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Marlies Oostland

@marliesoostland.bsky.social
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Assistant professor in Cellular and Circuit Neuroscience at the University of Amsterdam. Strong interest in cognitive functions of the cerebellum. Previously Princeton, UCL, Edinburgh, Berlin.

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Kesselslab @kesselslab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🧠 PhD position open in our lab at the University of Amsterdam @swammerdamuva.bsky.social @uva.nl ! Join us to investigate how cerebrovascular dysfunction disrupts brain-wide circuits in aging and Alzheimer’s disease, and test strategies to restore them. 📅 Apply by Oct 15: tinyurl.com/PhDUvAAgingAD
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Vacancy — PhD candidate "When vascular clearance fails: can brain networks be restored?"
<p><span>Are you looking for a neuroscience PhD project with clear clinical relevance? Do you want to study how brain networks become disrupted and how we might restore them? Are you excited to test n...
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Kesselslab @kesselslab.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Jongbloets lab: All you need to know about pyramidal neurons in the mouse insular cortex, from cell type to circuit layout and their implications for behavior, published in Nature Neuroscience! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Pyramidal cell types and circuit organization of the mouse insular cortex reveal functional specializations - Nature Neuroscience
A multimodal cell-type atlas of the mouse insular cortex reveals specialized pyramidal types and circuits in distinct insular subregions, as well as intra-insular functional connections that integrate...
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Kesselslab @kesselslab.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
And the team keeps expanding: this month we also welcomed Wendy Timmermans as our new lab manager and neurobiological analyst. We're excited to have her on board!
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Kesselslab @kesselslab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
We welcome Gil Vantomme as a new PI in the Cellular and Circuit Neuroscience group at the University of Amsterdam! @swammerdamuva.bsky.social @uva.nl He studies circuit mechanisms underlying cognition and neurological disorders. Gil obtained his PhD from the University of Lausanne in 2020 and (1/2)
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Dr. Cate Peña @cate-cholamine.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I’m recruiting a new lab manger! Please pass on to anyone who might be interested, and have them reach out to me once they’ve applied. Photo proof of awesome lab to join research-princeton.icims.com/jobs/21793/r...
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Marlies Oostland @marliesoostland.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
@sylvielesuis.bsky.social is also hiring two PhD candidates and a postdoctoral researcher to join the cellular & circuit neuroscience group!
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Marlies Oostland @marliesoostland.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
My colleague Rixt van der Veen at the Brain Plasticity group at @swammerdamuva.bsky.social @uva.nl and @umh-uva.bsky.social is hiring a PhD candidate. This position will also entail a collaboration with me regarding in vivo electrophysiology. Apply here: tinyurl.com/u5kpeet6
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Vacancy — PhD position on the effects of early life adversity and adolescent THC exposure on coping behavior
<p><span>Are you interested in why some individuals thrive in complex societies, whereas others don’t seem to find their way? In this project, we aim to better understand the neurobiological factors t...
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 11/12/2025
From bonobos and rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, and what that reveals about our brains
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What the evolution of tickling tells us about being human
From bonobos and rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, and what that reveals about our brains
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Marlies Oostland @marliesoostland.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Reminder that you can still apply for this PI position until the end of this week. A great chance to establish your own research line at the University of Amsterdam!
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Marlies Oostland @marliesoostland.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
We are looking for an Assistant Professor in Healthy Longevity and Epilepsy to join the Cellular and Circuit Neuroscience team at the University of Amsterdam! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies... @sfn.org @fens.org @uva.nl @swammerdamuva.bsky.social @amsneuroscience.bsky.social
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Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Healthy Longevity and Epilepsy
<p><span>Are you passionate about neuroscience and eager to contribute to groundbreaking research on healthy longevity and epilepsy? The Faculty of Science at the University of Amsterdam is looking for an ambitious Assistant Professor to join our interdisciplinary research team of the research group </span><a href="https://sils.uva.nl/content/research-groups/cellular-and-computational-neuroscience/cellular-and-circuit-neuroscience.html"><span>Cellular and Circuit Neuroscience</span></a><span>.</span></p>
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Marlies Oostland @marliesoostland.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Wij zijn op zoek naar een neurobiologisch analist(e) die ons team in Amsterdam komt versterken met zowel organisatorische als praktische taken. Bij interesse kan je direct solliciteren, of neem gerust contact op als je nog vragen hebt!
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Amsterdam UMC - Amsterdam Neuroscience @amsneuroscience.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Last Friday, the Systems & Network Neuroscience program kicked off the new academic year with an inspiring meeting. Three great speakers from the SNN community presented their research: Daniele Avitabile (VU), Arjan Hillebrand (Amsterdam UMC), and Marlies Oostland (UvA).
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
'(...) there is no established resource for group leaders to improve their lab culture with concrete action points for implementation. Here, we introduce the SAFE Labs Handbook: a collection of thirty “commitments” which can be verifiably actioned without requiring institutional support.' #Preprint
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Maxime Beau @maxime-beau.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I am very proud to announce that my PhD paper finally came out in Cell! In this *very* collaborative study, we develop and release a deep-learning approach to predict neuron type identity from their electrical signature. doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... 1/16 🧵
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Marlies Oostland @marliesoostland.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Indeed, we learned some valuable lessons throughout this project. This is a great summary by David of those lessons. One cannot underestimate the importance of incredibly careful data curation!
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Marlies Oostland @marliesoostland.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Our paper from the Cerebellum Cell-types Classification Collaboration (C4) is now out in Cell! All data and software to run the classifier are available at www.c4-database.com. Open-access link to the paper: authors.elsevier.com/c/1khABL7PXu...
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C4 Database
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Fleur Zeldenrust @fleurzeldenrust.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
My lab is looking for a computational neuroscience postdoctoral researcher: www.ru.nl/en/working-a... Come join us at the @dondersinst.bsky.social!
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Kesselslab @kesselslab.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
New paper from our team on LRP1 expression in epilepsy and Alzheimer's Disease: sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Congratulations Annemieke and co-authors!
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Cellular expression of low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 and amyloid beta deposition in human and rat epileptogenic brain
Decreased capillary expression of low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 (LRP1) has been linked to increased brain amyloid beta (Aβ) accum…
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Kesselslab @kesselslab.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Hello everyone! 👋 The Kesselslab (PIs: Helmut Kessels, Jan Gorter, Erwin van Vliet, Pascal Chameau, Natalie Cappaert, Marlies Oostland & Bart Jongbloets) from SILS at the University of Amsterdam has made the move from Twitter. We are looking forward to continuing the scientific conversation here.
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