Weizmann Institute Neuroscience Star is Now in Switzerland

"Switzerland is proving that small countries can make a big impression in science. It is recruiting some of the brightest young researchers from all over the world and convincing them to stay, says Quirin Schiermeier...

For Henry Markram, a South African neuroscientist formerly at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, the EPFL site was ideal for a new state-of-the-art neuroscience institute. Three years ago, Markram became the founding director of the Brain Mind Institute, and encourages its researchers to take advantage of everything the campus has to offer, such as virtual reality, robot engineering and data processing..."

Source: Quirin Schiermeier. Region: Small is beautiful. Naturejobs Published online: 25 May 2005; doi:10.1038/nj7041-532a [FullText]