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  • Tianne Numan

    I am trained as technical physician and have a specific interest in the brain. During my PhD project in the UMC Utrecht at the intensive care unit (ICU) I did several projects on EEG based delirium monitoring and EEG based network analyses during delirium and sedation. I really enjoyed the combination of performing analyses and…

  • Dynamic connectivity patterns predict cognitive decline after neurosurgery

    In a collaboration between the CCA VUmc Brain Tumor Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, and the VUmc MEG center, we investigated the association between dynamics of “functional connectivity” and cognitive outcome in patients undergoing neurosurgery. The study, which was published in Scientific Reports, shows that preoperative measurement of these dynamics may be essential for predicting whether patients…

  • Shanna goes to Nottingham

    By Shanna On the 1st of February I started a two-month visit to the Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre in Nottingham (UK) with the group of Matt Brookes. This center is amongst others equipped with 3 MRI scanners (1.5T, 3T, 7T) and an MEG system and is part of the School of Physics and Astronomy. Their research aims…

  • HersenMagazine interview

    The HersenMagazine (published by the Hersenstichting, a Dutch foundation focusing on the brain) interviewed Linda about networks and neuroscience for their January issue on ‘connection’. The spread is below, and you can find Linda’s research dream here (all in Dutch)!

  • Shanna Kulik

    When I was trained to be a physical therapist, I realised I missed the theoretical challenge and noticed that only practical work just wasn’t it for me. I therefore continued my education and started the research master of Human Movement Sciences at the VU. There, I focused on neurodegenerative diseases and did a one-year internship…

  • Jolanda Derks

    In 2014 I started my PhD project after finishing a master in Neurosciences. During my bachelor and master I enjoyed working in the lab as well as spending time behind the computer analysing MRI images. In this PhD project I have the opportunity to combine both modalities, which is challenging, both also very exciting. In…

  • Linda Douw (PI)

    I’m a clinical neuropsychologist, trying to make sense of our brain and our behavior. I like these for all their complexity, and use graph theory to embrace not only the individual components making up the brain and behavior, but also their interactions. In this video I explain my research in 180s (in Dutch). Across everything I…

  • Dorien Maas

    As a neuroscientist, I am fascinated by how cognitive problems can be treated to improve the well-being of patients with brain diseases. Various brain diseases present with similar cognitive symptomatology and I am interested in what brain mechanisms underlie these shared cognitive symptoms. I approach this problem by studying the role of neurons and glia…