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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN)

@nin-knaw.bsky.social
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We aim to explain how circuits of neurons enable us to see the world and act upon it.

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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We're looking for a PhD student to join the Ultra-High Field Neuroimaging group led by Wietske van der Zwaag. 📍 Amsterdam ⏳ 4-year PhD position 📅 Apply by 26 October 2026 Interested? Read more and apply here: nin.nl/vacancies/ph...
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Internship opportunity! Have you ever wondered how young mammals can already see from the moment they open their eyes? Or whether neurons in the visual cortex can respond to stimuli even before eye opening? Then this project might be for you! Read more: nin.nl/internships/...
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
📢 The @socialbrainlab.bsky.social is looking for an intern! Are you interested in pain, empathy, and social touch, and curious about the neurophysiology of social interaction? Then this might be the opportunity for you! Learn more and apply on our website: nin.nl/internships/...
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The @socialbrainlab.bsky.social is hiring a postdoc! In this Vici project “Empathy, helping and aggression: unravelling the missing neural link”, we investigate how empathic responses to the pain of others inhibit harmful behaviour across contexts, individuals, and species. nin.nl/vacancies/po...
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Postdoc position in ultrasound imaging of rodent harm-aversion - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
We are seeking a neuroscience student for a full-time, 6+ month internship in the Huitinga group! You will work with human brain tissue to study the circadian clock and glial cells in ME/CFS 📅 Application deadline: 7 July 2026 📍 Start date: September 2026 🔗 nin.nl/internships/...
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
We're hiring a PhD Student! Under supervision of @sergedumoulin.net, you will investigate whether individual brain folding patterns reflect computational principles that optimize neural communication and brain organization. Learn more and apply on our website: nin.nl/vacancies/ph...
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PhD Student in Biologically Inspired Computational Visual Neuroscience - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
We are looking for an intern! How do babies learn better from their mothers? The project investigates how infants learn more effectively from their primary caregiver. What is it about early mother–infant interaction that makes learning special? Learn more here: nin.nl/internships/...
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How do babies learn better from their caregivers? - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Tune in for our free online event all about #empathy! Our @socialbrainlab.bsky.social is organising a series of talks from experts from across the empathy field. Everyone is welcome (also non-experts and students)! Join the symposium here 👇 teams.microsoft.com/l/message/19...
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
The Kalsbeek group is organising a symposium! 🧠 Unraveling the Hypothalamus in the Era of Single Cell Transcriptomics 🧠 📅 Thursday 30 April 📍 Het Trippenhuis, Kloveniersburgwal 29, Amsterdam 🔗 Register here: benchmarkinghypothalamus.com
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Last week we hosted the annual Brain Award ceremony. Three postdocs were awarded a first prize and two special distinctions in clinical relevance and open science. Congratulations Rasa Gulbinaite, Julian Packheiser, and Paolo Papale! 🏆 🎉 Read more on our website: nin.nl/news/winners...
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Publication alert: Vicarious body maps bridge vision and touch in the human brain. 🧠 Read the full article here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Congratulation @tknapen.bsky.social and all researchers involved!
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Big news for Dutch neuroscience! 🧠 The EBRAINS-Neurotech consortium received an €18.3M NWO grant to develop smarter & smaller brain-computer interfaces. Among the participants is @pieterroelfsema.bsky.social known for his work on visual prostheses. Read more: www.uva.nl/en/content/n...
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EBRAINS-Neurotech: Building the next generation of brain technology
Over the past decade, neurotechnology – the science of connecting technology directly with the brain – has grown at an astonishing pace. This field is developing devices that can monitor or even influ...
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
How can the timing of eating and exercising influence your internal clocks, metabolism and even the adaptability of your brain? During her PhD, Ayano Shiba explored how the these internal respond to changes in our behaviour. Read the full article on our website: nin.nl/news/timing-...
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Timing is everything: how exercise shapes metabolic health and brain adaptability - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
We're hiring a PhD student! 🧠 🎓 Do you want to contribute to unravelling the cellular and molecular signatures of one of the most enigmatic illnesses, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)? Read the full vacancy on our website and apply now 👇 nin.nl/vacancies/ph...
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PhD Student Brain multiregion singlecell transcriptomics of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/CFSyndrome NIN - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
We're hiring an open science data manager to further implement and develop our data policy 🧠 Our research groups generate a lot of data. We are determined to store our data according to the FAIR principles and make our data easily available for other scientists. Apply now 👇 nin.nl?post_type=va...
