New therapies against blindness possible with €22 millionThe Lifelong Vision project has been granted €22 million from the NWO Gravity program. Researchers from Amsterdam UMC, within a large Dutch collaborative effort, are set to develop new treatments for blindness.
MS Research Bonus Grant for Jörg Hamann and colleagues at MS centers in Amsterdam and Rotterdam Dr. Hamann has been awarded the MS Research bonus grant of €300,000 from the MS Research Foundation. The grant supports research titled ‘Path and Performance of Pathogenic T-Cells in the Human MS Brain’. This project involves conducting single-cell RNA sequencing of T-cells from various brain regions, including brain borders, cerebrospinal fluid, parenchyma, and MS lesions.
Millions in subsidies for 'brain atlas'The Institute for Chemical Neuroscience (iCNS) will receive 23.23 million euros from the government as part of the Gravitation program. The money will be used for the development of a 'brain atlas' of psychiatric symptoms. This should pave the way to improving the diagnosis and treatment of brain disorders such as depression, frontotemporal dementia and multiple sclerosis.
