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Microglia, from Biology to Pathology Meeting 20-21 April, 201702 May. 2017On the 20th and 21st of April 2017, Bart Eggen (Department of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Groningen), Wia Baron (Department of Cellbiology, University Medical Center Groningen) and the Multiple Sclerosis Center Noord Nederland (MSCNN) organized a meeting “Microglia, from biology to pat
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1 st International Oldenburg-Groningen Fresh cadaver flap course01 May. 2017On the 21-21st of April the 1st International Oldenburg-Groningen Fresh cadaver flap course was held at the dissection facility of the Section Anatomy. Organizers Janniko Georgiadis from the UMCG Groningen and Lucian Jiga from Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oldenburg organized a fresh cadaver flap course
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Thesis defence Zhuoran Yin and Zhilin Luan19 Apr. 2017On 13 March 2017 Zhuoran Yin defended her thesis Microglia phenotypes in aging-associated diseases and Zhilin Luan defended her thesis Susceptibility genes for schizophrenia and their functional relationships in front of a committee of established researchers and was awarded with the doctor’s titl
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Thesis defence Leonie Bais19 Apr. 2017On 8 February 2017 Leonie Bais defended her thesis Exciting links: imaging and modulation of neural networks underlying key symptoms of schizophrenia in front of a committee of established researchers and was awarded with the doctor’s title. This thesis has been written from the conceptual framew
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Thesis defence Heleen Hoogeveen14 Dec. 2016On 30 November 2016 Heleen Hoogeveen defended her thesis Pleasure from Food: Different perspectives on aging in front of a committee of established researchers and was awarded with the doctor’s title. Young and older adults experience similar taste sensations, but like tastes differently. This is
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TiFN Symposium 29 November: Sensory and liking – Inspiration for application08 Nov. 2016On November 29 TiFN will organise a symposium in Groningen titled ‘Sensory and Liking – Inspiration for application’. The symposium speakers present and discuss the scientific highlights and industrial relevancy achieved in the TiFN ‘Sensory and Liking’ project. More infor
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All Souls'Day memorial Anatomy04 Nov. 2016A body that is donated to the section Anatomy for educational and scientific purposes does not return to the relatives. To give them a place to commemorate their loved ones the section Anatomy has placed a monument at the Yarden cemetery in Groningen. Every year on November 2 on All Souls’ Day
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Thesis defence Annerieke de Vos28 Oct. 2016On 21 September 2016 Annerieke de Vos defended her thesis Insight in psychosis: Metacognitive processes and treatment before a committee of established researchers and was awarded with the doctor’s title. Insight in psychosis Insight is impaired in 50- 80% of the patients with schizophrenia. Anne
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Thesis defence Liwen Zhang18 Oct. 2016On 26 September 2016 Liwen Zhang defended her thesis Emotion, self and psychopathology: Neural correlates of emotion regulation and self-reflection in mood disorders and schizophrenia before a committee of established researchers and was awarded with the doctor’s title. Emotion regulation is the
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Retirement Peter Room10 Oct. 2016Due to his upcoming retirement, dr. Peter Room will leave our department. Peter has been with the Section Anatomy for many years, and has been a wonderful colleague who will be dearly missed. Most of you may not know that around the time the movie “Back to the future” played in the cinemas, and