridge, GB
• BTG International Ltd.,
Guha Abhijit, Prof. University of Toronto, CA
London, GB
Liu Edison, Prof. Genome Institute of Singapore, SG
Van't Veer Laura, Dr. Netherlands Cancer Institute NKI, Amsterdam, NL
Immunotherapy
Greenberg Philip, Prof. University of Seattle & Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research
Center, US
Lanzavecchia Antonio, Prof. Istituto di Ricerca in Biomedicina IRB, Bellinzona, CH
Melief Cees J. M., Prof. Leiden University, NL
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Molecular Oncology – From Basic
Research to Therapeutic Approaches
NCCR Molecular Oncology
• Diagnoplex Sàrl, Epalinges, CH
• Eli Lilly and Company,
Indianapolis, US
• Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, DE
• Novartis AG, Basel, CH
• OncoMethylome Sciences,
Inc., Durham, US
• Pfizer AG, Zurich, CH
• Pfizer, Inc., New London, US
• Serono S.A., Geneva, CH Achievements
• Smart Nose Ltd, Neuchâtel, CH New spirit underway to assess the ef- New technologies
The NCCR has created a ficacy of anti-angiogenic The NCCR Molecular On-
Others
new spirit of greater mu- therapy in patients with cology allowed to establish
• Association pour la
tual interest across the bor- head and neck tumours. or strengthen important
recherche sur le Cancer
ders between basic and Novel strategies have been technology platforms. The
(ARC), Villejuif, FR
clinical research. Several developed to direct the animal facility allowed the
• Fond'Action contre le Cancer,
Lausanne, CH collaborative projects in- patient’s immune system development of novel can-
• Fondation Barletta, volving scientists at ISREC against the tumour. Immu- cer mouse models, which
Lausanne, CH and more clinically ori- nisation of melanoma pa- mimic the genetic alter-
• Fondation Widmer ented research groups at tients with tumour derived ations and the behavior of
c/o Dept. Médecine Interne, the University Hospital antigens proved to be suc- human tumours and are in-
Hôpital Universitaire Lausanne (CHUV) and cessful in eliciting a strong dispensable for the valida-
de Genève, Genève, CH other Swiss university clin- tumour specific immune tion of new therapeutic tar-
• Fonds de neurochirurgie, ics have been started. Some response. gets. The DNA array and
Geneva, CH of these projects include A vaccine against papillo- bioinformatics core faci-
• Gebert Rüf Stiftung, Basel, CH partnerships with pharma- maviruses has been devel- lities supported several
• Ligue Suisse contre le Cancer, ceutical companies (e.g. oped as treatment against novel cancer relevant proj-
Bern, CH Pfizer). cervix carcinomas, which ects at the interface to the
• Medic Foundation, Geneva, CH in a vast majority are asso- clinic.
• OncoSuisse, Bern, CH New insights ciated with papillomavirus
Novel molecular events infections. The vaccine has Training
underlying the develop- been proven to be safe and The NCCR Molecular On-
ment of certain tumour is currently being tested in cology provides education
types have been eluci- patients. and training in cancer re-
dated. Cell types from The pattern of differen- search at several levels. It
which these tumours arise tially regulated genes has participates and strength-
have been identified. been analysed in several ens the ISREC Interna-
Mechanisms, which control human tumour types tional PhD Programme and
cell division and the degree (breast, brain, skin). Re- the MD/PhD programme of
of specialization of normal sults from such studies al- the University of Lau-
cells have been unravelled lowed identifying new tu- sanne, providing medical
and may prove relevant for mour subtypes and in some doctors with an opportu-
malignant tumour progres- cases new prognostic nity to carry out a PhD the-
sion. New models to in- markers. They may eventu- sis in molecular oncology.
vestigate the development ally lead to the identifica- The NCCR presently sup-
of tumour metastases in tion of gene profiles, which ports the training of ap-
distant organs have been are predictive of a response proximately 30 PhD stu-
established. These discov- to therapy. dents and 30 postdoctoral
eries provide a basis for fellows. NCCR advanced
the identification and vali- New research groups courses in microscopy, im-
dation of novel therapeutic Five new positions for jun- aging and morphology
approaches. ior research group leaders have been carried out by
equivalent to assistant the NCCR imaging facility
New therapeutic professorships have been (MIM) for users including
developments created to strengthen ad- students from the Univer-
A clinical study has been vanced biocomputing and sity of Lausanne and the
completed to investigate research that is directly EPFL.
how tumours control their cancer relevant.
blood supply. A further Further information see
clinical trial is currently www.nccr-oncology.ch
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Statistical Input – Output Data
Funding source (CHF) Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Total %
SNSF funding 3 750 000 3 750 000 3 750 000 3 750 000 15 000 000 35
Self-funding from home
institution1 1 570 852 1 519 229 1 216 995 1 173 064 5 480 140 13
Self-funding from EPF
Lausanne 550 000 670 000 670 000 670 000 2 560 000 6
Self-funding from project
participants 3 614 847 3 051 601 2 883 447 2 810 585 12 360 480 29
Third-party funding2 1 609 891 2 037 927 1 862 520 1 777 507 7 287 845 17
Total 11 095 590 11 028 757 10 382 962 10 181 156 42 688 465 100
Personnel3 Total of Female % Male % CH Most Represented Nations Other
Persons FR IT DE BE US Nations
Management 4.064 1 9 10 91 7 0 0 1 2 1 2
Master students 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doctoral students 31 15 48 16 52 14 5 2 1 0 0 10
Postdoctoral students 28 12 43 16 57 8 8 6 1 0 0 6
Research associates 3 1 33 2 67 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Senior researchers5 50 14 28 36 72 32 4 5 4 1 3 9
Other staff 43 29 67 14 33 27 7 2 0 2 1 5
Total 159.06 72 43 94 57 89 25 15 8 5 5 32
1
Personnel costs, equipment and consumables, not included infrastructure and basic equipment
2
Not included is CTI funding (cf. page 6). Since the start of the NCCR 1 project has been funded by CTI at a total amount of 1.1 mil-
lion CHF .
3
Persons involved in the NCCR in the last reporting period (12 months)
4
Full-time equivalent, including NCCR-Director and persons in charge of knowledge and technology transfer,
and education and training
5
Including leaders of the individual projects and other organisational units of the NCCR
Evaluation and Monitoring by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Members of the Review Panel
Meier Jürg, Dr. (Chair) Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Ben-Ze’ev Avri, Prof. Department of Molecular Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute
of Science, IL
Cavalli Franco, Prof. Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland,
Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona, CH
Cerundolo Vincenzo, Prof. Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, GB
Dalla-Favera Riccardo, Prof. Institute of Cancer Genetics, Columbia University,
New York, US
Huber Christoph, Prof. Department of Hematology and Oncology, Johannes-Gutenberg-
University Medical School, Mainz, DE
Kléber André, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Müller Hans-Joachim, Prof. Pharma Research Penzberg, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg, DE
Polyak Kornelia, Prof. Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,
Harvard Medical School, Boston, US
Werner Sabine, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Yaniv Moshe, Prof. Institut Pasteur, Unité des Virus Oncogènes, Paris, FR
NCCR Office SNSF
Christ Urs, Dr. Schweiz. Nationalfonds, Wildhainweg 3, 3001 Bern
phone: + 41 (0)31 308 23 50, fax: + 41 (0)31 305 29 71
uchrist@snf.ch
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Frontiers in Genetics – Genes,
Chromosomes and Development
NCCR Genetics
Home Institution
University of Geneva
Start of the NCCR
July 1, 2001
NCCR Management
Director Research Chromosome structure, Technological
Duboule Denis, Prof. chromatin function/dynamics, Platforms, Programs etc.
phone: + 41 (0)22 379 67 71 Work Packages and nuclear-cytoplasmic
Genomics platform
denis.duboule@frontiers-in- Novel approaches to study interactions
(Genotyping and
genetics.org mammalian genetics Coordinator: Shore D., Gasser S.
transcriptome profiling)
Deputy Director and develop animal models Members: Gasser S., Laemmli Manager: Descombes P.
Trono Didier, Prof. of human diseases U., Lingner J., Shore D., Stutz F.
phone: + 41 (0)21 693 17 51 Coordinator: Trono D. Bioimaging platform
Genetic and viral mapping (Image analysis)
didier.trono@frontiers-in- Members: Antonarakis S., of neural circuits Manager: Bauer C.
genetics.org Duboule D., Schibler U.,
Coordinators:
NCCR Executive Officer Trono D., Vassalli J.-D., Wahli W., Mammalian genetics platform
Arber S., Rodriguez I.
Laemmli Caroline, Dr. Nef S., Ruiz I Altaba A. H: Duboule D.
phone: + 41 (0)22 379 67 82 Members: Arber S., Gasser S.,
Functional genomics based Rodriguez I., Gomez M., Doctoral School
caroline.laemmli@frontiers-in- on PhiC31 integrase;
genetics.org Roska B. Supervisors: Laemmli C.,
Integrase-mediated germ-line Rodriguez I.
Office Secretary transformation of drosophila Energy homeostasis and
Krebs Bérénice, Mrs. and design of shuttle systems size control: from physiology
in the mouse to pathology
Knowledge and Technology
Coordinator: Basler K. Coordinator: Wahli W.
Transfer
Hartmann Reto, Dr. Members: Basler K., Hafen E., Members: Duboule D.,
Karch F. Hafen E., Schibler U., Wahli W.,
Education and Training
Herrera P Nef S., Thorens B.
.,
Rodriguez Ivan, Prof.
Advancement of Women
Gasser Susanne, Prof.
Communication
Pizurki Lara, Dr.
Webmaster
Thièvent Alain, Dr.
Address
NCCR Frontiers in Genetics
Sciences III
Université de Genève
Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 30
1211 Genève 4
phone: + 41 (0)22 379 67 82
fax: + 41 (0)22 379 61 50
management@frontiers-in-
genetics.org
Web Address
www.frontiers-in-genetics.org
Public Relations
• Pole Position Newsletter
• Leaflets (English, French or
German)
• Press releases, news and
adverts on website
• Public events (open doors,
teaching, training, exhibitions)
• Meetings
12 | Guide 2008

Third Party Cooperation
(in progress)
Programmes
• CELLS INTO ORGANS
• CONSERT
• CRESCENDO
• EUCLOCK
• EUMODIC
Topics • EuroDYNA
The general goal of the these levels. The NCCR the context of our techno- • NEURONE
NCCR Frontiers in Genet- Genetics contributes to di- logical platforms. These Research Institutions
ics – Genes, Chromosomes minish these gaps by creat- platforms are shared com- • Biomedical Imaging Group,
and Development is to un- ing a network of scientist, mon facilities in which the EPF Lausanne, CH
derstand the function and which work together on latest technologies in Ge- • Brain Research Institute,
regulation of genes during common projects (organ- nomics and Bioimaging are ETH, Zürich, CH
cellular and organisimal ized as Work-Packages, available for the regional • Cell Biology Division,
development. These fun- WP). These WPs provide scientific community. New York University School
damental problems are an ideal forum for the in- Another major goal is to of Medicine, US
tackled at four different depth discussion of scien- offer the best graduate • Center for Functional
levels, namely at the level tific issues by all interested school in genetics. We be- Genomics, Northwestern
of genes, of chromosomes, persons (including post- lieve that to pursue top sci- University, Evanston, US
of the whole cell and of the doctoral fellows and stu- ence, we need to attract the • Center for Integrative
entire organism. In order to dents). worldwide best students Genomics, University of
reach excellence in this do- Some projects directly re- and “create” the next gen- Lausanne, CH
• Center of Genome Regulation,
main, it is neccessary to lated to technological de- eration of top scientists by
University of Barcelona, ES
bridge the gaps between velopment are pursued in teaching.
• Centre Medicale
Universitaire, University of
Geneva, CH
Heads of Individual Research Projects • Department of Biochemistry
and Molecular Biophysics,
Antonarakis Stylianos E., Prof. Division de Génétique Médicale, Université de Genève Columbia University,
Arber Silvia, Prof. Departement für Zellbiologie, Universität Basel New York, US
Basler Konrad, Prof. Institut für Molekularbiologie, Universität Zürich • Department of Biochemistry,
Duboule Denis, Prof. Département de Zoologie et Biologie Animale, University of Fribourg, CH
Université de Genève • Department of Cell Biology,
Gasser Susan M., Prof. Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel Albert Einstein College
Gomez Marie, Dr. Département de Zoologie et Biologie Animale, of Medicine, New York, US
Université de Genève • Department of Computer
Hafen Ernst, Prof. Institut für Zoologie, Universität Zürich Science, Washington
Herrera Pedro, Dr. Département de Morphologie, Université de Genève University, St-Louis, US
Karch François, Dr. Département de Zoologie et Biologie Animale, • Department of Genetic
Université de Genève Medicine and Development,
Laemmli Ulrich K., Prof. Départements de Biologie Moléculaire et Biochimie, University of Geneva, CH
Université de Genève • Department of Neurobiology,
Lingner Joachim, Dr. ISREC, Epalinges Friedrich Miescher Institute,
Nef Serge, Dr. Département de Morphologie, Université de Genève Basel, CH
Rodriguez Ivan, Prof. Département de Zoologie et Biologie Animale, • Department of Pharmacology
Université de Genève and Therapeutic Chemistry,
Roska Botond, Dr. Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel University of Barcelona, ES
Ruiz i Altaba Ariel, Prof. Département de Génétique Médicale, Université de Genève
Schibler Ueli, Prof. Département de Biologie Moléculaire, Université de Genève
Shore David M., Prof. Département de Biologie Moléculaire, Université de Genève
Spierer Pierre, Prof. Département de Zoologie et Biologie Animale,
Université de Genève
Stutz Françoise, Dr. Département de Biologie Cellulaire, Université de Genève
Thorens Bernard, Prof. Centre Intégratif de Génomique, Université de Lausanne
Trono Didier, Prof. Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Vassalli Jean-Dominique, Prof. Département de Morphologie, Université de Genève
Wahli Walter, Prof. Centre Intégratif de Génomique, Université de Lausanne
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Frontiers in Genetics – Genes,
Chromosomes and Development
NCCR Genetics
• Ecole Nationale Supérieure
de Biologie Appliquée à la
Nutrition et à l'Alimentation
(ENSBANA), Université de
Bourgogne, Dijon, FR
• Faculty of Applied Biological
Science, Hiroshima University,
Higashi-Hiroshima, JP
• Genome Sequencing Center,
Washington University, Achievements
St-Louis, US Research and technology workstation, as well as Illu- out which features are ap-
• Growth control, Friedrich mina a new technology for preciated and which need
Miescher Institute, Basel, CH
The 23 different laborato-
ries are organized in five genotyping and gene ex- to be altered. In this way,
• Institut clinique de la
„Work-Packages“(WPs). pression. the school stays dynamic
Souris - Institut de Génétique
The WPs prove to be an and fulfills the top needs.
et de Biologie Moléculaire Education
et Cellulaire, Illkirch, FR ideal forum for discussion Public relations
The International Doctoral
• Institut de Génétique of scientific issues and
School developed by the In October 2007 we have
Humaine, Université de collaborations. As result of
NCCR Genetics has gained hired a new responsible
Montpellier, FR a common development,
three new students in 2007, for communication Lara
• Institut Jacques Monod, 100% NCCR, a site-specific
we count to date in total 35 Pizurki to replace Pierre-
Université Paris Diderot, FR integration system for
students of various nation- Yves Frei who left the
• Institut national de la santé et high-throughput germline
de la recherche médicale,
alities. The biggest success NCCR in April 2007. The
transformation of Droso-
Université de Lille, FR of 2007 is the graduation of main goals of Lara will be
phila was developed (Proc
• Instituto de Bioquimica the first four students of to develop a concept for the
Natl Acad Sci USA.
Vegetal y Fotointesis, the program.We expect an- Newsletter and give birth
104,:3312-7)in Zürich. Two
Universidad de Sevilla, ES other five to graduate in to it. She will as well take
further platforms have
• Ludwig Institute for Cancer 2008. The different profes- care of updating the
been developed through
Research, Lausanne, CH sors are all very fond of website, developing it and
collaborations: the lenti-
• Max Planck Institute for their NCCR students, making it more accessible
virus and the mouse meta-
Experimental Endocrinology, which prove to be excellent for the public. The NCCR
bolic evaluation (MEF)
Hannover, DE and highly motivated sci- Genetics continues to be
• Max Planck Institute for
platform (in Lausanne).
entist. These statements concerned by the need to
Molecular Biology, Munich, The two technological plat-
prove that the recruitment make science accessible to
DE forms in genomics and
procedure is of high stan- the public. We will there-
• National institutes of Health bioimaging located in
dard and the program at- fore again in 2008 partici-
(NIH), Washington DC, US Geneva continue to be very
tractive for competitive pate in events such as la
• Neurodegenerative Studies well attended by members
students.With regard to the nuit de la science, les
Laboratory, EPF Lausanne, CH of the NCCR as well as
futur of research, an excel- journées de la génétique, la
• Neuroscience Center, by other regional scientists
lent training program is in science appelle les jeunes
University of North Carolina, in research of excellent
our opinion of major im- and la cité des métiers.
Chapel Hill, US expertise and a low
portance. Therefore, a
• Nutrition, Metabolism „cost/quality“ ratio. The at- Further information see
and Genomics group,
dominant goal for the
tractiveness is mainly due www.frontiers-in-genetics.org
Wageningen University, NL NCCR Genetics is to de-
to the top quality techno-
• School of Life Sciences, velop tomorrow’s top sci-
logies proposed, which we
ISREC-EPF Lausanne, CH entists. We keep our eyes
constantly update. New
• Southwestern Medical and ears open to stu-
acquisitions are a second
Center, University of Texas, dents/professors opinions
widefield live cell micro-
Dallas, US and wishes, in order to find
scope, a Bioluminescence
• Telethon Institute of Genetics
and Medicine, Naples, IT
• Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, US
• Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
for Research, Melbourne, AU
• Whitehead Institute, MIT
Center for Genome Research,
Boston, US
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Economy / Industry
• Bitplane, Zürich, CH
• Evolva, Allschwil, CH
• Leica Microsystems,
Glattbrugg, CH
• Nestlé Research Center,
Vevey, CH
• Serono international SA,
Statistical Input – Output Data Genève, CH
• The Genetics Company, Inc.,
Funding source (CHF) Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Total % Zürich, CH
• Zydus Research Centre,
SNSF funding 4 100 000 4 100 000 4 000 000 3 800 000 16 000 000 36
Ahmedabad, IN
Self-funding from home 479 274 486 612 534 114 500 000 2 000 000 5 Others
institution1
Self-funding from project • Policies for Research
5 274 801 5 119 682 6 084 646 4 413 147 20 892 276 47
participants
and Innovation in the Move
Third-party funding 1 369 893 1 329 059 1 319 903 1 202 363 5 221 218 12 (PRIME), Switzerland, CH
Total 11 223 968 11 035 353 11 938 663 9 915 510 44 113 494 100
Personnel2 Total of Female % Male % CH Most Represented Nations Other
Persons FR US IT DE GR Nations
Management 4.473 2 29 5 71 7 2 6 0 0 0 0
Master students 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doctoral students 64 22 34 42 66 25 7 3 8 6 3 24
Postdoctoral students 44 13 30 31 70 3 15 4 2 1 1 17
Research associates 2 2 100 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Senior researchers4 31 7 23 24 77 21 8 2 0 2 4 5
Other staff 46 34 74 12 26 26 12 0 2 1 0 5
Total 191.47 80 41 114 59 82 46 15 12 10 8 51
1
Personnel costs, equipment and consumables, not included infrastructure and basic equipment
2
Persons involved in the NCCR in the last reporting period (12 months)
3
Full-time equivalent, including NCCR-Director and persons in charge of knowledge and technology transfer,
and education and training
4
Including leaders of the individual projects and other organisational units of the NCCR
Evaluation and Monitoring by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Members of the Review Panel
Kléber André, Prof. (Chair) Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Almouzni Geneviève, Dr. Laboratoire de dynamique nucléaire et plasticité du génome,
Institut Curie, Paris, FR
Hoeijmakers Jan H.J., Prof. Dept. of Cell Biology and Genetics, Erasmus University,
Rotterdam, NL
Lindpaintner Klaus, Prof. Roche Genetics and Roche Center for Medical Genomics,
F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel, CH
McMahon Andrew, Prof. Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University,
Cambridge, US
Meier Jürg, Dr. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Rosbash Michael, Prof. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Brandeis University,
Waltham, US
Schaffner Walter, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
NCCR Office SNSF
Christ Urs, Dr. Schweiz. Nationalfonds, Wildhainweg 3, 3001 Bern
phone: + 41 (0)31 308 23 50, fax: + 41 (0)31 305 29 71
uchrist@snf.ch
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Molecular Life Sciences –
Three Dimensional Structure,
Folding and Interactions
NCCR Structural Biology
Home Institution
University of Zurich
Start of the NCCR
May 1, 2001
NCCR Management
Director Research Solution NMR with soluble New isotope labeling
Grütter Markus Gerhard, Prof. and membrane proteins, strategies of protein and
Areas
phone: + 41 (0)1 635 55 80 including supramolecular RNA for NMR spectroscopy
gruetter@bioc.uzh.ch Structural biology structures investigations
of membrane proteins H: Wüthrich K. H: Wüthrich K.
Deputy Director
Coordinator: Engel A.
Richmond Timothy J., Prof. Computer simulation of Calorimetric and biophysical
phone: + 41 (0)1 633 24 70 Supramolecular membrane proteins, analysis of protein-ligand
richmond@mol.biol.ethz.ch assemblies/molecular supramolecular complexes binding and protein folding
Coordinator interactions and macromolecular folding H: Jelezarov I.
Sticher Patrick, Dr. Coordinator: Richmond T. J. H: van Gunsteren W. F.
Technical development for
phone: + 41 (0)1 635 54 84 Technologies X-ray crystallography and automated and high-through-
sticher@bioc.uzh.ch Coordinator: Plückthun A. electron microscopy of put data collection and 3D
Administrative Assistant supramolecular systems reconstruction in electron
Schmid Brigitte, Mrs. Projects H: Ban N. microscopy
phone: + 41 (0)1 635 55 82
Folding and function H: Ishikawa T.
brigitte.schmid@bioc.uzh.ch Structure determination of
of supramolecular systems protein-RNA complexes in-
Communication and membrane proteins Programmes
Sticher Patrick, Dr. volved in alternative-splicing
Head: Glockshuber R. by NMR spectroscopy PhD program Biomolecular
Knowledge and
Synthetic protein libraries H: Allain F. structure and mechanism
Technology Transfer
Plückthun Andreas, Prof. H: Plückthun A. Mechanisms of ion transport Supervisor: Glockshuber R.
Education and Training Assessing the structure across membranes: Annual practical course
Glockshuber Rudolf, Prof. and dynamics of membrane The structural biology of ion in structural biology
Advancement of Women proteins by electron channels and ion transporters Supervisor: Glockshuber R.
van Gunsteren Wilfred, Prof. and atomic force microscopy H: Dutzler R.
Annual symposium on new
H: Engel A. Structure and mechanism trends in structural biology
Address of bacterial drug and
X-ray crystallography of Supervisor: Glockshuber R.
NCCR Bureau antibiotic transporters
Structural Biology
supramolecular systems and
membrane transporters H: Locher K.
Patrick Sticher
Institute of Biochemistry H: Grütter M. Single molecule spectroscopy
University of Zurich Supramolecular assemblies: of cotranslational protein fold-
Winterthurerstrasse 190 structures of chromatin ing, structure, and dynamics
8057 Zurich and associated multiprotein H: Schuler B.
phone: + 41 (0)1 635 54 84 complexes Associated Groups
fax: + 41 (0)1 635 68 34 H: Richmond T. J. Automation of protein
sticher@bioc.uzh.ch
Signalling and transport crystallography beamlines
Web Address through biological mem- for challenging projects
www.structuralbiology.uzh.ch branes at the swiss light source
H: Winkler F. H: Schulze-Briese C.
Public Relations
• Leaflet
• Homepage / eNewsletter
• Newspaper articles
• Appearance on radio
and national TV
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Third Party Cooperation
Research Institutions
• Astbury Centre for
Structural Molecular Biology,
University of Leeds, GB
• Biochemiezentrum der
Univ. Heidelberg (BZH), DE
• Biotechnologisches Zentrum
Topics der Technischen Universität
Dresden (BIOTEC), DE
Today, knowledge about products, a quantitative specialists in experimental
• Chemical Biology and Nuclear
biological processes is understanding of the 3D- structure determination by
Science Division (CBND),
obtained from functional structure of proteins, their X-ray crystallography, NMR Lawrence Livermore
experiments on a limited folding, and their inter- spectroscopy and electron National Lab., Livermore, US
number of biochemical actions with other mole- microscopy / crystallogra- • Dept. Biologie, Ludwig-
systems, and from a rap- cules is required. Such phy, in protein biophysical Maximilians-Universität,
idly increasing amount of understanding is the key chemistry, modern molecu- Munich, DE
DNA sequence informa- to develop innovative me- lar biology, and computa- • Dept. of Biochemistry and
tion, generated in several dicines, such as new anti- tional biology will meet the Molecular Biology, Colorado
genome projects. To bridge biotics and vaccines, as challenge to link the ever State Univ., Fort Collins, US
the widening gap between well as drugs against increasing biological data • Dept. of Biochemistry and
rapidly increasing infor- cancer and diseases of generated in the genomics Molecular Biology,
mation on genome sequen- the central nervous, im- field with related structural University of Barcelona, ES
ces and limited knowledge mune, and cardiovascular and functional informa- • Dept. of Biochemistry, Duke
on the function of gene systems. In this NCCR tion. University, Chapel Hill, US
• Dept. of Biology,
University of Konstanz, DE
• Dept. of Biology, University
Heads of Individual Research Projects and Associated Groups of Science and Technology
Allain Frédéric, Prof. Institut für Molekularbiologie und Biophysik, ETH Zürich of China, Hefei, CN
Ban Nenad, Prof. Institut für Molekularbiologie und Biophysik, ETH Zürich • Dept. of Biophysical
Dutzler Raimund, Prof. Institut für Biochemie, Universität Zürich Structural Chemistry, Leiden
Engel Andreas, Prof. M.E. Müller Institut, Biozentrum, Universität Basel Inst. of Chemistry, Leiden
Glockshuber Rudolf, Prof. Institut für Molekularbiologie und Biophysik, ETH Zürich University, NL
Grütter Markus, Prof. Institut für Biochemie, Universität Zürich • Dept. of Biophysics
Ishikawa Takashi, Dr. Institut für Molekularbiologie und Biophysik, Universität Zürich and Biochemistry,
Jelezarov Ilian, Dr. Institut für Biochemie, Universität Zürich University of Tokyo, JP
Locher Kaspar, Prof. Institut für Molekularbiologie und Biophysik, ETH Zürich • Dept. of Cell Biology,
Plückthun Andreas, Prof. Institut für Biochemie, Universität Zürich The Scripps Research Inst.,
Richmond Timothy J., Prof. Institut für Molekularbiologie und Biophysik, ETH Zürich La Jolla, US
Schuler Ben, Prof. Institut für Biochemie, Universität Zürich • Dept. of Chemistry &
Schulze-Briese Clemens, Dr. Paul Scherrer Institut,Villigen PSI Biochemistry, University
van Gunsteren Wilfred F., Prof. Laboratorium für physikalische Chemie, ETH Zürich of California Los Angeles, US
Winkler Fritz, Prof. Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI • Dept. of Microbiology,
Wüthrich Kurt, Prof. Institut für Molekularbiologie und Biophysik, ETH Zürich University of Regensburg, DE
• Dept. of Microbiology,
University of Utrecht, NL
• Dept. of Molecular Biology &
Biotechnology, University
of Sheffield, Firth Court, GB
• Dept. of Molecular Biophysics
and Biochemistry, Yale
University, New Haven, US
• Dept. of Molecular
Microbiology, John Innes
Centre, Norwich, GB
• Dept. of Neurobiology, Max
Planck Inst. for Biophysical
Chemistry, Göttingen, DE
• Dept. of NMR Spectroscopy,
University of Utrecht, NL
• Dept. of Pharmacochemistry,
Free University
of Amsterdam, NL
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• Dept. of Pharmacology, Molecular Life Sciences –
School of Medicine,
Case Western Reserve Three Dimensional Structure,
University, Cleveland, US Folding and Interactions
• Dept. of Plant Biochemistry,
Lund University, SE
NCCR Structural Biology
• Dept. of Structural Biology,
Architecture et Fonction des
Macromolécules Biologiques,
Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique
(CNRS), Marseille, FR
• Dept. of Transfusion
Medicine, University
Hospital Ulm, DE
• Division of Chemistry
and Chemical Engineering,
California Inst. of Technology
(Caltech), Pasadena, US Achievements
• Division of Clinical Sciences,
Key biology areas sation of proteins for NMR large eukargotic multipro-
Medicine, Imperial College
London, GB This NCCR focuses on the or X-ray studies have been tein complexes.
• Division of Molecular structural biology of established and are today a
Education
and Health Technologies, membrane proteins and major tool for effective
structure determination A post-graduate program
Commonwealth Scientific supramolecular complexes
used by many research in structural biology was
and Industrial Research and interactions. In both
groups within or outside established and embedded
Organisation (CSIRO), areas, major advances
Melbourne, AU this NCCR. A successful in the PhD Program Mole-
could be reported since
• Fachbereich Biologie, collaboration with the SLS- cular Life Sciences Zurich.
the start of this NCCR.
Universität Konstanz, DE synchrotron for high- Thanks to the synergies
Methods for cloning,
• Faculty of Biochemistry, throughput crystal analysis within this NCCR, a very
expression, purification,
University of Gdansk, PL and protein structure de- broad and in-depth edu-
crystallisation and analysis
• Faculty of Sciences, termination complements cation of students in
of membrane proteins
Dept. of Organic Chemistry these technology plat- structural biology became
could be advanced and suc-
and Biochemistry, forms. possible.
cesses in the structure de-
University of Zagreb, HR This NCCR established a
termination of membrane
• Groningen Biomolecular Technology Transfer series of well-recognized
proteins were achieved. A
Sciences and Biotechnology Project leaders of this structural biology events,
Inst., Dept. of Molecular
recent breakthrough in
NCCR have various indi- namely a yearly sympo-
Microbiology, University of this field is the structure
vidual collaborations with sium and practical courses
Groningen, Haren, NL determination of a mul-
industry partners. An um- that are well attended by
• Howard Hughes Lab. and tidrug ABC transporter.
brella-type agreement for scientists from within
State University of New York, The structures of several
long-term collaboration the NCCR and from other
Albany, US supramolecular complexes
between Novartis and the research institutes.
