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Nationale Wetenschaps Agenda beurs voor onderzoek naar sekseverschillen bij autisme

Komt autisme vaker voor bij mannen dan bij vrouwen, en waarom? Een consortium onder leiding van dr. Aleksandra Badura van het Erasmus MC gaat onderzoek doen naar sekseverschillen bij autisme. Ze krijgen 5 miljoen euro subsidie uit de Nationale Wetenschapsagenda.

ISMRM awards

Tomas Knapen interviewed in the Volkskrant

Tomas Knapen was interviewed for the Volkskrant series 'unexpected discoveries' about his work on connective field mapping using naturalistic stimuli. The interview (in dutch) was published on March 3rd.

Researchers at the Spinoza Center have developed a method to look at the cerebellum in detail

Researchers at the Spinoza Center have developed a method to look at the cerebellum using a powerful 7-Tesla MRI scanner. By correcting for movements during, for example, the subjects’ breathing, the team succeeded in achieving a resolution of 1/5th of a millimetre. In addition, the researchers can use this data to reconstruct and digitally inflate the cerebellum, making the patterns and layers clearly visible. The cerebellum can also be viewed ‘live’ while performing various tasks.

ISMRM poster prizes

The Ultra-High Field study group at ISMRM selected 10 poster presentations to pitch for a poster prize. Nikos Priovoulos won second prize in the category 'Methods and Development' for his poster on 'Combining Arterial Blood Contrast with BOLD improves fMRI laminar specificity.' Wietske Zuiderbaan won the third prize in the category: 'Clinical and Neuroscience applications' for her poster on 'Retinotopic connectivity in the cerebellum for different cognitive states'. Congratulations to both!

NVP poster prize for Sumiya

Congratulations to Sumiya Abdirashid for being awarded an NVP poster prize! Her poster 'Precision of visual spatial attention alters population receptive field properties in human cortex' was awarded one of three poster awards at NVP 2022.

Veni grant for Maartje de Jong

The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant to Maartje de Jong for her research studying how the brain generates visual experiences.

presenter awards

Congratulations to Nikos Priovoulos and Emma Brouwer for their 'best oral presentation' and 'best poster presentation' awards! They received these at the Ultra-high Field workshop of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. The workshop was held in Lisbon, Portugal, and attracted >250 attendees, all working on MRI at 7T or higher fields.

A line through the brain

Luisa Raimondo and colleagues show in a new publication that with ‘linescanning’ functional data can be acquired extremely fast and with sufficient detail to distinguish between signals from different cortical depths.

Spinoza featured in ‘Het Klokhuis’

Spinoza is featured in 'Het Klokhuis', an educational TV programme for children! The theme of the episode is being in love.

Topographic maps representing haptic numerosity in the human brain

In a recent paper published in Nature Communications, Shir Hofstetter and colleagues ask the question whether topographic maps representing cognitive dimensions exist irrespective of the stimulated sensory modality.

Topographic connectivity reveals task-dependent retinotopic processing throughout the human brain

In a recent paper in PNAS, Tomas Knapen demonstrates widespread stable visual organization beyond the traditional visual system, in the default-mode network and hippocampus.

We are scanning again!

With the easing of restrictions for contact-based professions, the Spinoza Centre was also able to reopen on March 1st and restart studies that involve scanning of people.

Anouk Schrantee appointed as Junior Fellow of the ISMRM

Anouk Schrantee became an Junior Fellow of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM).

ISMRM Gold Medal for Robert Turner

Professor Robert Turner, from the Max-Planck Institute, has received the ISMRM Gold Medal.

Grant from KNAW for starting new collaboration

The collaboration will focus on two research projects which  extend the Netherlands-wide knowledge hub on ultra-high field MRI scanning that can preserve the front-runner role of Dutch neuroscience in the study of the structure and function of the human brain in health and disease.

Symposium on the clinical applications of UHF MRI

On February 6th, the Spinoza Centre for neuroimaging organizes a symposium dedicated to the clinical applications of ultra-high field MRI, with a focus on neuroimaging.

Weekend van de Wetenschap

In het kader van het Weekend van de Wetenschap opent het Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging haar deuren op 6 oktober 2019. Volg een rondleiding, doe mee aan experimenten en leer over hersenonderzoek op de open dag!

Vidi Grant for Wietske van der Zwaag

Wietske van der Zwaag has been awarded a Vidi Grant of € 800,000 by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).

Cerebellum involved in visual perception

Research from the Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging shows that the cerebellum responds strongly and specifically to visual perception

Public and private organizations invest heavily in innovative metabolism MRI scanner of UMC

Top Sector Life Sciences & Health and industry partners together invest 49 million euros in the installation and implementation of clinical MRI scanners that not only visualize anatomy and physiology but metabolism as well.

KNAW grant for research into blood vessels

Researchers from the Spinoza Centre, NIN and AUMC are collaborating on research into the smallest blood vessels in human brain.

Spinoza organizes fMRI course

From Monday the 26th to Friday the 30th of November, the Spinoza Centre organizes an fMRI course.

Veni grant for Anouk Schrantee

Anouk Schrantee has been awarded a Veni Grant of €250,000 by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). The Veni-grant will be used to develop a new method to zoom in on the activation of brain cells during psychotropic drug administration.

Spinoza hosts “MRI in practice” course

On October 22-25 the Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging will host the "MRI in Practice" course for radiographers.

Spinoza scientists receive Philips Brain Connectivity Award

Matthan Caan and Wietske van der Zwaag have won the Philips Brain Connectivity Award at the ISMRM 2018 in Paris.

VICI grant for research into dynamics in the human brain

Professor Serge Dumoulin has been awarded a Vici-grant of €1,500,000 by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). This 5-year grant is intended for him to do research into population receptive field dynamics in the human brain. The vici-grants are one of the largest individual scientific grants in the Netherlands.

Neuroscientists call for use of Ultra-High Field MRI in deep brain stimulation

The efficacy of deep brain stimulation as a treatment for neurological disorders can be considerably improved by using Ultra-High Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging (UHF-MRI) instead of traditional 3T and 1.5T MRI. This experimental technique, which is yet to be approved by health authorities, should therefore be further investigated and refined. This is the view of a new paper co-authored by Spinoza Centre researcher Birte Forstmann and published in the latest edition of Trends in Biotechnology.

Spinoza supports March for Science

The Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging has joined with other scientific societies in partnering with the global March for Science on April 22, to promote science and evidence-based research.. Scientists and science lovers will make their voice heard and call for the support and protection of the scientific community.

Brainhack Global

Brainhack is a unique conference that convenes researchers from myriad disciplines to work together on innovative projects related to neuroscience. Brainhack Global will host several simultaneous events to build a critical mass for the regional Brainhack movement and provide opportunities for inter-Brainhack collaboration.

Recognizing numerosity is too important to leave it to one single brain area

Together with researchers from the Utrecht University, Serge Dumoulin published a paper in Nature Human Behaviour.