MCN post-doc Danai Riga and PIs Sabine Spijker and Guus Smit present first evidence for a molecular mechanism for the cognitive deficits in depression using a rat model in the 20 December issue of Science Translational Medicine.

The CNCR ‘Shisa’ team presents the characterization of a yet unknown glutamate receptor auxiliary subunit important for learning and memory. Their findings are currently available in the open access journal eLife.

Fundraiser for Alzheimer Nederland on SBS6 with CNCR teamleader Wiep Scheper

Four CNCR PhD students of the MCN department win a poster price at the annual Amsterdam Neuroscience meeting 2017.

A team effort of Nutabi Camargo, Andrea Goudriaan, Anne-Lieke van Deijk, Mark Verheijen (PI) and collaborators shows that myelination by oligodendrocytes in the CNS requires lipids derived from astrocytes and diet.

Nikhil J. Pandya will defend his thesis ‘Structural and functional characterization of glutamate receptor complexes’.

Anne-Lieke van Deijk (PhD student) and Mark Verheijen (PI) show for the first time that astrocyte lipid metabolism is essential for synapse development in vivo.

Danai Riga will defend her thesis “Defeating depression: an integrative preclinical approach”.