July 22-26, 2023OHBM Conference 2023 Melina and Shanti represented BRAINS-lab at the Organisation for Human Brain Mapping in Montreal. Not only did they showcase their latest TMS research on brain connectivity and motor control/learning, they also had time to network with international experts from other top-level institutions.
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July 3rd, 2023Research stay of Melina Hehl at Yale UniversityWe are proud to announce that our colleague Melina has started a 3-month research stay at the research group of Richard Carson at the prestigious Yale PET Center, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, New Haven (CT, USA). During this stay, she will expand her knowledgeContinue reading
June, 6th, 2023Belgian Society for Neuroscience conference in BrusselsShanti Van Malderen showcased her latest research regarding cerebellar inhibition in older adults and Melina Hehl presented how to measure the magnetic field of your TMS coil. On top of that Melina was awarded the prize for the best oral presentation. Congratulations!
April, 28th, 2023Presenting recent findings on brain neurometabolism in persons with Diabetes @ FIRRI symposium 2023Kia and Jitske were selected to give an oral presentation at the FIRRI symposium in Ghent!
May, 27th, 2023BRAINS-lab @ NerdlandMelina and Koen were happy to explain 2500 young future scientists and their parents how transcranial magnetic stimulation can be used to investigate how our brain controls our muscles!
May, 5th, 2023Editorial letter in BrainStimulation published!Check out our short DIY movie about how to measure the current directions of your TMS coils. You can find the full paper here.
March, 1st, 2023New Lab Member!Excited to announce that Maud Beeckmans will start a joint PhD at our lab and the translational MRI unit of Prof. Stefan Sunaert. Prof. Raf Meesen and Dr. Louise Emsell will support her as co-promotors.
February, 22nd, 2023New editorial published!In this editorial we summarise how lateralisation changes in the aging brain can be studied. You can read the full paper here.
December, 27th, 2022New paper!We investigated the organisation of neurochemical interactions via MR Spectroscopy in young and older brains using a network approach. You can find the full article here.
December, 7th, 2022 Hussein Youssef – Bilateral scientific collaboration awarded! We are happy to announce that Hussein Youssef was awarded a grant for a bilateral scientific cooperation between Koç University and Hasselt University under the promotorship of Prof. Atay Vural and Prof. Koen Cuypers. In this project, that will be carried-out at the REVAL research center (UHasselt), Hussein will use anContinue reading
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