• Howard Hughes Medical Inst., were determined. Impor-
Dept. of Biochemistry, Brandeis tant research fields in this NCCR has been realized, Structural Effects
University, Waltham, US area include the chromatin so far leading to two
This NCCR offers an ex-
• Inst. de Génétique structure, the ribosome, collaborations.
cellent opportunity for in-
et de Biologie Moléculaire RNA-protein interactions The spin-off company
terdisciplinary and high-
et Cellulaire, Illkirch, FR and falty acid syntheses. Molecular Partners re-
standard structural biology
• Inst. für Biophysik und sulted partly from the
research in Switzerland
Strahlenbiologie, Technology platforms NCCR research project on
which allowed to attract
Universität Freiburg, DE Shared infrastructure units ‘ankyrin repeats’ which are
several outstanding young
• Inst. of Biophysical Chemistry for recombinant protein an alternative to antibodies
scientists to Switzerland.
Resonance, Johann production, stable isotope- as selective binders. An-
Wolfgang Goethe-University labelling of proteins and other spin-off, REDbiotec, Further information see
of Frankfurt, DE high-throughput crystalli- commercialites MultiBac, a www.structuralbiology.uzh.ch
• Inst. of Medical Chemistry, novel expression tool for
Medical University
of Vienna, AT
• Inst. of Molecular Biology
and Biotechnology, University
of Crete, Heraklio, GR
• Inst. of Molecular Biology,
Slovak Academy of Sciences,
Bratislava, SK
• Inst. of Molecular Pediatric
Science, University of
Chicago, US
• Kobe Advanced ICT Research
Center, National Inst. of
Information and Communi-
cations Technology, Kobe, JP
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• Lab. of Viral Diseases,
National Inst. of Health
(NIH), Bethesda, US
• lnstitut de Biologie
Moléculaire et Cellulaire
(IBMC), CNRS, Strasbourg, FR
• Max Planck Inst. for Polymer
Research, Mainz, DE
• Medizinische Biochemie
und Molekularbiologie der
Universität des Saarlandes,
Homburg, DE
• Molecular and Structural
Biochemistry,
University of Rennes, FR
• National Inst. of Chemistry
Slovenia, Ljubliana, SI
• Naturwissenschaftliches und
Statistical Input – Output Data Medizinisches Inst. (NMI),
University of Tübingen, DE
Funding source (CHF) Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Total %
• Pharmacology Dept.,
SNSF funding 3 900 000 3 800 000 3 400 000 3 300 000 14 400 000 37 Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, US
Self-funding from home
institution1 955 801 1 409 180 3 685 548 1 639 500 7 690 029 20 • School of Biosciences,
Self-funding from ETH Cardiff University, GB
Zurich 980 395 1 050 676 947 275 847 275 3 825 621 10
• Science & Technology,
Self-funding from project Duke University, US
participants 4 820 225 4 682 790 1 080 880 1 080 880 11 664 775 30
• The Burnham Inst.,
Third-party funding2 800 000 252 735 50 000 50 000 1 152 735 3 La Jolla, US
• The Krebs Inst.,
Total 11 456 421 11 195 381 9 163 703 6 917 655 38 733 160 100 University of Sheffield, GB
• Unité de Génétique molé-
Personnel3 Total of Female % Male % CH Most Represented Nations Other culaire, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, FR
Persons DE FR IT NL US Nations • Zentrum für Molekular-
biologie der Pflanzen (ZMBP),
Management 2.764 2 22 7 78 4 3 1 0 1 0 0
Universität Tuebingen, DE
Master students 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
• Zentrum für Molekulare
Doctoral students 77 27 35 50 65 31 27 2 3 1 0 15 Biologie (ZMBH),
Postdoctoral students 56 14 25 42 75 20 12 4 3 3 0 17 Universität Heidelberg, DE
Research associates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Economy / Industry
Senior researchers5 44 7 16 37 84 13 12 5 1 1 3 11 • Actelion Pharmaceuticals
Other staff 27 20 74 7 26 13 5 1 1 0 2 7 Ltd., Allschwil, CH
Total 206.76 70 33 143 67 81 59 13 8 6 5 50 • Apotech Corporation,
Lausen, CH
1
Personnel costs, equipment and consumables, not included infrastructure and basic equipment • BioXtal, Epalinges, CH
2
Not included is CTI funding (cf. page 6). Since the start of the NCCR 1 project has been funded by CTI at a total amount
of 1.70 million CHF. • Boehringer-Ingelheim GmbH,
3
Persons involved in the NCCR in the last reporting period (12 months) Vienna, AT
4
Full-time equivalent, including NCCR-Director and persons in charge of knowledge and technology transfer,
and education and training • Cambridge Antibody
5
Including leaders of the individual projects and other organisational units of the NCCR Technology, Cambridge, GB
• Discovery Partners
International, Allschwil, CH
Evaluation and Monitoring by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) • Discovery Partners
International, San Diego, US
Members of the Review Panel • F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.,
Kléber André, Prof. (Chair) Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH Basel, CH
Eisenberg David, Prof. UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, US • IBM Research AG,
Hall Mike, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH Rüschlikon, CH
Iwata So, Prof. Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London, GB • Molecular Partners AG,
Michel Hartmut, Prof. Max-Planck Institut für Biophysik, Frankfurt am Main, DE Zurich, CH
Roditi Isabel, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH • MorphoSys AG, Martinsried,
Schmid Franz Xaver, Prof. Laboratorium für Biochemie, Universität Bayreuth, DE DE
Widmer Hans, Dr. Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, CH • Novartis Pharma AG,
Wright Ernest M., Prof. UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, US Basel, CH
Wright Peter E., Prof. Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research • Novartis Pharma AG,
Institute, La Jolla, US Boston, US
• Pfizer Inc., Sandwich, GB
NCCR Office SNSF • Polyphor Ltd., Allschwil, CH
Christ Urs, Dr. Schweiz. Nationalfonds, Wildhainweg 3, 3001 Bern • SIKA AG, Zürich, CH
phone: + 41 (0)31 308 23 50, fax: + 41 (0)31 305 29 71 • Speedel Experimenta AG,
uchrist@snf.ch Allschwil, CH
• Syngenta Crop Protection AG,
Basel, CH
• Wacker-Chemie AG,
München, DE
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Neural Plasticity and Repair
NCCR Neuro
Home Institution
University of Zurich
Start of the NCCR
June 1, 2001
NCCR Management
Director Research Cortical plasticity Technological Platforms,
Schwab Martin E., Prof. Neural stem cells:
H: Martin K. Programmes etc.
phone: + 41 (0)44 635 33 31 Boesiger P Ishai A., Jäncke L.,
.,
An integrated approach to Center of transgenesis
schwab@hifo.uzh.ch Kiper D., Scherberger H.,
basic knowledge and Singer T.
expertise
Deputy Directors therapeutic applications H: Mansuy I.
Möhler Hanns, Prof. Head: Suter U. Infection and immunity Aguzzi A., Becher B., Bürki K.,
phone: + 41 (0)44 635 59 33 Fritschy J.-M., Jessberger S., of the central nervous system Helmchen F., Suter U.
mohler@pharma.uzh.ch Lipp H.-P Relvas J.,
., H: Fontana A.
Center for advanced
Nitsch Roger M., Prof. Sommer L., Thallmair M. Aguzzi A., Becher B.,
DeLamarter J., Goebels N.,
assessment of animal
phone: + 41 (0)44 634 88 71
Alzheimer’s disease Kappos L., Reith W., Suter T. behavior
nitsch@bli.uzh.ch
H: Nitsch R. H: Lipp H.-P.
Knecht Wolfgang, Dr. Caflisch A., Fraering P., Spinal cord repair Feldon J., Wolfer D.,
phone: + 41 (0)44 635 33 81 Glockshuber R., Hock C., H: Schwab M., Dietz V., Zeilhofer H.U.
wknecht@neuroscience.uzh.ch Knüsel I., Konietzko U., Courtine G., Kollias S.,
Coordinator Micera S., Mir A., Rouiller E., Center for proteomics
Molinari M., Sonderegger P.
Vranesic Tamara, Ms. Schurch B., Sonderegger P ., H: Wollscheid B.
phone: + 41 (0)44 635 33 84 Stoeckli E., Zurn A. Center for animal imaging
vranesic@neuroscience.uzh.ch H: Rudin M.
Rehabilitation technology
Communication matrix Boesiger P Helmchen F.,
.,
Vranesic Tamara, Ms. H: Riener R. Rausch M., Sandoghdar V.,
Knecht Wolfgang, Dr. Bassetti C., Kiper D., Kollias S., Zeilhofer H.U.
Knowledge and Micera S., Schwab M. International Ph. D. Program
Technology Transfer in Neuroscience
Colombo Gery, Dr.
Administered by the
Education and Training Neuroscience Center Zurich
Knecht Wolfgang, Dr. Coordinator: Knecht W.
Advancement of Women
Mansuy Isabelle, Prof.
Address
NCCR Neural Plasticity
and Repair
Winterthurerstrasse 190
8057 Zürich
vranesic@neuroscience.uzh.ch
Web Address
www.nccr-neuro.uzh.ch
Public Relations
• Neurotransmitter Newsletter
• BrainFair 2008
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(in progress)
Programmes
• NEURONET (ESPRIT 4)
Research Institutions
• Abteilung Neurologie,
Landeskrankenhaus
Topics Hochzirl, AT
• Biomedical Research Inst.,
Today there is still little that ten years than in the whole sciences, neuroinformatics LeHasselt University,
can be done to help the of last century. and brain imaging will gen- Diepenbeek, BE
victims of brain damage or The fundamental goal of erate new knowledge on • Center for Brain and Behavior
other kinds of diseases that the NCCR on “Neural Plas- the impairment of brain and Psychiatry and
afflict the brain or spinal ticity and Repair” is the functions in Alzheimer's Behavioral Sciences, Baylor
cord. Only since the begin- restoration of function after disease, multiple sclerosis, College of Medicine,
ning of the 1980’s research damage or disease of the prion disease, immune sur- Houston, US
has been devoted to repair- nervous system. The NCCR veillance and in neuronal • Center for Molecular Biology
ing brain trauma or disease. will elucidate the basic regeneration and rehabi- and Neuroscience,
But at the same time, great cellular and molecular me- litation after spinal cord University of Oslo, NO
strides have been made chanisms of regeneration, injury. Indeed, the first • Center for Neurobiology
in the understanding of plasticity and functional clinical trials have been and Behavior, Columbia
University, New York, US
disease mechanisms and repair of the damaged initiated to assess the im-
• Centre d'Etude du
the possibilities of restoring nervous system. The syner- munotherapy of spinal cord
Polymorphisme Humain
neural functions. It is said gies between experimental injury.
(INSERM U434), Fondation
that neuroscience made and clinical sciences in con- Jean-Deusset, Paris, FR
more progress in the last junction with engineering • Dept. de Technologia,
Universitat Pompeu Fabra,
Barcelona, ES
Heads of Individual Research Projects and Subprojects • Dept. for Molecular Medicine
Aguzzi Adriano, Prof. Institut für Neuropathologie, Universitätsspital Zürich and Gene Therapy, Lund
Bassetti Claudio, Prof. Neurologische Poliklinik, Universitätsspital Zürich University, Malmö, SE
Becher Burkhard, Prof. Neurologische Klinik, Universität Zürich • Dept. of Anatomical Sciences
Boesiger Peter, Prof. Institut für Biomedizinische Technik, Universität und ETH Zürich & Neurobiology,
Bürki Kurt, Prof. Institut für Labortierkunde, Universität Zürich University of Louisville,
Caflisch Amedeo, Prof. Biochemisches Institut, Universität Zürich School of Medicine, US
Courtine Grégoire, Prof. Abteilung für Psychiatrische Forschung, Universität Zürich • Dept. of Biochemistry and
DeLamarter John, Dr. Merck Serono International S.A., Geneva Molecular Biology,
Dietz Volker, Prof. Paraplegikerzentrum, Universitätsklinik Balgrist, Zürich University of Massachusetts,
Feldon Joram, Prof. Labor für Verhaltensbiologie, ETH Zürich, Schwerzenbach Amherst, US
Fontana Adriano, Prof. Klinische Immunologie, Universitätsspital Zürich • Dept. of Cellular Neurology,
Fraering Patrick, Dr. Brain Mind Institute, EPF Lausanne Hertie-Inst. for Clinical Brain
Fritschy Jean-Marc, Prof. Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universität Zürich Research, University of
Glockshuber Rudolf, Prof. Institut für Molekularbiologie und Biophysik, ETH Zürich Tübingen, DE
Hönggerberg • Dept. of Genetics,
Goebels Norbert, Prof. Neurologische Klinik, Universitätsspital Zürich University of Pennsylvania,
Helmchen Fritjof, Prof. Institut für Hirnforschung, Universität Zürich Philadelphia, US
Hock Christoph, Prof. Abteilung für Psychiatrische Forschung, Universität Zürich • Dept. of Medicine,
Ishai Alumit, Prof. Institut für Neuroradiologie, Universitätsspital Zürich The Johns Hopkins University,
Jäncke Lutz, Prof. Psychologisches Institut, Universität Zürich Baltimore, US
Jessberger Sebastian, Prof. Institut für Zellbiologie, ETH Zürich • Dept. of Medicine, University
Kappos Ludwig, Prof. Abteilung Neurologie, Universitätsspital Basel of Colorado at Denver and
Kiper Daniel, PD Dr. Institut für Neuroinformatik, Universität und ETH Zürich Health Sciences Center, US
Knüsel Irene, Dr. Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universität Zürich • Dept. of Molecular and
Kollias Spyros, Prof. Institut für Neuroradiologie, Universitätsspital Zürich Cellular Neurobiology,
Konietzko Uwe, Dr. Abteilung für Psychiatrische Forschung, Universität Zürich Nencki Inst. of Experimental
Biology, Warsaw, PL
• Dept. of Molecular and
Cellular Neurobiology,
Research Inst. Neurosciences,
Vrije Universiteit,
Amsterdam, NL
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NCCR Neuro
• Dept. of Molecular
Neurobiology, University of
Groningen, Haren, NL
• Dept. of Neurobiology &
Behavior, University of
California, Irvine, US
• Dept. of Neuropharmacology,
University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, US
• Dept. of Neuroscience Achievements
and Cell Biology, Robert Wood The power of neuroscience Recognition Spin offs
Johnson Medical School, has been brought to bear The achievements of the Major efforts have been
University of Medicine on the understanding of NCCR were recognized by made to extend joint
and Dentistry of New Jersey, the diseases of the brain a large number of interna- projects with major
Piscataway, US and spinal cord and the
• Dept. of Pharmacology,
tionally and nationally pharma companies. In
possibility of restoring prestigious prices awarded addition, two spin-off
Graduate School of Medicine,
neural functions. The to members of the NCCR companies arose from the
Kyoto University, JP
NCCR Neuro has achieved Neuro. NCCR and provide new
• Dept. of Pharmacology,
Toxicology and Pharmacy,
major milestones in trans- positions for young scien-
lating basic neuroscience New professorships
University of Veterinary tists: NewBehavior AG
into therapy since its To advance the NCCR, in Zurich („Intellicage”)
Medicine Hannnover, DE
• Dept. of Physiology, beginning in 2001. The eight new professorships and Neurimmune Thera-
University of Toronto, CA collaboration between were created since the be- peutics AG in Zurich.
• Dept. of Psychiatry, experimental and clinical ginning: in clinical and ex- Twenty-two patents have
University of Dresden, DE neuroscience has been perimental analysis of been issued.
• Dept. of Psychological further strengthened and multiple sclerosis, rehabili-
and Brain Sciences, Duke extended to include neuro- tation engineering, neu- Dialogue with society
University, Durham, US informatics; brain imaging roimaging, brain imaging of The dialogue between the
• Developmental Neurobiology, and engineering sciences. animals, stem cell biology, NCCR and society at large
Burnham Inst., La Jolla, US and experimental and clin- is an important aspect.
• Division of Biology, Therapeutic advances ical neurorehabilitation. Regular press contacts are
California Inst. of Technology, Immunotherapy has reach- organized and the Brain-
Pasadena, US ed the clinical stage in the Central facilities
Fair Zürich attracts thou-
• Division of Cell and treatment of spinal cord in- A core structure provides sands of visitors each year.
Developmental Genetics, jury and NCCR groups are methodological support for An informative and bal-
Dept. of Medicine, participating in the first the diverse projects of the anced communication with
University of California, clinical trials. Similarly, the NCCR.This facility consists the public is essential for
San Francisco, US stage is set for clinical trials of four integrative units. our work.
• Division of Neuroscience, of immunotherapy for The center of transgenesis
Children's Hospital & Dept. Alzheimer's disease. expertise and the center of Outlook
Neurobiology, Harvard behavioral assessment Based on the past achie-
Medical School, Boston, US Basic science were complemented by a vements the NCCR will
• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Basic neuroscience has center dedicated to animal continue to promote basic
Research Center, Seattle, US been strongly promoted to imaging and a center on science, provide new
• Immunobiology Lab., Cancer follow new avenues in stem systems proteomics. insights into disease
Research UK, London cell research and neural mechanisms and advance
Research Inst., London, GB differentiation as well as in Education
therapies for injuries and
• Immunology Dept., the process of rehabilita- The Neuroscience Center disorders of the CNS.
University of Mainz, DE Zurich (ZNZ) offers the In-
tion of the injured CNS.
• Inst. für Biochemie, ternational Ph.D. Program Further information see
Universität Erlangen- in Neuroscience. About 80 www.nccr-neuro.uzh.ch
Nürnberg, DE Ph.D. students of the NCCR
• Inst. for Developmental
Neuro are currently en-
Genetics, GSF - National
rolled in this program.
Research Center for
Environment and Health,
Munich, DE
• Inst. for Systems Biology,
Seattle, US
• Inst. of Molecular Medicine
and Genetics, Medical College
of Georgia, Augusta, US
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• Lab. de biologie moléculaire
de développement
(INSERM U 368), Ecole
Normale Superieure, Paris, FR
• Lab. de Neurobiologie de
l'apprentissage, de la mémoire
et de la communication,
Université Paris-Sud 11,
Lipp Hans-Peter, Prof. Anatomisches Institut, Universität Zürich Orsay, FR
Mansuy Isabelle, Prof. Institut für Hirnforschung, Universität Zürich • Lab. for Behavioral Genetics,
Martin Kevan, Prof. Institut für Neuroinformatik, Universität und ETH Zürich Riken Brain Science Inst.,
Micera Silvestro, Dr. Institut für Automatik, ETH Zürich Saitama, JP
Mir Anis, Dr. Novartis Pharma AG, Basel • Lab. of Genetic
Molinari Maurizio, Dr. Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona Neuropharmacology,
Nitsch Roger M., Prof. Abteilung für Psychiatrische Forschung, Universität Zürich McLean Hospital, Harvard
Rausch Martin, Dr. Novartis Pharma AG, Basel Medical School, Belmont, US
Reith Walter, Prof. Département de Pathologie et Immunologie, Université de Genève • Lab. of Neurobiology
Relvas João, Dr. Institut für Zellbiologie, ETH Zürich Hönggerberg and Genetics, Rockefeller
Riener Robert, Prof. Professur für Sensomotorische Systeme, ETH Zürich University, New York, US
Rouiller Eric, Prof. Institut de Physiologie, Université de Fribourg • Mathematical Bioscience
Rudin Markus, Prof. Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universität Inst., Ohio State University,
und ETH Zürich und Institut für Biomedizinische Technik, Columbus, US
Universität und ETH Zürich • Max Planck Inst. for Brain
Sandoghdar Vahid, Prof. Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, ETH Zürich Hönggerberg Research, Frankfurt, DE
Scherberger Hans, Dr. Institut für Neuroinformatik, Universität und ETH Zürich • Max Planck Inst. for
Schurch Brigitte, PD Dr. Paraplegikerzentrum, Universitätsklinik Balgrist, Zürich Immunobiology, Freiburg, DE
Schwab Martin E., Prof. Institut für Hirnforschung, Universität Zürich und • Merck, Sharp & Dohme
Departement für Biologie, ETH Zürich Neuroscience Research
Singer Tania, Prof. Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Universität Zürich Centre, Harlow, GB
Sommer Lukas, Prof. Anatomisches Institut, Universität Zürich • Molekulare Neurobiochemie,
Sonderegger Peter, Prof. Biochemisches Institut, Universität Zürich Ruhr-Universität Bochum, DE
Stoeckli Esther, Prof. Zoologisches Institut, Universität Zürich • Netherlands Cancer Inst.,
Suter Tobias, Dr. Klinische Immunologie, Universitätsspital Zürich Amsterdam, NL
Suter Ulrich, Prof. Institut für Zellbiologie, ETH Zürich Hönggerberg • Netherlands Inst. for Brain
Thallmair Michaela, Dr. Institut für Hirnforschung, Universität Zürich Research, Amsterdam, NL
Valavanis Anton, Prof. Institut für Neuroradiologie, Universitätsspital Zürich • Nucleus for Interdisciplinary
Weller Michael, Prof. Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsspital Zürich Sound Studies, University of
Wolfer David, Prof. Anatomisches Institut, Universität Zürich Campinas, BR
Wollscheid Bernd, Dr. Institut für Molekulare Systembiologie, ETH Zürich Hönggerberg • Psychiatrie et Neurobiologie
Zeilhofer Hanns Ulrich, Prof. Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universität Zürich und (INSERM U513),
Institut für Pharmazeutische Wissenschaften, ETH Zürich Inst. Mondor de Médecine
Zurn Anne, Dr. Service de Chirurgie Expérimentale, CHUV, Lausanne Moléculaire, Créteil, FR
• Royal Victoria Hospital,
Delegates McGill University,
Colombo Gery, Dr. Hocoma AG, Voketswil Montreal, CA
Mansuy Isabelle, Prof. Institut für Hirnforschung, Universität Zürich • RS Dow Neurobiology Lab.,
Knecht Wolfgang, Dr. Zentrum für Neurowissenschaften Zürich, Universität Legacy Research, Portland, US
und ETH Zürich • Salk Inst., University of
California, San Diego, US
• School of Biology, University
of St Andrews, GB
• School of Biosciences,
University of Birmingham, GB
• The Rudbeck Lab., Uppsala
University Hospital, SE
• Zentrum für Molekulare
Neurobiologie, Universität
Hamburg, DE
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NCCR Neuro
Economy / Industry
• Alcon Lab. Inc., Fort Worth, US
• Bruker Biospin AG,
Fällanden, CH
• Compex Medical SA,
Ecublens, CH
• ESBATech AG, Zürich-
Schlieren, CH
• GlaxoSmithKline AG, Statistical Input – Output Data
London, GB
Funding source (CHF) Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Total %
• GlaxoSmithKline AG,
Verona, IT SNSF funding 4 100 000 4 100 000 4 100 000 4 100 000 16 400 000 19
• Hocoma AG, Volketswil, CH
Self-funding from home
• Merck Serono International institution1 1 500 000 1 500 000 2 200 000 2 200 000 7 400 000 9
S.A., Geneva, CH Self-funding from ETH
1 500 000 1 500 000 1 500 000 1 500 000 6 000 000 7
• Novartis Pharma Schweiz AG, Zurich
Basel, CH Self-funding from project
12 681 098 12 681 098 12 681 098 12 681 098 50 724 392 60
• Philips Medical Systems AG, participants
Zurich, CH Third-party funding2 999 384 1 000 000 583 334 1 401 712 3 984 430 5
• Warren Pharmaceuticals Inc.,
Ossining, US Total 20 780 482 20 781 098 21 064 432 21 882 810 84 508 822 100
• Zühlke Engineering AG,
Schlieren, CH Personnel3 Total of Female % Male % CH Most Represented Nations Other
Others Persons DE FR IT US RU Nations
• Christopher Reeve Paralysis Management 2.234 5 50 5 50 6 3 1 0 0 0 0
Foundation, Short Hills, US Master students 24 16 67 8 33 23 0 1 0 0 0 0
• International Spinal Research Doctoral students 144 57 40 87 60 53 40 7 8 2 0 36
Trust (ISRT), Surrey, GB
Postdoctoral students 34 14 41 20 59 6 7 4 1 1 1 14
Research associates 29 14 48 15 52 14 7 0 0 0 2 7
Senior researchers5 119 31 26 88 74 47 34 6 2 4 4 24
Other staff 53 39 74 14 26 37 8 0 1 1 1 5
Total 405.23 176 43 237 57 186 99 19 12 8 8 86
1
Personnel costs, equipment and consumables, not included infrastructure and basic equipment
2
Not included is CTI funding (cf. page 6). Since the start of the NCCR 6 projects have been funded by CTI at a total amount
of 12.2 million CHF.
3
Persons involved in the NCCR in the last reporting period (12 months)
4
Full-time equivalent, including NCCR-Director and persons in charge of knowledge and technology transfer,
and education and training
5
Including leaders of the individual projects and other organisational units of the NCCR
Evaluation and Monitoring by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Members of the Review Panel
Meier Jürg, Dr. (Chair) Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Bonhoeffer Tobias, Prof. Max-Planck Institut für Neurobiologie, München-Martinsried, DE
Clarke Hosek Stéphanie, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Compston Alastair, Prof. Neurology Unit, University of Cambridge, GB
Ghisalba Oreste, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Götz Magdalena, Prof. Institute of Stem Cell Research GSF, National Research Center
for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, DE
Herrling Paul, Dr. Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, CH
Lindvall Olle, Prof. Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, University Hospital of Lund, SE
Thier Hans-Peter, Prof. Neurologische Universitätsklinik, Universität Tübingen, DE
Wiestler Otmar, Prof. Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, DE
NCCR Office SNSF
Bachmann Stefan, Dr. Schweiz. Nationalfonds, Wildhainweg 3, 3001 Bern,
phone: + 41 (0)31 308 23 49, fax: + 41 (0)31 305 29 71,
sbachmann@snf.ch
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Partnerships for Mitigating
Syndromes of Global Change
NCCR North-South
Home Institution
University of Bern
Start of the NCCR
July 1, 2001
NCCR Management
Research The political economy of (Ethiopia) Directors
coffee: Global markets, local West Africa (WAF) Hurni Hans, Prof.
Work Package Coordinator: Cissé G.
production and options for phone: + 41 (0)31 631 88 76
“Governance and Conflict” (Ivory Coast)
sustainable development hans.hurni@cde.unibe.ch
Head: Goetschel L. South-East Asia (SEA)
Leader: Ludi E. Wiesmann Urs, Prof.
Deputy Head: Carton M. Coordinator: Koottatep T.
The impact of development (Thailand) phone: + 41 (0)31 631 88 69
– Negotiating Statehood urs.wiesmann@cde.unibe.ch
– Governance interventions disparities South Asia (SAS)
– Conflict and Economy on the poverty - environment Coordinator: Upreti B. (Nepal) Coordinator
nexus: Contextuality of Central Asia (CAS) Breu Thomas, Dr.
Work Package “Livelihood decision-making and miti- Coordinator: Arynova M. phone: + 41 (0)31 631 30 58
Options and Globalisation” gation strategies (Kyrgyzstan) thomas.breu@cde.unibe.ch
Head: Müller-Böker U. Leader: Messerli P. Central America Deputy Coordinator
Deputy Head: Rabinovich A. and Caribbean (CCA) Herweg Karl, Dr.
From vulnerability to Coordinator: Perez Gutierrez
– Livelihoods, Concepts and Management Assistant
resilience: Assessing the M.A. (Costa Rica)
Contexts Vollenwyder Barbara, Ms.
potential and limitation South America (SAM)
– Livelihood Strategies and Knowledge and
of a new conceptual approach Coordinator: De la Fuente M.
Poverty Technology Transfer
for pathways to sustainable (Bolivia)
– Livelihoods and Territory Michel Claudia, Dr.
development Swiss Alps (ALP)
Work Package “Health and Leader: Obrist B. Coordinator: Wallner A. Education and Training
Environmental Sanitation” (Switzerland) Herweg Karl, Dr.
Innovations in decision-
Head: Tanner M. Advancement of Women /
making processes for Partnership Actions for
Deputy Heads: Schertenleib R., Career Building
sustainable urban projects Mitigating Syndromes of
Zinsstag J. Zimmermann Anne, Dr.
Leader: Rabinovich A. Global Change (PAMS)
– Determinants of vulnerability Partnership Actions
and resilience Operationalising human The NCCR North-South is Salmi Annika, lic. phil.
– Improved environmental security for livelihood protec- implementing a series of Communication
sanitation tion: Analysis, monitoring pilot activities that apply re- Breu Thomas, Dr.
– Equity-effective interven- and mitigation of existential search results in concrete de-
Financial Management
tions to alleviate poverty threats by and for local velopment settings. These are
Balsiger Urs, MBA
communities proposed by partners and
Work Package “Natural Leader: Schnabel A. associated institutions through
Resources in Sustainable Address
programme calls, selected by
Development” Sustaining livelihoods in NCCR North-South
the Board, and executed in
trans-local and trans-national University of Bern
Head: Wiesmann U. partnership with the WPs in
settings Hallerstrasse 10
Deputy Head: Hurni H. JACS regions.
Leader: Thieme S. 3012 Bern
– Environmental dynamics, phone: + 41 (0)31 631 52 72
natural resources and liveli- Knowledge, power and Platforms, fax: + 41 (0)31 631 85 44
hoods politics: Evaluating institu- Programmes etc. nccr-north-south@cde.unibe.ch
– Knowledge, values and tional and social practices in Secretariat of the Swiss
power in natural resource sustainable development and Web Addresses
Commission for Research
management syndrome mitigation research www.north-south.unibe.ch
– Development-environment Partnerships with Developing
Leader: Zingerli C. www.nccr-north-south.unibe.ch
nexus in trans-contexual Countries (KFPE)
settings Executive Secretary: Lys J.-A. Public Relations
Research in Joint Areas
Transversal Package of Case Studies (JACS) • Research Partnerships for
Global Change, Innovation and
“Syndrome Mitigation and The NCCR North-South Sustainable Development,
its Scientific Foundations” carries out integrated, 2008 brochure
Head: Hurni H. context-specific, problem- and • Research Partnerships for
Coordinator: Rist S. mitigation-oriented research Mitigating Syndromes of
Extensive production in the following regions: Global Change, 2007, flyer
systems in semi-arid regions – East Africa (EAF) • Overview of Research, Re-
Options for sustainable Coordinator: Kiteme B. (Kenya) search Partnerships in Inter-
future livelihoods Horn of Africa (HOA) national Cooperation, 2004
Coordinator: Debele B. • News on websites
Leader: Bonfoh B.
