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Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research
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Upcoming seminar

CNCR seminar

Visiting speaker

Zoltan Nusser, Laboratory of Cellular Neurophysiology, Hungarian Research Network Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest

Host

Jan van Weering

Location

Spectrum 5 (02B-148) Research Building VU

June 11

12:00 -14:00
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News

Queen Máxima opens ADORE Research building

On Wednesday, May 14, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands officially opened the ADORE Research and Diagnostics Centre in Amsterdam. This cutting-edge facility, an initiative of Amsterdam UMC, brings together Neuroscientists and Oncology researchers, making it the largest onco-neuro campus worldwide.

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First patient completes new trial to test brain-cholesterol lowering Alzheimer’s medication

The existing HIV medication Efavirenz may potentially also be effective for Alzheimer’s patients by lowering cholesterol in the brain. A clinical trial to test this led by Dr. Rik van der Kant, team leader at the Dementia Discovery, started in fall 2024 and now the first patient has completed treatment. Participants are still being recruited.

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Why is there a link between height and schizophrenia?

It has been known since 1936 that people diagnosed with schizophrenia are on average 1 centimeter shorter than people without that diagnosis. However, there have been few explanations of this relationship. Neuroscientist Cato Romero and his colleagues therefore investigated the link between schizophrenia and height in DNA datasets.

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Research

The CNCR focuses on the mechanistic understanding of gene function in the context of cognitive function.

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Education

We provide Neuroscience research training programs at Bachelor, Master, PhD and Postdoc levels

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