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BSN

Supervisory Board

Neuroscience Institutes

The Belgian Society for Neuroscience (BSN) is a non-profit scientific association whose purpose is to promote research and education in all fields of neuroscience, from basic to clinical and applied research. Since its inception in 1995, it is composed of about over 200 members of various nationalities working in research centers based or linked to Universities across Belgium, including permanent researchers, post-doctoral fellows and PhD students.

BSN Supervisory Board

Prof. Dr. Julie Duque

President – UCL

Prof. Dr. Robrecht Raedt

Secretary – UGent

Supervisory Board

Prof. Dr. Dimitri De Bundel

Neurotransmitter and neuropeptide modulation of circuits and behavior in stress-related psychiatric disorders

Prof. Dr. Anne Massie

Glutamate transporters in healthy and diseased CNS

Prof. Dr. Wim Fias

Cognitive Psychology and Neuropsychology orders

Prof. Dr. Robrecht Raedt

Neuromodulation in epilepsy: including neurostimulation, cell therapy, gene therapy, optogenetics and chemogenetics

Prof. Dr. Laurence Ris

Mechanisms of memory, synaptic plasticity, electrophysiology

Prof. Dr. Laurent Lefebvre

Understanding of language and executive mechanisms focused on the behaviour of people with cognitive impairments

Prof. Dr. Lut Arkens

Circuit, cellular and molecular basis of neuroplasticity upon vision loss

Prof. Dr. Stephan Swinnen

Movement control and neuroplasticity

Prof. Dr. Rufin Vogels

Neural processes underlying visual cognition

Prof. Dr. Julie Bakker

LIEGE UNIVERSITE

Neuroendocrine and genetic mechanisms underlying the sexual differentiation of the brain

Prof. Dr. Steve Majerus

LIEGE UNIVERSITE

CRC In vivo Imaging-Cognitive Neurosciences, Psychologie et Neuroscience Cognitives (PsyNCog)

Prof. Dr. Christophe Phillips

LIEGE UNIVERSITE

Modelling and statistical analysis of neuro-scientific data, with a focus on neuro-imaging and electro-physiology

Prof. Dr. Alban de Kerchove d’Exaerde

Roles of neuronal populations and genes in pathophysiology of Basal Ganglia (BG), mainly in neuropsychiatric models and in the striatum

Prof. Dr. Wim Gevers

Cognitive control, metacognition, mind wandering and numerical cognition

Prof. Dr. Valérie Wittamer

Neuroimmunity, neuroinflammation, microglia and zebrafish

Prof. Dr. Yves Jossin

Mammalian Development and Cell Biology

Prof. Dr. Bernard Hanseeuw

Brain imaging in Alzheimer’s disease

Prof. Dr. Jean-Michel Rigo

Role of neurotransmitters and microglia in development & developmental disorders

Prof. Ilse Dewachter

Alzheimer’s Disease Tauopatihies Neurodegenerative disorders Tau Amyloid Neuroinflammation

Prof. Dr. Vincent Timmerman

Peripheral Neuropathies Group

Prof. Tommas Ellender

Neuronal circuits from early in development, processes that lead to malfunction or degeneration later in life. Focus on basal ganglia. Cognition and motor control

Junior Board

Goals of the BSN Junior Board

Connect young researchers in the field of neuroscience across Belgium
Help young researchers to find collaborations or a nice place to discuss
Represent each Belgian university

Activities of the BSN Junior Board

Neuro, Meet & Match: annual event organized by the BSN Junior Board for Belgium-based young neuroscientists. It consists in one-day program dedicated to promote exchanges and networking, and energize research ideas and creativity among the Neuroscience student community
Brain & Beers: meet your colleagues across the country to talk about neuroscience

Any idea ? Propose to the BSN Junior Board

Gamze Ates, Postdoctoral fellow

Neuro-Aging | Aging, cognition, metabolism, mitochondria

Whitney Stee, PhD Candidate (FNRS)

Cognitive neuroscience | Sleep & memory, neuroimaging methods

Alejandra Caceres-Chavez, Postdoctoral fellow (FNRS)

Cognitive neuroscience | Basal Ganglia, habitual memory, motor learning

Giulia Liberati (FNRS)

Systems neuroscience | Pain perception, intracerebral and scalp EEG

Delia Della Porta, PhD Candidate (PDR-FNRS)