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Partnerships for Mitigating
Syndromes of Global Change
NCCR North-South
Third Party Cooperation
(in progress)
Programmes
• IHDP
Research Institutions
• Abteilung Angewandte
Linguistik (AAL),
University of Bern, CH
Heads of Individual Research Projects
• Centre for Molecular Bonfoh Bassirou, Dr. Swiss Tropical Institute STI, Bamako, ML
Microbiology and Infection, Carton Michel, Prof. Institut Universitaire d’Etudes du Développement IUED, Genève, CH
Imperial College, London, GB Goetschel Laurent, Prof. swisspeace, Bern, CH
• Centre Régional pour l'Eau Hurni Hans, Prof. Centre for Development and Environment, GIUB,
Potable et L'Assainissement University of Bern, CH
à faible coût (CREPA), Ludi Eva, Dr. Overseas Development Institute ODI, London, GB
Ouagadougou, BF Messerli Peter, Dr. Centre for Development and Environment, Vientiane, LA
• Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Müller-Böker Ulrike, Prof. Development Study Group, GIUZ, University of Zurich, CH
Tapachula, MX Obrist Brigit, Prof. Swiss Tropical Institute STI, University of Basel, CH
• Dept. of Anthropology, Kannur Rabinovich Adriana, Dr. Laboratoire de Sociologie Urbaine LaSUR, INTER, EPF Lausanne, CH
University (KU), Kerala, IN Schertenleib Roland, Dipl. Ing. SANDEC, EAWAG-ETHZ, Dübendorf, CH
• Dept. of Ecology and Natural Schnabel Albrecht, Dr. swisspeace, Bern, CH
Resources (IMECBIO), Tanner Marcel, Prof. Swiss Tropical Institute STI, University of Basel, CH
University of Guadalajara, Thieme Susan, Dr. Division of Human Geography, GIUZ, University of Zurich, CH
Autlán, MX Wiesmann Urs, Prof. Centre for Development and Environment, GIUB,
• Dept. of Plant Biology, University of Bern, CH
Faculty of Science, Zingerli Claudia, Dr. Division of Human Geography, GIUZ, University of Zurich, CH
University of Yaoundé, CM
• Dept. of Social & Environ- Regional JACS Coordinators
mental Medicine, Faculty
Arynova Mira Regional Coordination Office Central Asia, Bishkek, KG
of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol
Cissé Guéladio, Prof. Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques, Abidjan, CI
University, Bangkok, TH
Debele Berhanu Regional Coordination Office Horn of Africa, Addis Abeba, ET
• Dept. of Social Anthropology,
De la Fuente Manuel Regional Coordination Office South America, Cochabamba, BO
University of Basel, CH
Kiteme Boniface, Dr. Centre for Training and Integrated Research in Arid and Semi-arid
• Dept. of Systems Analysis,
Lands Development CETRAD, Nanyuki, KE
Integrated Assessment and
Koottatep Thammarat, Dr. Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Pathumthani, TH
Modelling (SIAM), Swiss
Perez Gutierrez Maria Angelina Facultad Latinoamericana en Ciencias Sociales FLACSO-CR
Federal Inst. of Aquatic
San José, CR
Science and Technology,
Upreti Bishnu Raj, Dr. Regional Coordination Office South Asia, Kathmandu, NP
Duebendorf, CH
Wallner Astrid, Dr. Centre for Development and Environment, GIUB,
• Facultad Latinoamericana de
University of Bern, CH
Ciencias Sociales Programa
Costa Rica, San José, CR
• Faculty of Environment North-South Partnership Institutions
and Resource Studies, Agroecologia Universidad Cochabamaba AGRUCO, BO
Mahidol University, Nakhon Ayuda Obrera Suiza AOS, La Paz, BO
Pathom, TH Central Department of Geography CDG, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, NP
• Fundación de la Universidad Centre de Support en Santé Internationale CSSI, N’Djaména, TD
de Costa Rica para Centre de Technique de la Planification et d’Economie Appliquée CTPEA, Port-au-Prince, HT
la Investigación (FUNDEVI), Centre for Development Studies CDS, Kerala, IN
San José, CR Centre for Security Studies FSK, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, CH
• Hochschuldidaktik, Univer- Centre for Training and Integrated Research in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands Development CETRAD,
sität Bern, CH Nanyuki, KE
• Human and Natural Resource Centre National d’Hygiène CNH, Nouakchott, MR
Studies Centre (HNRSC), Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques CSRS, Abidjan, CI
Kathmandu University, NP Centro Bartolomé de las Casas CBC, Centre for Andean Regional Studies, Colegio Andino, Cuzco, PE
Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo CIDES, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, BO
City Government of Kunming, CN
Departamento de Organización del Espacio DOE, Universidad Centroamericana “José Simeón Cañas”,
San Salvador, SV
Département de Sociologie et Anthropologie, Université de Yaoundé DSA-UY, CM
Department of Geography, University Dar es Salaam, TZ
Department of Natural Science, Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University, Bishkek, KG
Department of Urban Water Management UWM, EAWAG, Duebendorf, CH
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• Ifakara Health Research
and Development Centre
(IHRDC), TZ
• Inst. Supérieur Inter-Etats
de formation et de recherche
dans les domaines de l'Eau,
l'Energie, l'Environnement
et les Infrastructures (EIER),
Ouagadougou, BF
Topics • Inst. for Human-Environment
The present-day world is syndromes of global chan- with institutions in de- Systems (HES),
threatened by increasing ge, the pressures these veloping and transition Swiss Federal Inst. of
insecurity, which is caused syndromes and their countries, thereby building Technology, Zurich, CH
by processes of global causes exert on different competence and capacity • Inst. of Livestock, Veterinary
change, globalisation, and resources (human, natural, in order to develop socially Sciences and Pastures
(ILVSP), Agrarian Academy,
global disparities. There economic), and the re- robust knowledge for miti-
Bishkek, KG
are regions where a num- sponses of different social gation action. Through
• Inst. de Estudios Sociales
ber of core problems form groups and society as a its activities and partner-
(IESE), Universidad Mayor de
clusters, which eventually whole. By identifying ships, the NCCR North- San Simón, Cochabamba, BO
lead to syndromes, the mit- the potentials of social South will contribute to • Inst. del Conurbano (ICO),
igation of which is a global systems for mitigating developing the capabilities Universidad General
challenge and a precon- syndromes, by considering of partner institutions Sarmiento (UNGS),
dition for achieving sus- their dynamics, and by and societies at large in Buenos Aires, AR
tainable development. The adhering to existing inno- developing and transition • Inst. Dr. José Maria Luis Mora,
NCCR North-South will vative solutions, the NCCR countries, thereby even- México D.F., MX
contribute, through high- will also contribute to de- tually helping these insti- • Interdisziplinäres Zentrum
quality, disciplinary, inter- signing ways of mitigating tutions to find sustainable für Frauen- und
disciplinary and trans- syndromes. The NCCR solutions with the means Geschlechterforschung
disciplinary research, to an North-South will enable available in their own local (IZFG), Universität Bern, CH
improved understanding of Swiss research institutions contexts. • International Centre
the status of different to enhance partnerships for Integrated Mountain
Development (ICIMOD),
Kathmandu, NP
• Journalists for Democracy
Directorship of the Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve DRBSM, Autlán, MX
and Human Rights (JDHR),
Ecole Inter-Etats d’Ingénieurs de l’Equipement Rural EIER, Ouagadougou, BF
Islamabad, PK
Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Agronomiques ESSA, University of Antananarivo, MG
• Postgraduate Program in De-
Ethiopian Amhara Region Agricultural Research Institute ARARI, Bahr Dar, ET
velopment Sciences, Univer-
Facultad de Agronomia, Agroecologia, Universidad Cochabamba AGRUCO, BO
sity Mayor de San Andrés
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales FLACSO, San José, CR
(CIDES-UMSA), La Paz, BO
Faculté des Sciences et Gestion de l’Environnement, Université d’Abobo-Adjamé -
• Postgraduate Program in
UAA-FGS, Abidjan, CI
Social Work, Universidad
Gujarat Institute for Development Research, Ahmedabad, IN
Nacional Autónoma (PLATS-
INESA Société Inter-Entreprises, Port-au-Prince, HT
UNAH), Tegucigalpa, HN
Institute of Anthropology, University of Basel, CH
• Sustainable Development
Institute of Economic Growth, University Enclave, New Delhi, IN
Alternatives (SDA),
Institute of Social Anthropology ESUZ, University of Zurich, CH
Rawalpindi, PK
Institute of Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Central University of Venezuela,
• Unidad Azcapotzalco,
Caracas, VE
Universidad Autónoma
Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales IIS de la Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico UNAM,
Metropolitana (UAM-A),
Mexico City, MX
México D.F., MX
Inter-Municipal Initiative IMI, Autlán, MX
• Universidad de Ciencias y
Kunming Institute of Environmental Science, CN
Artes de Chiapas
Laboratoire de Recherches Vétérinaires et Zootechniques de Farcha LRVZ, N’Djaména, TD
(UNICACH), San Cristóbal
Laboratory of Hydrology and Land Improvement HYDRAM, ISTE, EPF Lausanne, CH
de las Casas, MX
Manantlán Institute of Ecology and Conservation of Biodiversity IMECBIO, University of Guadalajara,
• Universidad Nacional
Autlán, MX
Autonoma (UNAM),
Mekong River Commission MRC, Vientiane, LA
México D.F., MX
Nepal Institute of Development Studies NIDS, Kathmandu, NP
Pollution Control Department PCD, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Bangkok, TH
Post-graduate Course on Developing Countries ETHZ-NADEL, Zurich, CH
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK, Potsdam, DE
School of Environment, Resources and Development SERD, Asian Institute of Technology AIT,
Bangkok, TH
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North-South: Research
Partnerships for Mitigating
Syndromes of Global Change
NCCR North-South
Others
• Bread for All / Brot für Alle Achievements
(BFA), Berne, CH Four Work Packages (WP) Integration and Synthesis Institutionalisation
• Cooperation and Training and one Transversal Pack- The most important means The NCCR North-South
Division, Urban Research age (TP) form the scientific of integration is the Trans- elaborated a concept for
Inst. (URI), Vientiane, LA core of the NCCR North- versal Package (TP). The the creation of an inter-
• Fundación Sodis, South. Each of these brings
Cochabamba, BO
TP focuses on “Syndrome university ‘Doctoral Pro-
together at least two Insti- mitigation and its scientific gramme on Global Change,
• Holistic Understanding for
tutional Partners (IPs), foundations”, and works Innovation and Sustain-
Justified Research and Action
representing specific fields with eight TP projects able Development’. The
(HUJRA), Mingora, PK
• Inst. del Bien Comun (IBC),
of scientific competence working at the interface idea behind this coopera-
Lima, PE that contribute to syn- between at least two Work tion project is to build on
• Kyrgyz Sheep Breeding drome mitigation research. Package themes and in the experience of the
Association, Bishkek, KG The four Work Packages different partnership re- NCCR North-South by cre-
• Lao National Mekong Com- focus on (1) governance gions to allow comparison ating a permanent struc-
mission Secretariat (LNMCS), and conflict transforma- of patterns of global ture for sustainability re-
Vientiane, LA tion, (2) livelihoods and change problems.These TP search that focuses on the
• Maji na Ufanisi (Water & globalisation, (3) health projects were entrusted to needs of developing and
Development), Nairobi, KE and environmental sanita- research teams under the transition countries. By in-
• OXFAM GB Bolivia, Fundación tion, and (4) natural re- leadership of promising corporating the experience
La Paz, Fundación para el sources in sustainable de- post-doctoral researchers of the NCCR North-South,
Desarollo Participativo velopment. Activities are from the North and the the planned doctoral pro-
Comunitario (FUNDEPCO), carried out in nine partner- South who aspire to aca- gramme will be a unique
La Paz, BO ship regions worldwide demic careers. After two addition to the landscape of
• Plan Maestro para la (JACS) on four continents. years of activity, the TP higher education in
Revitalización Integral de la These regions form the projects have already pro- Switzerland, guaranteeing
Habana Vieja, Havana, CU focal point and platform of
• PROClim, Forum for
duced a multitude of scien- training at doctoral, post-
partnership-based disci- tific outputs, proving their doctoral and possibly also
Climate and Global Change,
plinary, inter- and transdis- effectiveness in integrating master’s levels in the long
Swiss Academy of Sciences,
ciplinary re-search proj- research across discipli- term. Participating institu-
Berne, CH
• Rural Advisory Services
ects on global change and nary boundaries. tions so far are the Univer-
“Chui”, Bishkek, KG sustainable development. sities of Bern, Zurich, and
After six years of pro-
• Science et Cité, Berne, CH Scientific Output Basel, including the Swiss
gramme activity, the NCCR
• State Secretariat for Economic Tropical Institute and
Activities in the first six North-South has also
Affairs (SECO), Bern, CH Swisspeace. The existing
years led to 700 publica- started a mid-term synthe-
• Sustainable Development partnerships with research
Alternatives (SDA),
tions (of which over 250 sis of the programme’s re-
institutions in developing
Islamabad, PK refereed), 500 reports and search results. The core
countries will continue to
• Swiss Association of Research more than 1200 presenta- output of this synthesis
be an integral component
Managers and Administrators tions, all of which resulted project will be a publica-
of the programme.
(SARMA), Università della directly from the research tion of about 400 pages,
Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, CH carried out in the pro- with contributions by re- Further information see
• Swiss Information and Data gramme. A total of 136 searchers from all pro- www.north-south.unibe.ch
Archive for the Social Sciences PhD studies have been gramme entities. The dif-
(SIDOS), Neuchâtel, CH launched so far, of which 48 ferent contributions to this
• Swiss Red Cross, Bishkek, KG are now completed and 88 publication will be dis-
• Velux Foundation, Zurich, CH are ongoing. In the past cussed at an International
• Water Supply and Sanitation year, more than 20 new Conference, scheduled for
Collaborative Council PhD students were se- 2 to 4 July 2008 in Switzer-
(WSSCC), Geneva, CH lected for Phase 2. land.
Sustainable Development Policy Institute SDPI, Islamabad, PK
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC, Regional Cooperation Office, Bishkek, KG
Tajik Academy of Sciences, Dushanbe, TJ
UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site, Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn JAB, Naters, CH
Universidad Mayor de San Simon UMSS, Cochabamba, BO
University of Cocody, Abidjan, CI
Uzbek Academy of Sciences, Tashkent, UZ
Yunnan Academy of Social Science, Kunming, CN
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Statistical Input – Output Data
Funding source (CHF) Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Total %
SNSF funding 3 500 000 3 500 000 3 500 000 3 500 000 14 000 000 36
Self-funding from home
institution1 490 714 425 766 452 595 476 376 1 845 451 5
Self-funding from project
participants 1 396 046 1 384 763 1 229 949 1 285 208 5 295 966 14
Third-party funding from
SDC 2 879 258 4 160 119 5 418 856 4 904 079 17 362 312 45
Total 8 266 018 9 470 648 10 601 400 10 165 663 38 503 729 100
Personnel2 Total of Female % Male % CH Most Represented Nations Other
Persons KG KE NP AR DE Nations
Management 6.803 6 35 11 65 15 0 0 0 0 1 5
Master students 72 34 47 38 53 30 2 6 10 0 0 24
Doctoral students 93 34 37 59 63 33 4 1 4 1 3 46
Postdoctoral students 4 1 25 3 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Research associates 82 42 51 40 49 24 10 4 1 8 2 33
Senior researchers4 132 34 26 98 74 40 5 5 6 7 11 69
Other staff 71 40 56 31 44 28 5 9 4 5 2 20
Total 460.80 191 41 280 59 170 26 25 25 21 19 201
1
Personnel costs, equipment and consumables, not included infrastructure and basic equipment
2
Persons involved in the NCCR in the last reporting period (12 months)
3
Full-time equivalent, including NCCR-Director and persons in charge of knowledge and technology transfer,
and education and training
4
Including leaders of the individual projects and other organisational units of the NCCR
Evaluation and Monitoring by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Members of the Review Panel
Levy René, Prof. (Chair) Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Bradley David, Prof. Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School
of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, GB
Brock Lothar, Prof. Fachbereich Gesellschaftswissenschaften, Johann Wolfgang
Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, DE
Flury Manuel, Dr. Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC, Berne, CH
Hasler Martin, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Jeffery Roger, Prof. Department of Sociology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB
Narasimha Reddy D., Prof. Department of Economics, University of Hyderabad,
Hyderabad, IN
Shisana Olive, Dr. Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town, ZA
Stocking Michael, Prof. School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia,
Norwich, GB
Wehrli Bernhard, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
NCCR Office SNSF
Christ Urs, Dr. Schweiz. Nationalfonds, Wildhainweg 3, 3001 Bern
phone: + 41 (0)31 308 23 50, fax: + 41 (0)31 305 29 71
uchrist@snf.ch
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Plant Survival in Natural
and Agricultural Ecosystems
NCCR Plant Survival
Home Institution
University of Neuchâtel
Start of the NCCR
April 1, 2001
NCCR Management
Director
Rahier Martine, Prof. Development of novel
Research Technological Platforms,
phone: + 41 (0)32 718 31 37 control methods for grape
martine.rahier@unine.ch Module “Natural Programmes etc.
moths based on their
Deputy Director and Agro-Ecosystems” Sequencing and microarrays
sex pheromones and host
Neuhaus Jean-Marc, Prof. Multitrophic interactions plant attractants H: Neuhaus J.-M.
phone: + 41 (0)32 718 22 07 Head: Turlings T. H: Guerin P. Chemical analysis
jean-marc.neuhaus@unine.ch Bacher S., Benrey B., Bshary R., H: Vallat A.
Coordinator Farmer T., Kuhlemeier C., Module “Energy-Resources”
Arnold Claire, Dr. Rahier M. ICP-MS analysis
phone: + 41 (0)32 718 25 03 Plastid function and plant H: Föllmi K.
Genetic introgression and survival
claire.arnold@unine.ch Greenhouse facilities
ecological consequences
Office Secretary H: Kessler F. H: Felber F.
H: Bigler F. Hörtensteiner S.,
Jauslin Carol, Mrs. Felber F., Kuepfer P.,
phone: + 41 (0)32 718 25 00 Fankhauser C., Rentsch D., Data analysis
Nentwig W., Romeis J. Rochaix D., Zeeman S. H: Davison A.
plant.survival@unine.ch
Communication
Evolution and spread of Mycorrhiza development Graduate School
Chlebny Igor, Mr. potentially invasive plants and functioning, and H: Turlings T.
phone: + 41 (0)32 718 25 07 H: Guisan A. its effect on soil structure
Buttler A., Gillet F., GIS facilities (ECOSPAT lab)
igor.chlebny@unine.ch H: Martinoia E.
Müller-Schärer H., Schaffner U., H: Guisan A.
Knowledge and Gobat J.-G., Reinhardt D.,
Steinger T. Paszkowski U.
Technology Transfer
El Kadiri-Jan Tourya, Dr.
phone: + 41 (0)32 718 25 06 Module “Disease Resistance Module “Modelling and
tourya.elkadiri-jan@unine.ch and Pest Control” Statistics”
Grant Jason, Dr. Grapevine diseases Statistical and dynamical
phone: + 41 (0)32 718 25 22 and resistance mechanisms modelling
jason.grant@unine.ch H: Neuhaus J.-M. H: Davison A.
Education and Training Amrhein N., Métraux J.-P., Gillet F., Goldstein D.,
Ted Turlings, Prof. Gindro K., Mauch-Mani B., Bersier L.-F.
phone: + 41 (0)32 718 31 58 Tamm L., Viret O.
ted.turlings@unine.ch
Bobillier Christiane, Dr.
Heads of Individual Research Projects and Subprojects
phone: + 41 (0)32 718 25 02
christiane.bobillier@unine.ch Amrhein Nikolaus, Prof. Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften, ETH-Zentrum, Zürich
Bacher Sven, Prof. Zoologisches Institut, Universität Bern
Equal Opportunity
Benrey Betty, Dr. Institut de Zoologie, Université de Neuchâtel
El Kadiri-Jan Tourya, Dr.
Bersier Louis-Félix, Dr. Département de Biologie, Université de Fribourg
phone: + 41 (0)32 718 25 06
Bigler Franz, Dr. Eidg. Forschungsanstalt für Agrarökologie und Landbau, Zürich
tourya.elkadiri-jan@unine.ch
Bshary Redouan, Prof. Institut de Zoologie, Université de Neuchâtel
Address Buttler Alexandre, Prof. Institut fédéral de recherches sur la forêt, la neige et le paysage,
NCCR Plant Survival Antenne romande c/o EPF Lausanne
Rue Emile Argand 11 Davison Anthony C., Prof. Département de Mathématiques, EPF Lausanne
Case postale 158 Fankhauser Christian, Prof. Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne
2009 Neuchâtel Farmer Edward E., Prof. Département de biologie Moléculaire Végétale,
phone: + 41 (0)32 718 25 00 Université de Lausanne
fax: + 41 (0)32 718 25 01 Felber François, Dr. Institut de Botanique, Université de Neuchâtel
plant.survival@unine.ch Gillet François, Dr. Laboratoire des Systèmes Ecologiques, EPF Lausanne
Gindro Katia, Dr. Agroscope RAC Changins, Nyon
Web Address Gobat Jean-Michel, Prof. Institut de Botanique, Université de Neuchâtel
www.unine.ch/plantsurvival Goldstein Darlene, Dr. Département de Mathématiques, EPF Lausanne
Guerin Patrick, Dr. Laboratoire de Physiologie sensorielle, Université de Neuchâtel
Public Relations
• Plant Survival News
(trilingual English, French
and German)
• Press releases
• New layout of the website
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Third Party Cooperation
(in progress)
Programmes
• COST 858
• SiTraMaisBT
Research Institutions
• Academia Sinica, Taipei, TW
Topics • Carnegie Institution
Plants are the primary pro- sity and sustainability, it is of its products, while of Washington, Stanford, US
• Center for Environmental
ducers of organic matter essential to increase our minimising the impact on
Science, Appalachian Lab.,
on land and central to knowledge of these inter- the environment. Other
Frostburg, US
almost all ecosystems. The actions. projects explore the mech-
• Center for Integrative
survival and performance We explore interactions anisms of resource exploi- Genomics, University of
of plants is therefore of among plants, and between tation and energy gene- Lausanne, CH
fundamental importance plants, insects and patho- ration at the leaf-air • Centre de coopération
to both the preservation gens from the molecule to and root-soil interfaces. internationale en recherche
of biodiversity and sustai- the ecosystem and land- To support these research agronomique pour le
nable agriculture. Plant scape level.We gather basic efforts, novel statistics and développement (CIRAD),
survival in natural and knowledge on resistance modelling methods are Montpellier, FR
agricultural systems is de- mechanisms in grapevine being developed , thereby • Centre for Organic
termined by a multitude of and apply this knowledge providing an impetus for Agriculture, University of
interactions with the biotic to develop new strategies such interdisciplinary col- Newcastle, GB
and abiotic environment, to improve the health of the laboration in Switzerland. • Centre for Sustainable
thus, to warrant biodiver- grapevine and the quality Agriculture, Lancaster
University, GB
• Dépt. de biologie moléculaire
Guisan Antoine, Prof. Laboratoire de Biologie de la Conservation, Université de Lausanne végétale, Université de
Hörtensteiner Stefan, Dr. Pflanzenbiologisches Institut, Universität Bern Lausanne, CH
Kessler Felix, Prof. Laboratoire de Physiologie Végétale, Université de Neuchâtel • Dept. of Biology, University of
Kuhlemeier Cris, Prof. Pflanzenbiologisches Institut, Universität Bern Technology of Darmstadt, DE
Kuepfer Philippe, Prof. Institut de Botanique, Université de Neuchâtel • Dept. of Horticulture and
Martinoia Enrico, Prof. Labor für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Universität Zürich Landscape Architecture,
Mauch-Mani Brigitte, Dr. Institut de Botanique, Université de Neuchâtel University of Colorado,
Métraux Jean-Pierre, Prof. Institut de Biologie Végétale, Université de Fribourg Fort Collins, US
Müller-Schärer Heinz, Prof. Département de Biologie, Université de Fribourg • Dept. of Life Science,
Nentwig Wolfgang, Prof. Zoologisches Institut, Universität Bern University Pohang, Postech, KR
Neuhaus Jean-Marc, Prof. Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, • Dept. of organic farming
Université de Neuchâtel and cropping, University of
Paszkowski Uta, Dr. Dép. de Biologie moléculaire végétale, Université de Lausanne Kassel, DE
Rahier Martine, Prof. Laboratoire d’Entomologie et Ecologie animale, • Dept. of Plant Physiology,
Université de Neuchâtel Umea University, SE
Reinhardt Didier, Dr. Département de Biologie et Zoologie, Université de Fribourg • Ecological Sediment and Soil
Rentsch Doris, Prof. Pflanzenbiologisches Institut, Universität Bern Assessment (ECOSSA),
Rochaix Jean-David, Prof. Département de Biologie Moléculaire, Université de Genève München, DE
Romeis Jörg, Prof. Agroscope FAL Reckenholz, Zürich • Facultad de Agronomía,
Schaffner Urs, Prof. CABI Bioscience Swiss Centre, Delémont Universidad Mayor
Tamm Lucius, Dr. Pflanzenschutz “Pflanzenkrankheiten”, Forschungsinstitut für de San Andrés, La Paz, BO
biologischen Landbau FiBL, Frick • Horticulture Dept.,
Turlings Ted, Prof. Laboratoire d’Entomologie et Ecologie Animale, Purdue University, US
Université de Neuchâtel • Inst. de Biologie Physico-
Vallat Armelle, Prof. Institut de Chimie, Université de Neuchâtel chimique, Centre National de
Viret Olivier, Dr. Agroscope RAC Changins, Nyon la Recherche Scientifique
Zeeman Samuel C., Dr. Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften, ETH-Zentrum, Zürich (CNRS), Paris, FR
• Inst. de recherche pour
l'ingénierie de l'agriculture
Members of the Advisory Board et de l'environnement
Appel Klaus, Prof. Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften ETH Zentrum Zürich, CH (Cemagref), Grenoble, FR
Baldwin Ian T., Prof. Max Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology, DE
Edwards Peter, Prof. Geobotanisches Institut, ETH Zentrum Zürich, CH
Hartmann Thomas, Prof. Institut für pharmazeutische Biologie, Technische Universität
Braunschweig, DE
Töpfer Reinhard, Prof. Institut für Rebenzüchtung, BA Züchtungsforschung, DE
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Plant Survival in Natural
and Agricultural Ecosystems
NCCR Plant Survival
• Inst. für Biowissenschaften,
Universität Würzburg, DE
• Inst. für Pflanzenwis-
senschaft, ETH Zürich, CH
• Inst. of Botany,
University of Basel, CH
• Inst. of Environmental
Sciences, University of
Zurich, CH
• Inst. of Grassland and Achievements
Environmental Research Interdisciplinary research CTI/KTI, five projects are allow Ph.D. students to
(IGER), Aberystwyth, GB directly supported by in- work in other laboratories
The NCCR Plant Survival
• Inst. of Organic Chemistry, dustries, two projects are and to present their re-
is interested in the interac-
University of Innsbruck, AT subsidised by foundations search at international
tions between plants and
• Lab. Biominéralisations and three are financed by congresses. The Doctoral
et paléoenvironnements,
their environment. The use
of grapevine and maize Swiss Agencies. Programme is part of the
Université Pierre et Marie
as model organisms has part of the regular offer of
Curie, Paris, FR Public relations
strengthened interdisci- the CUSO.
• Lab. for Electron Microscopy, The newsletter Plant Sur-
University of Chicago, US plinary research, allowing Education
vival News appears twice a
• Lehrstuhl für Pharma- phytopathologists, ento-
year in a tri-lingual issue The 58 Ph.D. students en-
zeutische Biologie, mologists, microbiologists,
(English, French and Ger- rolled during 2006-2007 in
Universität Würzburg, DE plant physiologists, and
man). Additionally, a small the Doctoral programme
• Max-Planck Inst. of Molecular biochemists to work to-
brochure presenting the Plants and their Environ-
Plant Physiology, Golm, DE gether. Petunia also prom-
Second Phase research ment were offered a choice
• Plant Energy Biology Inst., ises new discoveries in
University of Western
themes is available. The between ten courses in
the relationships between
Australia, Perth, AU presentation of the NCCR's communication, tools for
plants and pollinators, and
• Section Plant Genetics, Thematic Groups on the research, and scientific
through the observation of
Radboud University, website has been updated topics. The Doctoral pro-
its roots that live in sym-
Nijmegen, NL according to this brochure. gramme is part of the regu-
biosis with fungi. The im-
• Swiss Inst. of Bioinformatics, Up to 10 press releases per lar offer of the CUSO and
pact of new organisms in-
Lausanne, CH year are regularly sent to as such organized several
troduced in the natural en-
• Umweltforschungszentrum the Swiss media to inform courses in collaboration
vironment is also investi-
Leipzig-Halle GmbH (UFZ), DE the public about the broad with the 3ème cycle ro-
gated on different scales,
spectrum of our research mand en sciences bi-
Economy / Industry from the laboratory to
network. The NCCR Plant ologiques. Mobility grants
• Affymetrix, Inc., Santa landscape and large scale
Survival sponsored an ex- were awarded to allow
Clara, US crops. The research on en-
hibition at the Botanical Ph.D. students to visit and
• AgriSense-BCS Limited, ergy and resources empha-
Garden of Neuchâtel enti- work in other laboratories
Pontypridd, GB sises the key role played by
tled “Bizzzzzzness between and to present their re-
• BASF Chemical Company, light and soil on plant
Ludwigshafen, DE
plants and insects”. The search at international
growth, nutrition, and re-
• Burri Agricide, Ligerz, CH exhibition attracted about congresses. A survey sent
sistance.
