About ONWAR

The ONWAR logo is adapted from De Homine (1662), by René Descartes, which illustrates his concept of what is involved in a reflex response.

ONWAR is the Graduate School Neurosciences Amsterdam Rotterdam: a collaboration between research institutes of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), the Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, and Utrecht University. The first Swammerdam Lecture was organized on March 19th, 1982, and ONWA(R) was officially established on May 21st 1991. ONWAR has been recognized by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992, 1997, 2002 and 2009.

The Graduate School Neurosciences Amsterdam Rotterdam:

coordinates the training program of the PhD students participating in the school
organizes courses, lectures, annual meetings, and other events in the field of neurosciences
stimulates collaboration in neuroscientific research between the various participating institutes
stimulates improvement of the quality of research and education in the neurosciences

Organisation

ONWAR consists of several bodies that help keep the graduate school running. The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has acted as its representative since its foundation.

Board of directors

The Board of Directors consists of the scientific directors of the research institutes that are involved. Prof. dr. A.B. Smit is the chair of the Board of Directors and acts as the Scientific Director of ONWAR.

Prof. dr. A.B. Smit - CNCR, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (chair)
Prof. dr. H.E. de Vries - Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
Prof. dr. A. Kalsbeek - Amsterdam UMC, location AMC
Prof. dr. G. Borst - Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam
Prof. dr. P.R. Roelfsema - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, KNAW
Prof. dr. P.J. Lucassen - Neurosciences, SILS, University of Amsterdam
J. van Adrichem, MSc. - CNCR, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (PhD representative)

Teaching committee

The Teaching Committee consists of senior researchers from the different institutes and PhD representatives from the four institutes with the largest proportion of PhD students. It evaluates and develops the ONWAR training program, the individual courses and events. Prof. dr. C.N. Levelt is the chair of the teaching committee and acts as the Teaching Director of ONWAR

Prof. dr. C.N. Levelt - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, KNAW (chair)
Dr. V. Gazzola - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, KNAW
Dr. C.P. Fitzsimons - Neurosciences, SILS, University of Amsterdam
Dr. C. Yi - Amsterdam UMC, location AMC
Dr. M.M.M. Wilhelmus - Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
Dr. R. Ossenkoppele - Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
Dr. V.M. Heine - CNCR, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
Dr. R.F.G. Toonen - CNCR, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Dr. M. de Jeu - Department of Neurosciences, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam
T. van Voorst, MSc. - CNCR, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (PhD representative)
J. Lim, MSc. - Neurosciences, SILS, University of Amsterdam (PhD representative)
I. Alonso Lozares, MSc. - Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc (PhD representative)
N. Jamann, MD. - Netherlands Insitute for Neuroscience, KNAW (PhD representative)

Swammerdam lecture committee

The Swammerdam Lecture committee consists of senior researchers from several institutes in Amsterdam and a PhD representative . It organizes the Swammerdam Lectures series.

Prof. dr. M. Kole - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, KNAW (chair)
Dr. E. Aronica - Amsterdam UMC, location AMC
Dr. V.M. Heine - CNCR, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
Dr. N. Goriounova - CNCR, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Dr. F. Jacobs. - Neurosciences, SILS, University of Amsterdam
Dr. M. Schoonheim - Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
Dr. J. Mejias - Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, University of Amsterdam
H. Nogueira Pinto, MSc. - CNCR, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc (PhD representative)

STaff

Kim Hubregtse, MSc. – graduate school coordinator
Ramya Balbon – administration

Finances
Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Participating research institutes

Netherlands Institute for Neurosciences, KNAW
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research
University of Amsterdam - Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS), Neurosciences
Erasmus MC Rotterdam - Department of Neuroscience
Amsterdam UMC - Amsterdam Neuroscience

Organisation

Board of directors

Teaching committee

Swammerdam lecture committee

STaff

Participating research institutes

Affiliated institutes

PhD Candidates

Participating institutes

Research groups

Contact

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