KRAB-ZNFs: controllers of transposable element activity and safeguards of genome integrity

12 December 2025

Supervisors: F.M.J. Jacobs; M.P. Smidt
Research Group: Molecular Neuroscience
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Coding cognition

Representing and communicating information in perceptual and memory system

2 December 2025

Supervisors: C.M.A. Pennartz; J.A.M. Lorteije; C.A. Bosman Vittini
Research Group: Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience
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At the confluence of the senses

Cortical processing of multisensory stimuli and context

18 November 2025

Supervisors: C.M.A. Pennartz; U. Olcese
Research Group: Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience
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Navigating progestrone-driven gene regulatory networks in the mammary gland

14 November 2025

Supervisors: R. van Amerongen; A.L. van Boxtel
Research Group: Developmental, Stem Cell and Cancer Biology
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Spiking neural network models of the visual cortex

Dynamics, plasticity and feature processing

6 November 2025

Supervisors: C.M.A. Pennartz; J.F. Mejias
Research Group: Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience
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At the crossroads of epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease 

Investigating the role of LRP1 in the cerebral vasculature 

4 November 2025

Supervisors: E.A. van Vliet; E.M.A. Aronica; H.W.H.G. Kessels; J.A. Gorter
Research Group: Cellular and Circuit Neuroscience
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The Space in Between

Sleep, memories and dreams

02 October 2025

Supervisors: C.M.A. Pennartz; U. Olcese
Research Group: Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience
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Shaping memories upon stress

A behavioral, cellular, synaptic and molecular perspective on glucocorticoid modulation of learning and memory

26 September 2025

Supervisors: H.J. Krugers; P.J. Lucassen
Research Group: Brain Plasticity Group
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Biologically plausible reinforcement learning of deep cognitive processing

1 July 2025

Supervisors: S.M. Bohte;
Research Group: Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience
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New neurons, old questions

Cellular and molecular insights into the neurogenesis debate in Alzheimer’s disease

19 June 2025

Supervisors: P.J. Lucassen; I. Huitinga; E. Salta; C.P. Fitzsimons
Research Group: Brain Plasticity Group
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Epidemiology of dermatomycoses

History, recent development and future perspectives

11 June 2025

Supervisors: S. Brul; G.S. de Hoog; S.B.J. Menken
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Amplification of a chromosomal beta-lactamase gene during amoxicillin resistance development in E. coli

2 June 2025

Supervisors: B. ter Kuile; S. Brul; M.J. Jonker
Research Group: Molecular Biology & Microbial Food Safety
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Shaping susceptibility

The role of SIX8 and TOPLESS in Fusarium wilt disease

23 May 2025

Supervisors: F.L.W. Takken; H.A. van den Burg
Research Group: Molecular Plant Pathology
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Wired for pain, shaped by the mind

Interactions between pain and psychopathology in pediatric and adult patient populations

7 May 2025

Supervisors: H.W.H.G. Kessels; J. Upadhyay
Research Group: Cellular and Circuit Neuroscience
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Small RNA, big impact

Profiling the therapeutic potential of microRNA-132 in Alzheimer's disease

22 April 2025

Supervisors: I. Huitinga; P.J. Lucassen; E. Salta; C.P. Fitzsimons
Research Group: Brain Plasticity Group
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Tissue-specific interactions between Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris and its host plant

04 April 2025

Supervisors: H.A. van den Burg; J.S. Pfeilmeier
Research Group: Molecular Plant Pathology
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Representation learning with generative neural networks

A biological perspective

3 April 2025

Supervisors:C.M.A. Pennartz; S.M. Bohte; J.F. Mejias
Research Group: Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience
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Bacillus subtilis as a cell factory for bio-based production processes

05 March 2025

Supervisors: J. Hugenholtz; S. Brul
Research Group: Molecular Biology & Microbial Food Safety
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Phosphate and salinity differentially affect root skewing and circumnutation

20 February 2025

Supervisors: T. Munnik; H.J. Bouwmeester
Research Group: Plant Cell Biology, Plant Hormone Biology
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The xylem warriors

Unveiling the role of pathogenesis-related proteins in tomato resistance to Fusarium wilt

17 February 2025

Supervisors: F.L.W. Takken; M. Rep
Research Group: Molecular Plant Pathology
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Lifetime changes

Development of genetically encoded biosensors for quantitative imaging

12 February 2025

Supervisors: T.W.J. Gadella; J. Goedhart
Research Group: Molecular Cytology
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From stress to survival

Antibiotic adaptation in E. coli

31 January 2025

Supervisors: B.H. ter Kuile; S. Brul
Research Group: Molecular Biology & Microbial Food Safety
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Colonization of the leaf vasculature by Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris

29 January 2025

Supervisors: H.A. van den Burg; J.S. Pfeilmeier
Research Group: Molecular Plant Pathology
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Early nutritional strategies to modulate the early-life stress- and Alzheimer's disease-induced changes in the brain

Focus on microglia

28 January 2025

Supervisors: A.Korosi; P.J. Lucassen
Research Group: Brain Plasticity Group
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Neural dynamics and coding in the cortico-hippocampal hierarchy during multisensory and mnemonic processing

24 January 2025

Supervisors: C.M.A. Pennartz; C.A. Bosman Vittini
Research Group: Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience
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Learning what matters

How to pay attention in a volatile world

21 January 2025

Supervisors: C.M.A. Pennartz; C.A. Bosman Vittini
Research Group: Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience
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Quadruplex structures in mobile DNA

Next-level regulation of transposable elements in the human genome

17 January 2025

Supervisors: F.M.J. Jacobs; M.P. Smidt
Research Group: Molecular Neuroscience
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