📻 Heard it on NPO Radio 1: Paul Lucassen about the project of the Institute for Chemical Neuroscience (iCNS) to develop a 'brain atlas' of psychiatric symptoms. #GravitationGrant nporadio1.nl/nieuws/binnenl…

📺 Don't forget to tune in tonight at 8:30pm to watch Eric Reits and Yolande Pijnenburg in the show 'Geef om je hersenen' (Care about your brain) on live television. hersenstichting.nl/nieuws/27-maar…

In case you've missed the episode of 'Geef om je hersenen' on NPO 1 where Eric Reits and Yolande Pijnenburg draw attention to the consequences of brain diseases #Huntington's disease and #dementia. npo.nl/start/serie/ge…

Hilgo Bruining, Child Psychiatrist and professor in neurobiological developmental disorders at Amsterdam UMC, released a new book called 'Donut Psychiatrie', presenting. 👏 boompsychologie.nl/product/100-15…

To end this wonderful week for Dutch science, we're sharing another project within Amsterdam Neuroscience that has been awarded the Gravitation Grant: Lifelong Vision. 🎉 Congratulations to Professor Camiel J.F. Boon and Professor Arthur A Bergen! amsterdamumc.org/en/research/in…

Multidisciplinary work led by Marieke Meijer shows why synapses are stronger and depress faster in the absence of tomosyns, providing new insight into how synapse function is regulated. Yale University VU Faculteit der Bètawetenschappen Amsterdam UMC Amsterdam UMC amsterdamumc.org/en/research/in…

A milestone! This week we included the 1000th participant in the #100plus Study cohort of healthy #centenarians & 1st degree family members. The 110-year-old Jan van Ierland, who still plays the piano, goes on walks, and loves his port wine is the 475th centenarian in the study.

Congratulations to Wiep Scheper on her appointment as full professor of "Proteostatic Stress and Neurodegeneration" at the Medical Faculty of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam! amsterdamumc.org/en/research/in…

What causes #insomnia? Research by neuroscientist Tom Bresser at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam shows that the #whitematter in the brain, which connects different brain areas, differs in people with insomnia compared to people without sleep problems. amsterdamumc.org/en/research/in…

Some exciting opportunities have opened up within the Amsterdam Neuroscience network! @‌VUamsterdam is looking for a junior lecturer, and several departments are in search of #PhD candidates for a number of exiting projects. Check them out here ➡️ amsterdamumc.org/en/research/in…

Proud of our colleagues Rick Jansen, Yuri Milaneschi and Brenda Penninx for their publication in molecularpsychiatry on the metabolome-wide signature of #depression based on >800 untargetted #metabolites in NESDA. More details here: buff.ly/3KUHupN and buff.ly/4cycLdT

Researchers of Alzheimercentrum Amsterdam of Amsterdam UMC have developed a model that can predict cognitive decline in patients with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia due to Alzheimer's. The next step is developing an app that uses this prediction model. amsterdamumc.org/en/research/in…

I am recruiting a PhD candidate to study cerebellar contributions to cognition and social behaviour using in vivo ephys for a fully funded PhD position in Amsterdam! Apply here: vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/PhD-po… or email/DM for questions. Kesselslab SILS Amsterdam Neuroscience | Amsterdam UMC UvA Faculty of Science

An inspirational bike ride🚴‍♂️On June 8 a Dutch and Belgian team biked the European Million Dollar Bike Ride, a fundraising event to raise money for research into STXBP1-related disorders. Together they raised more than 12.000 euros! amsterdamumc.org/en/research/in… youtube.com/watch?v=oXSu_Z…

📰Last week three Amsterdam Neuroscience researchers appeared in Dutch newspapers: Lucres Nauta-Jansen, Damiaan Denys and Philip de Witt Hamer. Read about their interviews: amsterdamumc.org/en/research/in… #MediaMentions

The figure we all have to learn by heart: The updated Lancet Commission on potentially modifiable risk factors for dementia. #AAIC24

As the vacation period nears its end, many teams within the Amsterdam Neuroscience network are looking to expand! Check out our newest vacancies ⬇️ Find the latest information about all vacancies on our website (make sure to scroll down!): amsterdamumc.org/en/research/in…

Hein van Marle & Christa van der Heijden provide first proof of principle that reactivating therapeutically altered traumatic memories during sleep may enhance treatment effects in PTSD. Their study is published in Current Biology. PsychiatryAmsterdam UvA Amsterdam amsterdamumc.org/en/research/in…

🎉Today Amsterdam UMC launched a major campaign for ADORE in collaboration with the VriendenLoterij, KWFKankerbestrijding, Hersenstichting and MS Research. ADORE will be the largest onco-neuro campus in the world, read about it: amsterdamumc.org/en/research/in…

We are delighted that Prof. dr. Ingo Willuhn will give his inaugural lecture today. With this, he will be appointed Professor of ‘Behavioural Neuroscience of Psychiatric Disorders’ of Amsterdam UMC and the UvA Amsterdam. Read more ⬇️ amsterdamumc.org/en/research/in…