Elleke Tissink

PhD student

Team Member

Short CV

• 2019 – present PhD Candidate - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
• 2016 – 2018 MSc Neuroscience & Cognition - Utrecht University
• 2012 – 2016 BSc Cognitive & Neurobiological Psychology | Utrecht University

Research

During several research projects at the VUmc, UMCU, Max Planck Institute and Karolinska Institute, I got fascinated by the complex and interactive effect of genetic and environmental factors on human brain structure and function. During my PhD I integrate genomic data with neuroimaging data. In this way I aim to gain insight into the genetic architecture of brain structures and functions and its relation to psychiatric disorders.

Highlighted publications

• Czamara, D., Tissink, E., Tuhkanen, J., Martins, J., Awaloff, Y., Drake, A. J., … & Binder, E. B. (2021). Combined effects of genotype and childhood adversity shape variability of DNA methylation across age. Translational psychiatry, 11(1), 1-11.

Contact info

Address:	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research (CNCR) Department of Complex Trait Genetics W&N building, Room B-628 De Boelelaan 1085 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
Telephone:	+31 20 598 94 83
E-mail:	e.p.tissink@vu.nl