Group leader
Marloes J.A.G. Henckens, PhD
Assistant professor / Junior principal investigator
Department of Cognitive Neuroscience
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour
Radboudumc
Nijmegen, the Netherlands
PhD students
Bart Dirven, MSc
Project: (Epi)genetic signature of susceptibility to post-traumatic stress disorder
Co-supervised by Prof. Judith Homberg & Prof. Tamas Kozicz
Dewi van der Geugten, MSc
Project: Better safe than sorry? The role of the extended amygdala circuitry in generalized fear and anxiety
Co-supervised by Prof. Judith Homberg & Prof. Hans van Bokhoven
Floriana Mogavero, MSc
Project: The involvement of CLOCK genes in modulating affective and aggressive behavior
Co-supervised by Prof. Jan Buitelaar & Dr. Jeffrey Glennon
Sevgi Bahtiyar, MSc
Project: Memory generalization by stress: a neurobiological investigation into the effects of glucocorticoids on modulating memory accuracy and systems consolidation
Co-supervised with Prof. Benno Roozendaal
Chunan Guo, MSc
Project: Modulation of neutral episodic memories by stress hormones (noradrenaline and corticosterone) over time
Co-supervised with Prof. Benno Roozendaal
Qi Song, MSc
Project: Neurobiological underpinnings of noradrenergic modulation of item memory
Co-supervised with Prof. Benno Roozendaal
Kari Bosch, MSc
Project: A positive take on depression: augmenting antidepressant efficacy by inducing juvenile-like GABAergic plasticity
Co-supervised with Prof. Judith Homberg, Dr. Dirk Schubert & Dr. Janna Vrijsen
Maxime Houtekamer, MSc
Project: Discovering a neural signature of emotional memory reconsolidation across memory systems
Co-supervised with Dr. Erno Hermans & Prof. Judith Homberg
Ana Carolina Temporao Marques Filipe, MSc
Project: Neuro-epigenetic mechanisms of aberrant memory processing in PTSD
Co-supervised by Dr. Johannes Graeff (EPFL) & Prof. Judith Homberg
Postdocs
Kubra Gulmez-Karaca, PhD
Project: Stress effects on memory accuracy vs generalization: Testing a new model based on influencing the temporal dynamics of memory consolidation
Co-supervised with Prof. Benno Roozendaal
Archana Kolikil, PhD
Project: Effects of early life stress on the gut-brain axis and the development of the neuronal stress response.
Co-supervised with Prof. Judith Homberg
Graeme Preston, PhD
External PhD student at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Project: Inter-individual differences in mitochondrial function and susceptibility to stress-related psychopathology
Co-supervised with Prof. Tamas Kozicz
Project: Smart coping: serotonin transporter gene variation and environment interact in determining the behavioral adaptation to stress
Co-supervised with Dr. Judith Homberg & Prof. Tamas Kozicz
Thesis defense: 20/10/2017