• Isagro S.p.A., Milano, IT 35 000 visitors. These to all former Ph.D. students
• Omya AG Agro, Oftringen, CH Technology transfer measures make school stu- showed that the pro-
• Suterra LLC, Bend, US Our partner institutions dents, general public, end- gramme was largely appre-
that are oriented towards users, and policy makers ciated and is encouraged to
Others aware of our scientific re- continue.
applied research (Agro-
• DLR-Rheinpfalz Phyto- scope Changins-Wädens- sults.
medizin / Biotechnologischer Equal opportunities
wil ACW; Agroscope Reck- Doctoral programme
Pflanzenschutz, Neustadt, DE This year, four projects
enholz-Tänikon ART; CABI
• El Ceibo - Piaf, Sapecho, BO During the previous aca- were jointly organised with
Bioscience Centre; Re-
• El Paraiso, Sapecho, BO demic year, ten courses in the equal opportunities
• RACINES, Geneva, CH
search Institute of Organic
communication, tools for (EO) office of the Univer-
Agriculture-FiBL; Univer-
research, and scientific sity of Neuchâtel. Mea-
sity of Applied Sciences,
topics were organised, two sures continue to be taken
Wädenswil, HEV Sion, and
of which are in collabora- to offer young parents and
SHL Zollikofen) are in-
tion with other institutions. highly qualified women
creasingly involved with
The courses were followed measures to deal with the
the NCCR.
by more than 200 partici- challenges of contempo-
Around twenty applied pants, half of whom came rary academic and admin-
projects are currently on- from outside the University istrative environments.
going: six European Pro- of Neuchâtel. Mobility
Further information see
jects (3 FP6, 3 COST), two grants were awarded to
www.unine.ch/nccr/
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Statistical Input – Output Data
Funding source (CHF) Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Total %
SNSF funding 3 250 000 3 250 000 3 250 000 3 250 000 13 000 000 42
Self-funding from home
institution1 1 240 025 1 160 461 600 000 600 000 3 600 486 12
Self-funding from project
participants 3 125 324 3 299 219 3 500 768 3 507 582 13 432 893 44
2
Third-party funding 270 162 326 796 173 237 0 770 195 3
Total 7 885 511 8 036 476 7 524 005 7 357 582 30 803 574 100
Personnel3 Total of Female % Male % CH Most Represented Nations Other
Persons FR DE GB NL US Nations
Management 5.234 10 65 5 33 9 0 0 1 1 1 3
Master students 3 1 53 2 67 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
Doctoral students 68 30 63 38 56 38 15 9 0 0 2 8
Postdoctoral students 28 14 75 14 50 7 7 4 1 1 0 8
Research associates 8 2 49 6 75 6 1 0 0 0 0 1
Senior researchers5 56 13 74 43 77 33 6 5 4 2 1 6
Other staff 15 12 44 3 20 13 0 0 1 0 0 1
Total 183.23 82 59 111 58 108 29 19 7 4 4 27
1
Personnel costs, equipment and consumables, not included infrastructure and basic equipment
2
Not included is CTI funding (cf. page 6). Since the start of the NCCR 2 projects have been funded by CTI at a total amount
of 2.7 million CHF.
3
Persons involved in the NCCR in the last reporting period (12 months)
4
Full-time equivalent, including NCCR-Director and persons in charge of knowledge and technology transfer,
and education and training
5
Including leaders of the individual projects and other organisational units of the NCCR
Evaluation and Monitoring by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Members of the Review Panel
Ghisalba Oreste, Prof. (Chair) Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
N.N. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Godfray Charles, Prof. University of Oxford, Department of Zoologie, Oxford, UK
Gullino Maria Ludovica, Prof. Università degli Studi, Facoltà Agraria, Torino, IT
Harr Jost, Dr. Landwirtschaftlicher Forschungsrat, Erfindungsverwertungs AG,
Basel, CH
Lambers Hans, Prof. Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences,
University of Western Australia, AU
Pickett John, Prof. Biological Chemistry Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, GB
Scheel Dierk, Prof. Department of Stress and Development Biology, Halle, DE
Schwarzenbach René, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
NCCR Office SNSF
Christ Urs, Dr. Schweiz. Nationalfonds, Wildhainweg 3, 3001 Bern
phone: + 41 (0)31 308 23 50, fax: + 41 (0)31 305 29 71
uchrist@snf.ch
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Climate Variability,
Predictability and Climate Risks
NCCR Climate
Home Institution
University of Bern
Start of the NCCR
April 1, 2001
NCCR Management
Director Research STARTWAVE Acquisition MIADAC Modelling Sectoral
Stocker Thomas, Prof. and Analysis of Critical Climate Change Policies:
Work Package
stocker@climate.unibe.ch Observations Mitigation, Adaptation, and
‘Past Climate Variability’
Deputy Director H: Mätzler C. Acceptability
Leader: Luterbacher J.
Stephan Gunter, Prof. Philipona R., Kämpfer N., H: Thalmann P .
gunter.stephan@vwi.unibe.ch MONALISA Modelling and Morland J., Schmutz W., Altamirano J.-C.
reconstruction of North Vuilleumier L.
NCCR Executive Director CAPRICORN Climate Anom-
Grosjean Martin, Prof. Atlantic atmosphere-ocean PRECLIM Operational Climate alies and Coping Strategies
phone: + 41 (0)31 631 31 47 variability (P 1.1) Prediction and Risk Analysis of Societies in Central Europe:
grosjean@giub.unibe.ch Head: Stocker T. H: Appenzeller C. the Historical Dimension
Raible C. Liniger M. H: Pfister Ch.
Science Officer
Xoplaki Elena, Dr. PALVAREX Paleoclimate Poliwoda G.
Work Package ‘Ecosystems
phone: + 41 (0)31 631 31 48 variability and extreme impacts and management’
xoplaki@giub.unibe.ch events Integrated Projects and Fast
Leader: Fuhrer J.
Communication H: Wanner H. Track Studies
Meuli Kaspar, Mr. Luterbacher J. PLANT/SOIL How Do Extreme
SECOND CHANCE Socio-
phone: + 41 (0)31 631 31 49 Climate Events Affect
VIVALDI Variability in Ice, economic Consequences Due
meuli@giub.unibe.ch Plant/Soil Interactions in
Vegetation and Lake to Changing Climate and
Knowledge and Agroecosystems?
Deposits- Integrated Extreme Events
Technology Transfer H: Feller U.
H: Schwikowski M. H: Beniston M.
Grosjean Martin, Prof. Buchmann N., Schmidt M.
Gäggeler H., Beer J., Boesch R.,
Event Manager Bugmann H., Grosjean M., Programmes
GRASS Climate Change and
Wälti Monika, Mrs. Leuenberger M., Lischke H.
phone: + 41 (0)31 631 31 45
Food Production Yearly Summer School
waelti@giub.unibe.ch EXTRACT Extended H: Fuhrer J. H: Grosjean M.
Thousand-year Reconstruction Calanca P L., Lehmann B.
.
Administrative Manager PhD student meetings
of Alpine Climate from
Möhl Margret, Mrs. CANOPY Hydrological
Tree-rings H: Xoplaki E.
phone: + 41 (0)31 631 31 45 Implications of Atmospheric
moehl@giub.unibe.ch H: Esper J. CO2 Enrichment in Forests Workshops co-organized
Frank D. with ProClim
IT-Experts H: Körner C.
Martin Lorenz, Dr. Work Package ‘Climate Leuzinger S. H: Grosjean M.
phone: + 41 (0)31 631 31 46 Dynamics and the Future’ Xoplaki E.
ECOHYDRO Projecting the
martin@giub.unibe.ch Leader: Davies H. Impacts of Changes in Climate
Ferrante Basilio, Mr. and Land Use on the Ecology
GLOBCLIM Global Climate
phone: + 41 (0)31 631 31 46 and Hydrology of Mountain
basil@giub.unibe.ch
Processes and Scenarios
Catchments
Education and Training H: Wild M. H: Bugmann H.
Xoplaki Elena, Dr. Lohmann U., Ohmura A. Fahse L., Wolf A.
Advancement of Women REGCLIM Regional Climate
Xoplaki Elena, Dr. Processes and Scenarios Work Package ‘Climate Risks’
H: Schär C. Leader: Stephan G.
Address
NCCR Climate VARCLIM Intra-seasonal ETS Assessment of Energy
Universität Bern and Inter-annual Climate Technology Strategies
Erlachstrasse 9a Variability
H: Wokaun A.
3012 Bern H: Davies H.C. Kypreos S., Turton H.
phone: + 41 (0)31 631 31 45 Martius O.
fax: + 41 (0)31 631 43 38 CVR Climate Vulnerability
nccr-climate@giub.unibe.ch and Risk in a Post-Kyoto World
H: Stephan G.
Web Address Buob S.
www.nccr-climate.unibe.ch
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Third Party Cooperation
Programmes
• ADAM (FP6)
• ALARM (FP6)
• AMIP
• AustroClim
• CarboEurope-IP (FP6)
• CARBOOCEAN IP (FP6)
Topics • CIRCE
Comprehensive insight and for the management of Climate is a research net- • COSMO-LEPS
sound understanding of forests and agriculture and, work of institutions within • COST 725
• COST 733
1) natural climate vari- 4) potential perspectives Switzerland with ONE
• COST 734
ability, modelling and high- for regional and global common scientific vision
• DILPA
resolution climate recon- post-Kyoto climate policies, and collaborates with na-
• ECSN
struction over the last 1000 vulnerability of regional tional and international • ENSEMBLES (FP6)
years, 2) global and regional and global economies to the programmes (ProClim, • EPICA-Mis
climate processes, seasonal adaptation to global climate WCRP-CLIVAR, IGBP UN- , • EUROCEANS
and inter-annual climate change. The NCCR Climate FCCC, IPCC, ERA). The • GAINS-ASIA
variability and more accu- links four work-packages: NCCR Climate commits • GrassGas
rate predictions, including “Past Climate Variabil- itself to a firm effort in • IGBP - PAGES
extreme events, 3) assess ity”, “Climate Predictability, education, to knowledge • IPCC
implications of climate Processes, and Projec- transfer and interaction • Lignin Turnover
variability and change for tions”, “Ecosystem Impacts with key-persons in admi- • MAP D-Phase
ecosystems and to evaluate and Adaptation”, and “Cli- nistration, politics, the pri- • MedCLIVAR
possible adaptive strategies mate Risks”. The NCCR vate sector and the public. • MILLENNIUM (FP6)
• NDSC
• NEEDS
• NICOLA
Heads of Individual Research Projects and Subprojects • PHENOCLIM
• SoilGas
Altamirano Juan-Carlos, Dr. Lab. de recherches en économie et management
• WCRP-BSRN
de l'environnement, EPF Lausanne
• WCRP-CLIVAR
Appenzeller Christof, PD Dr. MeteoSchweiz, Zürich
• WMO-LRF
Beer Jürg, Prof. EAWAG, Dübendorf
• WWRP-MAP
Beniston Martin, Prof. Climate Research Group, Université de Genève
Brönnimann Stefan, Prof. Institut für Atmosphäre und Klima, ETH Zürich Research Institutions
Buchmann Nina, Prof. Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften, ETH Zürich • Alfred Wegener Inst.,
Bugmann Harald, Prof. Waldökologie, ETH Zürich Bremerhaven, DE
Buob Seraina Volkswirtschaftliches Institut, Universität Bern • British Antarctic Survey,
Calanca Pierluigi, Dr. ART, Reckenholz Cambridge, GB
Davies Huw C., Prof. Institut für Atmosphäre und Klima, ETH Zürich • Center for Environmental
Esper Jan, PD Dr. WSL, Birmensdorf Prediction, Rutgers Univ.,
Fahse Lorenz, Dr. Waldökologie, ETH Zürich New Brunswick, US
Feller Urs, Prof. Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften, Universität Bern • Centre for Marine and
Fischlin Andreas, Dr. Terrestrische Systemökologie, ETH Zürich Climate Research,
Frank David, Dr. WSL, Birmensdorf University of Hamburg, DE
Fuhrer Jürg, Prof. ART, Reckenholz • Climate and Global
Gäggeler Heinz, Prof. Departement für Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bern Dynamics Divison,
Grosjean Martin, Prof. Geographisches Institut, Universität Bern National Center for Atmos-
Gyalistras Dimitrios, Dr. Terrestrische Systemökologie, ETH Zürich pheric Research, Boulder, US
Kämpfer Niklaus, Prof. Institut für Angewandte Physik, Universität Bern • Dépt. des sciences du
Körner Christian, Prof. Botanisches Institut, Universität Basel milieu et de l'aménagement
Kypreos Sokrates, Dr. Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen du territoire, Université
Lehmann Bernhard, Prof. Institut für Agrarwirtschaft, ETH Zürich catholique de Louvain, BE
Leuenberger Markus, PD Dr. Abt. Klima- und Umweltphysik, Universität Bern • Dépt. Energie et Politiques
Liniger Mark, Dr. Meteo Schweiz, Zürich de l'Environnement du LEPII,
Lischke Heike, Dr. WSL, Birmensdorf Université Pierre Mendès-
Lohmann Ulrike, Prof. Institut für Atmosphäre und Klima, ETH Zürich France, Grenoble, FR
Luterbacher Jürg, PD Dr. Geographisches Institut, Universität Bern • Dept. of Atmospheric and
Martius Olivia, Dr. Institut für Atmosphäre und Klima, ETH Zürich Oceanic Sciences, University
Mätzler Christian, Prof. Institut für Angewandte Physik, Universität Bern of California, Los Angeles, US
Morland June, Dr. Institut für Angewandte Physik, Universität Bern • Dept. of Earth Science,
Pfister Christian, Prof. Historisches Institut, Universität Bern University of Bergen, NO
Philipona Rolf, PD Dr. MeteoSchweiz, Payerne
Poliwoda Guido, Dr. Historisches Institut, Universität Bern
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• Dept. of Environmental Sci- Climate Variability,
ences, University of Milano, IT
• Dept. of Finance Decision, Predictability and Climate Risks
Hong Kong Baptist Univ., CN NCCR Climate
• Dept. of Geography,
San Diego State University, US
• Dept. of Meteorology,
University of Reading, GB
• Dept. of Physics,
Unversity of Oxford, GB
• Dept. of Plant Biology, Uni- Achievements
versity of Illinois, Urbana, US
• Deutsches Inst. für The SNSF Review Panel with a high impact. Exam- process were studied.
Wirtschaftsforschung, stated in the Assessment ples are the reconstruction Evidently, a hierarchy of
Humboldt-Universität zu Report 2004: “The NCCR of temporally highly- state-of-the-art models
Berlin, DE Climate is unique in its resolved European tempe- (global and regional
• Ecosystem Modelling and interdisciplinary focus, not rature and precipitation climate models, regional
Biodiversity Studies Group, just for Switzerland or fields back to 1000 or the and local impact models)
Lund University, SE Europe, but globally”. assessment of extreme and large observational
• Environmental Change Inst.0, Building on firm structural climate such as the Euro- datasets are a prerequisite
University of Oxford, GB and institutional founda- pean summer 2003 being to address such targets.
• European Centre for Medium tions, the NCCR Climate the hottest of the last
Range Weather Forecasts, Other Aspects
network led to signi- 500 years. Simulations
Reading, GB ficant achievements in with different climate NCCR Climate researchers
• Fachbereich Volkswirtschafts- four areas: distinct scien- models show that about take leadership in the
lehre, Universität Trier, DE tific impact, international every second summer can UNFCC, IPCC process and
• Fraunhofer-Inst. für leadership through net- be as warm or warmer in international program-
System- und Innovations- works, sustained education in 2070 - 2100 than the mes (IGBP WCRP WMO,
, ,
forschung, Karlsruhe, DE
at postgraduate level, and summer 2003. With a focus ERA). The NCCR Climate
• Geology and Geophysics Summer School is a highly
extended public relations. on Switzerland, a set of
Dept., Woods Hole Oceano- competitive internation-
The Graduate School scenarios for severe
graphic Inst., Woods Hole, US ally recognised platform
• Inst. für Energiewirtschaft
“Climate Sciences” (M.Sc. climate events (heat-waves,
and Ph.D. University of wind, drought, heavy pre- for young scientists and
und Rationelle Energie- attracts distinguished
anwendung (IER), Bern) concerted with the cipitation, flood) has been
M.Sc. “Atmospheric and produced, and the impact teachers. The NCCR Cli-
Universität Stuttgart, DE
Climate Science” (S-EN on society, agriculture and mate works closely with
• Inst. für Umweltphysik,
ETH) opened in 2006/ 2007 forests has been assessed. stakeholders, governmental
Universität Heidelberg, DE
and offers high-level inter- Information about extreme agencies and the private
• Inst. National sur la
Recherche Agron. (INRA), disciplinary studies on cli- events in a changing cli- sector. Public interest in
Clermont-Ferrand, FR mate in a wide range of mate is vital for risk assess- NCCR Climate research is
• Inst. for Energy Environment fields with the support of ment in financial business unprecedented. In 2007 the
Economy, Tsinghua world-leading researchers. (e.g., investment and insur- NCCR Climate had its first
University, Beijing, CN ance). Operational tools for major structural impact: the
• Inst. of Geography, Science the climate forecast of up to University of Berne inaugu-
University of Würzburg, DE The NCCR Climate shaped six months were developed, rated the Oeschger Center
• Inst. of Geophysics, the profile of Swiss climate novel ways of coupling for Climate Change Re-
Univ. of Copenhagen, DK research through collabo- climate and economic mod- search!
• Inst. of Soil Science, TU rative novel and timely els were explored, and fu- Further information see
Berlin, DE scientific contributions ture ways of the Kyoto www.nccr-climate.unibe.ch
• International Inst. for Applied
Systems Analysis (IIASA),
Laxenburg, AT Raible Christoph, Dr. Abt. Klima und Umweltphysik, Universität Bern
• International Pacific Schär Christoph, Prof. Institut für Atmosphäre und Klima, ETH Zürich
Research Center, Schmidt Michael W.I., Prof. Geographisches Institut, Universität Zürich
University of Honolulu, US Schmutz Werner, Prof. Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos
• Judge Business School, Schwikowski Margit, PD Dr. Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen
University of Cambridge, GB Seneviratne Sonia, Prof. Institut für Atmosphäre und Klima, ETH Zürich
• Lab. de Glaciologie et Stampfli Andreas, PD Dr. Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften, Universität Bern
Géophysique de l'Environ- Stephan Gunter, Prof. Volkswirtschaftliches Institut, Universität Bern
nement (LGGE-CNRS), Stocker Thomas, Prof. Abt. Klima- und Umweltphysik, Universität Bern
Grenoble, FR Thalmann Philippe, Prof. Lab. de recherches en économie et management
• Lab. des Sciences du Climat et de l’environnement, EPF Lausanne
de l'Environnement (LSCE- Tinner Willy, Prof. Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften, Universität Bern
CNRS), Gif-sur-Yvette, FR Turton Hal, Dr. Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen
• Massachusetts Inst. Vuilleumier Laurent, Dr. MeteoSwiss, Payerne
of Technology, Cambridge, US Wanner Heinz, Prof. Geographisches Institut, Universität Bern
• Max Planck Inst. Wild Martin, Dr. Institut für Atmosphäre und Klima, ETH Zürich
for Biogeochemistry, Jena, DE Wolf Annett, Dr. Waldökologie, ETH Zürich
• Max Planck Inst. Wokaun Alexander, Prof. Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen
for Meteorology, Hamburg, DE
• National Centre for Atmos-
pheric Research (NCAR),
Boulder, US
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• National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), U.S. Dept.
of Commerce, Boulder, US
• Natural Resource Ecology
Lab., Colorado State
University, Fort Collins, US
• Physical Sciences Divsion,
U.S. Dept. of Commerce,
Boulder, US
• Potsdam Inst. for Climate
Impact Research (PIK),
Potsdam, DE
• Public System Group,
Indian Inst. of Management,
Ahmedabad, IN
• School of Computing,
National University of
Statistical Input – Output Data Singapore, SG
• School of Environmental
Funding source (CHF) Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Total %
Sciences, University of
SNSF funding 2 900 000 2 612 000 2 466 000 2 022 000 10 000 000 20 East Anglia, Norwich, GB
• U.S. Arid-Land Agricultural
Self-funding from home
institution1 910 638 579 454 691 800 772 000 2 953 892 6 Research Center,
Self-funding from project Maricopa, US
participants 5 732 839 3 767 619 4 449 002 4 290 934 18 240 394 36
Economy / Industry
Third-party funding 12 893 713 492 940 2 777 520 2 777 520 18 941 693 38
• KANLO Consultants, Lyon, FR
Total 22 437 190 7 452 013 10 384 322 9 862 454 50 135 979 100 • Ordecsys Sàrl,
Chêne-Bourgeries, CH
• SwissRe, Zürich, CH
Personnel2 Total of Female % Male % CH Most Represented Nations Other
Persons DE FR AT IT US Nations Others
Management 4.533 5 42 7 58 10 1 0 0 1 0 1
• Bundesamt für Energie (BFE),
Bern, CH
Master students 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
• Bundesamt für Landes-
Doctoral students 60 17 28 43 72 41 13 6 1 2 0 7 topographie (Swisstopo),
Postdoctoral students 25 8 32 17 68 15 12 1 2 1 2 3 Wabern, CH
Research associates 13 4 31 9 69 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 • Bundesamt für Umwelt
Senior researchers4 55 8 15 47 85 35 13 4 3 0 2 7 (BAFU), Bern, CH
• Bundesamt für Wasser und
Other staff 20 8 40 12 60 23 1 0 0 1 0 1
Geologie (BWG), Bern, CH
Total 177.53 50 27 135 73 129 43 12 7 5 4 20
• Commissariat à l'Energie
1
Personnel costs, equipment and consumables, not included infrastructure and basic equipment Atomique (CEA), Toulouse, FR
2
Persons involved in the NCCR in the last reporting period (12 months) • Dendrolabor Wallis, Brig, CH
3
Full-time equivalent, including NCCR-Director and persons in charge of knowledge and technology transfer,
and education and training
• French Ministry of
4
Including leaders of the individual projects and other organisational units of the NCCR equipment, transportation,
and housing, Paris, FR
• Inst. Français des Relations
Evaluation and Monitoring by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Internationales (IFRI),
Paris, FR
Members of the Review Panel • International Atomic Energy
Schwarzenbach René, Prof. (Chair) Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH Acency (IAEA), Wien, AT
Böhringer Christoph, Prof. Center for European Economic Research, ZEW, Mannheim, DE • MeteoFrance, Toulouse, FR
Bradley Raymond, Prof. Department of Geoscience, University of Massachussetts, US • MeteoSwiss, Zürich, CH
Cramer Wolfgang, Prof. Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, DE • Past Global Changes of IGBP
Endres Alfred, Prof. Fernuniversität Hagen, Hagen, DE (PAGES), Bern, CH
Gregory Peter, Prof. Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee, GB • ProClim Forum for Climate,
Hartmann Dennis, Prof. Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, US Bern, CH
Höppe Peter, Prof. Fachbereich GeoRisikoForschung/Umweltmanagement, • United Nations Framework
Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft, DE Convention on Climate
Levy René, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH Change (UNFCCC), Bonn, DE
Van den Bergh Hubert, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH • Wissenschaftlicher Beirat
der Bundesregierung
NCCR Office SNSF Globale Umweltveränderun-
Christ Urs, Dr. Schweiz. Nationalfonds, Wildhainweg 3, 3001 Bern gen (WBGU), Berlin, DE
phone: + 41 (0)31 308 23 50, fax: + 41 (0)31 305 29 71
uchrist@snf.ch
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Materials with Novel Electronic Properties
– Basic Science and Applications
NCCR MaNEP
Home Institution
University of Geneva
Start of the NCCR
July 1, 2001
NCCR Management
Director Crystal growth Industrial applications and
Research
Fischer Øystein, Prof. pre-application development
H: Forró L.
phone: +41 (0)22 379 62 70 Strongly interacting
Participating members: H: Fischer Ø.
Oystein.fischer@physics.unige.ch electrons, low-dimensional
and quantum fluctuation Karpinski J., Margaritondo G., Participating members:
Deputy Directors
dominated systems Mesot J., Schlapbach L., Abplanalp M., Böni P .,
Renner Christoph, Prof.
van der Marel D. Eckert D., Fischer Ø., Flükiger
phone: +41 (0)22 379 35 44 Head: Sigrist M.
R., Forró L., Hasler M., Hofer
christoph.renner@physics.unige.ch Participating members: Novel materials
W., Mesot J., Nesper R., Sommer
Van der Marel Dirk, Prof. Blatter G., Büttiker M., H: Hulliger J.
P Triscone J.-M.
.,
phone: +41 (0)22 379 62 34 Degiorgi L., Forró L., Giamarchi Participating members:
dirk.vandermarel@physics.unige.ch T., Grioni M., van der Marel D., Hulliger J., Karpinski J., Platforms,
Scientific Managers Mesot J., Mila F., Ott H.R., Nesper R., Schilling A., Programmes etc.
Decroux Michel, Dr. Schlapbach L., Sigrist M., Schlapbach L.
Troyer M. Industry Network
phone: + 41 (0)22 379 63 24
Michel.decroux@physics.unige.ch Superconductivity, Thin films, artificial Workshop MaNEP
unconventional mechanism materials and novel devices «Les Diablerets»
Manuel Alfred, Dr.
and novel materials H: Triscone J.-M.
phone: + 41 (0)22 379 62 93 Summer School MaNEP
Alfred.manuel@physics.unige.ch H: Van der Marel D. Participating members: Aebi P ., «Saas-Fee»
Participating members: Fischer Ø., Schilling A.,
Administrative Manager MaNEP Mobile
Baeriswyl D., Bernhard C., Triscone J.-M., van der Marel D.
Bretton Isabelle, Mrs. Post-Doc Program
phone: + 41 (0)22 379 62 18 Blatter G., Büttiker M., Fischer
Isabelle.bretton@physics.unige.ch Ø., Giamarchi T., Grioni M., Advancement of Women
Keller H., Sigrist M., van der MaNEP Summer Internships
Knowledge and Technology
Marel D.
Transfer
Kuhn Matthias, Mr.
phone: + 41 (0)22 379 34 87
Matthias.kuhn@physics.unige.ch Forum Members (participating to the research projects)
Education and Training Abplanalp Markus, Dr. ABB Corporate Research Ltd, Baden-Dättwil
Decroux Michel, Dr. Aebi Philipp, Prof. Institut de Physique, Université de Neuchâtel
Berthod Christophe, Dr. Baeriswyl Dionys, Prof. Institut de Physique Théorique, Université de Fribourg
phone: +41 (0)22 379 68 95 Bernhard Christian, Prof. Département de Physique, Université de Fribourg
Christophe.berthod@ Blatter Gianni, Prof. Institut für Theoretische Physik, ETH-Hönggerberg
physics.unige.ch Büttiker Markus, Prof. Département de Physique Théorique, Université de Genève
Advancement of Women Degiorgi Leonardo, Prof. Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik, ETH-Hönggerberg
Decroux Michel, Dr. Eckert Daniel, Dr. Bruker AG, Fällanden
Fischer Øystein, Prof. Département de Physique de la Matière Condensée,
Computer Université de Genève
and Internet Resources Flükiger René, Prof. Département de Physique de la Matière Condensée,
Maggio-Aprile Ivan, Dr. Université de Genève
phone: + 41 (0)22 379 61 13 Forró László, Prof. Institut de Génie Atomique, EPF Lausanne
Ivan.maggio-aprile@physics. Giamarchi Thierry, Prof. Département de Physique de la Matière Condensée,
unige.ch Université de Genève
Communication Grioni Marco, Prof. Laboratoire de spectroscopie électronique, EPF Lausanne
Anne Rougemont, Mrs. Hasler Martin, Prof. Laboratoire de Systèmes Nonlinéaires, EPF Lausanne
phone: + 41 (0)22 379 64 99 Hulliger Jürg, Prof. Chemistry & Biochemistry, Universität Bern
Anne.rougemont@physics.unige.ch Karpinski Janusz, Dr. Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik, ETH-Hönggerberg
Keller Hugo, Prof. Institut für Physik, Universität Zürich
Address Margaritondo Giorgio, Prof. Laboratoire de Physique des Matériaux Electroniques, EPF Lausanne
NCCR MaNEP Mesot Joel, Dr. Laboratory for Neutron Scattering, ETHZ/PSI
Section de physique Mila Frédéric, Prof. Institut de Physique Théorique, BSP EPF Lausanne
,
Université de Genève Morenzoni Elvezio, Dr. Laboratory for Muon-Spin Spectroscopy, PSI, Villigen
24, quai E.- Ansermet Nesper Reinhard, Prof. Laboratorium für Anorganische Chemie, ETH-Hönggerberg
1211 Genève 4 Ott Hans-Rudolf, Prof. Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik, ETH-Hönggerberg
phone: + 41 (0)22 379 30 13 Renner Christophe, Prof. Dép. de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Université de Genève
fax: + 41 (0)22 379 68 69
manep@physics.unige.ch
Web Address
www.manep.ch
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Public Relations
• Electronic Newsletter
(about 9 per year)
• General presentation
brochure & flyer
• Website: regular updates
• School Movie:
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Topics • Science Cafes for high
school students
In the last twenty years, electronic devices. Among ground states, for instance
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numerous new electronic the materials displaying magnetic and supercon- exhibition
materials have been these unexpected excep- ducting, which makes them • 2005 Year of Physics:
discovered with interesting tional properties, many very sensitive to many ex- key-partner of Student Fair
and often complex crys- share in common a low di- ternal parameters, leading (Geneva)
talline structures and out- mensionality and a low car- to interesting functionali- • Part of several public and
standing new electronic rier density. Most of them ties. In MaNEP the main
, education events
properties.These new strik- are complex oxide systems goals of our NCCR are to • Lab visits & Open doors
ing properties are found in and, in many of these mate- develop a basic under- • TV and radio programmes
some magnetic, ferroelec- rials, electronic interactions standing of these new ma- • Press releases
tric and superconducting play an important role mak- terials, to prepare for their
compounds. All these com- ing these systems very diffi- applications, and to train Third Party Cooperation
pounds have a large poten- cult to treat theoretically. young scientists in this im- (in progress)
tial for applications and we Another characteristic of portant field for future elec-
believe that they will play a these systems is that they tronic applications. Programmes
key role in advanced future often have competing • CMA (FP6-NMP)
• COST (P16-ECOM)
• FUNCARS (FP5)
Rice T. Maurice, Prof. Institut für Theoretische Physik, ETH-Hönggerberg • INTAS (FP6-NIS)
Schilling Andreas, Prof. Institut für Physik, Universität Zürich • NEDO
Schlapbach Louis, Prof Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt, EMPA Dübendorf • Pishift (ESF)
Sigrist Manfred, Prof. Institut für Theoretische Physik, ETH-Hönggerberg • THIOX (ESF)
Triscone Jean-Marc, Prof. Dép. de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Université de Genève
Troyer Matthias, Prof. Institut für Theoretische Physik, ETH-Hönggerberg Research Institutions
van der Marel Dirk, Prof. Dép. de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Université de Genève • Centre de Recherches sur
Très Basses Températures,
Members of the Scientific Committee CNRS, Grenoble, FR
• Chimie du Solide et
Fischer Øystein, Prof. Dép. de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Université de Genève
Inorganique Moléculaire,
Forró László, Prof. Institut de Génie Atomique, EPF Lausanne
Univ. de Rennes, FR
Hulliger Jürg, Prof. Chemistry & Biochemistry, Universität Bern
• Dept. de Fisica, Universitat
Sigrist Manfred, Prof. Institut für Theoretische Physik, ETH-Hönggerberg
de les Illes Balears,
Triscone Jean-Marc, Prof. Dép. de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Université de Genève
Palma de Mallorca, ES
van der Marel Dirk, Prof. Dép. de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Université de Genève
• Dépt. de génie électrique,
Ecole Polytechnique,
Members of the Internal Evaluation Board Montréal, CA
Fischer Øystein, Prof. Dép. de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Université de Genève • Dépt. de Physique Théorique
Flükiger René, Prof. Dép. de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Université de Genève des Matériaux,
Forró László, Prof. Institut de Génie Atomique, EPF Lausanne Université de Liège, BE
Hulliger Jürg, Prof. Chemistry & Biochemistry, Universität Bern • Dept. of Applied Physics
Ott Hans-Rudolf, Prof. Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik, ETH-Hönggerberg and Physics, Yale University,
Rice T. Maurice, Prof. Institut für Theoretische Physik, ETH-Hönggerberg New Haven, US
Sigrist Manfred, Prof. Institut für Theoretische Physik, ETH-Hönggerberg • Dept. of Applied Physics,
Triscone Jean-Marc, Prof. Dép. de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Université de Genève Osaka University, Osaka, JP
van der Marel Dirk, Prof. Dép. de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Universitéde Genève • Dept. of Physics and
Astronomy, Rutgers
Advisory Board
University, Piscataway, US
Blank Dave, Prof. Technische Natuur Wetenschappen, University of Twente, • Dept. of Physics and
Enschede, NL Astronomy, University
Cava Robert, Prof. Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, USA College London, GB
Georges Antoine, Prof. Centre de Physique Théorique, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, FR • Dept. of Physics and
Jerome Denis, Prof. Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris-Sud Orsay, Astronomy, Univ. of British
Orsay, France Columbia, Vancouver, CA
Martinoli Piero, Prof. Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, CH • Dept. of Physics and
Millis Andrew, Prof. Departement of Physics, Columbia University, USA Astronomy, University
Sawatzky George, Prof. Physics Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA of Rochester, US
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• Dept. of Physics Solid State Materials with Novel Electronic Properties –
Theory, Lund Univ., SE
• Dept. of Physics, Louisiana Basic Science and Applications
State Univ., Baton Rouge, US NCCR MaNEP
• Dept. of Physics,
Stanford University, US
• Dept. of Superconductivity,
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JP
• Dipart. di Fisica, Università Achievements
la Sapienza, Roma, IT Science In project V, “Thin Films, The next event in this se-
• Division of X-ray Physics, Artificial Materials, and ries will be a winter school
Dept. of Physical Sciences,
In MaNEP phase II, the
scientific activities are or- Novel Devices”, thin films, in January 2009 in Saas-
Univ. of Helsinki, FI
ganized around six proj- heterostructures, and su- Fee. A MaNEP doctoral
• Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieurs
ects. The main idea which perlattices of correlated school is being installed at
d'Annecy, Lab. d'instrumenta-
tion et des Matériaux, Uni- led to this structure was to oxides have been realized the University of Geneva
versité de Savoie, Annecy, FR center our efforts on the and studied. A MaNEP col- and shall admit the first
• Electrical & Computer key questions in the area of laboration (UNIGE, UNINE) doctoral students in spring
Engineering, University MaNEP In the following we
. has demonstrated that 2008.
