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Supervisory Board

Institutes and platforms

Supervisory Board

Institutes and platforms

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

Senior Board

Prof. Lara Bardi

In the Social & Cognitive Neuroscience Lab at UGent, we investigate how the presence of others influences individual cognition—including perception, memory, and decision-making—while also exploring social cognitive processes such as Theory of Mind and perspective-taking

Prof. Mathieu Bourguignon

My research is organized along two lines, trying to improve our knowledge of the brain mechanisms underlying 1) motor control and 2) speech processing.

Prof. Dimitri De Bundel

My research group investigates the cellular mechanisms by which neuromodulators shape memory and mood dysfunction in rodent models of neuropsychiatric disorders

Prof. Aurore Colomar

Spécialisée en Neurosciences et Electrophysiologie, mes recherches ont notamment porté sur les relations entre système immunitaire et système nerveux et sur l’identification d’effets secondaires des médicaments.

Prof. dr. Koen Cuypers

BRAINSlab focuses on Brain, Rehabilitation And Integrative NeuroScience

Prof. Ilse Dewachter

Alzheimer’s Disease Tauopatihies Neurodegenerative disorders Tau Amyloid Neuroinflammation

Prof. Dr. Julie Duque

We conduct experiments to explore the interaction between cognition and action in neurologically healthy and impaired individuals.

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

Prof. Ira Espuny-Camacho

In my team we aim to generate brain organoids composed of human neurons and human glia cell subtypes to recapitulate the essence of the Alzheimers disease human brain. Our aim is to unravel novel early therapeutic approaches to combat the disease.

Prof. Wim Gevers

Cognitive Science for Society lab in which we work on belief updating and cognitive control

Prof. Dr. Yves Jossin

The goal of our laboratory is to better define the mechanisms of neural cell proliferation, migration, differentiation and synaptogenesis.

Prof. Dr. Pietro Maggi

Professor of Neurology at UCLouvain

Prof. Dr. Steve Majerus

Our research focuses on memory and language, using cognitive, neuropsychological and neuroimaging methods.

Prof. Daniele Marinazzo

Computational neuroscience, dynamics, and connectivity

Prof. Dr. Ann Massie

Our research focusses on the function of system xc- in the healthy (aged) and diseased brain

Prof. Dr. Wouter Peelaerts

The Peelaerts Lab investigates the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying Parkinson’s disease and multiple system atrophy to uncover novel therapeutic strategies.

Prof. Dr. Robrecht Raedt

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

Prof. Dr. Laurence Ris

My lab focuses its research on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus in health and disease

Prof. Dr. Stephan Swinnen (Emeritus)

Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Group

Prof. Dr. Vincent Timmerman

Peripheral Neuropathies Research Group

Prof. Dr. Gilles Vandewalle

Gilles Vandewalle’s research focuses on the brain mechanisms involved in the regulation of human sleep and wakefulness and its importance for cognition and brain health. Gilles Vandewalle is an expert in TMS, EEG, PET scan, MRI and UHF‐MRI. Genetics and aging are two major tools to address inter‐individual differences in sleep‐wake regulation and in seeking the keys for successful aging

Prof. Wim Vanduffel

Wim Vanduffel’s lab focuses on primate perception and cognition using advanced imaging and perturbation techniques, and conducts comparative studies on cortical plasticity, sensory representations, and functional architectures in humans and monkeys

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 ( info@belgianneuroscience.be )

Isabeau De Bie

UGent

Novel therapy approaches to mitigate radiation-induced cognitive decline

Dr. V. Alejandra Caceres-Chavez

Cognitive flexibility in the dorsal striatum: Neuronal representations.

Marion Decrop

Investigating the dopaminergic system in a mouse model of Huntington’s disease using a multimodal imaging platform.

Dr. Marcus Dyer

How astrocytes are involved in memory encoding

Andrea Estevez Velez

Exploring the impact of somatic instability in Huntington’s disease on brain (micro)structure using in vivo MRI

Dr. Melina Hehl

Investigating neuroplasticity through motor learning and brain metabolism in health and metabolic disease using MR imaging and spectroscopy.

Lisa Koole

Targeting demyelination in Alzheimer’s disease by editing DNA methylation.

Mélanie De Leener

Biobehavioral synchrony using hyperscanning techniques / electroencephalography / heart rate variability/ anxiety transmission / parent-child synchrony

Geraldine Petit

UCLouvain

Systemic inflammation and neuroplastic changes during alcohol withdrawal.

Victoria Rambaud

Focusing on the long-term impact of incarceration on cognitive processes.

Janne Reynders

I am part of the cognitive neuroscience lab, CoCoFlex, where we focus on understanding the mental processes underlying flexible, goal-oriented behavior—known as cognitive control—and exploring how these processes connect to reinforcement learning and associative learning.

Nuria Ruiz Reig

UCLouvain

Role of the microtubule-associated protein KIF2A in neuronal development and function.

Dr. Elle Scheijen

Measuring cerebrovascular autoregulation following traumatic brain injury.

Dr. Sébastien Valverde

Identifying which genes and brain regions play an essential role in addiction with state-of-the-art technologies

Technical support

Lien De Schaepmeester

4BRAIN performs translational neuroscience to unravel the pathophysiology of neuropsychiatric disorders and develop novel therapies

https://be.linkedin.com/in/lien-de-schaepmeester-91b1b5187

Neuroscience institutes and their associated platforms

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 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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