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Open science Data Manager - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Internship alert in Inge Huitinga's group 🧠 🧪 We are looking for an intern to investigate Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) in postmortem human brain tissue. Learn more and apply here 👇 nin.nl/internships/...
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Exploring hypothalamic orexin neurons and glial changes in ME/CFS - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Internship alert! 🧠 🔬 Maarten Kole's group is offering an exciting master student internship focused on the neuron–microglia interactions in multiple sclerosis (MS). Learn more and apply on our website 👇 nin.nl/internships/...
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Investigating neuron–microglia interactions in multiple sclerosis (MS) - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
We're hiring an intern! 🧪🥼 You will investigate suprachiasmatic nucleus alterations in Parkinson's disease using human postmortem brain samples Read more and apply here 👇 nin.nl/internships/...
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Investigating SCN Alterations in Parkinson’s Disease Using Human Postmortem Brain Samples - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
We're hiring a PhD candidate 🎓 💡 Together with the Amsterdam UMC, department of Psychiatry we have a vacancy for a joint PhD research project to better understand reduced neuroplasticity and synapse density as a mechanism for depression. Read the full vacancy here 👇 nin.nl/vacancies/ph...
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PhD candidate neuroplasticity in depression, physician-researcher (MD) neuroscience - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Researchers from the Willuhn group revealed how deep neural networks behave during obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours. "For the first time, we have found a clear biological marker for OCD in the brain," says Tara Arbab, first author. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Intracranial electrophysiological biomarkers of compulsivity in obsessive–compulsive disorder - Nature Mental Health
This research identifies local field potential markers associated with obsessive–compulsive disorder symptoms in patients during provocation. Key findings reveal increased delta and alpha power in spe...
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Why do some people with Alzheimer’s do not show symptoms of Alzheimer's? During her PhD, @giorgitos.bsky.social explored this question. Part of the answer led her to an unexpected group of brain cells: underdeveloped neurons. Read the full article on our website: nin.nl/news/the-eld...
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The elderly brain is less mature than you think and that could protect you from Alzheimer’s Disease - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
The Siclari group uncovered how the brain transitions from sleep to wakefulness. “This study offers a window into one of the most fundamental transitions in human consciousness,” says Aurélie Stephan, first author. Read the full publication here 👇: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Cortical activity upon awakening from sleep reveals consistent spatio-temporal gradients across sleep stages in human EEG
How does the brain awaken from sleep? Several studies have suggested that the awakening process occurs asynchronously across brain regions, but the pr…
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
The Verhaagen group has taken the first step towards a gene therapy for multiple sclerosis. “This way we avoid complex neurosurgical procedures to deliver the therapeutic gene to its target” says Paul Nijhuis, lead author. Read the full publication here 👇 www.cell.com/molecular-th...
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Developing a minimally invasive gene therapy for multiple sclerosis
Nijhuis and colleagues present a gene therapy strategy for multiple sclerosis. In a mouse model, adeno-associated viral vectors that pass the blood-brain barrier were combined with cell-selective prom...
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
A new Science study shows the adult brain may still produce neurons. Researchers found genetic traces of active progenitor cells. “This paper will make a huge contribution to the field,” said Evgenia Salta of the NIN. Read the full article here 👇 www.science.org/content/arti...
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
How can we build an AI model that resembles a biological brain? During her PhD, Sanne van den Berg explored this question and the answer involved a rather unusual approach: rewarding the model with pleasurable numbers. Read the full article on our website: nin.nl/news/how-to-...
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How to build an AI that more closely resembles the biological brain - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
We're hiring a PhD student! 💡🧠 Are you fascinated by the challenge of restoring brain repair in multiple sclerosis (MS)? Then a PhD in Inge Huitinga's group may be the one for you! Apply via de link on our website: nin.nl/vacancies/ph...
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PhD student - mechanisms of myelin repair - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
💡 New publication on Multiple Sclerosis (MS) 🧠 Researchers identify "broad rim MS lesions": a new subtype of lesion linked to faster disease progression and detectable via PET-MRI. A promising biomarker and therapeutic target. Read the full article 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Broad rim lesions are a new pathological and imaging biomarker for rapid disease progression in multiple sclerosis - Nature Medicine
This study identifies a unique multiple sclerosis lesion, the broad rim lesion, which is associated with rapid disease progression and marked by a distinct inflammatory profile involving innate inflam...
