The CNCR focuses on the mechanistic understanding of gene function in the context of cognitive function.
We provide Neuroscience research training programs at Bachelor, Master, PhD and Postdoc levels
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The STXBP1 team of FGA obtained funding from the 2019 Million Dollar Bike Ride event, organized by the Orphan Disease Center in the US, for a high throughput screen to identify new therapeutic interventions for STXBP1 patients.
Researchers at CNCR-FGA and two Italian institutes describe the first two patients with a homozygous STXBP1 mutation. Opposite to known mutations, this mutation increases synaptic transmission. The study is published in the leading journal Brain.
Martijn van den Heuvel is one of three excellent researchers appointed full professor within the 2019 VU University Research Chair (URC) program