Sarah Sonnay wins the 2014 NCCBI Young Researcher Award

© 2014 EPFL

© 2014 EPFL

Sarah Sonnay was selected as one of the three winners of 2014 young researcher award granted by the Swiss national center of competence (NCCBI).

The award was graned during the 4th annual meeting of NCCBI, on 20 Aug 2014, at EPFL, in recognition of the abstract presetnation entitled: 'Direct assessment of adaptation of cerebral metabolism to focal cortical activity compared to resting at 14.1T'. This work was supervised by Dr. João M. N. Duarte (LIFMET, EPFL), and co-avised by Prof. Gregor Rainer (UNIFR), in collaboration with Prof. Gruetter, and Dr. Nathalie Just (LIFMET, EPFL).

The winners were selected by a jury composed of

  • Prof. Suliana Manely, EPFL
  • Prof. Johannes Schittny, UNIBE
  • Prof. Markus Rudin, ETHZ
  • Dr. Rana Saitta, NCCBI Program Manager

Congratulations to all LIFMET researchers for this great acheivement!