of Rochester, GB give examples of some of ferroelectricity can exist
in layers as thin as one MaNEP organises since
• Ellettra, Synchrotron Light the highlights: In Project I,
unit cell and discovered su- 2004 summer internships
Lab., Trieste, IT “Strongly interacting elec-
• Faculty of Mathematics and perconductivity at the in- for female students, giving
trons, low-dimensional and
Natural Sciences, University terface between two insu- the latter a chance to inte-
quantum fluctuation do-
of Leiden, NL lating oxides. Finally, Pro- grate research groups at
minated systems”, a colla-
• H.H. Wills Physics Lab., ject VI, “Industrial applica- the different universities
boration of several groups
Univ. of Bristol, GB tions and pre-application and federal institutes in
(PSI, ETHZ, EPFL, UNIGE)
• Inst. Franche Comté Electron- development“, has three MaNEP These internships
.
has investigated the pro-
ique Mécanique Thermique main themes: Applied Su- are very appreciated by the
perties of quantum spin
et Optique - Sciences et perconductivity, Sensors participants. A young asso-
systems whose connectiv-
Technologies (FEMTO-ST), and Thin Film Develop- ciate professor, Dr. Patrycja
ity involves spin multimer
Univ. de Besançon, FR ment and Applications. Paruch was appointed at
• Inst. für Festkörperphysik
units. In particular Bose
Each of these themes is the University of Geneva in
(IFP), Forschungszentrum Einstein condensation was
composed of several ap- 2007.
Karlsruhe, DE demonstrated in spin
dimer systems. In Project plied projects involving a Communication and
• Inst. für Festkörperphysik,
Technische Univ., Wien, AT II, “Superconductivity, un- total of 5 industrial compa- outreach
• Inst. für Theoretische conventional mechanisms nies, one start-up, the tech-
MaNEP has carried out
Physik III, Univ. Stuttgart, DE and novel materials”, a nical university HES-
several successful commu-
• Inst. Laue-Langevin, collaboration (UNIGE, PSI, Genève and four member
nication/outreach events.
Grenoble, FR EPFL) has been estab- institutions of MaNEP .
The most recent one was
• Inst. Non Linéaire de Nice, lished to investigate the the “Supra Fête” organised
Université de Sophia
Know-how and
mechanism behind high in Geneva during the
Antipolis, Nice, FR
technology transfer
temperature superconduc- week-end of June 8, 9 and
• Inst. Quantenoptik und tivity by spectroscopic MaNEP has established
several collaborations with 10, 2007, celebrating 20
Quanteninformation, methods. One important
industry and the HES- years of the Bednorz and
Akademie der Wissen- result is the quantitative
schaften, Univ. Innsbruck, AT Geneva in different do- Muller Nobel prize for the
interpretation of tun- discovery of high tempera-
• Inst. for Physical Electronics, nelling spectra involving mains where MaNEP skills
Univ. of Stuttgart, DE and materials knowledge is ture superconductivity.
a coupling of electrons to About 250 persons came to
• Inst. for Planetary Research, needed. These collabora-
a bosonic mode. Another listen to George Bednorz
German Aerospace Center tions are carried out within
collaboration (PSI, UNIGE, on Friday evening and 1500
(DLR), Berlin, DE project VI described above.
• Inst. of Micro and Nano
UNIZH) demonstrated the persons visited the exposi-
presence of an anomalous A first spin-off company
Electronic Systems, “PHASIS” is active in the tion during the week-end
Univ. of Karlsruhe, DE proximity effect in artificial which included a super-
oxide multilayers. With the field of thin film fabrication
• Inst. of Physics, Polish and build on know how de- conducting device to levi-
Academy of Sciences (PAS), establishment of Project tate people. Part of this ex-
III, “Crystal growth”, we veloped in MaNEP .
Warsaw Univ., PL position was used at a very
• Inst. of the Low Temperature have achieved to reinforce Education and successful open days event
Physics, Polish Academy of crystal growth activities in advancement of women at PSI on October 28,
Sciences (PAS), Wroclaw, PL Switzerland and to estab- 2007. A new MaNEP ini-
After having co-organised
• International Physics Center, lish a close collaboration tiative has been taken to
a summer school with PSI
Donostia Univ., Donostia, ES between four crystal strengthen the collabora-
in 2002 in Zuoz, MaNEP or-
• Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca growth groups (UNIGE,
ganized two successful tions between the high
Metrologica (INRIM), EPFL, ETHZ, PSI). A large
summer schools at Saas- schools in Geneva and
Torino, IT selection of crystals is
Fee (2004, 2006). About 70 the Physics Department.
• Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica presently available for the
della Materia (INFM-LAMIA), students followed lectures “Physics Park” with the fi-
members of MaNEP Pro- . nancial support of private
Dipart. di Fisica, given by international ex-
ject IV, “Novel Materials”, foundations will start oper-
Politecnico di Torino, IT perts. A large part of the
is a focused effort intro- ating in spring 2008.
• Lab. de Physique des Solides, students were MaNEP doc-
ducing novel chemical
Faculté des sciences d'Orsay, toral students, but the
approaches to search for Further information see
Université Paris XI, FR school also admitted stu-
new electronic materials. www.manep.ch
• Lab. de Physique des Solides, dents from other countries.
Université d'Orsay, Paris, FR
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• Lab. de Physique Théorique
des Liquides, Université Pierre
et Marie Curie/CNRS, Paris, FR
• Lab. de Physique Théorique
et Modèles Statistiques
(LPTMS), CNRS/Paris XI
Université, Paris, FR
• Lab. of Applied and Solid
State Physics,
University of Groningen, NL
• London Center for
Nanotechnology, University
College London, GB
• Los Alamos National Lab.,
Los Alamos, US
• Max Planck Inst. for Chemical
Physics, Dresden, DE
• Max Planck Inst. for Metal
Statistical Input – Output Data Research, Stuttgart, DE
• Max Planck Inst. for Solid
Funding source (CHF) Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Total %
State Research, Stuttgart, DE
SNSF funding 4 750 000 4 750 000 4 750 000 4 750 000 19 000 000 33 • National Inst. of Advanced
Industrial Science and
Self-funding from home
institution1 974 456 1 125 060 1 125 060 1 125 060 4 349 636 8 Technology, Tsukuba, JP
Self-funding from project • Naval research Lab., theory
participants 9 011 086 7 052 035 6 814 651 5 943 736 28 821 508 50
group, Washington, US
Third-party funding 1 695 660 1 148 362 1 155 189 981 185 4 980 396 9 • Physics Dept., Columbia
University, New York, US
Total 16 431 202 14 075 457 13 844 900 12 799 981 57 151 540 100 • Physics Dept., University
of Massachusetts Amherst,
Amherst, US
Personnel2 Total of Female % Male % CH Most Represented Nations Other
Persons Nations • Rutherford Appleton Lab.,
FR IT DE HR NL
ISIS, Oxford, GB
Management 4.353 4 33 8 67 11 2 3 0 0 0 2 • School of Chemical and
Master students 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Physical Sciences, Victoria
Doctoral students 92 18 20 74 80 33 7 10 10 4 2 26 University, Wellington, NZ
Postdoctoral students 61 8 13 53 87 12 13 6 9 0 2 22 • School of Physics,
Condensed Matter, University
Research associates 1 0 0 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
of Edinburgh, GB
Senior researchers4 99 8 8 91 92 45 9 7 11 3 2 29
• Spallation Neutron Source
Other staff 19 1 5 18 95 12 2 6 1 0 1 1 (SNS), Oak Ridge National
Total 276.35 39 14 245 86 113 33 32 31 7 7 81 Lab., Oak Ridge, US
• The Weizmann Inst. of
1
Personnel costs, equipment and consumables, not included infrastructure and basic equipment Science, Rehovot, IL
2
Persons involved in the NCCR in the last reporting period (12 months)
3
Full-time equivalent, including NCCR-Director and persons in charge of knowledge and technology transfer, • Theoretical Physics Research,
4
and education and training Univ. of Birmingham, GB
Including leaders of the individual projects and other organisational units of the NCCR
• Tokyo Inst. of Technology,
Research Center for Low
Temperature Physics, JP
Evaluation and Monitoring by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) • Walther Meissner Inst., TU
München, München, DE
Members of the Review Panel
Leiderer Paul, Prof. (Chair) Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Economy / Industry
Claeson Tord, Prof. Department of Nanotechnology and Nanoscience,
• ABB Switzerland Ltd Corpo-
rate Research, Baden, CH
Chalmers /Göteborg Universities, Göteborg, SE
• Bruker BioSpin AG,
Deutscher Guy, Prof. School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, IL
Fällanden, CH
N.N. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
• Bruker Optics GmbH,
Hallberg Karen, Prof. Centro Atomico Bariloche, Bariloche, AR
Fällanden, CH
Larbalestier David, Prof. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tallahassee, US
• Bruker Spectrospin AG,
Raveau Bernard, Prof. Laboratoire de Cristallographie et Sciences des Matériaux
Fällanden, CH
(CRISMAT),Université de Caen, FR
• Dynamic Motion SA,
Schlom Darrell G., Prof. Materials Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, US
La Chaux de Fonds, CH
Schurtenberger Peter, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
• IBM Research Lab. GmbH,
Vollhardt Dieter, Prof. Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism,
Rüschlikon, CH
University of Augsburg, Augsburg, DE
• IBM Research Lab. GmbH,
NCCR Office SNSF Rüschlikon, CH
Bachmann Stefan, Dr. Schweiz. Nationalfonds, Wildhainweg 3, 3001 Bern, • MecSens SA, Carouge, CH
phone: + 41 (0)31 308 23 49, fax: + 41 (0)31 305 29 71, • METROLAB Instruments SA,
sbachmann@snf.ch Geneva, CH
• Microsoft Research,
Santa Barbara, US
• Phasis Sàrl,
Plan-les-Ouates, CH
• SwissNeutronics, Klingnau, CH
• Toyota Research & Develop-
ment, Nagoya, JP
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Sciences, Sustainability, Information
and Communication Technologies
NCCR Nanoscale Science
Home Institution
University of Basel
Start of the NCCR
June 1, 2001
NCCR Management
Director Research Module “Atomic and Functional nanosystems
Schönenberger Christian, Prof. Molecular Nanosystems” H: Jung T.
Module “Nanobiology”
phone: + 41 (0)61 267 36 90 H: Meyer E., Hug H. J.
Head: Engel A., Aebi U. Self-assembling (bio-)
christian.schoenenberger@ Magnetic nanosystems polymers
unibas.ch Exploring the biomechanical
and single spin experiments H: Meier W., Textor M.,
Deputy Director properties of articular
H: Hug H. Klok H.-A.
Loss Daniel, Prof. cartilage by SFM
phone: + 41 (0)61 267 37 49 H: Friederich N., Daniels A. U., Mechanics on Molecular structures
daniel.loss@unibas.ch Aebi U. the nanometer-scale H: Constable E.
Director of Scientific H: Meyer E. Functional surface structures
High-resolution imaging
Communication and nanomanipulation with Direct stencil type lithography H: Fromm K.
Gerber Christoph, Prof. the AFM H: Meyer G.
phone: + 41 (0)61 267 07 60 Nanocrystals
H: Engel A., Aebi U., Lüthi A.
christoph.gerber@unibas.ch Atomistic simulations of H: Forró L., Setter N.
Nanomechanics in biology nanosystems
Administrative Director;
H: Gerber Ch., Plückthun A. H: Goedecker S. Module “Nanotechnology
Finance, Personnel
and Applications”
Fischer Audrey, Mrs. Nanocontainer targeting Molecular conformations
phone: + 41 (0)61 267 12 38 H: Gobrecht J., Pieles U.
for medicine: on surfaces
audrey.fischer@unibas.ch Feasibility and toxicity H: Fasel R. Nano Argovia projects
Communications H: Hunziker P. in Applied Sciences
Gyalog Tibor, Dr. Module “Molecular H: Gobrecht J.
phone: +41 (0) 61 267 14 72
Real-time single-particle Electronics”
tibor.gyalog@unibas.ch tracking in living cells Module “Supplementary
H: Schönenberger C., Jung T.
H: N.N. Research Activities”
Knowledge and Technology Molecular wires
Transfer Single cell proteomics H: NCCR Board of Directors
H: Schönenberger C., Forró L.
Cerletti Verónica, Dr. H: Vettiger P Plückthun A.,
., Fate of nanoparticles
phone: + 41 (0)61 267 37 66 Engel A. Transport properties of after their interaction with
veronica.cerletti@unibas.ch molecular junctions biological membranes
Studies of cytoskeletal
Education and Training H: Schönenberger Ch., H: Gehr P.
filaments by photonic force
Meier Wolfgang, Prof. Calame M.
microscopy NanoEthics - Deliberating
phone: +41 (0)61 267 38 02 Networks of molecular
H: Jeney S. the vision of an emergent
wolfgang.meier@unibas.ch junctions nano-science
Advancement of Women Module “Quantum Computing H: Calame M., Oelhafen P.
Cerletti Verónica, Dr. H: Rehmann-Sutter C.,
and Quantum Coherence”
Electron spectroscopy of Maasen S.
H: Loss D., Ensslin K.
Address single molecules Ethics of Science: A course
NCCR Nanoscale Science Qubit and spintronics (theory) H: Jung T. for scientists provided by
Universität Basel H: Loss D. the NCCR Nanoscale Science
Chemical synthesis
Klingelbergstrasse 82 of functional molecules H: Reiter-Theil S.
Quantum coherence and
4056 Basel
quantum computing in super- for optoelectronics
phone: + 41 (0)61 267 12 38 conducting nanostructures H: Diederich F., Mayor M. Platforms
fax: + 41 (0)61 267 34 08 (theory) Education Platform
audrey.fischer@unibas.ch Theory of
H: Bruder C. Supervisor: Meier W.
molecular electronics
Web Address Experimental manipulation H: Bruder C.
www.nccr-nano.org of quantum systems
Nanocurriculum
H: Ensslin K. Module “Functional Bachelor and Master
Materials by Hierarchical Degree in Nanoscience
Quantum dot nuclear spins Self-Assembly” at University of Basel
H: Imamoglu A.
H: Diederich F., Meier W. H: Meier W.
Entanglement and coherence Functional biomimetic Contact: Spieler K., Ms.
in nanostructures dendrimers phone: +41 (0) 61 267 16 05
H: Schönenberger C., Katrein.Spieler@unibas.ch
H: Diederich F.
Oberholzer S.
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Public Relations
• News on website
• Electronic Newsletter
• Visit of international delega-
tion of science journalists
Third Party Cooperation
(in progress)
Programmes
• Frontiers
Topics • HYSWITCH
Nanoscale science’s re- out within the NCCR topics covered by the • NanoBio-RAISE
search focuses at the Nanoscale Science, where researchers include: Impact • Pico-Inside
nanometer scale. This is scientists from different of nanoscale science on life
Research Institutions
the scale of the matter disciplines come together sciences and medicine,
• Anorganische Chemie,
building blocks, namely, to gain insight in this field biology at the nanoscale,
Universität Heidelberg, DE
atoms and molecules. and develop further the molecular machinery and
• Applied and Environmental
Therefore, at this scale the methods, scientific tools nanorobotics, quantum de-
Chemistry Dept.,
traditional scientific dis- and understanding achie- vices and systems for University of Szeged, HU
ciplines merge, giving place ved. The goal of the teams computing and communi- • Australian Commonwealth
to a highly interdisciplinary taking part in this network cation and quantum coher- Scientific and Research
interaction between physi- is to come up with out- ence, nanoscale science at organization (CSIRO),
cists, chemists, physicians, standing scientific achieve- the ultimate limits, nano- Melbourne, AU
biologists, pharmacologists, ments that will secure the materials ranging from • Biophysical Engineering,
computer scientists and position of the NCCR as a biological systems, carbon- University of Twente, NL
engineers. This is clearly leader in the nanoscale nanotubes to nanoclusters • Biotechnologisches Zentrum,
reflected in the very inter- science. The different and and molecular electronics. TU Dresden, DE
disciplinary work carried strongly interconnected • Center for Nanoscience,
Ludwig-Maximilians-
Universität, Munich, DE
Heads of Individual Research Projects and Subprojects • Center for Spintronics
and Quantum Computation,
Aebi Ueli, Prof. M. E. Müller-Institut für Strukturbiologie, Universität Basel University of California,
Bruder Christoph, Prof. Institut für Physik, Universität Basel Santa Barbara, US
Calame Michel, Dr. Institut für Physik, Universität Basel • Centre d'Elaboration de
Constable Edwin, Prof. Departement Chemie, Universität Basel Matériaux et d'Études
Daniels Alma U., Prof. Labor für Orthopädische Biomechanik, Felix Platter Spital, Basel Structurales, Centre National
Diederich François, Prof. Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH Zürich de la Recherche Scientifique,
Engel Andreas, Prof. M. E. Müller-Institut für Strukturbiologie, Universität Basel Toulouse, FR
Ensslin Klaus, Prof. Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik, ETH Zürich • Centre for Research on
Fasel Roman, Dr. Abteilung Oberflächen, Beschichtungen, Magnetismus, EMPA Adaptive Nanostructures
Forró László, Prof. Institute de Genie Atomique, EPF Lausanne and Nanodevices,
Friederich Niklaus, Prof. Klinik für Orthopädische Chirurgie und Traumatologie Trinity College Dublin, IE
des Bewegungsapparates, Kantonsspital Bruderholz, Basel • Consiglio Nazionale delle
Fromm Katharina, Prof. Departement Chemie, Universität Basel Ricerche, Istituto per la
Gerber Christoph, Prof. Institut für Physik, Universität Basel Sintesi Organica e la
Gobrecht Jens, Prof. Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen Fotoreattivita, Bologna, IT
Goedecker Stefan, Prof. Institut für Physik, Universität Basel • Dépt. de Chimie, Inst.
Hug Hans Josef, Prof. Nanoscale Materials Science, EMPA de Science et d'Ingénierie
Hunziker Patrick, PD Dr. Dept. of internal medicine, Cardiology, University Hospital Basel Supramoléculaires,
Imamoglu Atac, Prof. Institute of Quantum Photonics, ETH Zürich Strasbourg, FR
Jeney Sylvia, Prof. Laboratoire de nanostructures et nouveaux matériaux • Dept. of Biochemistry, Duke
électroniques, EPFL University, Chapel Hill, US
Jung Thomas, Dr. Lab for Micro- and Nanostructures, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI • Dept. of Biophysical
Klok Harm-Anton, Prof. Laboratoire des Polymères, EPF Lausanne and Electronic Engineering
Loss Daniel, Prof. Institut für Physik, Universität Basel University of Genoa, IT
Lüthi Anita, PD Dr. Abteilung Pharmakologie/Neurobiologie, Universität Basel • Dept. of Chemistry, Lab. II,
Maasen Sabine, Prof. Wissenschaftsforschung / Wissenschaftssoziologie, Univ. of Copenhagen, DK
Universität Basel • Dept. of Chemistry, McMaster
Mayor Marcel, Prof. Departement Chemie, Universität Basel University, Hamilton, CA
Meier Wolfgang, Prof. Departement Chemie, Universität Basel • Dept. of Chemistry,
Meyer Ernst, Prof. Institut für Physik, Universität Basel University of Durham, GB
Meyer Gerhard, Dr. IBM Research Laboratory, Rüschlikon • Dept. of Condensed Matter
Oberholzer Stefan, Dr. Universität Basel Physics, Josef Stefan Inst.e,
Oelhafen Peter, Prof. Institut für Physik, Universität Basel Ljubliana, SI
Pieles Uwe, Prof. FHNW Life Sciences, Muttenz • Dept. of Molecular and
Plückthun Andreas, Prof. Institute of Biochemistry, Universität Zürich Cellular Interactions,
Rehmann-Sutter Christoph, Prof. Institut für Geschichte und Epistemologie der Medizin, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BE
Universität Basel • Dept. of Physical Chemistry,
Reiter-Theil Stella, Prof. Institut für Angewandte Ethik und Medizinethik, Universität Basel University of Mainz, DE
Schönenberger Christian, Prof. Institut für Physik, Universität Basel • Dept. of Physics, Bilkent Uni-
Setter Nava, Prof. Laboratoire de céramique, EPF Lausanne versity, TR
Textor Marcus, Prof. Oberflächentechnik, ETH Zürich • Dept. of Physics, Harvard
Vettiger Peter, Dr. Universität Neuchâtel University, Cambridge, US
Zumbühl Dominik, Prof. Institut für Physik, Universität Basel
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Sciences, Sustainability, Information
and Communication Technologies
NCCR Nanoscale Science
• Dept. of Physics, McGill
University, Montreal, CA Achievements
• Dept. of Physics, Ohio State Sustainability of the network which leads to the death of the Know-how and technology
University, Columbus, US of competence whole cell. transfer
• Dept. of Physics,
Since the establishment of the In collaboration between The NCCR Nanoscale Science
Princeton University, US
• Dept. of Solid State Physics,
NCCR Nanoscale Science in NASA Jet Propulsion Labora- continued its efforts in the
University of Ulm, DE 2001, the network of compe- tory, University Neuchâtel, knowledge transfer to High
• Dipart. di Chimica Organica e tence in Nanoscale Science Nanosurf AG Liestal and Uni- Schools. More than 250 pupils
Industriale e Consorzio Inter- has been continuously versity Basel an Atomic Force visited the NCCR laboratories
universitario Nazionale per la strengthened. These efforts Microscope has been devel- and glanced at actual re-
Scienza Tecnologia dei Materi- resulted in the foundation of oped for extreme conditions search. The University of
ali, Unità di Ricerca, Parma, IT the Swiss Nanoscience Insti- and has been installed as a Basel’s first spin-off company
• Dipart. di Chimica, Istituto tute (SNI), a long-term science part of NASA’s most recent “Nanosurf AG” has been
per la Sintesi Organica e program initiated by the au- Mars Lander “Phoenix”,which awarded the Swiss Technology
la Fotoreattività, Bologna, IT thorities of the canton of Aar- has been launched in August Award 2007 “Inventing the fu-
• Dipart. di Farmacia, Univer- gau. The SNI includes the 2007 and should land in May ture”.
sita degli studi di Trieste, IT world-renowned network of 2008.The project was partially
• Divisions of Chemistry
Education
the NCCR Nanoscale Science, financed by NASA,Minast and
and Medicine, University The Bachelor and Master cur-
and the Argovia Network, the Wolfermann-Nägeli foun-
College of London, GB riculum on Nanoscience at the
which has been established in dation. The Mars-AFM will
• Fachbereich Chemie, University of Basel has been
2006. Interdisciplinary teams, search the red planet for soil
Universität Marburg, DE consolidated and is completely
made up in particular of samples containing ice that
• Fachbereich II: Biologie und integrated into the Science
physicists, chemists, biologists should have made life on mars
Chemie, Univ. Bremen, DE faculty. In 2007, 18 Bachelor
and medical specialists, are possible. Additionally, new in-
• Fachbereich Physik, diploma as well as the first
exploring nanoscale struc- sights about the climate
Universität Konstanz, DE 4 Master diplomas have been
• Faculté des Sciences,
tures. The research results change are expected from the handed over to the first stu-
Université de Namur, promise to provide impetus mission. dents in Nanoscience.
Facultés Universitaires Notre- for the life sciences, sustain-
ability and information and The formation of microscopi- Communication
Dame de la Paix, BE
communications technology. cally small Chladni figures
• Fisica de la Materia The travelling exhibition
within liquids has been inves-
Condensada, Universidad Scientific Highlights “Nanorama” that has been de-
tigated. The figures showed a
Autonoma, Madrid, ES veloped in 2006 for the inter-
By means of AFM in-vitro behaviour that is highly de-
• Forschungsinst. für Technik- national conference ICN+T
measurements, the mecha- pendent on the size of the par-
und Wissenschaftsgeschichte, has been shown at various oc-
Dt. Museum, Munich, DE
nism as to how large mole- ticles. Micrometer sized parti-
casions in Bern, Basel, Berlin
• Graduiertenkolleg „Tech- cules can actively penetrate cles do not assemble in the
and in the German amuse-
nisierung und Gesellschaft“, into the nucleus has been in- knot lines as would be ex-
ment park Europapark. In
TU Darmstadt, DE vestigated and has been com- pected, but between them.
April, the opening of a new
• Inst. de Physique et pletely unravelled. The cargo However, nanometer sized
Science Center “Science
Chimie des Matériaux de molecules have to associate particles assemble again in the
House” in the agglomeration
Strasbourg (IPCMS), with certain transport recep- knot lines, like millimeter par-
of Freiburg im Breisgau took
Université de Strasbourg, FR tors that are bound to the ten- ticles do.This finding may lead
place. Our NCCR developed a
• Inst. für Organische tacle proteins of the pore. The to a new technique to separate
special exhibition section on
Chemie und Biochemie, tentacles drag the cargo mole- particles according to their
Nanoscale Science.
Universität Freiburg, DE cules into the nucleus and the size.
• Inst. of Applied Physics, binding to the tentacle is fi- In February, a workshop ad-
National Academy of Science Highly permeable polymeric
nally released. dressing the toxicity of nano-
of Belarus, Minsk, RU membranes based on the in-
particles attracted more than
• Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Isolated mitochondrial mem- corporation of a natural water
100 participants. In June a Eu-
Center at University of branes have been imaged by channel protein have been de-
ropean delegation of 32 sci-
Aarhus (iNANO), Dept. of atomic force microscopy. It has veloped. They show a water
ence journalists visited the
Physics and Astronomy (IFA), been shown that these mem- permeability that is two orders
NCCR Nanoscale science and
University of Aarhus, DK branes contain Voltage De- of magnitude larger that the
the SNI.From the visit,various
• IRC in Nanotechnology, pendent Anion Channels permeability of commercial
press articles resulted in dif-
University of Cambridge, GB (VDAC). Mitochondria play an products used in desalination
ferent European newspapers
• Kavli Inst. of Nanoscience important role in the process facilities. Theoretically the
and magazines.
Delft, Delft University of the apoptose,one of the nat- permeability should be in-
of Technology, NL ural suicide programs of cells. creased by three orders of Further information see
• Mecánica de los Medios Con- After penetration of certain magnitude and could become www.nccr-nano.org.
tinuos y Teoría de las Estruc- proteins from the mitochon- an important milestone in the
turas, Universidad de Castilla dria into the inner cell, some future production of potable
La Mancha, Almaden, ES “killer proteins” are activated, water.
