Prof. Mehmet Fatih Yanik received SNSF Advanced Grant

Mehmet Fatih Yanik is awarded the SNSF Advanced Grant (1.9 Mio CHF). His team is developing an approach to precisely modify neural networks in the brain. The aim is to use this approach to treat psychiatric and neurological disorders that are resistant to existing treatments. His concept uses biocompatible electrodes implanted in the brain to precisely measure and influence brain activity. Simultaneously, he uses another unique technology to release drugs with pinpoint accuracy in the affected brain regions to trigger rewiring of brain networks. In his Advanced Grant project, Yanik's team will investigate neurological processes that extend across multiple areas of the brain. He wants to be able to distinguish between pathological and normal processes and to modify the pathological processes without affecting healthy brain functions with utmost precision. He is the only recipient of this prestigious grant in neuroscience this year.