Read more Giorgia Tosconi wins Dick Swaab Award 2025
30 September 2025
The Dick Swaab Award 2025 was awarded to dr Giorgia Tosconi, researcher at the Netherlands institute for Neuroscience. The award ceremony took place during the the recent visit of Queen Maxima to the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience. Since 2024, the Dick Swaab award is awarded yearly to a junior researcher who stands out for their innovative research and significant contribution to the international scientific debate.
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Read more Queen Maxima visits Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
30 September 2025
On September 18, 2025, her majesty the Queen visited the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience. On this special occasion, relevant partners in brain research came together: future brain donors, psychiatrists, researchers, and relatives of deceased patients. Future brain donors played a central role, sharing their stories and the impact of living with a brain disease. The past and future of the Brain Bank was discussed, aimed at improving diagnostics for patients with psychiatric brain disease.
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Read more Evidence for Adult Neurogenesis
21 July 2025
A recent study published in Science describes findings of adult neurogenesis, shedding light on how new neurons are generated in the adult brain. This groundbreaking research has significant implications for understanding brain plasticity.
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Read more Mario van der Stelt appointed ICRS Chair
15 July 2025
Mario van der Stelt is the new Chair of the International Cannabinoid Research Society (ICRS) and will organize the 36th ICRS symposium in Dijon, France.
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Read more Interview with iCNS Researchers in Chemie Magazine
27 June 2025
In Chemie Magazine (VNCI), iCNS researchers share how innovative techniques like click chemistry are helping to advance drug development.
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Read more New iCNS PhD candidates at Leiden University
2 June 2025
Read more about our two newest PhDs that started at iCNS at Leiden University (LU).
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Read more New Postdoc at Inge Holtman Lab
30 April 2025
A new postdoctoral researcer, Shivam Kumar, has been welcomed to the Holtman Lab at UMCG. He will be closely collaborating with the iCNS as part of the Netherlands Neurogenomics Database (NND).
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Read more First iCNS PhD and Postdoc at UMCG
9 April 2025
A new PhD candidate and a postdoctoral researcher have joined the iCNS team at the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG).
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Read more First iCNS PhD students at LU
17 March 2025
Two new PhD students have started in the iCNS team at Leiden University (LU).
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Read more Body's Own Marihuana in the Brain
24 February 2025
Marijuana produced by your own body — how does it travel through the brain? Mario van der Stelt and his research group have now uncovered the answer. This insight could aid the development of new treatments for pain and neurological disorders.
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Read more Interview in the ICI bulletin
1 January 2025
An interview on the iCNS with Mario van der Stelt & Sander van Kasteren for the Institute for Chemical Immunology (ICI) bulletin: "To treat neuropsychiatric diseases, you need to understand the molecular causes"
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Read more Kick-Off Symposium in Amsterdam
3 December 2024
The Kick-Off event on Tuesday, December 3, marked the official start of the Institute for Chemical Neurosciences. From the Rode Hoed in the heart of Amsterdam, the vision and objectives of the iCNS were presented, and there was an impressive international line-up of keynote speakers
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