• Nano Ethics Network,
University of Aarhus, DK
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• Nanofabrication and
Characterization Facility,
Inst. of Materials Research
and Engineering (IMRE),
Singapore, SG
• Organic Chemistry,
University of Florence, IT
• Physical Chemistry,
Hungarian Academy of
Sciences, Budapest, HU
Statistical Input – Output Data • Physics Dept., Ben-Gurion
University, Jerusalem, IL
Funding source (CHF) Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Total %
• Physics Dept., Harvard
SNSF funding 4 750 000 4 750 000 4 750 000 4 750 000 19 000 000 34 University, Cambridge, US
• Physics Dept., Massachusetts
Self-funding from home
institution1 572 473 517 199 955 164 955 164 3 000 000 5 Inst. of Technology,
Self-funding from project Cambridge, US
participants 6 757 564 4 669 843 6 399 651 6 399 651 24 226 709 44
• Physics Dept., McGill
Third-party funding2 1 948 656 1 437 009 2 875 662 2 875 662 9 136 989 17 University, Montreal, CA
• Physics, University of
Total 14 028 693 11 374 051 14 980 477 14 980 477 55 363 698 100 Liverpool, GB
• Physik / Chemie, Technische
Univ. Kaiserslautern, DE
Personnel3 Total of Female % Male % CH Most Represented Nations Other
• Physik / Chemie,
Persons DE FR IT PL JP Nations
Universita di Modena, IT
Management 6.174 3 38 5 63 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 • School of Chemistry,
Master students 2 0 0 2 100 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 University of Sydney, AU
Doctoral students 81 24 30 57 70 31 15 5 3 0 3 25 • School of Mechanical Systems
Postdoctoral students 71 19 27 52 73 13 11 10 3 2 1 34 Engineering, Chonnam
National University,
Research associates 5 1 20 4 80 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
Gwangjuu, KR
Senior researchers5 73 10 14 63 86 36 15 3 1 6 4 15 • National Enterprise
Other staff 30 7 23 23 77 27 0 0 0 0 0 2 for Nanosciencience and
Total 268.17 64 24 206 76 116 43 18 9 8 8 78 Nanotechnology, Scuola
1
Normale Superiore, Pisa, IT
Personnel costs, equipment and consumables, not included infrastructure and basic equipment
2
Not included is CTI funding (cf. page 6). Since the start of the NCCR 4 projects have been funded by CTI at a total amount of • Walther-Meissner-Inst., Dept.
3.5 million CHF In addition there was close collaboration with TOP NANO 21. At least in 25 projects of this programme technology
. of Physics, Ludwig-Maximil-
transfer to the NCCR took place.
3
Persons involved in the NCCR in the last reporting period (12 months)
ians-University of Munich,
4
Full-time equivalent, including NCCR-Director and persons in charge of knowledge and technology transfer, Center for Nano Science, DE
and education and training
5
Including leaders of the individual projects and other organisational units of the NCCR Economy / Industry
• Bell Labs, Lucent
Technologies, Murray Hill, US
Members of the Scientific Advisory Board • Concentris GmbH, Basel, CH
Baumeister Wolfgang, Prof. Max Planck Institute, Martinsried, DE • Corporate Research, BASF,
Binnig Gerd, Prof. Definiens AG, Munich, DE Strasbourg, FR
Eigler Don, Dr. IBM Almaden, US • IBM Almaden Research
Kroto Sir Harry, Prof. University of Sussex, GB Center, San Jose, US
Lindelof Poul Erik, Prof. University of Copenhagen, DK • IBM Zürich Research Lab.,
Melchers Fritz, Prof. University of Basel, CH Rüschlikon, CH
Quate Calvin, Prof. Stanford University, US • JPK-Instruments AG, Berlin, DE
Rohrer Heinrich, Dr. Wollerau, CH • Molecular Partners AG,
Zürich, CH
• MorphoSys AG,
Evaluation and Monitoring by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Martinsried, DE
• Nanonis GmbH, Zürich, CH
Members of the Review Panel • Nanosurf AG, Liestal, CH
Folkers Gerd, Prof. (Chair) Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH • Nanoworld AG, Neuchâtel, CH
Altshuler Boris, Prof. Department, of Physics, Columbia University, New York, US • NTT Basic Research Lab.,
Awschalom David D., Prof. Center for Spintronics and Quantum Computation Atsugi-shi, JP
University of California, US • Quantum Science Research
Gaub Hermann, Prof. Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Physik, Universität München, DE Group, Hewlett Packard Lab.,
Hüfner Stefan, Prof. Fachbereich Physik, University of the Saarland, DE Palo Alto, US
Leiderer Paul, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH • Schering AG, Berlin, DE
Osterwalder Jürg, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH • Sony Materials Science Lab.,
Reinhoudt David, Prof. Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Twente, NL Stuttgart, DE
von Löhneysen Hilbert, Prof. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Karlsruhe, DE • Süss Micro Optics, Neuchâtel, CH
NCCR Office SNSF Others
Bachmann Stefan, Dr. Schweiz. Nationalfonds, Wildhainweg 3, 3001 Bern, • Klinik für Orthopädische
phone: + 41 (0)31 308 23 49, fax: + 41 (0)31 305 29 71, Chirurgie und Traumatologie
sbachmann@snf.ch des Bewegungsapparates,
Kantonsspital Bruderholz,
Bruderholz, CH
• Life Sciences,
Fachhochschule Nordwest-
schweiz, Muttenz, CH
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Quantum Photonics
NCCR Quantum Photonics
Home Institution
Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology, Lausanne
Start of the NCCR
July 1, 2001
NCCR Management Research Nitrides based light emitters Towards directlymodulated
Director H: Grandjean N. VCSELs at 40Gbit/s
Quantum communication
Deveaud-Plédran Benoît, Prof. Advanced photonic crystal H: Witzigmann B.
Head: Gisin N.
phone: + 41 (0)21 693 54 96 structures
benoit.deveaud-pledran@epfl.ch Single photon detectors H: Houdré R. Technology Platforms,
Deputy Director H: Zbinden H. Programmes etc.
MEMS photonic crystals
Faist Jérôme, Prof. Cavity-QED and spin based Industrial Project Program
and gratings
phone: + 41 (0)44 633 72 80 quantum information H: Stanley R. Pochon S.
jerome.faist@phys.ethz.ch processing
Project Officer Coherent control of matter Doctoral programme
H: Imamoglu A.
Pochon Sandra, Mrs. in photonic crystal fibers in quantum photonics
phone: + 41 (0)21 693 54 12 Ordered pyramidal quantum H: Feurer T. Martin O.
sandra.pochon@epfl.ch dots for quantum photonics Quantum cascade interlevel Tandem Partner Program
applications sources
Administration and Secretariat Pochon S.
Vaucher Ursula, Mrs. H: Kapon E.
H: Faist J.
phone: + 41 (0)21 693 54 15 Summer School & Workshops
Quantum coherence in semi- Ultrafast sources from
ursula.vaucher@epfl.ch conductor nanostructures “Monte Verità, Ascona”,
near infrared to X-rays “Montreux”, “Varenna, Italy”
Knowledge and Technology H: Deveaud-Plédran B. H: Keller U.
Transfer Scientific camps
Time resolved Imaging applications of
Pochon Sandra, Mrs. for youngsters
cathodoluminescence second harmonic generation
Education and Training Moser F.
H: Ganière J.D. in nanoparticles
Pochon Sandra, Mrs.
Theory and modelling of H. Psaltis D.
Media Relations
Pochon Sandra, Mrs. quantum coherence in XUV-IR Laser Pulse Shaping
phone: + 41 (0)21 693 54 12 polaritonic nanodevices using MEMS
H: Savona V. H: Wolf J.P.
Advancement of Women
Riblet Fabrice, Dr.
Berseth Nicole, Mrs.
phone: +41 (0)21 693 00 78
Heads of Individual Research Projects and Subprojects
fabrice.riblet@epfl.ch Deveaud-Plédran Benoit, Prof. Institut de Photonique et d’Electronique Quantiques, EPF Lausanne
nicole.berseth@epfl.ch Faist Jérôme, Prof. Institut de Physique, Université de Neuchâtel
Feurer Thomas, Prof. Institut für Angewandte Physik, Universität Bern
Address Ganière Jean-Daniel, Dr. Institut de Photonique et d’Electronique Quantiques, EPF Lausanne
NCCR Quantum Photonics Gisin Nicolas, Prof. Groupe de Physique Appliquée, Université de Genève
Post Office Box 123 Grandjean Nicolas, Prof. Institut de Photonique et d’Electronique Quantiques, EPF Lausanne
1015 Lausanne Houdré Romuald, Dr. Institut de Photonique et d’Electronique Quantiques, EPF Lausanne
Imamoglu Atac, Prof. Institut für Quantenelektronik, ETH Zürich
phone: + 41 (0)21 693 54 15
Kapon Eli, Prof. Institut de Photonique et d’Electronique Quantiques, EPF Lausanne
fax: + 41 (0)21 693 54 10
Keller Ursula, Prof. Institut für Quantenelektronik, ETH Zürich
nccr-qp@epfl.ch
Psaltis Demetri, Prof. Institut d'imagerie et optique appliqué, EPF Lausanne
Web Address Savona Vincenzo, Prof. Group of Theory of Nanosystems, EPF Lausanne
http://nccr-qp.epfl.ch Stanley Ross, Dr. CSEM Neuchâtel
Witzigmann Bernd, Prof. Institute für Integrierte Systeme, ETH Zürich
Wolf Jean-Pierre, Prof. Biophotonics Group, University of Geneva
Zbinden Hugo, Dr. Groupe de Physique Appliquée, Université de Genève
Members of the Advisory Board
Rosencher Emmanuel, Prof. (President) ONERA, Université Paris-Sud, FR
De Silvestri Sandro, Prof. Politecnico de Milano, Italy
Effernan Jonathan, Dr. Sharp Laboratoires, Oxford, United Kingdom
Erman Marko, Dr. Thales Communication, Orsay, FR
Kröll Stefan, Prof. Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden
Marangos Jonathan, Prof. Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Ostrowsky Dan, Prof. University of Nice, FR
Riechert Henning, Prof. Paul Drude Institut, Berlin, DE
Scolnik Maurice, Prof. University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Weisbuch Claude University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
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Third Party Cooperation
Topics (in progress)
Since Einstein’s famous dis- develop novel technologies For the second phase 2005-
coveries in the early 1900s, that carry the potential for 2008, we currently have Programmes
we know that light exhibits a numerous future applica- 15 projects covering a wide • COST299
double nature – it can be con- tions. For example: Quantum range of fields such as quan- • COSTP11
• COSTP11
sidered as both a wave and as Cryptography guarantees tum optics, advanced pho-
• CTI 8552.1;2 NMPP-NM
a stream of photons. This is transaction security by pre- tonics applications and ad-
• EMALI
the so-called quantum be- venting hackers from inter- vanced light sources. Besides
• EPIXNET
havior. In the very same way, cepting messages transmit- oriented research and tech- • EU CA-QUROPE
particles such as electrons ted trough an optical link. nology transfer, the NCCR • EU IP SECOQC 2004-2008
bear the same duality.There- This fundamental approach Quantum Photonics also • EU-ANSWER
fore, at an infinitesimal scale, was applied for the first time supports workshops and sci- • EU-MOSEL
the interaction of light with in securing the Swiss federal entific camps for 11-13 year • FUNFOX
matter can be manipulated, elections in October and No- old girls demonstrating that • NITWAVE
revealing novel phenomena vember 2007, in the Geneva mathematics and physics are • RNT-POISE
that might prove useful. State. The link http://nccr- rewarding. These activities • SHINE
From this starting point, qp.epfl.ch/page19465.html promote and strengthen • STIMSCAT
scientists at the NCCR Quan- shows the press campaign long-term excellence in the • STREP-Sinphonia
tum Photonics conduct fun- organised around this event. field of photonics in Switzer- • TERANOVA
damental research as well as land. • ULTRAGAN
Research Institutions
• Abteilung Festkörperphysik,
Achievements Universität Magdeburg, DE
• Applied Physics / Integrated
Research results gratings for applications dustrial world has been
Optics Group, Paderborn
The Quantum Photonics in tunable lasers and minia- achieved with the financing
University, DE
NCCR allows strengthening ture spectrometers (Possible of small industrial projects: 7 • CEA-SPAM Centre d'Etudes
the quality of research in commercialization by Day- projects are running, already de Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, FR
the field in Switzerland, light solutions). showing excellent results. • Centre Lasers Intenses
with outstanding scientific Finding matching funds from et Applications (CELIA),
European collaborations
achievements. Since the be- Industry or support organi- University of Bordeaux I, FR
NCCR research groups are zations is worth while.
ginning of the NCCR, more • Clarendon Lab.,
actively involved in 20 Pro-
than 600 papers have ap- Education and Knowledge University of Oxford, GB
jects sponsored by the
peared in scientific journals • Dept. of Electrical and
European Community, that transfer, Adv of Woman
and 400 conference presen- Electronical Engineering,
are strong foundation for The Photonic Doctoral University of Bristol, GB
tations have been given by
the future of Photonics School is developing a “Tan- • Dept. of physics and
scientists of the different
in Switzerland and for the dem Partner Program” allow- astronomy, Louisiana State
teams.To select just a few, the
European Research and ing PhD’s from all over University, Bâton Rouge, US
NCCR is proud of the follow-
Development Programmes: Switzerland to share and ex- • Dept. of Physics, Harvard
ing ones: First time demon-
FP7 change their scientific expe- University, Cambridge, GB
stration of how a Bose Ein-
Spin-offs and Technology rience. Strong collaboration • EMPA, Dübendorf, CH
stein Condensate may build
Transfer with the Equal Opportunity • Inst. of Photonic Science,
up in a disordered landscape University of Barcelona, ES
Office and the NCCR MICS
in a solid (Nature Cover Many Spin-off companies • Inst. of Technology,
allows us to leverage on ex-
page, 443, September 2006). have been created by NCCR University of Lund, DK
isting initiatives to promote
Demonstration of a strong Scientists: AlpesLasers, • Lab. Physique du Solide,
women and youngsters in the
coupling between a single BeamExpress, IDQuantique, Université de Toulouse,
scientific world through tan-
quantum dot and a nanocav- Timebandwidth and a new Montpellier, FR
gible actions: 6 scientific
ity (Nature, 445, February venture challenge Attolight,
camps are organized each
2007). Fabrication of a sponsored by an EPFL
year,industry visits,network-
photonic crystal based THz Innogrant. The exchanges
ing events and invited guest’s
Quantum Cascade Laser between the NCCR and
seminars. The “Polythèque”
computed for efficient ex- the Start-ups / Small and
has been created in order for
traction of the emitted light Medium Enterprises (SME)
youngsters to get in touch
(common publication in J. create new ideas, allow expe-
with scientific medias, to
Appl. Phys. 101, april, 2007 of rience sharing and develop
learn and to ask questions
NCCR QP Project Leaders). market oriented spirit. More-
around afternoon themes…
Development of a process for over bridging the gap be-
etching blazed MEMS grat- tween the fundamentally ori- Further information see
ings, which led to compact ented research carried out http://nccr-qp.epfl.ch
efficient MEMS tunable within the NCCR and the in-
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Quantum Photonics
NCCR Quantum Photonics
Economy / Industry
• Aerodyne research Inc,
Billerica, US
• Agilent Technologies,
Colorado Springs, US
• Alcatel CIT, Marcoussis, FR Statistical Input – Output Data
• Beamexpress, Lausanne, CH
• Dätwyler/Silitec, Boudry, CH Funding source (CHF) Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Total %
• HP International, Geneva, CH
• Id Quantique SA, Geneva, CH SNSF funding 5 200 000 4 000 000 3 600 000 3 200 000 16 000 000 38
• Lasag Inc, Thun, CH Self-funding from home
2 266 363 2 842 339 849 600 809 700 6 768 002 16
• METAS Swiss Federal Office institution1
for Metrology, Bern, CH Self-funging from project
4 674 179 4 569 900 3 875 760 3 611 410 16 731 249 40
• METAS Swiss Federal participants
Office for Metrology, Third-party funding2 859 634 1 239 927 351 500 351 500 2 802 561 7
Regensburg, CH
• OSRAM AG, Lausanne, CH Total 13 000 176 12 652 166 8 676 860 7 972 610 42 301 812 100
• Pranalytica Inc,
Santa Monica, US Most Represented Nations
Personnel3 Total of Female % Male % CH Other
• Staar Surgical AG, Nidau, CH Persons Nations
IT FR DE CN US
• ZODIAC, Marcoussis, FR
Management 2.784 5 56 4 44 7 0 2 0 0 0 0
Master students 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doctoral students 65 14 22 51 78 18 7 6 10 4 1 19
Postdoctoral students 24 5 21 19 79 5 3 4 0 0 1 11
Research associates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Senior researchers5 50 4 8 46 92 19 8 7 4 0 2 10
Other staff 27 11 41 16 59 22 2 0 0 0 0 5
Total 168.78 39 22 136 78 71 20 19 14 4 4 45
1
Personnel costs, equipment and consumables, not included infrastructure and basic equipment
2
Not included is CTI funding (cf. page 6). Since the start of the NCCR 2 projects have been funded by CTI at a total amount
of 2.3 million CHF.
3
Persons involved in the NCCR in the last reporting period (12 months)
4
Full-time equivalent, including NCCR-Director and persons in charge of knowledge and technology transfer,
and education and training
5
Including leaders of the individual projects and other organisational units of the NCCR
Evaluation and Monitoring by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Members of the Review Panel
Leiderer Paul, Prof. (Chair) Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Baets Roel, Prof. Department of Information Technology, Universiteit Gent, BE
Ebeling Karl Joachim, Prof. Rektor der Universität Ulm, DE
Forchel Alfred, Prof. Technische Physik, Universität Würzburg, DE
Knop Karl, Dr. CSEM Zurich, CH
Mourou Gérard, Prof. ENSTA, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, FR
Osterwalder Jürg, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Rarity John G., Prof. Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bristol University, GB
Schurtenberger Peter, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
NCCR Office SNSF
Bachmann Stefan, Dr. Schweiz. Nationalfonds, Wildhainweg 3, 3001 Bern,
phone: + 41 (0)31 308 23 49, fax: + 41 (0)31 305 29 71,
sbachmann@snf.ch
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Interactive Multimodal
Information Management
NCCR IM2
Home Institution
IDIAP Martigny
,
Start of the NCCR
January 1, 2002
NCCR Management
Research Human-machine integration Platforms, Director
Audio processing
H: Jaimes A. Programmes etc. Bourlard Hervé, Prof.
Brain machine interaction Doctoral School phone: + 41 (0)27 721 77 20
Head: Dines J.
bourlard@idiap.ch
H: Millán J. del R. Supervisor: Bourlard H.
Database management Deputy Director
Co-Supervisor: Ebrahimi T.
and meeting analysis Ebrahimi Touradj, Prof.
Female Fellowship: Bourlard H.
H: Popescu-Belis A. phone: + 41 (0)21 693 26 06
Visitor exchange program touradj.ebrahimi@epfl.ch
Visual/video processing with ICSI, Berkeley, US
H: Thiran J.-P. Officer
Supervisor: Bourlard H. Foglia François, Dr.
Multimodal processing Smart Meeting Room phone: + 41 (0)27 721 77 50
and recognition foglia@idiap.ch
Supervisor: Bourlard H.
H: Billard A.
Knowledge and
Multimedia File Server
Multimodal context Technology Transfer
Supervisor: Popescu-Belis A.
abstraction Crittin Frank, Dr.
H: Marchand-Maillet S. phone: + 41 (0)27 721 77 17
Education and Training
Ebrahimi Touradj, Prof.
Heads of Individual Research Projects phone: + 41 (0)21 693 26 06
Billard Aude, Prof. LASA, EPF Lausanne Advancement of Women
Dines John, Dr. IDIAP Martigny
, Foglia François, Dr.
Jaimes Alex, Dr. IDIAP Martigny
, phone: + 41 (0)27 721 77 50
Marchand-Maillet Stéphane, Dr. Centre Universitaire d’Informatique, Université de Genève Communication
Millán J. del R., Prof. IDIAP Martigny
, Aymon Fournier Céline, Ms.
Popescu-Belis Andrei, Dr. IDIAP Martigny
, phone: + 41 (0)27 721 77 15
Thiran Jean-Philippe, Prof. Signal Processing Institute, EPF Lausanne
Address
NCCR IM2
Steering Committee IDIAP
Bourlard Hervé, Prof. IM2 Director, IDIAP Director, Professor at EPFL P Box 592
.O.
Ebrahimi Touradj, Prof. IM2 Deputy Director, EPFL 1920 Martigny
Bunke Horst, Prof. University of Bern
phone: + 41 (0)27 721 77 11
Pasquier Jacques, Prof. Vice-rector of the University of Fribourg
fax: + 41 (0)27 721 77 12
Pun Thierry, Prof. Vice-dean of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Geneva
im2@idiap.ch
van Gool Luc, Prof. ETHZ, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (B)
Web Address
Members of the Scientific Advisory Board www.im2.ch
Peters Carol, Prof. Institute for Information Science and Technologies, Pisa (IT)
Public Relations
Rigoll Gerhard, Prof. Technische Universität, München (DE)
• Newsletter IM2, www.im2.ch
Renals Steve, Prof. University of Edinburgh (UK)
• IM2 Flyer
Oviatt Sharon, Prof. Headquarters Adapx, Seattle (USA)
• Festival “Science et Cité” 2005
Pelachaud Catherine, Prof. IUT de Montreuil, Université Paris 8 (FR)
• Brochure IM2
• Public Day at the
“Foire du Valais”
• “Let's talk about your future”
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Interactive Multimodal
Information Management
NCCR IM2
Third Party Cooperation
(in progress)
Programmes
• BioSecure
• CHIRON (EU-FP6)
• COBOL
• COST 2101
• COST BM0601
• DIRAC (EU-FP6) Topics
• HERMES (EU-FP6) The National Center of computer vision, and the mouse and screen) are in-
• IMMERSENCE (EU-FP6) Competence in Research automatic indexation and sufficient. In first instance,
• SIMILAR (NCCR) on Interactive management of multime- ideal interfaces would be
• TACT (EU-FP6) Multimodal Information dia documents. Other capable of manipulating
Research Institutions Management, in short IM2, important related themes more complex and realistic
• Center for Vision, Speech and is aimed at the advan- are information content data, including the combi-
Signal Procession, University cement of research, and the protection, data access nation of different forms of
of Surrey, Guildford, GB development of prototypes, control, and the structur- data, such as audio and
• Dept. of Signal Theorie and in the field of man-ma- ing, retrieval and presen- video.
Communications, Universitat chine interaction. The tation of multimedia in- The IM2 NCCR, headed by
Politecnica de Catalunya, NCCR is particularly con- formation. IDIAP Research Institute
Barcelona, ES cerned with technologies Multimodal interfaces rep- in Martigny, combines
• Dept. of computing, University coordinating natural input resent a new, highly stra- many partners from a
of Lancaster, GB modes (such as speech, tegic direction for informa- number of university insti-
• Dept. of Informatics, Univer- image, pen, touch, hand tion technologies of the tutions (EPFL, University
sity of Zurich, CH gestures, head and/or body future. Thanks to such of Geneva, University of
• Dept. of Physiology, University movements, and even interfaces, man-machine Fribourg, University of
of Arizona, Tucson, US physiological sensors) with interactions will become Bern, ETHZ), as well
• Ecole d'ingénieurs de Genève multimedia system out- simpler and, by conse- as HES (Sion, Sierre,
(EIG), CH puts, such as speech, quence, more productive. etc.), and a range of com-
• Ecole d'ingénieurs et sounds, images, 3D graph- In the near future, multi- mercial companies. The
d'architectes de Fribourg, CH
ics and animation. media systems equipped NCCR also has numerous
• French Ministry of Research
The field of multimodal with such interfaces will international contacts, in-
and Education, University of
interaction covers a wide be flexible enough to cluding an agreement for
Avignon, FR
• Haute Ecole d'Ingénierie et de
range of activities and accommodate a wide the exchange of young re-
Gestion du Canton de Vaud applications, including the variety of users, tasks and searchers with ICSI in
(HEIG-VD), Yverdon, CH recognition and interpre- environments for which Berkeley, California.
• Hautes Ecoles Spécialisées de tation of spoken, written current interaction modali-
Suisse Occidentale (HES-SO), and gestured languages, ties (such as keyboard,
Sion, CH
• Lab. d'Informatique pour la
Mécanique et les Sciences de
l'Ingénieur (LIMSI), Paris, FR
• NCCR Affective Sciences,
Geneva, CH
• Visual Information
Processing for Enhanced
Retrieval (VIPER),
University of Geneva, CH
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Economy / Industry
• Alro Engineering SA,
Martigny, CH
• Alto-Service,
Vufflens le Château, CH
• Atonce Capital Management
AG, Bätterkinden, CH
• Cinetis SA, Martigny, CH
• Deutsche Telekom
Achievements Laboratories, Berlin, DE
Multimodal Processing Knowledge Dissemination/ IM2 supports a new Female • EyeP Media SA, Yverdon, CH
IM2 has significantly con- Technology Transfer Fellowship programme • Fastcom Technology SA,
tributed to the develop- IM2 is among the creators aimed specifically at boost- Lausanne, CH
ment of a new research of the series of internatio- ing the careers of female • Intel Corporation,
field referred to as multi- nal Multimodal Interaction researchers. Santa Clara, US
• Memoria, Sion, CH
modal processing, which is and Related Machine Lear- Structural Impact • MHT Optic Research AG,
now viewed as increasingly ning Algorithms (MLMI)
IM2 has an excellent Niederhasli, CH
important at the interna- work-shops. IM2 fostered
integration in the ERA • NASA, Ames Research Center,
tional level. IM2 is also the creation of several Moffett Field, US
(European Research Area)
recognised worldwide for start-up companies, such • Nestlé Research Center,
through several key FP6
its contributions in related as Spiderphone.ch, An- Vevey, CH
projects, especially the Inte-
areas such as speech and teleon Imaging,... Thanks • NEXThink SA, Fribourg, CH
grated Projects AMI,
language understanding, to IM2, IDIAP and its sub- • Odermatt AG,
AMIDA (www.amiproject.org),
computer vision, multi- sidiary IdeArk S.A. are a Hunzenschwil, CH
DIRAC (www.diracproject.org),
channel processing and core component of the new • Odysis SA, Lausanne, CH
as well as other EU Projects
fusion, and multimedia Economic Development • Pixartis SA, Lausanne, CH
such as MAIA (www.maia-
indexing. strategy of the Canton of • Qualcomm Inc, San Diego, US
project.org), BACS (in col-
Valais. • Sarmap SA, Purasca, IT
Meeting Recordings laboration with ETHZ), and
• Sowoon Technologies Sàrl,
IM2 is among the first Young and Female so on. So far, the most im- St-Imier, CH
projects worldwide to focus Researchers pressive structural impact • SVOX AG, Zürich, CH
on multimodal meeting The exchange programme of IM2 is also at the level of
recordings, which is now supported by IM2 helped the Leading House IDIAP , Others
attracting more and more create a privileged rela- turning a local research • HASLER Foundation, CH
attention. IM2 thus works tionship between Swiss institute into a large, world-
on large multimodal data- institutions, researchers wide recognised, research
bases, and makes them and the International institution, often quoted
available to the scientific Computer Science Institute for its work, publications, or
community. IM2 is not only (ICSI) in Berkeley/USA. simply as an example
significantly contributing IM2 has made significant of dynamism and inter-
to the field, but is also in efforts to increase the national integration.
a good position to set up visibility of women active Further information see
international research and in science (public events, www.im2.ch
development standards. publications, meeting re-
cordings).
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Interactive Multimodal
Information Management
NCCR IM2
Statistical Input – Output Data
Funding source (CHF) Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Total %
SNSF funding 3 500 000 3 500 000 2 800 000 2 100 000 11 900 000 46
Self-funding from home
institution1 789 019 822 145 594 000 594 000 2 799 164 11
Self-funding from project
participants 1 962 398 1 691 457 810 000 810 000 5 273 855 20
2
Third-party funding 1 935 388 1 972 523 936 000 936 000 5 779 911 22
Total 8 186 805 7 986 125 5 140 000 4 440 000 25 752 930 100
Personnel3 Total of Female % Male % CH Most Represented Nations Other
Persons FR US IT IN BE Nations
Management 8.004 5 36 9 64 11 0 1 0 0 2 0
Master students 2 0 0 2 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Doctoral students 89 21 24 68 76 27 13 3 5 9 0 36
Postdoctoral students 22 3 14 19 86 4 5 0 3 1 1 8
Research associates 1 0 0 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Senior researchers5 42 5 12 37 88 9 8 8 3 1 5 16
Other staff 22 2 9 20 91 14 3 3 1 0 0 0
Total 186.00 36 19 156 81 65 29 15 12 11 8 63
1
Personnel costs, equipment and consumables, not included infrastructure and basic equipment
2
Not included is CTI funding (cf. page 6). Since the start of the NCCR 15 projects have been funded by CTI at a total amount
of 8.3 million CHF.
3
Persons involved in the NCCR in the last reporting period (12 months)
4
Full-time equivalent, including NCCR-Director and persons in charge of knowledge and technology transfer,
and education and training
5
Including leaders of the individual projects and other organisational units of the NCCR
Evaluation and Monitoring by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Members of the Review Panel
Steger Angelika, Prof. (Chair) Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Beretta Giordano Bruno, Dr. Hewlett Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, US
Byrne Bill, Dr. Machine Intelligence Laboratory, Cambridge University, GB
Chang Shih-Fu, Prof. Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University,
New York, US
Chua Tat-Seng, Prof. Department of Computer Science, National University of Singapore, SG
Hirsbrunner Béat, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Jain Ramesh, Prof. School of ECE and College of Computing, Georgia Tech, US
Meng Helen Mei-Ling, Prof. Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK
Opitz-Belakhal Claudia, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Zhang Yu-Jin, Prof. Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, CN
NCCR Office SNSF
Bachmann Stefan, Dr. Schweiz. Nationalfonds, Wildhainweg 3, 3001 Bern,
phone: + 41 (0)31 308 23 49, fax: + 41 (0)31 305 29 71,
sbachmann@snf.ch
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Image Guided Medical Interventions
NCCR CO-ME
Home Institution
Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology Zurich
Start of the NCCR
July 1, 2001
Research Load sensing surgical Computer assistance NCCR Management
instruments and implants in orthopaedic surgery Director
Real-time sensor fusion
H: Ryser P . H: Gonzalez Ballester M. A. Székely Gábor, Prof.
and 3D model update for
Burger J., Hierold C., Jacq C., Chopard B., Rüfenacht D., phone: + 41 (0)44 632 52 88
minimally invasive surgery
Kowal J., Maeder T., Székely G., Zheng G., Büchler P. szekely@vision.ee.ethz.ch
Head: Baur C. Neuenschwander J.,
Helmer P Cattin P Zheng G.
., ., Diagnosis patient-specific Deputy Director
Sennhauser U. Nolte Lutz-Peter, Prof.
flow simulation and advanced
Magnet-resonance Interactive clinical visuali- wessel wall analysis phone: + 41 (0)31 631 59 34
image-guided radio-frequency sation for joint examination lutz.nolte@memcenter.unibe.ch
H: Alkadhi H.
ablation of liver tumors H: Magnenat-Thalmann N. General Manager
Kurtcuoglu V., Cattin P.,
H: Becker C. Ferguson S., Hoffmeyer P ., Reber Bernhard, Dr.
