17 December 2016: Tinca Polderman’s expert opinion about the overlap between ADHD and autism in the Dutch ‘Volkskrant’, and about parental influences on children’s behavior (not much!) in the German ‘Süddeutsche Zeitung’.

Jorim Tielbeek, Tinca Polderman and co-authors publish a review on the development of aggressive behavior in the journal Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews:

Commentary on translating genome-wide association findings into new therapeutics for psychiatry, in this months Nature Neuroscience issue by Danielle Posthuma et al.

European Leukodystrophy Association (ELA) awarded Vivi Heine to study if modulation of Hyaluronan in the host brain microenvironment of a mouse model for Vanishing White Matter Disease (VWM) can improve stem cell therapy.

In this expert review, the challenges for modeling of psychiatric disorders, potential solutions and how induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) technology can be used to develop an analytical framework for the evaluation and therapeutic manipulation of fundamental disease processes is evaluated.

June 2, 2016, 15:30-17:45. Venue VU: Location: room WN-M129, Vu University, W&N Building, De Boelelaan 1085-1087, Amsterdam.
Speakers: Ben Neale, Brendan Bulik-Sullivan, Mark Daly

This study provides a statistical evaluation of the core structure inherent to all gene-set analyses. Current implementations in available tools are examined and the factors affecting valid and successful detection of gene sets are described.

Researchers find 74 genetic variations associated with educational attainment
Several of these genetic variations are also linked to mental health

For the first time in history, researchers have isolated the parts of the human genome that could explain the differences in how humans experience happiness.

Interview met Philipp Koellinger in Advalvas (nummer 11; 10 februari 2016)