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
🧠🐁 Internship Opportunity - Synapse and Network Development group Are you interested in uncovering behaviour from neonatal mouse facial expressions? Join our project analysing face videos and body sensor data to identify stereotyped behaviors. Read more 👇 nin.nl/internships/...
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SND internship: Analysis of behavioral states in neonatal mice - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Nieuwe stage vacature! 🧠💤 Ben jij geïnteresseerd in slaap en mentale gezondheid rond zwangerschap en bevalling? De Sleep & Cognition-groep zoekt een gemotiveerde bachelor- of masterstudent voor een stageproject rond perinatale slapeloosheid. Lees hier meer 👇 herseninstituut.nl/stages/bache...
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Nieuwe stage vacature! 🧠 🛌 Ben jij geïnteresseerd in de werkingsmechanismes van slapeloosheid? De Sleep & Cognition-groep is op zoek naar een enthousiaste en gedreven stagiair(e). Lees hier meer 👇 herseninstituut.nl/stages/maste...
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Masterstage bij de Sleep & Cognition-groep - Nederlands Herseninstituut - KNAW | Master the mind
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
PhD position 2/2: Cellular mechanisms of psychiatry 🧠 Join us as a PhD candidate exploring cellular mechanisms in neuropsychiatry using cutting-edge imaging, chemical tools & glia research. Apply by 15 June 2025: 👇 nin.nl/vacancies/ph... #PhDposition #BrainResearch #Neuroscience
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PhD student - cellular mechanisms of psychiatry - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
PhD position 1/2: Neuron-glia mechanisms in psychiatry 🧠 We're hiring a PhD candidate to study neuron-glia interactions in neuropsychiatry using cutting-edge electrophysiology & viral tools. Apply by 15 June 2025: 👇 nin.nl/vacancies/ph... #PhDposition #BrainResearch #Neuroscience
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PhD student - Neuron-glia mechanisms in psychiatry - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Why do some people struggle to fall asleep? 💤🧠 In the "BBC World Service - CrowdScience" episode “Why can't I fall asleep?”, sleep expert Prof. Dr. Eus van Someren discusses sleep and insomnia. Listen to the podcast here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #SleepResearch #Insomnia #SleepStudy
In the "BBC World Service - CrowdScience" episode “Why can't I fall asleep?”, sleep expert Prof. Dr. Eus van Someren discusses sleep and insomnia research. You can listen to the podcast version of the episode on the BBC website (see the Link provided).
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
💡 New publication on insomnia, anxiety, and depression. 🧠 Large-scale brain imaging study reveals shared and distinct neural features, pointing to a common brain circuit underlying these disorders. @siemon.bsky.social @eptissink.bsky.social Read the article here 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Multimodal brain imaging of insomnia, depression and anxiety symptoms indicates transdiagnostic commonalities and differences - Nature Mental Health
The authors used data from the UK Biobank to identify associations of self-rated symptoms of insomnia, depression and anxiety with cortical area, cortical thickness, subcortical volume, structural con...
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Check the GUTS Special Issue published in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Journal featuring the @socialbrainlab.bsky.social 🧠 Read the full set of articles here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
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Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience | Growing Up Together in Society: Developmental neuroscience perspectives on societal contributions | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierScienceDirect
How do young people successfully grow up in an increasingly complex society, and what are the main causes for differences in becoming engaged and contributing citizens in society? How does neurobiolog...
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
“We didn't sleep at all, not even a minute, but it was worth it,” said PVV leader Wilders. In this NOS article, sleep researcher Roxanne Bongers explains how a 24-hour negotiation may impact crucial decision-making processes. 🧠💤 nos.nl/artikel/2563...
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Onderhandelaars voorjaarsnota maakten het zichzelf lastig met marathonsessie
De gesprekspartners kregen zowel met slaaptekort als verstoring van hun bioritme te maken.
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
A few weeks ago we welcomed students from Brainwave (@utrechtuniversity) to our institute. They were given a tour of the Netherlands Brain Bank and sleeplab, as well as presentations about research on fMRI, metabolism and Alzheimer’s Disease. Let's just say, they asked a lot of very good questions!
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
How can art and neuroscience help us reflect on our own perception and experience of the world? To explore that question, NeuroNarratives has paired eight neuroscientists and artists together so they can create thought-provoking artworks that will be presented in the centre of Amsterdam in 2026.
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Yesterday, researchers from the MICrONS Consortium published an overview of around 75,000 neurons spanning multiple areas of mouse visual cortex. Christiaan Levelt, director of the institute, commented on the publication in @trouw.nl Read the article here 👇 www.trouw.nl/wetenschap/o...