Cattin P Kuster N., Székely G.,
., Systems face: Computer aided
Guillard G., Siebenrock K., phone: + 41 (0)44 632 05 23
Terraz S. treatment of facial diseases
Thalmann D. breber@vision.ee.ethz.ch
Computer-aided surgery H: Zeilhofer H.-F . Public Relations
Advanced image guided Caversaccio M., Gross M.,
around the head surgical interventions in Roth Patrick
Kuttenberger J., Sader R., phone: + 41 (0)31 631 59 51
H: Caversaccio M. ophthalmology Schwenzer Zimmerer K., patrick.roth@memcenter.unibe.ch
Zheng G. H: Nelson B. Vetter T., von Rechenberg B.
Virtual-reality based training Abbott J., Burger J., Cattin P., Steinmann Ruth, Mrs.
Kowal J., Büchler P . Semiautomatic coronary phone: + 41 (0)44 632 51 63
of medical procedures
anastomosis using cobra and steinman@vision.ee.ethz.ch
H: Harders M. Soft-tissue modelling: helical needle concept Finances
Bajka M., Bleuler H., from mechano-biology to H: Zünd G., Vogt Vreni, Mrs.
Gantert W., Gross M., Thaler M., real-time simulation Van de Venn H. phone: +41 (0)44 632 04 72
Rudin M., Szczerba D. H: Ferguson S.
vogt@vision.ee.ethz.ch
Image-guided neurosurgery – Baur C., Gross M., Kroschewski R.
Koumoutsakos P Mazza E.,
., Officer
neurosurgical treatment of
Otaduy M., Büchler P ., Neuenschwander Annelies, Mrs.
functional brain disorders
Poulikakos D. phone: +41 (0)31 631 59 58
H: Jeanmonod D. annelies.neuenschwander@
Martin E., Morel A., Székely G., memcenter.unibe.ch
Kiper D., Werner B.
Knowledge and
Technology Transfer
Heads of Individual Projects and Key Researchers Nolte Lutz-Peter, Prof.
phone: + 41 (0)31 631 59 34
Abbott Jake, Dr. Institut für Robotik und Intelligente Systeme, ETH Zürich
lutz.nolte@memcenter.unibe.ch
Alkadhi Hatem, PD Dr. Institut für Diagnostische Radiologie, Universitätsspital Zürich
Bajka Michael, PD Dr. Klinik für Gynäkologie, Universitätsspital Zürich Education and Training
Baur Charles, Dr. Institut de Systèmes Robotiques, EPF Lausanne Reber Bernhard, Dr.
Becker Christoph, Prof. Division de Radiodiagnostic et Radiologie Interventionnelle, Advancement of Women
Hôpitaux Universitaires, Genève Thoeny Harriet, PD Dr.
Bleuler Hannes, Prof. Institut de Systèmes Robotiques, EPF Lausanne Inselspital Bern
Büchler Philippe, Dr. M. E. Müller Forschungsinstitut für Orthopädische Chirurgie,
Universität Bern Address
Burger Jürgen, Prof. Hochschule für Technik und Informatik, Biel NCCR CO-ME
Cattin Philippe, Prof. Medizinische Fakultät , Universität Basel ETHZ - Bildverarbeitung
Caversaccio Marco, PD Dr. Klinik für Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenkrankheiten, Sternwartstr. 7
Kopf- und Halschirurgie, Inselspital Bern 8092 Zürich
Chopard Bastien, Prof. Scientific and Parallel Computing Group, CUI, phone: + 41 (0)44 632 04 72
University of Geneva fax: + 41 (0)44 632 11 99
Ferguson Stephen, PD Dr. M.E. Müller Forschungsinstitut für Orthopädische Chirurgie, vogt@vision.ee.ethz.ch
Universität Bern Web Address
Gantert Walter, Dr. Klink St. Anna, Luzern
http://co-me.ch
Gonzalez Ballester Miguel, Dr. M.E. Müller Forschungsinstitut für Orthopädische Chirurgie,
Universität Bern
Gross Markus, Prof. Computer Graphics Group, ETH Zürich
Guillard Gwenael, Dr. MIRALab, Université de Genève
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Computer Aided and
Image Guided Medical Interventions
NCCR CO-ME
Third Party Cooperation
(in progress)
Programmes
• ARES (FP6)
• CyberWalk (FP6)
• ImmerSence IST (FP6)
• IST-Intuition (FP6)
• Marie Curie Actions (FP6) Harders Matthias, PD Dr. Institut für Bildverarbeitung, ETH Zürich
• PICO (FP6) Helmer Patrick, Dr. Institut de Systèmes Robotiques, EPF Lausanne
• Research Funding Award Hierold Christopher, Prof. Micro- und Nanosysteme, ETH Zürich
Program Hoffmeyer Pierre, Prof. Département d’Orthopédie, Hôpital Cantonal,
Université de Genève
Research Institutions Jacq Caroline Laboratoire de production microtechnique, EPF Lausanne
• BG-Unfallklinik, Jeanmonod Daniel, Prof. Neurochirurgische Klinik, Universitätsspital Zürich
Frankfurt a.M., DE Kiper Daniel, Dr. Institut für Neuroinformatik, Universität Zürich
• BG-Unfallklinik, Koumoutsakos Petros, Prof. Computational Sciences, ETH Zürich
Ludwigshafen, DE Kowal Jens, Dr. M.E. Müller Forschungsinstitut für Orthopädische Chirurgie,
• BioMedIA Lab at Universität Bern
Commonwealth Scientific Kroschewski Ruth, Dr. Institut für Biochemie, ETH Zürich
and Industrial Research Kurtcuoglu Vartan, Dr. Institut für Energietechnik, ETH Zürich
Organisation, Sidney, AU Kuster Niels, Prof. IT’IS Foundation, ETH Zürich
• Biox and Artificial Kuttenberger Johannes, Dr. Klinik für Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie,
Intelligence Lab, Stanford Kantonsspital Luzern
University, San Francisco, US Maeder Thomas, Dr. Laboratoire de production microtechnique, EPF Lausanne
• Brigham and Women's Magnenat-Thalmann Nadia, Prof. MIRALab, Université de Genève
Hospital, Harvard Medical Martin Ernst, Prof. MR-Zentrum, Kinderspital Zürich
School, Boston, US Mazza Edoardo, Prof. Mechanische Systeme, ETH Zürich
• Center for Integration of Morel Anne, Dr. Neurochirurgische Klinik, Universitätsspital Zürich
Medicine and Innovative Nelson Bradley, Prof. Institut für Robotik und Intelligente Systeme, ETH Zürich
Technology (CIMIT) Neuenschwander Jürg, Dr. Electronics/Metrology, EMPA Dübendorf
Simulation Group, Boston, US Nolte Lutz-Peter, Prof. M.E. Müller Forschungsinstitut für Orthopädische Chirurgie,
• Center for Processing Speech Universität Bern
and Images, Catholic Otaduy Miguel, Dr. Computer Graphics Laboratory, ETH Zürich
University, Leuven, BE Poulikakos Dimos, Prof. Institut für Energietechnik, ETH Zürich
• Center of Advanced European Rudin Markus, Prof. Institut für Biomedizinische Technik, ETH Zürich
Studies and Research Rüfenacht Daniel, Prof. Département de Radiologie, Hôpital Cantonal,
(CAESAR), Bonn, DE Université de Genève
• Computer Science Faculty, Ryser Peter, Prof. Laboratoire de production microtechnique, EPF Lausanne
University of Silesia, Sader Robert, PD Dr. Klinik für Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie, Kantonsspital Basel
Katowice, PL Schwenzer Zimmerer Katja, Dr. Klinik für Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie, Kantonsspital Basel
• Daniel den Hoed Cancer Sennhauser Urs, Dr. Electronics/Metrology, EMPA Dübendorf
Center, Erasmus University, Siebenrock Klaus, Prof. Orthopädische Chirurgie, Inselspital, Bern
Rotterdam, NL Szczerba Dominik, Dr. Institut für Bildverarbeitung, ETH Zürich
• Dépt. de Neurochirurgie, Székely Gábor, Prof. Institut für Bildverarbeitung, ETH Zürich
CHUV, Lausanne, CH Terraz Sylvain, Dr. Département de Radiologie, Hôpital Cantonal,
• Dept. of Computer Science, Université de Genève
University of North Carolina, Thaler Markus, Dr. Zürcher Hochschule, Winterthur, ZHW
Chapel Hill, US Thalmann Daniel, Prof. Virtual Reality Laboratory, EPF Lausanne
• Dept. of Physics, Aristotle Van de Venn, Hans Wernher, Prof. Inst. für Mechatronische Systeme, Zürcher Hochschule,
University of Thessaloniki, GR Winterthur
• Duke University Medical Vetter Thomas, Prof. Graphics and Vision Research Group, Universität Basel
Center, Durham, US von Rechenberg Brigitte, Prof. Pferdeklinik, Tierspital, Universität Zürich
• Ecole d'Ingenieurs de Werner Beat MR Center, University Children’s Hospital, Zurich
Genève (EIG), Genève, CH Zeilhofer Hans-Florian, Prof. Klinik für Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie, Kantonsspital Basel
• Fachhochschule Zheng Guoyan, Dr. M.E. Müller Forschungsinstitut für Orthopädische Chirurgie,
Nordwestschweiz, Brugg, CH Universität Bern
• Hand- und Wiederherstel- Zünd Gregor, Prof. Klinik für Herz- und Gefässchirurgie, Universitätsspital Zürich
lungschirurgie, Universitäts-
klinikum, Ulm, DE
• Hôpital orthopedique de
la Suisse Romande (HOSR),
Lausanne, CH
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• Kantonsspital Luzern, CH
• Klinik für Plastische
Chirurgie, Klinikum rechts
der Isar der TU München,
München, DE
• Medical University of Silesia,
Katowice, PL
• MeVis, Zentrum für
Medizinische Diagnose-
Topics systeme und Visualisierung,
The fundamental target of for society as a whole. from therapeutic planning Bremen, DE
this NCCR is to under- The focus of the NCCR and simulation via intra- • Paul Scherrer Inst., Villigen, CH
stand, realise, and demon- is on the development, in- operative action to post- • Poliklinik für
strate the potential, which tegration and validation of operative care, monitoring Kieferorthopädie, Ludwig
information technology enabling technologies to- and documentation. In Maximilians-Universität,
München, DE
offers for the optimisation wards advanced computer addition, the utility of the
• Precision and Intelligence
of medical interventions in aided, image guided sys- underlying strategies and
Lab. at Tokyo Inst.
order to improve the treat- tems for medical interven- concepts for novel forms of
of Technology, Tokyo, JP
ment of individual patients tions that support the com- medical education and • Robotics Lab.,
and overall health care plete treatment process training is being explored. Stanford University, US
• Sint Maartenskliniek,
Nijmegen, NL
Achievements • Surgery Dept.,
University of Sherbrooke, CA
Basic and applied research operative force-measuring computer-aided surgery • University of Pittsburgh
Major advances achieved device supporting balan- including BrainLAB. Medical Center Health
in biomedical simulation cing the ligaments during System, Carnegie Mellon
Advancement of women
allow modelling the com- total knee arthroplasty. A University, Pittsburgh, US
recent initiative on sensor The scientific career of
plex behaviour of living • Virginia Modeling, Analysis
integration into othopaedic female clinicians is sup- and Simulation Center
human tissue. Numerous
instruments and implants ported every year by a (VMASC) at Old Dominion
applications have been
is further advancing pre- research grant.The organi- University, Norfolk, US
developed for the optimal
cise intra-operative sup- sation of the annual re-
support of a variety of Economy / Industry
port and post-operative search-networking work-
medical interventions by • ABW GmbH,
follow-up. Force feedback shop is headed by female
functional pre-operative Frickenhausen, DE
for improving medical PhD-students.
planning, as well as for • Atracsys SARL, Bottens, CH
offering realistic skill diagnosis, therapy, and Education and Training • Boston Scientific, Natick, US
training environments for education belongs to the The members of the NCCR • BrainLAB AG,
surgical residents using main areas of competence. play a decisive role in Heimstetten, DE
high-fidelity training si- creating new Master Cur- • Celon AG, Teltow/Berlin, DE
Technology transfer • Cochlear AG, Lausanne, CH
mulators. For surgical ricula: Master of Science
The close cooperation be- • Computive Surgery llc,
navigation, different de- in Biomedical Engineering
tween research labs and Ecublens, CH
vices have been realised (University of Berne) –
clinical sites guarantees • Ethicon GmbH (Johnson &
including a small, cost- with the focus areas Mus-
the effective transfer of Johnson), Norderstedt, DE
saving optical tracking culoskeletal System and
scientific results to patient • Force Dimension,
system marketed by our Microsensor and Actuator
care, demonstrated by Lausanne, CH
spin-off Atracsys. Another Technology – and inter-
numerous patent appli- • Fotona, Ljubljana, SI
highlight for the integra- departmental Master of • General Electric Health Care,
cations and spin-offs as
tion of advanced sensor Biomedical Engineering Milwaukee, US
well as collaborations with
technology into surgical (ETH Zurich). • Hansen Medical, Palo Alto, US
global market leaders in
environment is the intra- • Helbling Technik Bern AG, CH
• Image Guided Therapy SA,
Pessac, FR
• InSightec - Image Guided
Treatment Ltd.,
Tirat Carmel, IL
• Kontron Medical AG, Basel, CH
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Computer Aided and
Image Guided Medical Interventions
NCCR CO-ME
• Kuros Biosurgery AG,
Zürich, CH
• Leica Microsystems AG,
Glattbrugg, CH
• med3D GmbH,
Heidelberg, DE
• Medical Intelligence GmbH,
Schwabmünchen, DE
• Medtronic International Members of the Scientific Advisory Board
Trading Sàrl
Cuschieri Alfred, Sir Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e Perfezionamento
• MeVis Research GmbH,
Sant' Anna, PISA, IT
Bremen, DE
Davies Brian, Prof. Imperial College London, Mechanical Engineering, London, GB
• Midland Medical Techno-
Freysinger Wolfgang, Prof. Universitätsklinik für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde,
logies, Birmingham, GB
Innsbruck, AT
• Minolta GmbH,
Kikinis Ron, Prof. Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
Langenhagen, DE
Boston, US
• Mobile Manufacturer Forum,
Metaxas Dimitris, Prof. University of Pennsylvania, Computer and Information Science,
Bruxelles, BE
Philadelphia, US
• Nucleotron B. V., Veenendaal,
Schlenzka Dietrich, Prof. Orton Hospital, The Invalid Foundation, Helsinki, FI
NL
Taylor Chris, Prof. University of Manchester, Division of Imaging Science & Biomedical
• Oncosuisse, Krebsliga
Engineering, Manchester, GB
Schweiz, Bern, CH
Thorpe Chuck, Prof. Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar
• Philips Medical Systems,
Troccaz Jocelyne, Dr. Laboratoire TIMC/IMAG, Université Joseph Fourier, La Tronche, FR
Best, NL
• Philips Medical Systems,
Zürich, CH Members of the Women Advisory Board
• Siemens Medical, Zürich, CH Burckhardt Kathrin Institut für Bildverarbeitung, ETH Zürich, CH
• Phonak AG, Stäfa, CH Landmann-Suter Regine, Prof. Departement Forschung, Kantonsspital/Universität Basel, Basel, CH
• Polymed medical center, Reber Bernhard, Dr. Institut für Bildverarbeitung, ETH Zürich
Glattbrugg, CH Thoeny Harriet,PD Dr. Institut für Diagnostische Radiologie, Inselspital Bern
• Richard Wolf GmbH, Vogt Vreni, Mrs. Project Office NCCR CO-ME, ETH Zürich, CH
Knittlingen, DE Von Rechenberg Brigitte, PD Dr. Pferdeklinik, Universität Zürich, CH
• Schering AG, Berlin, DE
• Siemens AG, Medical Members of the Technical Advisory Board
Solutions, Erlangen, DE
• Speag (Schmid & Partner Responsible: Nolte Lutz-Peter, Prof. M.E. Müller Forschungsinstitut für Orthopädische Chirurgie,
Engineering AG), Zürich, CH Universität Bern, CH
• Steinbichler Optotechnik
GmbH, Rosenheim, DE
• Steinbichler Optotechnik
GmbH, Neubeuern, DE
• Stryker Trauma AG,
Selzach, CH
• Synthes AG, Oberdorf, CH
• Treier Endoscopie AG,
Kreuzmatt, CH
• xitact sa, Morges, CH
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Others
• AO-ASIF-Stiftung, Davos, CH
• Bundesminister für
Umwelt, Naturschutz und
Reaktorsicherheit, Bonn, DE
• EMDO Stiftung Zürich, CH
• Food and Drug Administration
(FDA), Center for Devices
Statistical Input – Output Data and Radiological Health,
Rockville, US
Funding source (CHF) Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Total % • M.E. Müller-Stiftung,
Bern, CH
SNSF funding 4 000 000 4 000 000 4 000 000 4 000 000 16 000 000 36
• Mobile Manufacturers Forum
Self-funding from home (MMF), Groupe Specale Mo-
institution1 2 144 085 2 426 393 2 120 000 2 120 000 8 810 478 20
bile Association (GSMA),
Self-funding from project
participants 3 872 863 4 218 253 3 510 165 3 055 140 14 656 421 33 Bruxelles, BE
2
• National Institute of Environ-
Third-party funding 1 165 326 1 742 440 1 249 150 689 750 4 846 666 11
mental Health Sciences
Total 11 182 274 12 387 086 10 879 315 9 864 890 44 313 565 100
(NIEHS), Research Triangle
Park, US
• Novartis Stiftung, Basel, CH
Personnel3 Total of Female % Male % CH Most Represented Nations Other • Roche Research Foundation,
Persons DE FR ES TR IT Nations Basel, CH
Management 5.274 4 40 6 60 7 3 0 0 0 0 0
Master students 1 0 0 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Doctoral students 78 15 19 63 81 29 14 6 3 5 2 18
Postdoctoral students 25 1 4 24 96 5 5 3 1 0 1 10
Research associates 31 4 13 27 87 19 2 2 0 0 0 8
Senior researchers5 99 12 12 87 88 48 34 2 2 0 1 11
Other staff 28 16 57 12 43 22 2 0 0 1 1 3
Total 267.27 52 19 220 81 130 60 13 6 6 5 51
1
Personnel costs, equipment and consumables, not included infrastructure and basic equipment
2
Not included is CTI funding (cf. page 6). Since the start of the NCCR 14 projects have been funded by CTI at a total amount
of 16.7 million CHF.
3
Persons involved in the NCCR in the last reporting period (12 months)
4
Full-time equivalent, including NCCR-Director and persons in charge of knowledge and technology transfer,
and education and training
5
Including leaders of the individual projects and other organisational units of the NCCR
Evaluation and Monitoring by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Members of the Review Panel
Hasler Martin, Prof. (Chair) Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Bucholz Richard, Prof. Division of Neurosurgery, St. Louis University
School of Medicine, US
Duncan James, Prof. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School
of Medicine, New Haven, US
Frey Felix, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Frisken Sarah F., Prof. Department of Computer Science, Tufts University, US
Hirsbrunner Béat, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Hirzinger Gerd, Prof. Institut für Robotik und Mechatronik, DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, DE
Jolesz Ferenc A., Prof. Harvard University, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, US
Lorensen Bill General Electric Corporate R&D, Niskayuna NY, US
NCCR Office SNSF
Bachmann Stefan, Dr. Schweiz. Nationalfonds, Wildhainweg 3, 3001 Bern,
phone: + 41 (0)31 308 23 49, fax: + 41 (0)31 305 29 71,
sbachmann@snf.ch
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Mobile Information
and Communication Systems
NCCR MICS
Home Institution
Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology, Lausanne
Start of the NCCR
November 1, 2001
NCCR Management Research Modular and composable Cluster “In-Network
Director platform for sensor and Information Management”
Cluster “Theory of Self-
Aberer Karl, Prof. actuator networks H: Alonso G.
Organized, Distributed
phone: + 41 (0)21 693 46 79 Henzinger T., Thiele L.
Communication and XTream
karl.aberer@epfl.ch
Information” Application: Distributed Alonso G., Kossmann D.,
Deputy Director Head: Urbanke R. odour source localization Tatbul N.
Thiele Lothar, Prof. using a miniature multi-robot
phone: + 41 (0)1 632 70 31 Information and coding Distributed event detection
system
thiele@tik.ee.ethz.ch theory for wireless multi-hop and localization architecture
Martinoli A. for wireless sensor networks
Coordinator networks
Bovay Jacques, Mr. Diggavi S., Telatar E., Application: Real-time Braun T.
phone: + 41 (0)21 693 56 38 Urbanke R. avalanche and landslide
Data dissemination in mobile
jacques.bovay@epfl.ch analysis through sensor
Network theory for wireless ad hoc sensor environments
networks
Finances & Administration multi-hop networks Murphy A., Pedone F.
Bernau Heidi, Mrs. Ancey C., Charbon E.
Diggavi S., Grossglauser M., Sensor awareness
phone: + 41 (0)21 693 81 06 Telatar E., Thiran P. Application:
heidi.bernau@epfl.ch Aberer K., Henzinger M.,
Wireless sensor network for
Distributed signal processing Süsstrunk S.
Knowledge and Technology pollution monitoring
and communication in sensor
Transfer Robert S. Serious building games
networks
Monti Max, Dr. Gross T., Hovestadt L.,
Vetterli M. Cluster “Networked
phone: + 41 (0)21 693 69 77 Morari M., Thiele L.
max.monti@epfl.ch Algorithmic foundations of Software Systems”
Idea futures market for MICS
Education and Training ad hoc and sensor networks H: Gross T. technology foresight
Bovay Jacques, Mr. Wattenhofer R., Widmayer P. Checking properties of Pigneur Y.
phone: + 41 (0)21 693 56 38
Sensorscope and its flexible programs in the
jacques.bovay@epfl.ch Distributed software
application to environmental presence of modularity
Advancement of Women transactional memory for
monitoring Gross T. resource-constrained
Berseth Nicole, Mrs.
Parlange M., Vetterli M. VerSePro: Verification of networked devices
phone: + 41 (0)21 693 00 78
nicole.berseth@epfl.ch Reliable computing security and privacy protocols Felber P.
Riblet Fabrice, Dr. in sensor networks for wireless networks
phone: + 41 (0)21 693 98 84 Guerraoui R. Basin D., Hubaux J.-P. Programmes
fabrice.riblet@epfl.ch Secure stream ciphers Doctoral Program in
Cluster “Mobile Communi- Computer, Communication
Communication Officer Meier W.
cation and Processing and Information Sciences
Luy Florence, Mrs.
Platforms” Spam detection based Direction: Henzinger T., Bovay J.
phone: + 41 (0)21 693 21 05
florence.luy@epfl.ch H: Le Boudec J.-Y. on self-organization
Le Boudec J.-Y. Undergrad Research
Very low radiated power Opportunity Program
Address UWB communication Permasense Direction: Bovay J.
EPFL IC PRN MICS Le Boudec J.-Y., Tschudin C.
Station 14 Decotignie J.-D., Dehollain C., Internship Program for Female
1015 Lausanne WaterSense Undergraduate Students
Robert S., Skrivervik A.,
Wittneben A. Hubaux J.-P. Direction: Berseth N., Riblet F.
phone: + 41 (0)21 693 56 38
fax: + 41 (0)21 693 81 40 Deployment of sensor Industrial Liaison Program
nccr-mics@epfl.ch networks Direction: Monti M.
Web Address Mattern F., Thiele L.
www.mics.org
Heads of Clusters and Participants to the Research Projects
Public Relations
Aberer Klaus, Prof. Faculté Informatique et Communications, EPF Lausanne
• Web site
Alonso Gustavo, Prof. Departement Informatik, ETH-Zentrum, Zürich
• Bimonthly newsletter
Ancey Christophe, Prof. Faculté Environnement naturel, architectural et construit,
EPF Lausanne
Basin David, Prof. Departement Informatik, ETH-Zentrum, Zürich
Braun Torsten, Prof. Institut für Rechnernetze und Verteilte Systeme,
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Third Party Cooperation
Topics (in progress)
Wireless communication is ized IT systems will not be (wireless sensor technology,
Programmes
fundamentally changing the able to scale up. Decentral- ad-hoc networks, in-net-
• AEOLUS (FP6)
way we use information ized approaches, based on work information process-
• ARTIST2 (FP6)
technology: information be- self-organization principles, ing, verification) and testing • BRICKS (FP6)
comes embedded into our need to be studied and de- technologies in applications, • COST 2100
physical environment by veloped in order to master as well as looking at eco- • CRUISE (FP6)
means of personal devices the complexity of the result- nomic implications. A parti- • DELOS (FP6)
and embedded computers, ing systems. cularly interesting class of • DustBot (FP6)
and the physical environ- The NCCR MICS is tackling applications, from a Swiss • DYNAMO (FP6)
ment becomes increasingly exactly these problems, perspective, will be the en- • Euro FGI (FP6)
intertwined with the Inter- combining the study of vironmental monitoring of • GORDA (FP6)
net information space the fundamental principles the behaviour of landslide, • GRAAL (Cost 293)
through sensor and actuator (network structures, distrib- permafrost and glaciers. • HAGGLE (FP6)
technology. In parallel with uted algorithms, information The NCCR MICS strongly • MEGAFRAME (FP6)
this qualitative change, the and communication theory) believes that this mutual ex- • MINAmI (FP6)
number of devices and the that will underlie these next- change between theoretical • NEPOMUK (FP6)
amount of information is generation systems, and an work and systems/appli- • PULSERS (FP6)
growing exponentially. engineering and empirical cations will lead to real • PULSERS II (FP6)
Classical models of design- approach by developing progress and to fruitful • SEVECOM (FP6)
ing and controlling central- and deploying platforms technology transfer. • SHAPES (FP6)
• TEAM (FP6)
• WASP (FP6)
Universität Bern
Charbon Edoardo, Prof. Faculté Informatique et Communications, EPF Lausanne Research Institutions
Decotignie Jean-D. , Prof. CSEM, Faculté Informatique et Communications, EPF Lausanne • Dept. de Sistemas Informáti-
Dehollain Catherine, Dr. Faculté Sciences et techniques de l'ingénieur, EPF, Lausanne cos y Computación,University
Diggavi Suhas, Prof. Faculté Informatique et Communications, EPF Lausanne Politécnica Valencia, ES
Felber Pascal, Prof. Institut d'informatique, Université de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel • Dept. für Informatik,
Gross Thomas, Prof. Departement Informatik, ETH-Zentrum, Zürich Carl-von-Ossietzky
Grossglauser Matthias, Prof. Faculté Informatique et Communications, EPF Lausanne Universität, Oldenburg, DE
Guerraoui Rachid, Prof. Faculté Informatique et Communications, EPF Lausanne • Dept. of Architecture (IDG1),
Henzinger Monika, Prof. Faculté Informatique et Communications, EPF Lausanne University Stuttgart, DE
Henzinger Thomas, Prof. Faculté Informatique et Communications, EPF Lausanne • Dept. of Computer Science,
Hovestadt Ludger, Prof. Departement Architektur, ETH Zürich Carnegie Mellon University
Hubaux Jean-Pierre, Prof. Faculté Informatique et Communications, EPF Lausanne Pittsburgh, US
Kossmann Donald, Prof. Departement Informatik, ETH-Zentrum, Zürich • Dept. of Computer
Le Boudec Jean-Yves, Prof. Faculté Informatique et Communications, EPF Lausanne Science, Free University
Martinoli Alcherio, Prof. Faculté Informatique et Communications, EPF Lausanne of Brussels, BE
Mattern Friedemann, Prof. Departement Informatik, ETH-Zentrum, Zürich • Dept. of Computer Science,
Meier Willi, Prof. Fachhochschule Aargau, Brugg University of Berkeley, US
Morari Manfred, Prof. Departement Informationstechnologie und Elektrotechnik, • Dept. of ECE, University
ETH-Zentrum, Zürich of Waterloo, CA
Murphy Amy, Prof. Facoltà di scienze informatiche, Università della Svizzera Italiana, • Dept. of EECS,
Lugano Stanford University, US
Parlange Marc, Prof. Faculté Environnement naturel, architectural et construit, EPF Lausanne • Dept. of EIS, University
Pedone Fernando, Prof. Facoltá di scienze informatiche, Universitá della Svizzera Italiana, of Bologna, IT
Lugano • Dept. of Electrical and Com-
Pigneur Yves, Prof. Université de Lausanne, Ecole des HEC, Lausanne puter Engineering, University
Robert Stephan, Prof. Institut des télécommunications, Ecole d’Ingénieurs of Maryland, College Park, US
du Canton de Vaud, Yverdon-les-Bains • Dept. of Electrical engineering
Skrivervik Anja, Prof. Faculté Sciences et techniques de l’ingénieur, EPF Lausanne and computerscience, UC
Süsstrunk Sabine, Prof. Faculté Informatique et Communications, EPF Lausanne Berkeley, US
Tatbul Nesime, Prof. Departement Informatik, ETH Zentrum, Zürich • Dept. of Finnish Language
Telatar Emre, Prof. Faculté Informatique et Communications, EPF Lausanne and Literature, Helsinki
Thiele Lothar, Prof. Departement Informationstechnologie und Elektrotechnik, School of Economics, FI
ETH-Zentrum, Zürich • Dipart. di Informatica
Thiran Patrick, Prof. Faculté Informatique et Communications, EPF Lausanne e Sistemistica, Università
Tschudin Christian, Prof. Departement Informatik, Universität Basel di Roma, IT
Urbanke Rüdiger, Prof. Faculté Informatique et Communications, EPF Lausanne • Info Lab., Stanford
Vetterli Martin, Prof. Faculté Informatique et Communications, EPF Lausanne University, Palo Alto, US
Wattenhofer Roger, Prof. Departement Informatik, ETH-Zentrum, Zürich • Inst. für Informatik,
Widmayer Peter, Prof. Departement Informatik, ETH-Zentrum, Zürich Universität Paderborn, DE
Wittneben Armin, Prof. Departement Informationstechnologie und Elektrotechnik,
ETH-Zentrum, Zürich
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and Communication Systems
NCCR MICS
• Inst. Superior Técnico, Dept.
de Matemática, Lisbon, PT Achievements
• Media computing group, MIT, The NCCR MICS investi- ranging capabilities, this Applications
Cambridge, US gates fundamental prob- technology will also open With SensorScope we have
• Parallel and distributed lems of wireless communi- new perspectives for scien- now a system that is rou-
systems group - TU Delft, NL
cation networks, develop- tific applications such as tinely deployed by envi-
• Rheinisch-Westfälische Tech-
ment of system platforms, monitoring the dynamics of ronmental scientists for
nische Hochschule (RWTH),
and realization of applica- avalanches. fine-grained monitoring of
Universität Aachen, DE
• Strategia e sistemi di
tions of mobile communi- environmental parameters
Deployment and
pianificazione, Politecnico cation and information in the alpine region. It is
data management
di Milano, IT technologies. also a core technology in
A deployment-support
• Teacher Education program, Algorithms the Swiss Experiment, a
network (DSN) strictly sep-
MIT, Cambridge, US new joint initiative with the
Among the fundamental arating the parts that are
• The Thomas M. Siebel CCES center of the ETH
problems investigated are dependent and independ-
Center for Computer Science, domain and Microsoft Re-
distributed consensus al- ent of the target architec-
Urbana, US search. The goal of this ini-
gorithms and wireless ture has been developed,
Economy / Industry tiative is to provide envi-
routing protocols. We pro- resulting in a target-inde-
ronmental scientists with
• AlpuG GmbH, Davos, CH vided average and worst pendent toolkit that is easy
• Amstein + Walthert AG, next-generation e-science
case analysis of a new class to install and use. The DSN
Zürich, CH platforms, supporting data
of efficient consensus al- has successfully been ap-
• Art of Technology AG, acquisition based on wire-
gorithms minimizing the plied in a case study on
Zürich, CH less sensor networks and
communication overhead. wireless fire detectors in
• Cyberbotics S.à.r.l., Lausanne, featuring Web-based tools
We developed novel rout- cooperation with Siemens
CH for data analysis and col-
ing algorithms for tem- Building Technology. With
• Danfoss A/S, Nordborg, DK laborative research.Other
porarily disconnected SwissQM we have devel-
• Deutsche Telekom Lab., applications explore the
wireless networks exploit- oped a virtual machine for
Berlin, DE use of mobility and control
ing node mobility and con- sensor networks that facil-
• Docomo Communications in wireless sensing. A new
sidering realistic mobility itates the development of
Laboratories Europe GmbH, robot has been tested in the
Munich, DE
models. applications by migrating
wind tunnel for imple-
• DoCoMo Euro Labs, data processing tasks into
System platforms menting an odor source lo-
Munich, DE the sensor nodes. For effi-
System platforms for wire- cation system. We also per-
• egnite Software GmbH, ciently publishing and pro-
less communication re- formed a case study on
Castrop Rauxel, DE cessing sensor data, we
main an important focus of building control at the ETH
• IBM Zurich Research have built Global Sensor
our research. We success- campus using wireless
Laboratory, Rüschlikon, CH Network (GSN), a middle-
fully demonstrated power- sensor networks, to locate
• IMST GmbH, ware platform connecting
independent synchroniza- energy leaks and optimize
Kamp-Lintfort, DE sensor networks to the In-
• Intel Corporation, World tion with a radio proto- energy consumption.
ternet in a plug-and-play
Cyber Game Group, type for low-power UWB style. Further information see
Portland, US communication. Due to its www.mics.org
• Intel Research,
Santa Clara, US
• K-TEAM SA, Ecublens, CH
• Logitech Europe SA, Members of the Advisory Board
Romanel-sur-Morges, CH
• MeteoSwiss, Zürich, CH Badoux Jean-Claude, Prof. em. Former President, EPFL, CH
• Microsoft Research, Baechtold Werner, Prof. em. ETH Zürich, CH
Cambridge, GB Caccia Fulvio, Dr. Former President, asut, CH
• Microsoft Research, Macht Helmut Siemens Building Technologies, CH
Richmond, US
• Moteiv Corporation, Members of the Scientific Board
Chevillat Pierre, Dr. IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, CH
Feldmann Anja, Prof. TU Munich, DE
Franklin Michael, Prof. UC Berkeley, US
Kumar P Prof.