Cognitive Neuroscience | Central sensitization to pain & attentional processes

Nuria Ruiz Reig, Post-doc (FNRS)

Developmental Neurobiology | Cortical development

Jana Desloovere, PhD Candidate (FWO)

Systems neuroscience | Epilepsy, neuromodulation, EEG, animal models, chemogenetics

Joëlle van Rijswijk, PhD Student

Large-scale brain networks | neurodegeneration | MRI biomarkers

Serena Reverberi, PhD Candidate

Cognitive neuroscience | Sleep and motor memory

Vonne van Polanen, Post-doctoral fellowship (FWO)

Behavioural Neuroscience & brain stimulation | Human motor control, perception

Elle Scheijen, PhD student

Neurodegeneration | regeneration | spinal cord injury | DNA damage and repair

Lieve Van Vegel, PhD Candidate (FWO)

Molecular microbiology | Oxidative stress

Sandra Invernizzi, PhD Candidate (FNRS)

Neuropsychology and cognitive psychology | Aging, cognition, semantic memory, executive function, Alzheimer, depression

Kathleen Jacquerie, PhD Candidate (FNRS)

LIEGE UNIVERSITE

Computational neuroscience | Sleep-dependent memory consolidation

Neuroscience Institutes

ULB Neuroscience Institute (UNI)

Brussels, Belgium

https://uni.ulb.ac.be/
Institute of Neuroscience (IoNS, UCLouvain)

Brussels, Belgium

https://uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/ions
Neuroimaging Platform (NIMA, UCLouvain)

Brussels, Belgium

https://uclouvain.be/fr/plateformes-technologiques/nima.html
Center for Neurosciences (C4N, VUB)

Brussels, Belgium

https://c4n.research.vub.be
University of Liege – GIGA Neurosciences

Liege, Belgium

https://www.giganeurosciences.uliege.be/
University of Liege – GIGA CRC in vivo imaging

Liege, Belgium

https://www.gigacrc.uliege.be/
University of Liege – Psychology & Neuroscience of Cognition – PsyNCog

Liege, Belgium

https://www.psyncog.uliege.be
University of Liege – Neuroengineering

Liege, Belgium

https://www.montefiore.uliege.be/cms/c_4570423/en/neuroengineering
University of Liege – stem cells – molecular regulation neurogenesis

Liege, Belgium

https://www.giganeurogenesis.uliege.be/cms/c_4241430/en/giganeurogen
University of Liege – stem cells – dev neurobiology

Liege, Belgium

https://www.gigaldn.uliege.be/cms/c_4226711/en/gigaldn
University of Mons, department of neuroscience

Mons, Belgium

https://web.umons.ac.be/neur/
University of Mons, department of Cognitive Psychology and Neuropsychology

Mons, Belgium

https://web.umons.ac.be/neuropsychologie
University of Mons, Health Research Institute-Brain Diseases

Mons, Belgium

https://web.umons.ac.be/sante/en/research-topics/brain-diseases/
University of Mons, Research Insitute for Biosciences – Mechanobiology & Biomaterials

Mons, Belgium

https://www.umons.ac.be/cellmechanobiology
Leuven Brain institute (LBI, KULeuven)

Leuven, Belgium

https://www.kuleuven.be/brain-institute
Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology (IBiTech, Ghent University)

Ghent, Belgium

https://www.ugent.be/ea/ibitech/en/research/medisip/neuroscience
Department of Head and Skin

Ghent, Belgium

https://www.ugent.be/ge/head-skin/en
Center for Microsystems Technology

Ghent, Belgium

https://www.cmst.be/
Center for Cognitive Sciences

Ghent, Belgium

https://www.ugent.be/pp/ccn/en
The Moral Brain

Ghent, Belgium

https://research.flw.ugent.be/tmb
Engineering for Health

Ghent, Belgium

https://www.engforhealth.be/
Center for Medical Genetics Gent

Ghent, Belgium

https://www.cmgg.be/en/research
µneuro, University of Antwerpen

Antwerpen, Belgium

https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/muneuro/
Center for Molecular Neurology, University of Antwerpen

Antwerpen, Belgium

https://uantwerpen.vib.be/
Biomed Institute (Hasselt University)

Hasselt, Belgium

https://www.uhasselt.be/en/instituten-en/biomed-en
Neuro-Electronics Reserch Flanders

NERF, affiliated to imec, KU Leuven and VIB

https://nerf.sites.vib.be/en#/

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