Christmas wishes of the Board
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Dear MHeNs Member,
We are coming to the end of a challenging year. Right now we are seeing SARS-CoV-2 infection rates going up again and increasing strains on hospitals here and in neighbouring countries, but we can also be hopeful that vaccinations and other public health measures will bring the Covid-19 crisis under control in 2021. This pandemic and the measures needed to control it have had considerable impact on all our work, by forcing (but also stimulating) us to develop new teaching, research and management structures online, by changing the way in which we treat patients, and by opening up new avenues for research into the neuropsychological effects of Covid-19 and the psychosocial aspects of the pandemic.
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Read the whole letter
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Prof. dr. Sandra Mulkens chair of the board of the Dutch Academy for Eating Disorders
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During the bi-annual conference of the “Nederlandse Academie voor Eetstoornissen” (Dutch Academy for Eating Disorders) on November 26, prof. dr. Sandra Mulkens was elected as the new chair of the NAE board. She succeeds prof. dr. Eric van Furth who stepped down after serving 6 years as the chairman. Sandra has been an NAE board member for 6 years and will assume the role of chair for her third and last term on the board.
NAE is an association for professionals who work with clients with eating disorders.
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Read more about the NAE here (in Dutch).
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New head of the department Toxicogenomics
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As per 1 January 2021 the current head of the department of Toxicogenomics, prof. dr. Jos Kleinjans, will retire. The Board of the Faculty has appointed prof. dr. Theo de Kok as his successor.
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- ZonMw Adoptieproject (€ 39.860) – Prof. Dr. Marjolein de Vugt (Psychiatry & Neuropsychology)
Projecttitle : ’Adoptieproject: Jong adopteert Oud’
- ZonMw PiB en Eerder erbij (€ 341.300) - Prof. Dr. Marjolein de Vugt/ Dr. Ron Handels (Psychiatry & Neuropsychology)
Projecttitle : ‘Trial-based effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Partner in Balance intervention to selfmanage mild dementia via blended eHealth psycho-education and behavioural modelling for the care partner coached by a dementia care professional’
- NIH / Washington University – year 1 (€ 69.100) – Prof. Dr. Pilar Martinez (Psychiatry & Neuropsychology)
Projecttitle: ’Rare Disease Network for Myasthenia Gravis’
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New website MHeNs launch end of January 2021
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The launch of our new MHeNS website will be coming soon. We are looking forward to present the new website to you, our staff members. It will have a complete new and fresh look and will be a great means for presenting MHeNs, our research, our faculty members, PhD’s and postdocs to the world. An informative website with a focus on our work and collaborations with an academic and societal impact. There is so much to be proud of thanks for your efforts. We will inform you about the launch and you will be the first to have a sneak preview.
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MHeNs logo in a new jacket, please use the new logo
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Together with the new MHeNs website we also refreshed our MHeNs logo with new colours, complementing the look and feel of where we stand for and matching the website perfectly. Please make sure to use the new logo in all your communication materials such as e.g. flyers, email signatures, writing papers, letters, posters, certificates, leaflets, business cards, badges, etc. The new logo will be updated on all websites no later than 15 January 2021.
Please contact Peggy Bisschoff Communication Officer: p.bisschoff@maastrichtuniversity.nl if you have any questions.
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Update your personal profile page
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As MHeNs community we would like to invite you to collaborate with us in presenting yourself on our new website as well and as best as possible by updating your personal profile page. Together we stand for MHeNs and for a shared mission.
On the world wide web your personal profile page is like a business card. It is simply the first impression you make. Experts in your field might look for information about you and your research. So make sure to make a good first impression by keeping your personal profile page up-to-date!
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How? Find instructions here
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The Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (FPN), School for Mental and Neuroscience (MHeNs), and School of Business and Economics (SBE) are proud to announce the 4th round of the PhD Matching Fund Grant within the framework of the Centre for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN).
The CIN at Maastricht University serves as a virtual overarching umbrella, linking research activities using neuroscience methods in order to improve the visibility of UM’s neuroscience research excellence. In order to foster interfaculty cooperation in this field, the CIN launches an annual call for two joint CIN PhD projects.
Deadline submission: 31 March 2021
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More information and application
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Sender:
EURON
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The EURON mobility grant is intended for PhD students from the research groups affiliated to the EURON programme.
Applicants are expected to spend a period of maximal three months at a EURON partner university for the purpose of methodological training or a joint project. There is a preference for newly established collaborations or initiatives. The exchange normally has to start within 6 months after submission (between 15 March 2021– 15 September 2021). We will reevaluate this period in accordance with covid-19 travel restrictions. The mobility grants cover travel and accommodation costs for up to € 1.500.
Closing date for application: 15 March 2021
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Application form
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EIT Health Business Plan 2022 Call for Proposals
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Sender:
Annemarie Koster
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EIT Health has opened its call for proposals for activities to be included in the 2022 Business Plan. The call invites those who understand the needs in health care and those who can help to provide a solution, to work together to deliver value to patients, citizens and healthcare systems.The overall goal of EIT Health is to support better health, more sustainable healthcare systems and a competitive health economy. EIT Health supports projects in Innovation (i.e., market-directed products and/or services), Education (e.g., innovation and entrepreneurship skills, educational interventions tackling public health challenges) and Business Creation (for start-ups) in collaboration with other EIT Health Partners from academia, business and the healthcare domain.
