Dendritic position determines pre-synaptic strength.
07-05-12Arthur de Jong, PhD-student at Functional Genomics, publishes in Journal of Cell Biology.
Sabine Spijker benoemd tot hoogleraar bij CNCR
24-04-12Sabine Spijker is per 1 maart 2012 benoemd als hoogleraar in de ‘Moleculaire mechanismen van cognitie in het kader van neuropsychiatrische aandoeningen’.
New Light Shed on Munc18’s Role in Synaptic Transmission
10-04-12Marieke Meijer, PhD student at Functional Genomics, publishes in The EMBO Journal.
NWO grant for “integrative brain theory”
26-03-12The proposal “Multi-level criticality as a principle of information processing: Towards an integrative theory of neuronal avalanches and oscillations” by Klaus Linkenkaer-Hansen was awarded with a grant of 213.532 € from the Physical Sciences, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (Vrije Competitie, Exacte Wetenschappen, NWO).
New director with a familiar face
13-03-12As of January 2012, professor A.B. Smit is appointed as new director of the CNCR. He took over the position from professor Arjen Brussaard (NCA).
CNCR ‘Mind & Machine’ coursists at Philips Research
05-03-12New course focuses on business perspectives in the neuroscience training and visits Philips Research. Students were impressed.
Ronald van Kesteren awarded with ZonMW Top Grant
14-02-12Proposal entitled “Neuronal regeneration: from gene networks to gene therapy” awarded with €675.000 to invest over the course of 5 years. Project runs in collaboration with the group of Joost Verhaagen from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN).
‘No survival without empathy’
16-01-12Almost 300 people attended Frans de Waal’s CNCR/NCA lecture ‘Prosocial Primates: Empathy in Animals and Humans’ on November 10th 2011.
3D Reconstruction of a Brain Circuit
19-12-11Collaboration between CNCR and Max Planck Florida Scientists created the first realistic three-dimensional diagram of a thalamocortical column in the rodent brain.
PhD-Students start research at CNCR as part of ENC-Netw. program
12-12-11Margherita Farina and Girish Kedar start their projects in collaboration with the University of Coimbra and the European Institute for Neuroscience, Göttingen.
