We are happy to announce that the registration for the Amsterdam Neuroscience meeting 2024 is now open. In the meantime, our team is busy to craft an inspiringprogram for you. We encourage researchers from Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and University of Amsterdam to visit our annual get together. Mark your calendar and register for this exciting event! It is a unique opportunity for scientists and clinicians within the Amsterdam Neuroscience network to share ideas, get an update on recent neuroscience, explore new collaborations, and shape the future with more revolutions in neuroscience.

The Annual Meeting 2024 will be filled with exciting lectures, showcases by Young Amsterdam Neuroscientists, and updates on revolutionary cases in neuroscience. Moreover, there will be plenty of moments to connect with your peers and fellow neuroscientists during the poster market. lunch or drinks.

It’s time to bring the neuroscientists and -clinicians of Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam together again - this year in RAI Amsterdam on December 13.

Register now

Register for the Amsterdam Neuroscience Annual Meeting via the Registration Form

This event is exclusively for researchers affiliated with Amsterdam Neuroscience or Neuroscience Master students from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam.

Program Amsterdam Annual Meeting, December 13, 2024

07:45 - 09:00 Registration and coffee

09:00 - 09:15 Word of Welcome

Amsterdam Neuroscience directors Guus Smit, Yolande Pijnenburg and Marten Smidt


09:15 - 11:00 Childhood white matter disorders: from clinic to molecular therapy & patient perspective
Prof. dr. Marjo van der Knaap & Prof. dr. Nicole Wolf (Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center)


11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 - 12:30 Research reports of Young Amsterdam Neuroscientists (YAN)
Led by dr. Anouk Schrantee (Amsterdam UMC)

12:30 - 14:30 Lunch and poster market

14:45 - 15:15 Boosting Endogenous Dopamine Production: A Novel Therapeutic Approach for Parkinson’s Disease?
Dr. Lars van der Heide (University of Amsterdam, Parkinnova Therapeutics)

15:15 - 15:45 Identifying therapeutic mechanisms of deep-brain stimulation in a mouse model for OCD
Prof. dr. Ingo Willuhn Amsterdam (Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience)

15:45 - 16:30 Keynote lecture on 'Revolutions in Neuroscience'
Dr. Madeleine Oudin (Tufts University)

16:30 - 16:45 Poster prizes & Vote of thanks

16:45 - 18:30 Drinks and networking

This years’ poster market will be organized in close collaboration with the program leaders of each of the nine research programs. They will select a limited amount of poster presenters per research program.

More information on the speakers and their presentations will follow soon.

Date and location

The Annual Meeting 2024 will be held on Friday December 13, 2024 at:
Amsterdam RAI
Europaplein 24
Entrance E, Forumzaal

We hope to welcome you there!