{"id":637,"date":"2022-01-08T18:13:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T17:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/lemanicneuroscience\/?page_id=637"},"modified":"2025-12-12T16:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T15:41:12","slug":"biaggi-de-blasys-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/lemanicneuroscience\/biaggi-de-blasys-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Biaggi de Blasys Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:55% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/lemanicneuroscience\/files\/2025\/06\/flyerbiaggi.jpg\" alt=\"flyerbiaggi\" class=\"wp-image-3529 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/lemanicneuroscience\/files\/2025\/06\/flyerbiaggi.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/lemanicneuroscience\/files\/2025\/06\/flyerbiaggi-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/lemanicneuroscience\/files\/2025\/06\/flyerbiaggi-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The <strong>Biaggi de Blasys award<\/strong> is attributed once a year to the author of outstanding PhD thesis in translational neuroscience, including basic research on brain functions in health and disease for future translational approaches. Eligible for application are graduates of the doctoral programs in neuroscience of UNIGE, UNIL and EPFL in the year preceding the award ceremony (current call: graduates in 2025).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>The prize of <strong>5&#8217;000 CHF<\/strong> is awarded on the occasion of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/lasemaineducerveau\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brain Awareness Week<\/a><\/strong> in Lausanne.  Applications by LNDS and EPFL graduates should include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>cover letter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>curriculum vitae<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>list of publications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a pdf version of the thesis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1-3 letters of recommendation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Next deadline for candidacy: January 31, 2026 (for doctoral theses defended in 2025)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Please send the your application in electronic format to:<\/em> <a href=\"mailto:ulrike.toepel@unil.ch\">ulrike.toepel@unil.ch<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/lemanicneuroscience\/files\/2025\/06\/img_2332-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"img 2332\" class=\"wp-image-3533 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/lemanicneuroscience\/files\/2025\/06\/img_2332-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/lemanicneuroscience\/files\/2025\/06\/img_2332-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/lemanicneuroscience\/files\/2025\/06\/img_2332.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>The Biaggi de Blasys award in 2025 went to DR. Matthieu Gautier for his thesis &#8220;Multimodal transcriptomic atlases of mouse spinal cord injury done under the supervision of Prof. Gr\u00e9goire Courtine at the EPFL. <br>Congratulations! <\/strong><br><br><br><em>In the picture: Prof. em. Jean-Pierre Hornung, Matthieu Gautier and M. de Biaggi during the award ceremony on March 12, 2025. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"awardees-of-the-biaggi-de-blasys-foundation\">Awardees of the Biaggi de Blasys Foundation<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure id=\"ecb8f785-7e73-436d-a886-05fdc5693b96\" class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th>Year of thesis defense<\/th><th>Awardee<\/th><th>Thesis title and director(s)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>2024<\/td><td>Matthieu GAUTIER  (EPFL)<\/td><td>Multimodal transcriptomic atlases of mouse spinal cord injury (Thesis director: Gr\u00e9goire Courtine)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2023<\/td><td>PIERRE VASSILIADIS (EPFL)<\/td><td>MECHANISMS UNDERLYING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING OF MOTOR SKILLS (Thesis director: Friedhelm Hummel)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2022<\/td><td>Alejandro OSORIO-FORERO (UNIL)<\/td><td>An active locus coeruleus in sleep:Towards a dynamic structure of NREM sleep (Thesis director: Anita L\u00fcthi)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2021<\/td><td>Newton Cho (EPFL)<\/td><td>UNBIASED INTERROGATION OF WHOLE BRAIN CIRCUITS IN SPINAL CORD INJURY LEADING TO THE DESIGN OF A CLINICALLY RELEVANT THERAPY TO IMPROVE LOCOMOTION (Thesis director: Gr\u00e9goire Courtine)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2020<\/td><td>Solange Denervaud (UNIL)<\/td><td>WHEN PEDAGOGY MATTERS: