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October 18th, 2024First PhD graduate from BRAINS-lab: Melina defends PhD on “The neural correlates of bimanual motor learning“We are excited to announce that Melina has successfully defended her PhD titled “The neural correlates of bimanual motor learning: neurometabolites, synaptic density, and effective premotor-motor connectivity”, supervised by Professors Koen Cuypers, Stephan Swinnen, and Raf Meesen. ThisContinue reading

July 3rd, 2024Publication alert: Dual-site TMSOur former Master’s students, Robin Heemels and Sian Ademi, can be proud: they have published their thesis work, along with their co-supervisor Melina, in Clinical Neurophysiology. This study explores the effective connectivity between the dorsal premotor cortex and primary motor cortex using dual-site TMS. We optimized the protocol and investigatedContinue reading

February 10th, 2024First Belgian MR Research Community (BMRC) Meeting in Hasselt! Next year MaRBEL!Our BRAINS-lab team attended the Belgian MR Research Community (BMRC) kick-off event hosted at Oude Gevangenis UHasselt. Besides tons of networking, there was a great 7T keynote by Gilbert Hangel and workshops by researchers from VUB, UGent, University of Liège, KU LeuvenContinue reading

January 25th, 2024Snowy Escapade: BRAINS-lab Bonding Last weekend, the seven members of BRAINS-lab took a break for a team-building getaway in the snowy Ardennes. It was a cozy retreat filled with good food, fun, and games, set against the backdrop of a beautiful winter wonderland.

January, 16th, 2024New Research Paper Alert!Our latest paper has been published in Clinical Neurophysiology. This publication introduces a pioneering dual-site TMS setup designed to stimulate two adjacent brain regions. Unlike previous attempts, this setup is subject to fewer technical and spatial limitations, allowing for more precise and reliable targeting of brain regions.Interested in delving intoContinue reading

November 10-15, 2023Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC (USA)About 25600 neuroscience enthousiasts recently made a pilgrimage to Washington DC. Off course, BRAINSlab was also represented. Besides presenting our lab’s latest MRS work and attending several lectures, we also joined the SfN ‘Yes and…’ neuroscience improv social. We are thankful to FWO (Koen) and to the SfNContinue reading

October 8, 2023BRAINS-lab @ Dwars Door HasseltIn the spirit of “a healthy mind in a healthy body”, the BRAINS-lab colleagues Koen, Shanti, and Melina participated in the “Dwars door Hasselt” (Straight through Hasselt) run this Sunday. They were not only hitting the track for their (brain-)health but also to support a good cause, the “UniversitairContinue reading

September 13-15, 20237th International Symposium on GABA and Advanced MRS @ Bergen (Norway)Kia participated in this interesting symposium learning about the latest ongoing research and methods. She also presented her own work on: “Neurometabolic Changes in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.“

September 11-14, 2023MRtrix3 Workshop @ KU LeuvenIf you want to know the latest state-of- the-art of how to analyse diffusion weighted data the MRtrix3 course in Leuven is the place to be! With this technique we are able to visualise and measure different properties of white matter tracts in the brain.

September 8-10, 2023fMRS Symposium 2023 @ Bangor (Wales)Koen attended the functional magnetic resonance spectroscopy conference in Bangor. “It is impressive how the field is moving forward and what the possibilities are for researching neurometabolic dynamics at the level of the brain. For me personally, these techniques will offer new opportunities to investigate the effects ofContinue reading