BUSINESS FLUCTUATIONS AND THE INCOMPLETENESS OF FINANCIAL MARKETS(**)(**)This paper is a highly condensed version of a working-paper of the University of Geneva with the same title. Research support from the Swiss National Science Foundation is gratefully acknowledged.

‘Disobedient Democracy: A Comparative Analysis of Contentious Politics in the European Semi-periphery’ is a research project implemented by the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Zagreb, in the period 2016-2021, led by Principal Investigator Danijela Dolenec and funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (IZ11Z0_166540 – PROMYS). The overall objective of the project is to explore how protest politics advances democracy by collecting and analyzing data on protest mobilizations in four countries: Portugal, Spain, Croatia and Serbia.‎

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2019 ISCB Overton Prize: Christophe Dessimoz

F1000Research ◽

10.12688/f1000research.19220.1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

pp. 722

Author(s):

Diane Kovats ◽

Ron Shamir ◽

Christiana Fogg

Keyword(s):

Computational Biology ◽

Intelligent Systems ◽

National Science Foundation ◽

Associate Professor ◽

Swiss National Science Foundation ◽

National Science ◽

University College London ◽

The University ◽

Computational Biologist ◽

Swiss Institute

Each year the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) honors the achievements of an early- to mid-career scientist with the Overton Prize. This prize was instituted in 2001 to honor the untimely loss of Dr. G. Christian Overton, a respected computational biologist and founding member of the ISCB Board of Directors. The Overton Prize recognizes early or mid-career phase scientists who have made significant contributions to computational biology or bioinformatics through their research, teaching, and service. In 2019, ISCB recognized Dr. Christophe Dessimoz, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Professor at the University of Lausanne, Associate Professor at the University College London, and Group Leader at the Swiss Institute for Bioinformatics. Dessimoz receives his award and is presenting a keynote address at the 2019 Joint Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology/European Conference on Computational Biology held in Basel, Switzerland on July 21-25, 2019.

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Building Bridges between Biotechnology and Chemistry – Oreste Ghisalba's Pioneering Activities, Publications and Programs

CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry ◽

10.2533/chimia.2020.322 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 74 (5) ◽

pp. 322-337 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Roland Wohlgemuth

Keyword(s):

National Science Foundation ◽

Applied Research ◽

Scientific Work ◽

Swiss National Science Foundation ◽

Research Programs ◽

National Science ◽

The University ◽

Priority Program

This contribution focusses on Oreste Ghisalba's pioneering activities in both fundamental as well as applied research in biocatalysis and his work on building bridges not only between biotechnology and chemistry, but also culturally, geographically and between academia and industry. His scientific work published in journals, books and conferences will be reviewed and his teaching at ETH Zurich and the University of Basel will be highlighted. Furthermore, an appreciation will be given of his broad knowledge and vision in shaping the activities of the Swiss Coordination Committee Biotechnology (SKB), the Swiss-Japanese Meetings in Biotechnology, conferences and research programs such as the Swiss Priority Program Biotechnology (SPP Biotech) of the Swiss National Science Foundation.

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The effect of experienced emotions on preschoolers’ narration *This research was conducted at the University of Geneva between 1991 and 1996, directed by Professor D. N. Stern, M. D., Swiss National Science Foundation grant No 32-30804.91

Swiss Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1024//1421-0185.62.1.19 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 62 (1) ◽

pp. 19-26 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nicolas Favez ◽

Yves de Roten ◽

Daniel N. Stern ◽

Patrick Bonvin

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

National Science Foundation ◽

National Science Foundation Grant ◽

Autobiographical Narratives ◽

Central Theme ◽

Swiss National Science Foundation ◽

National Science ◽

Expression Of Emotions ◽

The University ◽

The Relationship

This paper presents a study of the relationship between emotions and autobiographical narratives by preschoolers (aged 3 to 5 years). The children (N = 39) actively participate in a short scenario (the Geneva Emotion-Eliciting Scenario, GEES), whose central theme is the separation of two friends. The children were then asked to narrate this event. The emotions experienced by the child throughout the scenario were analyzed by means of facial expression coding (KIDIES). Coding of childrens’ narratives was based on a content analysis. The analyses showed that the expression of emotions congruent to the events is not related to the content of the narrative, except in the case of the specific separation event.

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