Applicants must submit:
- A formal Expression of Interest by 13 January 2021, 16:00 CET
- Complete proposal by 24 March 2021, 16:00 CET
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More information
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Sender:
Dr. Johan Jocken
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COVID still dominates everyday life and also has a major impact on academic education. To prevent students from experiencing study delay, we want to offer the following BBS graduation options:
- The preference is for real lab work.
- Students who cannot find a lab internship can do a database analysis or meta-analysis.
- Students who cannot find a supervisor for a database / meta-analysis can write a review.
For students the deadline for submitting the internship proposal via CANVAS will also be extended by 1 month until February 28, 2021 (23:56).
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MHeNs Lecture: Adrian Harwood
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Adrian Harwood
Professor neuronal cell biologist based in the Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute (NMHRI), and School of Biosciences at Cardiff University.
Title: "Bridging the gap: use of human iPSC for the study of neuropsychiatric conditions across the heath span"
Monday 4 January 2021 16:00 hrs.
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5th CIN Centre for Integrative Neuroscience Conference
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The 5th Centre for Integrative Neuroscience Conference will take place online, on Monday 25 January 2021 at 16.00hrs.
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- 4 January 2021
1st MHeNs Translational Neuroscience 2020 online Lecture Professor Adrian Harwood, Bridging the gap: use of human iPSC for the study of neuropsychiatric conditions across the heath span More information
8 January 2021 Postponed Inauguration of Daniel van den Hove ''Neuroepigenetics; Back to the better future''
15 January 2021 Postponed Inauguration of David Linden “Are mental disorders brain diseases?”
- 21 January 2021
EURON Webinar More information
- 25 January 2021, 16.00 hrs.
CIN Event More information
- 1 February 2021
2nd MHeNs Translational Neuroscience 2020 online Lecture Micha Drukker, Leiden University
SAVE THE DATE
- 3 March 2021
MHeNs Annual Research Day More information
- 28 May 2021
Mingle Academic Staff MHeNs Day 2021 (Attendancy on invitation only) Buitenplaats Vaeshartelt
- 27 June – 2 July 2021
Summer Course on Fear, Anxiety, Obsessions & Trauma Villa Finaly, Florence, Italy More information
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- 3-12-2020, 12.00 hrs - Glenn Franken
- 7-12-2020, 16.00 hrs - Raghu Raghu
- 8-12-2020, 10.00 hrs - Jonas Weijers
- 10-12-2020, 16.00 hrs - Jan Wouter Bruinings
- 11-12-2020, 12.00 hrs - Suzanne van Bronswijk
- 11-12-2020, 16.00 hrs - Lotta-Katrin Pries
- 14-12-2020, 10.00 hrs - Suat Kucukgoncu
- 15-12-2020, 12.30 hrs - Rafael Pazinatto Aquiar
- 16-12-2020, 10.00 hrs - Marina Damas
- 18-12-2020, 14.00 hrs - Angélique Gruters
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- 8-1-2021, 14.00 hrs - Clara Snijders
- 15-1-2021, 12.00 hrs - Raoul Stevens
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External Events:
- 17 December 2020
Publiekslezing | Smakelijke Wetenschap: voeding en leefstijl met Sebastian Köhler (division 1) Online More information and registration
- 3-5 February 2021
BioBusiness Winter School Online More information
- 28 June – 2 July 2021
BioBusiness Summer School Amsterdam More information
- 22-26 August 2021
11th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences (WC11) Maastricht More information
The Cajal Advanced Neuroscience Training Programme is happy to give you information about online and on-site hands-on training courses in neuroscience currently open for applications.
With the goal of making the latest technologies and fundamentals of neuroscience accessible to all early-career neuroscientists across the world, the Cajal Programme has launched a new series of courses called NeuroKits. The NeuroKit courses allow you to attend lectures by renowned scientists and receive personal tutoring from anywhere. They combine the online and physical experience by sending you a box containing all the tools and material you need to follow the online course. To learn more, check out the two NeuroKits open for applications below: The Last Black Box and Visual reactive programming – Bonsai.
Studium Generale
They offer a programme of lectures, debates, talkshows, lecture series, check their website regularly.
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- @ease in News item of RTMaastricht, 24 November 2020
Debora op ‘t Eijnde and Rick Koll
- Hoog waarderingscijfer voor @ease Heerlen, dat jongeren met problemen een luisterend oor biedt
Article in the Limburger, 16 November 2020
- Opinie: We laten deze generatie jongeren toch zeker niet voor de rekening van corona opdraaien
Article about @ease in De Limburger, 24 November 2020
- Johnlee (23) ligt door corona elke dag doelloos op de bank onder een dekentje
Article about @ease in De Limburger, 27 November 2020
- Coronadip? NOS op 3 gaat voor jou in therapie
Sophie Leijdesdorff intervied in a program of NOS3
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Television programme on the work on advanced epilepsy surgery of Olaf Schijns and the Academic Epilepsy Centre Kempenhaeghe/ MUMC+
Seizoen 1, aflevering 2
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Watch here
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