The Sense Innovation and Research Center

🧬 The Sense Pain & Interoception team received $300K to find biomarkers for hEDS/HSD. 🤖 Using AI + biological & sensory analyses, aiming to improve diagnosis & care. 📊 Half of the patient dataset by mid-2026! 🔗 f.mtr.cool/rhcmildxro

📖 Last Wednesday, Prof. Chantal Berna Renella, PI at The Sense, gave a lecture in the “Sustainable Care: Between Innovation and Humanism” series by HES-SO Valais-Wallis & S.M.A.R.T. Confluence on integrating complementary medicine safely. #SustainableCare #HESSO

👂 #WorldHearingDay: Early detection saves hearing & learning for children. 🔬 At The Sense, our Neuro-otology unit advances imaging & minimally invasive surgery to improve diagnosis & care. ❤️ No child should be left behind. f.mtr.cool/hsvyrvlrlb

New study (Pittet et al., 2026) shows how NOA & BuzzClip aids complement the white cane, enhancing autonomy & safety for people who are blind. A collaboration between The Sense & @Biped Robotics. 🎧 Read more: f.mtr.cool/flcgxatkmg  🌐 #Accessibility #Innovation

🌿 Conférence : Médecine complémentaire et médecine intégrative Avec Chantal Berna Renella – découvrez comment intégrer médecines complémentaires de manière sécurisée dans un système de santé moderne. 📅 11/03/2026 | 🕡 18:30 | 📍 Energypolis, Sion 🔗 f.mtr.cool/hltvkhliec

🔬 International Day of Women and Girls in Science | Feb 11 Women represent only 1 in 3 researchers worldwide — and less than 10% in some countries. At The Sense, 60% of affiliated researchers are women. Diversity is our strength. #WomenInScience #IDWGS #TheSense

🔊 Learning to “see” with sound 👂 Asa Kucinkas et al. (2026) show the brain can flexibly learn image-to-sound mappings using sensory substitution (The vOICe). Promising insights for accessible, adaptive tools. 🔗 f.mtr.cool/dsobwowwcc #Accessibility #Neuroscience #Innovation

Newsletter #06 is out ✨ 🏔️ Sense Retreat 2025 | 🍕 Pizza & Science | 🤖 Swiss–Korean Innovation Week | 🔄 Closing the Loop workshop 🎙️ Interview & events inside 🔬 Inside The Sense with Prof. Calbimonte, Prof. Bassolino and Prof. Matusz 👉 Read: f.mtr.cool/jfstonkxpk

Starting 2026 together 🎉 The Sense support team and CODIR brought together Sense affiliates in Vevey for their annual New Year Dinner 🤝 A friendly evening dedicated to exchanges, networking and collaboration 🍽️ Thank you to everyone who joined us. Looking forward to 2026 ✨

A new perspective on tympanic membrane dynamics 👂 New paper by Sense PI Lukas Anschuetz, published in Hearing Research and featured on the journal’s cover 🏆 First 4D quantification of human tympanic membrane motion using synchrotron microtomography 🔬 🔗 f.mtr.cool/royiduqjdo

🧠 Hypnosis as therapy for non-REM parasomnia: A literature review A systematic review in Sleep Medicine Reviews, led by PIs affiliated with The Sense explores the potential of medical hypnosis for non-REM parasomnias. 🔗 f.mtr.cool/cbstzatwzb #Sleep #Hypnosis #Research

This article by @AOzkirli @ralfer and @David__Pascucci shows that, rather than improving performance, serial dependence makes perceptual decisions more uncertain. @EPFL @Brainmind_EPFL @unil @CHUVLausanne @_TheSense_ nature.com/articles/s4156…

🎉 Congratulations to Aurore Fernandez, awarded an SNSF Postdoc.Mobility grant! She will join Prof. Eva Kosek’s lab at @karolinskainst in Aug/Sept 2026, contributing to cutting-edge research on chronic pain mechanisms. 🔗 f.mtr.cool/ketcapcwdg #TheSense #SNSF #Postdoc

✨ 𝐀 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬. Thank you for your trust and for all the meaningful projects shared this year. Wishing you a joyful festive season, #TheSense #HappyHolidays #EndOfYear

🍕🔬 Pizza & Science! On Dec 4, participants explored the Mat-Tech Lab at Energypolis campus, Sion 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬. From AI 🤖 to visual perception 👁️, science met conviviality over pizza 🍕. Discover the latest sensory research innovations: 🔗 Read more : f.mtr.cool/wrezltrpjt

🌄 Sense Retreat 2025 – 2nd Edition brought together 60+ researchers in Champéry! ✨ Keynotes by top scientists 📊 Datablitz & Poster sessions with 4 award-winning projects 💡 Innovation & neuroscience at the heart See all highlights 👉 f.mtr.cool/jtccleghhm

🚀 Breakthrough in human behavior analysis! The Sense presents ADVANCE, a tech that automatically analyzes videos in natural settings, enabling authentic behavior observation, faster results, and more precise data for research and clinical use. #TheSense #Innovation #Research

How the brain learns to see 🧠? New study in Nature Communications including Olivier Collignon from The Sense 🌟 EVC affected ⚡ | VOTC resilient 🧩 | AI models reproduce dissociation 🤖 🔗 f.mtr.cool/mpagctdjxb  #neuroscience #TheSense #brain

🎗️ Pain Awareness Month 🧠 At The Sense, Prof. Chantal Berna Renella’s team studies how hypnosis & mindfulness affect stress, pain, and cognition. 💡 Translating neuroscience into hospital care to improve lives. 🔗 the-sense.ch/pain-interocep… #PainAwarenessMonth #Neuroscience

🔬 Alix Trouillet (Neuro-Otology, The Sense) gave the keynote at the Career & Poster Day, Master in Medical Biology @CHUV 🎓 🦻 Topic: “Bionic Hearing through a Soft Auditory Cortex Implant” 💡 Students engaged directly & asked questions 🙌 #TheSense #BionicHearing #Innovation