INSIGHTS FROM MONTESSORI EDUCATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE MONITORING (Thesis director: Patric Hagmann)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2019<\/td><td>Polina Oberst (UNIGE)<\/td><td>Plasticity in Neurogenic Competence of Cortical Progenitors in the Developing Mouse Neocortex (Thesis director: Prof. Denis Jabaudon)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2018<\/td><td>Erika Bindocci (UNIL)<\/td><td>Development of New Imaging Methodologies to Study Neuron-Glia Interaction (Thesis director: Prof. A. Volterra)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2017<\/td><td>Alexandra Adam-Darque (UNIGE)<\/td><td>FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION OF SENSORY STIMULI IN NEWBORNS DURING THE NEONATAL PERIOD INVESTIGATED WITH FMRI AND HIGH-DENSITY EEG (Thesis directors: Petra Huppi &amp; Christoph Michel)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2016<\/td><td>Shanaz Diessler (UNIL)<\/td><td>TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF SLEEP REGULATION: TWO GENETIC APPROACHES IN THE MOUSE (Thesis director: Prof. Paul Franken)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2016<\/td><td>Sebastiano Bariselli (UNIGE)<\/td><td>SHANK3 CONTROLS MATURATION OF SOCIAL REWARD CIRCUITS IN THE VTA (Thesis directors: Profs. Christian L\u00fcscher &amp; Camilla Bellone)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2015<\/td><td>Anne-Marie L\u00fcchtenborg (UNIL)<\/td><td>WNT SIGNALING IN DROSOPHILA NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONS (Thesis director: Prof. Vladimir Katanaev)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2015<\/td><td>Ilaria Vitali (UNIGE)<\/td><td>ACTIVITY-DEPENDENT CONTROL OVER NEOCORTICAL NEURON DIFFERENTIATION AND IDENTITY (Thesis director: Prof. Denis Jabaudon)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2014<\/td><td>G\u00e9raldine Mang (UNIL)<\/td><td>Contribution of glucocorticoid signaling to the regulation of sleep homeostasis and circadian rhythms (Thesis director: Prof. Paul Franken)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2013<\/td><td>Gabrielle Pouchelon (UNIGE)<\/td><td>Molecular and cellular controls over target-specific development of thalamocortical neuron projections (Thesis directors: Prof. Denis Jabaudon and Prof. Dominique Muller)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2013<\/td><td>Andres de la Rossa (UNIGE)<\/td><td>In-vivo reprogramming of postmitotic neocortical neurons (Thesis director: Prof. Denis Jabaudon)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2012<\/td><td>Aur\u00e9lie Manuel (UNIL)<\/td><td>Neuroplasticity of inhibitory control (Thesis directors: Prof. Stephanie Clarke and Dr. Lucas Spierer)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2012<\/td><td>Ralf Wimmer (UNIL)<\/td><td>The role of spindles for sleep: Manipulating oscillatory activity in the thalamocortical network (Thesis directors: Prof. Anita L\u00fcthi and Prof. Paul Franken)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2011<\/td><td>Irina Constantinescu (UNIGE)<\/td><td>Influence of sleep-wake states on human memory and underlying neural plasticity: insights from EEG recordings and parasomnia (Thesis director: Prof. Sophie Schwartz)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2010<\/td><td>Anne Vaslin (UNIL)<\/td><td>Endocytosis, autophagy and JNK inhibition in neuroprotection against excitotoxicity and neonatal cerebral ischemia (Thesis director: Prof. Peter Clarke)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2010<\/td><td>Fabio Longordo (UNIL)<\/td><td>Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the effects of sleep loss on hippocampal synaptic plasticity (Thesis director: Prof. Anita L\u00fcthi)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biaggi de Blasys award is attributed once a year to the author of outstanding PhD thesis in translational neuroscience, including basic research on brain functions in health and disease &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1530,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-637","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/lemanicneuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/lemanicneuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/lemanicneuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/lemanicneuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1530"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/lemanicneuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/lemanicneuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3933,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/lemanicneuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/637\/revisions\/3933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/lemanicneuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}