Research

Research in CTGlab explores the genetic and environmental causes of individual differences in behavior, cognition and mental and physical health. We integrate knowledge from different fields (biology, genetics, neuroimaging, bioinformatics) and use and develop statistical tools to analyze and understand genomic data for complex traits.

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Research

Research in CTGlab explores the genetic and environmental causes of individual differences in behavior, cognition and mental and physical health. We integrate knowledge from different fields (biology, genetics, neuroimaging, bioinformatics) and use and develop statistical tools to analyze and understand genomic data for complex traits.

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Videos

NWO Brain & Cognition has awarded CTGlab PhD students Anke Hammerschlag and Sabine Mous the first prize for best integrated project and the attractive joint presentation of their collaboration on “An Integrative Theory of the Genetically Mediated Neural Substrates of ADHD”.

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About Us

CTGlab was setup in 2008 by Danielle Posthuma as a small research group within the CNCR at the VU and the dept. of Clinical Genetics of the VUMC. Since 2014 CTGlab is a sub-department of the CNCR and VUMC-Clinical Genetics. We participate in the Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam.

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News

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Rare Copy Number Variants found for Tourette Syndrome

An international team of researchers, including Danielle Posthuma of the VU & VUMC Amsterdam, identified Rare Copy Number Variants in NRXN1 and CNTN6 that increase the risk for Tourette Syndrome. The findings were published in Neuron, June 21.
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PhD student Anke Hammerschlag finds genes for insomnia

An international team of researchers has found, for the first time, seven risk genes for insomnia. With this finding the researchers have taken an important step towards the unravelling of the biological mechanisms that cause insomnia. In addition, the finding proves that insomnia is not, as is often claimed, a purely psychological condition. Today, Nature Genetics publishes the results of this research.
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Scientists find new genetic roots for intelligence

An international research team led by Prof Danielle Posthuma from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands, has made a major advance in understanding the genetic underpinnings of intelligence. Using a large dataset of more than 78,000 individuals with information on DNA genotypes and intelligence scores, the team discovered novel genes and biological routes for intelligence.

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