Category: fun
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Our 2025 year in review!
We wish you a very happy, productive yet contemplative 2026. As we get started with this new year, we first look back at our trials and tribulations of last year. Want to have a look as well?
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Multisint
It was time for our yearly Sinterklaas celebration, this time with gifts, food and an open science game. Good times!
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Floris nominated for Open Science prize
Floris built a pipeline to process thousands of scans from brain tumor patients and check their quality in the months he was with us over the summer. Now, the neuro-oncology patient research group has an insanely rich dataset to work with. Very deservedly, Floris was nominated for an Open Science prize at Amsterdam UMC!
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Amber at Nicolaes Tulp symposium
At this year’s Nicolaes Tulp Symposium, held in collaboration with the Amsterdam Medical Student Journal (AMSj) and Amsterdam UMC, Amber Gadet presented her internship work with us through her talk: “The relationship between brain connectivity and fatigue complaints: insights in patients with primary brain tumors.” Amber was one of the three finalists invited to present,…
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Our PONG battle
In this lab outing (sadly with an extra theme of goodbye to Brigit), we battled each other in some ping pong tournaments. Fun!
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Lucas and Dorien go to Euroglia
In Marseille, Lucas got to present his latest results on oligodendrocytes in glioma!
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Thanks to our interns of the past months!
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Where lake views meet science
With the academic year coming to a close, we took a well-deserved moment to celebrate together in the sunshine. With a well-stocked picnic basket full of homemade goodies and the sun on our faces, we gathered by the beautiful shores of De Nieuwe Meer to reflect, relax, and reconnect. It was a chance to look…
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Keynote at NetSci2025
Linda gave a keynote talk in Maastricht, at the Network Science Society’s annual meeting. By linking cellular, circuit, and whole-brain network data, she highlighted the work of the team showing how brain tumors act as network diseases, disrupting global connectivity and cognition. Key insights:🧠 Gliomas target hub regions—highly connected, vulnerable nodes in the brain network.🔬…
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Maxine & Linda give a talk
At the “Stimulating Thoughts” symposium, organized by Amsterdam UMC and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Maxine and Linda talked about the use of TMS as a therapeutic tool in glioma, ending with the randomized controlled trial TRUE-GRIT that is currently running as part of the GRIP trials. The symposium was a great opportunity to learn about the different…
