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Biology of mental illness (Kushner lab)

Kushner lab

Description research

The underlying neurobiology of psychiatric disorders remains largely enigmatic, owing to a combination of the complexity of the central nervous system as well as technical limitations in studying the brain.
However, emerging scientific advances in neuroscience, genetics, epidemiology, and cell biology have created unique opportunities for understanding normal brain function and the psychopathological consequences of its dysfunction.

Our approach has been to establish a research program where clinicians and clinical researchers are working side-by-side with neuroscientists, geneticists, and epidemiologists to study neuropsychiatric illnesses and neurobiological circuit mechanisms from their cellular and genetic basis to social and cognitive function.

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Our team

Faculty

  • Prof. S.A. Kushner, MD PhD
  • F.M. de Vrij, PhD
Post-docs

  • J. Aleknaviciute, PhD
  • A.C.M. van Esbroeck, PhD
  • S. Hijazi, PhD
PhD Students

  • B. Lendemeijer, MSc
  • M. Pascual Garcia, MSc
  • H. Smeenk, MSc
  • M.W. de Vries, MSc
  • A. Asghari Shirehjini, MSc
  • I.M. Silva Marcelo, MSc
  • J. Castricum, MSc
  • M.A.W. Unkel, MSc
Staff

  • M.A. Caspers
  • M. van der Kroeg, B.Eng
  • A.M. Meesters, B.Eng
  • D.E. Slump, B.Eng
  • S. Bansal, MSc

Seminar


Seminars

Monday, October 7th, 2024
at 12 h

Title

Recovery-processes in psychosis: first results of the UP's study



Presenter

Niels Mulder

PI lecture

(The PI lectures aim to integrate all individual research projects to provide a broader view of the research line)