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Onderzoekers brengen de schier oneindige complexiteit van een korreltje muizenbrein in kaart
Lang werd het voor onmogelijk gehouden, toch is het een team wetenschappers na jarenlang werken gelukt een kubieke millimeter muizenbrein in kaart te brengen. Mogelijk is het een grote doorbraak.
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
💡New publication on Multiple Sclerosis (MS) 🧠 These findings will hopefully facilitate the development of therapeutic strategies to promote tissue repair and clinical recovery in MS. Read the article here 👇 academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
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Distinct transcriptional changes distinguish efficient and poor remyelination in multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis is a heterogeneous disease with remyelination potential differing across individuals and between lesions. Leveraging this intrinsic hete
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
🧠 Internship alert 🔬 In this project you will explore the neurobiological basis of mood disorders in the human nucleus basalis of Meynert. Learn more and apply here 👇 nin.nl/internships/...
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
De afdeling Mechatronica is op zoek naar een Elektronicus (Engineer) 🧠 Bekijk de vacature op onze website 👇 herseninstituut.nl/vacatures/el...
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Elektronicus (Engineer) HBO/ BSc/ Beng - Nederlands Herseninstituut - KNAW | Master the mind
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
De afdeling Mechatronica is op zoek naar een Fijnmechanisch Ontwerper / Engineer 🧠 Bekijk de vacature op onze website 👇 herseninstituut.nl/vacatures/fi...
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Fijnmechanisch Ontwerper (Engineer) HBO/ BSc/ Beng - Nederlands Herseninstituut - Nederlands Herseninstituut - KNAW | Master the mind
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
One step closer to visual prostheses!🧠 @lozaneuro.bsky.social has developed an open-source software that streamlines the refinement of surgical procedures and facilitates simulation studies, offering a realistic exploration of electrode configuration possibilities. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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Optimal placement of high-channel visual prostheses in human retinotopic visual cortex - IOPscienceSearch
Optimal placement of high-channel visual prostheses in human retinotopic visual cortex, van Hoof, Rick, Lozano, Antonio, Wang, Feng, Klink, P Christiaan, Roelfsema, Pieter R, Goebel, Rainer
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Ben jij medisch onderlegd en wil je bijdragen aan baanbrekend hersenonderzoek? De Nederlandse Hersenbank is op zoek naar een Medisch Samenvatter! Bekijk de vacature op onze website herseninstituut.nl/vacatures/me...
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Medisch samenvatter Hersenbank - Nederlands Herseninstituut - KNAW | Master the mind
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
New research shows that perineuronal nets may play a key role in resilience to Alzheimer’s. Some people show signs of Alzheimer’s in their brain but stay cognitively sharp, possibly due to differences in their perineuronal nets. Read the full article here: nin.nl/news/how-the...
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How the sugar coating around nerve cells may play a role in resilience to Alzheimer’s disease - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
The social brain lab is looking for an intern! 🧠 Their study focuses on understanding how humans respond physiologically to vicarious pain, using electrical stimulation to induce pain while adjusting intensity to each participant’s tolerance. Learn more and apply here: nin.nl/internships/...
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Internship Investigating Pain and Empathy - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Wij zoeken een Laboratoriumcoördinator! 🧠🔬 Heb jij een passie voor wetenschap en organisatie? Wil je een essentiële rol spelen in baanbrekend neurowetenschappelijk onderzoek? Dan is deze functie perfect voor jou 👇 herseninstituut.nl/vacatures/la...
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Laboratorium Coördinator Nederlands Herseninstituut Amsterdam - Nederlands Herseninstituut - KNAW | Master the mind
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Professor Francesca Siclari was a guest on the most recent episode of the Sleep Science Podcast to talk about her work on non-REM parasomnias and their link to dreams. Listen to the full episode by clicking this link: sleepsciencepodcast.buzzsprout.com/787211/episo...
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S3E2 - Francesca Siclari - Parasomnias and dreaming - Sleep Science Podcast
Sleepwalking, sleep talking, night terrors - how do they occur and why do some people have them more than others?Join us as we discuss with Professor Francesca Siclari her work looking at non-REM para...
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
The NINclusion team launched the NIN Gym to support mental and physical health within the institute. Over the next 10 weeks, employees can join alternating Yoga and Bootcamp sessions led by personal trainer Ties (@tiesverbeekpt.bsky.social) on Thursdays. The first session took place last week! 💪
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