.R., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, US
Kurose Jim, Prof. University of Massachusetts, US
Landrock Peter, Prof. Cryptomathic Inc. and Aarhus University, Aarhus, DK
Massey James L., Prof. ETH Zürich, CH
Perkins Charles E., Dr. Nokia Research Center, Mountain View, US
Rabaey Jan M., Prof. UC Berkeley, US
Weikum Gerhard, Prof. Saarland University, DE
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Statistical Input – Output Data San Fransisco, US
• Nokia Research Center,
Funding source (CHF) Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Total % Tampere, FI
• Nokia Research Center,
SNSF funding 3 800 000 3 800 000 3 800 000 3 800 000 15 200 000 40 Helsinki, FI
Self-funding from home • Phonak AG, Stäfa, CH
institution1 3 527 120 2 781 601 3 028 910 2 320 570 11 658 201 31
• Rincon Research, Corp.,
Self-funding from project Tucson, US
participants 2 830 164 3 584 081 1 554 250 1 449 720 9 418 215 25
• Samsung Advanced Inst.
Third-party funding2 700 007 585 710 150 000 150 000 1 585 717 4 of Technology, Suwon, KR
• Scatter Web GmbH, Berlin, DE
Total 10 857 291 10 751 392 8 533 160 7 720 290 37 862 133 100
• Sensalpin GmbH, Davos, CH
• Shockfish SA, Lausanne, CH
Personnel3 Total of Female % Male % CH Most Represented Nations Other • Siemens AG, München, DE
Persons DE US FR IR AT Nations • Siemens Building
Technologies, Zug, CH
Management 6.754 13 39 20 61 23 1 0 4 1 1 5
• STMicroelectronics GmbH,
Master students 1 0 0 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Geneva, CH
Doctoral students 105 19 18 86 82 35 15 3 3 2 2 46 • Sun Microsystems Inc.,
Postdoctoral students 29 3 10 26 90 5 5 0 1 1 1 16 Menlo Park, US
Research associates 6 1 17 5 83 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 • Swisscom AG, Bern, CH
Senior researchers5 58 4 7 54 93 21 13 7 2 1 4 12 • Thales Research and
Technology (UK) Ltd,
Other staff 34 7 21 27 79 21 1 0 0 4 0 8
Nr Weybridge, GB
Total 239.75 47 18 219 82 109 35 10 10 9 8 90 • Whitestein Technologies AG,
1
Personnel costs, equipment and consumables, not included infrastructure and basic equipment
Zürich, CH
2
Not included is CTI funding (cf. page 6). Since the start of the NCCR 7 projects have been funded by CTI at a total amount
of 8.3 million CHF. Others
3
Persons involved in the NCCR in the last reporting period (12 months) • Haslerstiftung, Bern, CH
4
Full-time equivalent, including NCCR-Director and persons in charge of knowledge and technology transfer,
and education and training
5
Including leaders of the individual projects and other organisational units of the NCCR
Evaluation and Monitoring by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Members of the Review Panel
Steger Angelika, Prof. (Chair) Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Effros Michelle, Prof. California Institute of Technology, Caltech, Pasadena, US
Folkers Gerd, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Gray Robert, Prof. Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University,
Stanford, US
McAuley Derek, Prof. Intel Research, Cambridge, GB
Murer Stephan, Dr. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Odlyzko Andrew, Prof. Digital Technology Centre, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, US
Pottie Greg, Prof. Electrical Engineering Department, University of California,
Berkeley, US
Walrand Jean, Prof. Department of EECS, University of California, Berkeley, US
NCCR Office SNSF
Christ Urs, Dr. Schweiz. Nationalfonds, Wildhainweg 3, 3001 Bern,
phone: + 41 (0)31 308 23 50, fax: + 41 (0)31 305 29 71,
uchrist@snf.ch
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Financial Valuation
and Risk Management
NCCR FINRISK
Home Institution
University of Zurich
Start of the NCCR
November 1, 2001
NCCR Management
Director Research Module “Corporate Finance” Module “Quantitative
Gibson Rajna, Prof. Coordinator: Degeorge F. Methods in Finance”
Module “Asset Pricing
phone: + 41 (0)44 634 29 69 Coordinator: Scaillet O.
and Portfolio Management” Corporate finance, market
rgibson@isb.uzh.ch structure and the theory Mathematical methods in
Coordinator: Trojani F.
Deputy Director of the firm financial risk management
Danthine Jean-Pierre, Prof. Behavioural and
H: Habib M. H: Schweizer M.
phone: + 41 (0)21 692 34 85 evolutionary finance
Jean-Pierre.Danthine@unil.ch Head: Hens T. Dynamic corporate finance Financial econometrics
and financial innovation for risk management
Administrative Director Macro risk, systemic risks and
Jaeger Eckart, Mr. H: Morellec E. H: Scaillet O.
international finance
phone: + 41 (0)44 634 39 55 H: Imbs J. Module “Risk Management”
jaeger@nccr-finrisk.ch Coordinator: Mancini L.
Programme
New methods in theoretical
Research Swiss Doctoral School
and empirical asset pricing Credit risk and non-standard
Hens Thorsten, Prof. in Finance
H: Trojani F. sources of risk in finance
Knowledge and Supervisor: Morellec, E.
H: Gibson R.
Technology Transfer Equilibrium asset pricing and Paolella, M.
Vanini Paolo, Prof. H: Dumas B. Interest rate and
Education and Training volatility risk
Morellec Erwan, Prof. H: Barone-Adesi G.
Paolella Marc, Prof.
Advancement of Women
Fabbri Daniela, Prof. Heads of Individual Research Projects, Modules and Supervisors
International Scientific Council of Doctoral School
Loubergé Henri, Prof. Barone-Adesi Giovanni, Prof. Facoltà di Scienze Economiche, Università
Communication della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano
Jaeger Eckart, Mr. Degeorge François, Prof. Facoltà di Scienze Economiche, Università
della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano
Address Dumas Bernard, Prof. Ecole des HEC, Université de Lausanne
NCCR FINRISK Gibson Rajna, Prof. Institut für schweizerisches Bankwesen, Universität Zürich
Plattenstrasse 14 Habib Michel, Prof. Institut für schweizerisches Bankwesen, Universität Zürich
8032 Zurich Hens Thorsten, Prof. Institut für schweizerisches Bankwesen, Universität Zürich
phone: + 41 (0)44 634 29 69 Imbs Jean, Prof. Ecole des HEC, Université de Lausanne
fax: + 41 (0)44 634 43 45 Mancini Loriano, Prof. Institut für schweizerisches Bankwesen, Universität Zürich
rgibson@isb.uzh.ch Morellec Erwan, Prof. Ecole des HEC, Université de Lausanne
Paolella Marc, Prof. Institut für schweizerisches Bankwesen, Universität Zürich
Web Address Scaillet Olivier, Prof. Ecole des HEC, Université de Genève
www.nccr-finrisk.uzh.ch Schweizer Martin, Prof. Departement Mathematik, ETH Zürich
Trojani Fabio, Prof. Schweizerisches Institut für Banken und Finanzen,
Public Relations Universität St. Gallen
• Folder «NCCR FINRISK»
• ”FINRISK Letter“ Members of the Advisory Board
• Booklet “Risk and Risky Brennan Michael, Prof. University of California, Los Angeles, US
Management” Duffie Darrell, Prof. Stanford University, California, US
• Booklet “Challenges to Foellmer Hans, Prof. Humboldt Universität, Berlin, DE
Executive Compensation” Gourieroux Christian, Prof. University Paris IX, FR
Pagano Marco, Prof. University of Napoli, IT
Stulz René, Prof. Ohio State University, Colombus, US
Uppal Raman, Prof. London Business School, GB
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Third Party Cooperation
(in progress)
Research Institutions
• Centre de Recherche en
Mathématiques, Statistique
et Economie Mathématique,
Univ. de Paris, FR
• Centre de recherches sur
la gestion, Université Paris
Dauphine, Paris, FR
• Dept. de Fundamentos del
Analisis Economico,
Universidad de Alicante, ES
• Dépt. de finance, HEC,
Montréal, CA
• Dépt. Finance et Economie,
HEC, Paris, FR
Topics • Dépt. Finance, Université
de Cergy Pontoise, FR
Assessing risks and mo- risks.They are examined in – Risk Management: How • Dept. of Economics, Harvard
delling their impact on four FINRISK research should financial and non- University, Cambridge, US
agents’ micro- and macro- modules as follows: financial risks be quanti- • Dept. of Economics, London
economic decision-making – Asset Pricing and Port- fied and managed? School of Economics
processes represents the folio Management: How – Quantitative Methods in and Political Science, GB
central theme that unites do risks affect asset Finance: Which are the • Dept. of Economics,
the research topics covered prices and investors’ mathematical and sta- University of Calgary, CA
by FINRISK. Thus the portfolio decisions? tistical tools that are • Dept. of Economics, Univ.
main research questions – Corporate Finance: How necessary to provide of California, San Diego, US
during the second phase do risks affect corpo- meaningful answers to • Dept. of Economics,
(2005-09) relate to the ana- rations’ fundamental de- the above cited research University of Napoli, IT
lysis and the modelling of cisions? questions? • Dept. of Economics,
University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, US
• Dept. of Finance and Manage-
Achievements ment Science, University
of Alberta, Edmonton, CA
In the following we identify ties within the Swiss finan- Swiss Finance Institute • Dept. of Finance,
four main areas in which cial services industry. The PhD program in finance. Boston University, US
substantial achievements constant interactions with • Dept. of Finance, Caltech,
Structural Effects
have been generated since practitioners at confer- Pasadena, US
the start of FINRISK in ences, workshops and sem- The activities of FINRISK • Dept. of Finance, Carnegie
2001. inars contribute to install a have contributed to the fact Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, US
mutually beneficial dia- that both the Universities • Dept. of Finance, Columbia
Research of Zurich and Lausanne
logue with the Swiss fi- University, New York, US
By now our research ef- nance community. have recently declared Fi- • Dept. of Finance, Concordia
forts have reached a phase nance to be one of their top University, Montreal, US
of maturation. Within the Education priority research areas. In • Dept. of Finance, Cornell
first five years FINRISK A close cooperation be- 2006, the Swiss Bankers University, Berkeley, US
has produced about 350 tween the doctoral pro- Association, recognising • Dept. of Finance,
working papers. Further- grammes in Geneva and the importance of research Duke University, Durham, US
more our research work Lausanne, Lugano, Sankt and high level education in • Dept. of Finance, George
has generated more than Gallen as well as in Zurich finance for the reputation Mason University, Fairfax, US
200 publications in inter- has been established over of the Financial Centre • Dept. of Finance, Norwegian
nationally renowned aca- the past years. We now Switzerland, has launched School of Economics and
demic journals. Please offer a large variety of spe- the Swiss Finance Institute Business Administration,
check our website for more cialised doctoral courses in that aims to secure and Bergen, NO
detailed information on finance to more than 100 extend the research and • Dept. of Finance, Stanford
University, US
our research output. students from Swiss uni- educational efforts of
• Dept. of Finance, University
versities. Furthermore, the FINRISK in the long-term,
Knowledge transfer of California, Berkeley, US
annual Swiss Doctoral see also www.swissfinan-
Starting with the dissemi- • Dept. of Finance,
Workshop in Finance pro- ceinstitute.ch . University of Minnesota, US
nation of the booklet “Risk vides an ideal forum for our
and Risky Management”, Further information see • Dept. of Finance,
students to present their University of Rochester, US
and following up with two www.nccr-finrisk.uzh.ch
research to a mix of local • Dept. of Finance,
conference series on ap- and international faculty. University of Toronto, CA
plied research topics, we Ultimately, our efforts have • Dept. of Finance, Washington
have attempted to popu- led to the launching of the University, St Louis, US
larise our research activi- • Dept. of Statistical and
Actuarial Sciences, Univ. of
Western Orlando, Ontario, CA
• Dept. of Statistics,
University of Leipzig, DE
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• Faculty of Commerce, Financial Valuation
University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, CA and Risk Management
• Federal Reserve Bank NCCR FINRISK
of New York, US
• Finance & Economics
Division, University
of Columbia, New York, US
• Finance Dept., Columbia Busi-
ness School, New York, US
• Finance Dept., Fuqua School
of Business, Duke University,
Durham, US
• Finance Dept., The London
Business School, GB
• Finance Dept., The Warton
School, Univ. of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, US
• Finance Dept., University
Statistical Input – Output Data
of California, Los Angeles, US
Funding source (CHF) Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Total %
• Inst. für Mathematik,
Humboldt Univ. Berlin, DE SNSF funding 3 000 000 3 000 000 2 500 000 2 500 000 11 000 000 49
• Inst. of Finance and Accounting,
Self-funding from home
London Business School, GB institution1 663 428 652 000 1 043 667 1 465 350 3 824 445 17
• Inst. of Finance, Ohio State Self-funding from project
participants 1 344 000 1 401 500 1 280 745 1 280 745 5 306 990 24
University, Columbus, US
• Inst. of Mathematical Third-party funding 295 804 256 000 805 000 805 000 2 161 804 10
Economics, University
of Bielefeld, DE Total 5 303 232 5 309 500 5 629 412 6 051 095 22 293 239 100
• Lab. Finance-Assurance,
CREST, Paris, FR
Personnel2 Total of Female % Male % CH Most Represented Nations Other
• Manchester School of Persons Nations
DE IT FR CN BE
Accounting and Finance,
University of Manchester, GB Management 2.803 5 42 7 58 4 2 1 2 0 1 2
• Research Dept., European Master students 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Central Bank, Frankfurt, DE Doctoral students 62 14 23 48 77 15 13 9 5 5 0 24
• Research Dept., International Postdoctoral students 14 3 21 11 79 2 5 4 2 0 0 2
Monetary Fund, Washington, US
Research associates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
• School of Economic Studies,
Senior researchers4 48 6 13 42 88 14 6 9 8 1 4 11
University of Manchester, GB
• School of Mathematics, Other staff 7 5 71 2 29 6 0 1 1 0 0 0
University of Leeds, GB Total 133.80 33 23 110 77 41 26 24 18 6 5 39
Economy / Industry 1
Personnel costs, equipment and consumables, not included infrastructure and basic equipment
2
Persons involved in the NCCR in the last reporting period (12 months)
• Associazione Bancaria 3
Full-time equivalent, including NCCR-Director and persons in charge of knowledge and technology transfer,
Ticinese, Lugano, CH and education and training
4
Including leaders of the individual projects and other organisational units of the NCCR
• Banca Del Ceresio, Lugano, CH
• Banca della Svizzera Italiana,
Lugano, CH
• Banque de France, Paris, FR Evaluation and Monitoring by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
• Banque Nationale de Paris
(BNP) Paribas, London, GB Members of the Review Panel
• Caisse des Dépôts et Linder Wolf, Prof. (Chair) Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Consignations (CDC) Ixis Antille Gaillard Gabrielle, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Capital Markets, Paris, FR Errunza Vihang R., Prof. Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montreal, CA
• Cédric Bancaire Privée, Foray Dominique, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Geneva, CH Geman Hélyette, Prof. School of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics, University
• Cortal Consors S.A., Paris, FR of London, GB
• CS Group, Zurich, CH Leland Hayne E., Prof. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, US
• CSS Krankenversicherungen, Servaes Henri, Prof. London Business School, GB
Luzern, CH Sørensen Michael, Prof. Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics,
• LGT Capital Management AG, University of Copenhagen, DK
Zürich, CH
• Standard & Poors, NCCR Office SNSF
London /Leeds, GB Bachmann Stefan, Dr. Schweiz. Nationalfonds, Wildhainweg 3, 3001 Bern,
• Zurich Financial Services phone: + 41 (0)31 308 23 49, fax: + 41 (0)31 305 29 71,
Group, Zürich, CH sbachmann@snf.ch
Others
• AZEK, Bülach, CH
• Banca della Svizzera Italiana
(BSI) Gamma Foundation,
Lugano, CH
• Swiss Nat. Bank, Bern, CH
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The Power
and Meaning of Images
NCCR Iconic Criticism
Home Institution
University of Basel
Start of the NCCR
October 1, 2005
NCCR Management
Research The literary text as iconic Director
criticism Boehm Gottfried, Prof.
The power of images:
H: Simon R. Managing Director
image politics
Heads: Boehm G., Vischer Th. The epistemic image – Orlando Budelacci, Dr.
Visualization in science, phone: + 41 (0)61 207 18 05
Image, architecture
technology and humanities Administrative Manager
and word
H: Hagner M., Dunkel Helen, Mrs.
H: Beyer A. phone: + 41 (0)61 267 18 03
Renner M., Vetter T.
Time in the image Administrative Assistant
H: Boehm G., Brandstetter G. Graduate School Heike Freiberger, Dr.
The image of writing „Image and Knowledge“ phone: + 41 (0)61 267 18 10
H: Loprieno A. 1.10.05 – 30.9.08 Communications
Supervisors: Boehm G. / Segato Marion
Schwarte L. phone: + 41 (0)61 267 18 08
Advancement of Women
Heike Freiberger, Dr.
Heads of Individual Research Projects Knowledge
and Technology Transfer
Beyer Andreas, Prof. Department of the History of Art, University of Basel
Bernold Thomas, Dr.
Boehm, Gottfried, Prof. Department of the History of Art, University of Basel
phone: + 41 (0)61 267 18 02
Brandstetter Gabriele, Prof. Institut für Theaterwissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin
Hagner Michael, Prof. Chair for Science Studies, ETH Zürich Education and Training
Loprieno Antonio, Prof. Institute of Egyptology, University of Basel Schwarte Ludger, Dr., Ass.-Prof.
Renner Michael, Prof. Department Visual Communication, University of Art and Design,
Address
Basel, FHNW
eikones/NCCR Iconic Criticism
Simon Ralf, Prof. Institute of German Studies, University of Basel
University of Basel
Vetter Thomas, Prof. Computer Science Department, University of Basel
Rheinsprung 11
Vischer Theodora, Dr. Schaulager, Münchenstein/Basel
4051 Basel
phone: + 41 (0)61 267 18 10
Members of the Advisory Board fax: + 41 (0)61 267 18 11
not yet realised bildkritik@unibas.ch
Public Relations
• Homepage
Web Address
www.eikones.ch
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Third Party Cooperation The Power
Programmes and Meaning of Images
• DFG-Projekt “Visuelle NCCR Iconic Criticism
Navigation. Entwicklung und
Kritik schematischer Karten”
• Forschergruppe “Bild – Schrift
– Zahl”, “Das Technische Bild”
• Graduiertenkollegs (GK) “Bild
Körper Medium. Eine
anthropologische Perspek-
tive”, “Körperinszenierungen”,
“Mediale Historiographien”
• Independent Research
Group “Das wissende Bild”
• Sonderforschungsbereiche
(SFB) 427, 447, 615, 626
Research Institutions
• Ägyptologisches Inst., Topics
Universität Leipzig, DE The digital revolution, ments as the invention of received for centuries.
• Center for Art and Media which has been unfolding the printing press or the Linguistics is a matter of
(ZKM), Karlsruhe, DE globally since the begin- general spread of literacy course; iconic criticism
• Centro Internazionale di ning of the nineties, turns since the eighteenth must be one, too. The two
Studi di Architettura Andrea the old, inert image into century. Now we are all complement each other –
Palladio, Vicenza, IT an extremely flexible users and producers of im- but only if the particular
• Datenströme GbR, Berlin, DE instrument that everyone ages – but without neces- capacity of the image
• Dept. of Adult and Continuing
can use, serving global sarily understanding how can be determined. This
Education, University of
communication and, above they create meaning, how demands a fundamental
Glasgow, GB
all, the generation of their power is generated, reorientation, for we are
• Dept. of Egyptology, Hebrew
University, Jerusalem, IL
knowledge. Especially in and what becomes of used to identifying knowl-
• Dept. of German, Northwest- the natural sciences, reality when it is under- edge with language. The
ern University, Chicago, US many new insights can stood as a function of the meaning potentials of the
• Dipart. di Discipline storiche, only be realized with iconic flexible perspective of the image create new openings
artistiche, archeologiche methods. Images no longer image. That is the starting to the present, to history
e geografiche, Università illustrate what was first point for our project: the and tradition, and into the
di Verona, IT thought; they now repre- image-oriented society is future. An iconic criticism
• Ecole des Hautes Etudes en sent an independent mode increasingly dependent on that addresses epistemic
Sciences Sociales (EHESS), of thinking. iconic criticism if it wants principles and exemplary
Paris, FR The knowledge society has to master its problems. applications is – as men-
• Fachgebiet Formale Modelle, become a society of images. The paradigm of the image, tioned above – the task of
Logik und Programmierung This transformation can which had not previously a generation.
(FLP), Technische Universität, probably only be compared existed, deserves the schol-
Berlin, DE with such epochal mo- arly attention language has
• Facultad de Arquitectura,
Diseño y Urbanismo, Univ.
de Buenos Aires, Buenos, AR
• Fakultät Bildende Kunst,
Hochschule der Künste
Berlin, DE
• Fakultät Medien, Bauhaus-
Universität Weimar, DE
• Hermann von Helmholtz-
Zentrum für Kulturtechnik,
Berlin, DE
• Inst. für Ägyptologie,
Universität München, DE
• Inst. für deutsche Literatur,
Humboldt-Universität
Berlin, DE
• Inst. für deutsche Sprache
und Literatur, Humboldt-
Universität Berlin, DE
• Inst. für Film- und
Theaterwissenschaften,
Freie Universität Berlin, DE
• Inst. für Informatik,
Humboldt-Univ. Berlin, DE
• Inst. für Mathematik,
Humboldt-Univ. Berlin, DE
• Inst. für Neuere deutsche
Literatur, Justus-Liebig-
Universität, Giessen, DE
• Inst. für Philosophie,
Technische Universität
Darmstadt, DE
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• Inst. für Philosophie,
Universität Wien, AT
• Inst. für Sprach- und
Kommunikationswissenschaft,
Rheinisch-Westfälische
Technische Hochschule
(RWTH), Aachen, DE
• Inst. für Vorderasiatische
Archäologie, Freie
Universität Berlin, DE
• Inst. of Archaeology
and Antiquity, University
of Birmingham, GB
• Internationales
Forschungszentrum
Kulturwissenschaften (IFK),
Wien, AT
• Kulturwissenschaftliches
Statistical Input – Output Data Seminar, Humboldt-
Universität Berlin, DE
Funding source (CHF) Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Total %
• Kunstgeschichtliches Inst.,
SNSF funding 1 775 000 1 775 000 1 775 000 1 775 000 7 100 000 39 Unversität Bochum, DE
• Kunsthistorisches
Self-funding from home
institution1 641 699 1 271 469 1 697 316 1 714 516 5 325 000 29 Inst. Florenz, Max-Planck-
Self-funding from project Inst., Florenz, IT
participants 1 030 368 836 608 1 643 337 1 643 337 5 153 650 29
• Kunsthistorisches Inst.,
Third-party funding 190 859 312 292 0 0 503 151 3 Universität Köln, DE
• Kunsthistorisches Seminar,
Total 3 637 926 4 195 369 5 115 653 5 132 853 18 081 801 100 Humboldt-Univ. Berlin, DE
• Kunsthistorisches Seminar,
Personnel2 Total of Female % Male % CH Most Represented Nations Other Ruhr-Universität Bochum,
Persons DE IT US AT ES Nations Ornament-Netzwerk, DE
Management 4.673 4 57 3 43 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 • Kunsthistorisches Seminar,
Universität Hamburg, DE
Master students 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
• Leerstoelgroep Theater-
Doctoral students 25 18 72 7 28 9 12 3 0 1 1 1 wetenschap, Universiteit
Postdoctoral students 11 3 27 8 73 1 9 2 0 0 0 1 van Amsterdam, NL
Research associates 1 0 0 1 100 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 • Max-Planck-Inst. für Hirn-
Senior researchers4 13 2 15 11 85 3 9 1 2 0 0 0 forschung, Frankfurt a.M., DE
Other staff 4 1 25 3 75 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
• Museo Gregoriano Egizio,
Vatican Museum, Vatican City
Total 58.67 28 46 33 54 20 33 8 2 1 1 3
State (Holy See), VA
1
Personnel costs, equipment and consumables, not included infrastructure and basic equipment
• Research Network “History
2
Persons involved in the NCCR in the last reporting period (12 months) of Scientific Objects”,
3
Full-time equivalent, including NCCR-Director and persons in charge of knowledge and technology transfer, Max-Planck-Inst. für Wissen-
and education and training
4
Including leaders of the individual projects and other organisational units of the NCCR schaftsgeschichte, Berlin, DE
• Seminar für Archäologie
und Kulturgeschichte
Nordostafrikas, Humboldt-
Evaluation and Monitoring by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Universität Berlin, DE
• Seminar für Ästhetik,
Members of the Review Panel
Humboldt-Univ. Berlin, DE
Levy René, Prof. (Chair) Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
• Tandemprojekt “Ikonotext.
Bätschmann Oskar, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
Historische Wahrnehmungs-
Belting Hans, Prof. Institut für Kunstwissenschaft, Staatliche Hochschule für
formen in Text und Bild”,
Gestaltung Karlsruhe, DE
Universität Leipzig, DE
Cohn Danièle, Prof. Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Centre de Sociologie
• Vakgroep Duits,
du Travail et des Arts CESTA, Paris, FR
Universiteit Gent, BE
Daston Lorraine, Prof. Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin, DE
• Zentrum für Bewegungs-
Elkins James, Prof. Department of Art History, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, US
forschung, Inst. für
Jäger Ludwig, Prof. Lehrstuhl für Deutsche Philologie, RWTH Aachen, DE
Theaterwissenschaft, Freie
Krämer Sybille, Prof. Institut für Philosophie, Freie Universität Berlin, DE
Universität Berlin, DE
Suter Christian, Prof. Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, CH
• Zentrum zur Erforschung
Waldenfels Bernhard, Prof. München (Emeritus Universität Bochum), DE
der Frühen Neuzeit, Johann
Wellbery David E., Prof. Department of Germanic Studies, University of Chicago, US
Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität
Frankfurt a. M., DE
NCCR Office SNSF
Bachmann Stefan, Dr. Schweiz. Nationalfonds, Wildhainweg 3, 3001 Bern Others
phone: + 41 (0)31 308 23 49, fax: + 41 (0)31 305 29 71 • IG Tanz - Tanzbüro Basel, CH
sbachmann@snf.ch • Mediathek tanz.ch, Zürich, CH
• Stiftung Bibliothek Werner
Oechslin, Einsiedeln, CH
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International Trade Regulation:
From Fragmentation to Coherence
NCCR Trade Regulation
Home Institution
University of Berne
Start of the NCCR
September 1, 2005
NCCR Management
Director Research Research Cluster B Research Cluster C
Cottier Thomas, Prof. Unresolved Regulatory Establishing Regulatory
Research Cluster A
thomas.cottier@wti.org Issues Linkages in International
Constitutional Topics
Deputy Director Coordinator: Bald