19 Mar
14:00 - 15:00

Kick Off Centre for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN)

Monday 19 March 2018 from 14:00- 15:00h. Closing drink at 15:00h
Venue: Lectures: Akenzaal, UNS 40 room 0.673; Drink : Drielandenpunt, UNS 40 room K.548

We are very pleased to invite you to the official kick off and opening of the interfaculty Centre for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN).

Maastricht University is world-leading in neuroscience research, hosting an excellent wide-ranging spectrum of laboratories and cutting-edge neuroscience infrastructure used and developed by various UM research groups comprised of world-renowned experts.

The Centre for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN), with the School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS) of FHML and the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (FPN) as its founders, aims to strengthen and support inter-faculty research cooperation in the field of neuroscience. By bringing together the neuroscience activities across schools, departments and faculties, CIN not only will facilitate neuroscience research at Maastricht University, but also increase its visibility and recognition.

This agreement covers the first phase with a focus on cooperation in neuroscience research between MHeNS and FPN. In phase two the cooperation within the framework of CIN can be extended to other faculties and research clusters involving neuroscience. 

CIN has appointed two directors: prof. Bart Rutten (MHeNS) and prof. Alexander Sack (FPN)
 

Preliminary programme

Chairmen: Bart Rutten and Alexander Sack

  • 14.00-14.05hrs - Welcome - Bart Rutten and Alexander Sack
  • 14.05-14.15hrs - UM Perspective - CIN - Martin Paul
  • 14.15-14.25hrs - Cooperation FHML - FPN – Anita Jansen and Nanne de Vries
  • 14.25-14.30hrs - Direktor MHENS - David Linden
  • 14.30-15.00hrs - Elevator pitches of CIN-funded PhD projects

Project 1: Molecular, cellular and electrophysiological effects of TMS in living human neurons.
MHeNs: Bart Rutten en Gunter Kenis, FPN: Alexander Sack en Tom de Graaf
Project 2: The locus coeruleus hits the bull’s eye: stress‐vulnerability as a predictor for cognitive decline 
MHeNs: Heidi Jacobs en Frans Verhey, FPN:  Benedikt Poser en Rainer Goebel
Project 3: Hungry for reward: using evaluative conditioning to repair food and taste reward processing in the anorectic brain.
MHeNs: Rudolf Ponds, FPN: A. Roefs en Anita Jansen
Project 4: Brain miRNA as markers of drug induced changes in neural integrity.
MHeNs: Jos Prickaerts en Jos Kleinjans, FPN: Jan Ramaekers
Project 5: Mapping cortico-hippocampal synchronization and cognition using ECoG in epilepsy patients.
MHeNs: Vivianne Kranen-van Mastenbroek en Rob Rouhl, FPN: Mark Roberts, P. de Weerd

15.00hrs - Closing drinks

Also read