Vici grant for neurologist Matthijs Brouwer to accelerate brain infection diagnostics Matthijs Brouwer, Professor of Neurology at the University of Amsterdam since 2023 and neurologist at Amsterdam UMC, is one of the 39 researchers awarded a personal Vici grant by NWO. Within the team of neurologists, Brouwer focuses on the diagnostics of neurological infectious diseases. The Vici grant enables Brouwer to develop an innovative line of research and further expand a research group over the next five years.
Changes in the brain of women during a second pregnancyA second pregnancy changes women's brains in the same way as a first pregnancy, but in a different way than the first time. This is according to researchers from Amsterdam UMC, published in the scientific journal Nature Communications. The findings of Elseline Hoekzema and her colleagues show that a second pregnancy uniquely changes a woman’s brain, entailing both convergent and distinct neural transformations.
A day of dynamics, networks, and neuroscience bridges the gap between mathematical theory and clinical practiceOn Friday, February 13, 2026, the Dutch Network Science Society (NetSci NL) came together with researchers from the Systems & Network Neuroscience program of Amsterdam Neuroscience, the Amsterdam Center for Dynamics and Computation, and the MSCA Doctoral Network BeyondTheEdge to explore dynamics, network science, and its translation to neuroscience.
