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  • ZonMw Clinical Fellowship for neurologist Floor Duits
    ZonMw Clinical Fellowship for neurologist Floor Duits This year, ZonMw has awarded 17 Clinical Fellowships to medical specialists with a PhD who are eager to establish their first independent research line. One of the recipients is neurologist Floor Duits, who works at the Alzheimer Center.
  • Development of brain organoid model to unravel the role of aging in parkinson’s disease
    Development of brain organoid model to unravel the role of aging in parkinson’s disease Vanessa Donega, Assistant Professor at the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience at Amsterdam UMC, and Elga de Vries, Professor at the Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology at Amsterdam UMC, have been awarded a grant from the Dutch Parkinson Foundation (ParkinsonFonds). The funding supports the development of a brain organoid model containing iPSC-derived microglia that mimics aging and pathological hallmarks of Parkinson’s disease.
  • Amsterdam Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2026: The future of cognition - Technology and the human brain
    Amsterdam Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2026: The future of cognition - Technology and the human brain The Amsterdam Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2026 will take place on January 16, with this year's theme: The Future of Cognition - Technology and the Human Brain. As a member of the Amsterdam Neuroscience community, you are invited to be part of an inspiring day and to share ideas, get an update on neuroscience research, explore new collaborations, and shape the future of neuroscience.

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A map of dopamine signals across the brain
Brenda Penninx new vice president Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Sisco van Veen about the ‘Art of letting go’
The impact of the shortage of ophthalmological drug verteporfin
Positive and negative lifestyle changes during corona period
The brain’s mechanisms for vision depend on other senses
Natural killer cells in MS, friend or foe?
Dementia is not just a condition in the elderly
Hilgo Bruining argues to work forward from development instead of backward from behavioral definitions
Marjo van der Knaap receives Aicardi Award
Huntington Awareness Day with Eric Reits
Genetic variants influencing longitudinal brain changes
Pieter Roelfsema gains recognition for research on consciousness
Gravitation Grant of 22 million euros for research into growing up ‘successfully’ of young people
Rubicon grant for Miguel Gonzalez Lozano
Gravitation Grant of 19.6 million euros for research into stress
Studying Alzheimer's disease more directly with laser microscopy
ERC grant for Eus van Someren to combine insomnia and anxiety research
Largest genetic study ever implicates synaptic gene in schizophrenia
Maartje de Jong awarded with Veni grant
Christiaan Vinkers puts stress at the center of the consultation room
Every day of the year is Parkinson’s Day for Rob de Bie
Alzheimer’s Disease: The Identification of 75 Genetic Risk Factors Brings New Insights
Claudi Bockting joins European Academy of Sciences and Arts
MIND Us: To prevent mental health problems among young people
New study on neuropathies upon loss of TDP43-regulated RNA Stmn2
The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation invests to accelerate diagnostic plasma test
Higher educated people with Alzheimer's have more healthy years
NWA-ORC grant for consortia on integration neurobiological assessments in a forensic youth setting
5 million NWA-ORC funding to predict, delay and cure hereditary brain diseases