“Decisions, decisions, a kingdom for a fair, properly balanced and consistent decision in medical experimentation with humans”, paraphrasing a famous statement this sums up the primary task of the Medical Research Ethics Committees (MREC; in Dutch: METc) operating in the western world, including the Netherlands. Sounds clear enough, doesn’t it, but is that really so or is the job set for MREC’s not as unequivocal as it appears and therefore open for multiple interpretations and ways of reaching decisions?
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- December 18th, 2015
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As of January 2016, we will relocate to the new O2 Building. The new visiting address will be: OI2 building, room 13 W 55 (secretariat).
For more information, please click here to download the flyer.
- September 22nd, 2015
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Come visit CROWDF€ST @ B. Amsterdam this weekend! Our Jeroen Geurts will practice brain anatomy live on stage, and a team of neuroscientists will man a neuro nerd area with microscope and brain slices at the festival!
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- September 16th, 2015
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In the August edition of the digital magazine “VUmc in Praktijk”, Linda Douw talked about her research. She uses mathematical network theory and knowledge about other types of complex networks, such as Twitter, to grasp the cognitive problems that patients with brain tumors experience.
Click here to read the article (in Dutch)
Since 2000 we have a strong brain imaging research line on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in Amsterdam. Initiated by the department of Psychiatry, but always in strong collaboration with the department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, the brain imaging expertise on OCD at VUmc is an excellent basis for a leading position in the international OCD field.
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- February 25th, 2015
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On the 19th of December 2014, I defended my PhD-thesis entitled “Molecular mechanism underlying the progression of pathology in Parkinson’s disease”.
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