Mona is back from San Francisco!

“At the start of this year I got the great opportunity to spend 3 months in the beautiful (and hilly) city of San Francisco for a collaboration with Professor Srikantan Nagarajan at the Biomagnetic Imaging Lab, UCSF.

We asked ourselves: can we combine MEG data from our two centers to better understand the deviant neurophysiological patterns we see in glioma patients? And what does this tell us about the disease trajectory of these patients?

During my time in San Francisco we indeed showed that results are consistent across our different MEG systems and glioma cohorts. This is a big win for data sharing and collaboration across our two international centers and a great start for the rest of our project where we will answer more specific questions regarding the neurophysiology in the different disease stages of glioma (stay tuned wink wink 😉).

I really enjoyed my time in San Francisco! Not only did I get the chance to visit one of the most prestigious cancer research centers in the world, I also got to explore San Francisco and California as a whole, which was amazing! The city is beautiful and vibrant and I am already missing its hilly streets and breathtaking views (quite some getting used to being back in the flattest country in the world now…).

I learned so much during my stay and am very grateful to my collaborators at UCSF, Sri and @Velmuguran Jayabal, and the financial support that I got through the Cancer Center Amsterdam and the KNAW van Leersum travel grants that made this work visit possible!”