Ongoing Research Projects

Dozens of different research projects involving animals are currently underway at UZH. Some selected research projects exemplify how and why animals are used for scientific studies.

Neurobiologist Stephan Neuhauss uses zebrafish as model organisms to study basic biological processes such as eye development and diseases of the visual apparatus and brain.
Using zebrafish to research human diseases

Maries van den Broek uses mice with breast cancer to study how metastases develop - and how they can be prevented. In both cases, the immune system plays a central role.
Harnessing the immune system to restrict breast cancer metastasis

Thanks to research involving sheep, Bioengineer Martin Ehrbar and physician Nicole Ochsenbein-Kölble are developing a "plaster" made of biomaterials to repair injuries to the fetal membranes that can occur during prenatal surgery on the unborn child.
Preventing premature births after fetal surgery