#GENEAmsterdam

👥 It's a nice way to meet and connect with other #GENEAmsterdam researchers
📄 Pimp up your CV for your next grant application
📌 Help set up the agenda and make the most out of this great day

At the end of every year, we have one annual meeting where all #GENEAmsterdam researchers come together to share their research and connect. Would you be interested in helping organize next years meeting? Please reach out to Margot at m.p.vandeweijer@amsterdamumc.nl! Why would you do this?

GENE Amsterdam Interview – Sean Jurgens - Genetics Network Amsterdam This month, Adrià Túnez and Jana Hirzinger interview Sean Jurgens, researcher at the Amsterdam UMC.  What sparked your interest in studying genetic risk factors underlying cardiovascular diseases? Whi...

🎙️ New #GENEAmsterdam interview online!

This month Adrià Túnez Aquilué and Jana Hirzinger interview Sean Jurgens on his work on the genetics of cardiovascular disease.
Check it out now⬇️:
www.geneticsnetworkamsterdam.org/blog/2026/02...

Thanks everyone who attended the 4th annual #GENEAmsterdam meeting - we had a great time! Keep an eye out for the website and socials - more details on the day will be posted soon 👀 !

For now, a large thanks to Adrià Túnez Aquilué, Tessa Zonneveld and Aysu Okbay for this years organization.

GENE Amsterdam Interview - Yuri Milaneschi - Genetics Network Amsterdam

🎙️ New #GENEAmsterdam Interview session: Jana Hirzinger and Adrià Túnez interview @ymilaneschi.bsky.social on his research on immunometabolic depression, talking not only about genetics, but also philosophy, the clinic, and even ozempic.

www.geneticsnetworkamsterdam.org/blog/2025/11...

Interesting webinar by the International Society for Twin Studies (ISTS), moderated by #GENEAmsterdam researcher @jennyvandongen.bsky.social. Sign up using the QR code! 📝

Veni 2024 | NWO NWO heeft aan 200 veelbelovende onderzoekers uit de volle breedte van de wetenschap Veni-financiering van maximaal 320.000 euro toegewezen. De laureaten kunnen daarmee in de komende drie jaar hun eigen onderzoeksideeën verder ontwikkelen.

🥳Congratulations to #GENEAmsterdam researcher Fiona Hagenbeek, for receiving a VENI to study genetic and molecular influences on externalizing behaviors from childhood into (early) adulthood at @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social!

www.nwo.nl/nieuws/200-o...

GENE Amsterdam Interview Session 8: Meike Bartels - Genetics Network Amsterdam This month, Anaïs Thijssen and Jana Hirzinger interview Meike Bartels, professor at the department of Biological Psychology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Most research focuses on why people get...

🎤New #GENEAmsterdam interview online! Read about @meikebartels.bsky.social work on genetic & environmental influences on wellbeing, including her views on where the next 15 years will take us:
www.geneticsnetworkamsterdam.org/blog/2025/06...

Racism Gets Under the Skin: Social Disparities in Children’s Mental Health and Epigenetic-Clock-Measured Biological Aging

Previously presented by Yayouk Willems and @laraffington.bsky.social at a #GENEAmsterdam symposium and out now:

"Linked emergence of racial disparities in mental health and epigenetic biological aging across childhood and adolescence" by @munaaikins.bsky.social

Summary: lnkd.in/eyT9jrrQ

Gene Amsterdam Interview Session 7: Kavish Kohabir - Genetics Network Amsterdam This month Anaïs Thijssen and Jana Hirzinger interview Kavish Kohabir from the Human Genetics Department at the Amsterdam UMC. Can you tell us about your type of research?I’m a PhD […]

🔬New #GENEAmsterdam Interview with Kavish Kohabir and his use of CRISPR to perform clinical test diagnostics: www.geneticsnetworkamsterdam.org/blog/2025/03...

Erfelijk of ontwikkeld: hoe ontstaat autisme? Kinderen krijgen in Nederland gemiddeld pas rond hun vijfde de diagnose 'autisme'. Toch is neurodiversiteit in grote mate erfelijk. Hoe zit dat? Hoe ontstaat autisme?

(in Dutch): Interessant interview met #GENEAmsterdam wetenschappers @mmdewit.bsky.social en @tincatwin.bsky.social: 'Erfelijk of ontwikkeld: hoe ontstaat autisme?' over hartnekkige misverstanden, de interpretatie van erfelijkheid en de invloed van externe factoren.

www.quest.nl/mens/psychol...

Register now for the Amsterdam reproduction & development research symposium including #GENEAmsterdam @hubersnikki.bsky.social and Jenny van Dongen 📆

From now on, Susanne Bruins from @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social will be co-managing the #GENEAmsterdam socials! Reach out to her or @margotvdweijer.bsky.social if you have any updates with respect to your scientific output, awards, outreach, etc. ✨

GENE Amsterdam Interview Session 5: Dirk Smit - Genetics Network Amsterdam This month’s interview by Anaïs Thijssen and Jana Hirzinger with Dr. Dirk Smit, Assistant Professor Electrophysiology and Genetics at the department of Psychiatry at Amsterdam UMC. What drew you to […...

Anais Thijssen & Jana Hirzinger interview #GENEAmsterdam member Dirk Smit, Assistant Professor electrophysiology and genetics: How does he combine genetics, which is mostly stable over the lifetime with EEG, where the signal changes every millisecond?
www.geneticsnetworkamsterdam.org/blog/2024/12...