Your support and donations are bearing fruit. Thanks to your support, significant progress has already been made in research and teaching, helping a large number of people.
Language and Communication across Retirement
Retirement comes with risks. The VARIAGE projects examines whether and how retirement impacts our language development and language use.
Math Learning Disability in Young People
The research project aims to develop targeted support measures to improve the educational opportunities of teenagers and young adults with a math learning disability.
Super Germs
The new solution to superbugs can be found in insects in the form of Thanatin. This can be used to create novel drugs for precision medicine that slow down or prevent the development of antibiotic resistance.
ARES: Airborne Research Facility for the Earth System (Kopie 1)
With the project UZH-ARES we have the proper tools to «read» the earth’s surface with great precision, in order to develop the best solutions for our climate.
Plant-Based Peptides
In our plant world, a natural solution exists to combat pests and other threats without the need for pesticides, thanks to plant-derived peptides.
Urea Cycle Disorders Translational Center
It is the first center dedicated to translational research in the field of urea cycle disorders (UCDs).
Sustainable Spinoffs
In the funding line "Sustainable Society" from the Innovation Hub at UZH, the first promising projects have received a grant.
Endowed Professorship for Gender Medicine
Women and men get sick differently. Gender medicine researches gender differences in order to improve health care.
Digitalizing Heinrich Bullinger’s Letters
The correspondence of Zurich reformer Heinrich Bullinger has been made digitally available to the public in its entirety thanks to donations.
Treatment for Sickle Cell Anemia
The Alzheimer’s drug memantine, when used as a treatment for the deadly inherited disease sickle cell anemia, prevents the dangerous sickling of red blood cells.
Fighting COVID-19
The University of Zurich's Pandemic Fund supported important and urgent research projects aimed at overcoming the COVID-19 crisis.
SOLA-Fundraiser
Together with the Comprehensive Cancer Center Zurich, the 2022 SOLA Relay made a statement in the fight against cancer.
Zurich Exhalomics – Diagnosis via Exhaled Breath
The Zurich Exhalomics project aims to create methods of detecting diseases through the breath.
Radiation device for animal hospital
Cancer treatment for animal patients is demanding. A new radiation device enables even better results.