Read more iCNS presents new lecture series
25 August 2026
A series of monthly lectures from scientists from within and outside our consortium to share the newest knowledge in the field
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Read more iCNS updates tissue request workflow
11 August 2026
What happens when someone requests brain tissue for research?
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Read more 2026 Mechoulam Award for Mario van der Stelt
iCNS congratulates Executive Board member Mario van der Stelt on receiving the 2026 Mechoulam Award
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Read more Are psychiatric disorders visible in the brain?
23 June 2026
Following a recent article in EOS about the visibility of psychiatric disorders in the brain, the discussion about changes in the brain in relation to psychiatric symptoms is in full swing.
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Read more iCNS represented at the Conference on Brain Banking and Data Science in Hangzhou
8 June 2026
On behalf of the Institute for Chemical Neuroscience, Prof. Dr. Inge Huitinga, Dr. Inge Holtman, and Prof. Dr. Lot de Witte attended the Conference on Brain Banking and Data Science in Hangzhou, China.
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Read more ‘Foamy’ microglia cells linked to more severe multiple sclerosis
21 May 2026
In a study just published in Nature Neuroscience, Daan van der Vliet and colleagues from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Leiden University and Utrecht University report a distinct population of lipid‑laden “foamy” microglia/macrophages in the brains of patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS).
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Read more New insights into immature neurons in the aging Alzheimer’s brain
4 May 2026
iCNS associated scientist Evgenia Salta and colleagues at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN), together with Paul Lucassen and Carlos Fitzsimons have published a new study in Cell Stem Cell addressing a long-standing question in brain research: do immature neurons in the adult human brain matter, especially in the context of neurodegenerative disease?
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Read more Volkskrant article Alzheimer research
30 April 2026
iCNS Executive Board members Paul Lucassen and Bart Eggen, together with iCNS associated scientist Charlotte Teunissen, contributed to a recently published article on Alzheimer’s research in the science section of de Volkskrant.
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Read more Adhesion GPCRs in the Spotlight
22 April 2026
An authoritative review published in Pharmacological Reviews (2026), co-authored by Jörg Hamann, provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of aGPCR research.
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Read more Successful X-omics Festival 2026
17 April 2026
On April 13, the X-omics Festival 2026 took place in Nijmegen, an event co-organized by iCNS with X-omics.
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Read more Registrations for the NIN Summer School 2026
10 April 2026
Every two years, the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience organizes a summer school that brings together leading researchers and early-career scientists in neuroscience.
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Read more The iCNS Tissue Facility
2 February 2026
On Monday February 2, team members of WP1 and WP2 met at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience to discuss the tissue selection and processing for iCNS.
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