Elleke Tissink
Short CV
February 2019 - present
PhD student | CNCR Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2016-2018
MSc Neuroscience & Cognition | Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Literature thesis | Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden - Mechanisms of the steroidogenic pathway relevant for autism spectrum disorder
Minor research project | Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany - The epigenetic effect of childhood adversity and genotype in psychiatry
Major research project | University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands - Grey matter abnormalities associated with hallucinations
2012-2016
BSc Cognitive & Neurobiological Psychology | Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Research project | Utrecht University, The Netherlands - The effect of reward and personality on fear conditioning
Genetics Summerschool 2015 | Istanbul Aydin University, Turkey
Research
During my studies I got fascinated by the complex effect of our genome and our environment on the human brain. Several genetic and environmental factors, in independence or in interaction, can increase the risk of developing psychiatric disorders. Some psychiatric symptoms are also associated with structural and functional aberrations of the connections in the brain, the so-called connectome. During my PhD I will integrate genetic and environmental data to study the human connectome and its relation to psychiatric disorders.
Contact info
| Address: | VU University |
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| Telephone: | +31 20 598 32 66 |
| E-mail: | e.p.tissink@vu.nl |