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UZH is developing alternative methods to animal experiments in line with the 3Rs principle. To highlight outstanding achievements of its members in the field of 3Rs, the university has introduced the UZH 3R Award, which has now gone to Giuseppe Esposito and Melanie Generali.

Brain Disease Foundation supports the Zurich Microsurgery Courses.

With four events per year, the Zurich Microsurgery Courses provides microsurgical training for surgeons working with microsurgical techniques, microsutures and microvascular anastomoses.

The need for comprehensive microsurgical training to improve the skills of microsurgeons is critical, both for surgeons in training and for experienced ones.

However, in a non-operative setting, training opportunities are often scarce and very expensive, so new and innovative surgical training methods have been considered. Therefore, the importance of training.

July 22 will be World Brain Day, which aim to raise awareness of brain diseases and to support prevention and research.