Category: Uncategorized
-
Lucas Baudouin receives Amsterdam University Fund talent startstipendium!
The Startstipendium from the Spinoza Fund of the Amsterdam University Fund has selected eight talented scientists of Amsterdam UMC to bring their professional career a step further, and Lucas is one of them! He will be exploring the link between oligodendrocyte dysfunction, myelin issues and cognitive deficits in brain tumor patients, under supervision of Dorien.…
-
Hanarth foundation funds new project
Many patients with glioma undergo surgical resection of their tumor. However, this surgery may lead to functional and cognitive decline that hampers quality of life. Predictors of such decline are currently unknown, making it difficult for patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals to manage and prognosticate functional decline. In this new, collaborative project, titled “Predicting functional…
-
Linda becomes chair of the VU Amsterdam UTC
The University Monitoring Committee (UTC) of VU Amsterdam monitors research quality of all departments and institutes within the university, and advises the executive board on research reviews and developments in research. Excitingly, Linda became the chairperson of this committee as of January 1st!
-
Maxine and Jantine present at a patient-organized event
An important part of doing clinical studies in our view is communicating the research goals and results to the people we’re doing it for: the people with brain tumors. So Maxine and Jantine were very happy to present their GRIP study arms (on improving cognitive deficits and ameliorating fatigue, resp.) at an event organized by…
-
The Heidelberg Cancer Neuroscience Conference
Dorien, Marike, Mona and Linda are excited to be at this inaugural conference in Heidelberg! Mona will present fresh results, come see her poster on Wednesday!
-
Dorien speaks at Cancer Neuroscience webinar
On June 21st, Dorien will be one of the three speakers at the next TN2 (Translational Neuroscience Network) webinar! The session will be about Cancer Neuroscience, and Dorien will kick off by elucidating the seminal role of neuron-glia interactions in health and disease. Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NU_xyy98Qam8ixI25sErRw#/registration
-
Jantine’s travel report
Jantine is back from her 6 month stay at UCSF with Jennie Taylor, Christina Weyer Jamora and others. She had a wonderful time, as you can read here!
-
MULTINET (re)presents at TN2
At the 2023 Translational Neuroscience Network (TN2) on April 5, both Mona and Marike presented their posters. Many team members were involved in the organisation and support of the day. What a wonderful, interdisciplinary event it was!
-
We have a guest!
So happy to welcome Thijs Vande Vyvere from Belgium to the team. Thijs is working on radiological analysis of brain lesions in Antwerp. He will be exploring network and topological analysis of resting-state fMRI. Great way to lure Fernando into coming to our building even more! Thijs will stay with us for 3 months.
-
SNO 2022
At this year’s Society for NeuroOncology meeting in Tampa, Florida, we will be presenting on different aspects of our research. Linda will be giving a talk on “Brain network dynamics in glioma” during the Educational Day on Thursday November 17. She will also present work by Mona and Marike through two posters, on Friday: NCOG-17…
Multiscale Network Neuroscience 