• Department of Neuroscience

    Erasmus MC

  • Wide range of techniques and research questions

    From molecules to circuits and disease mechanisms

Research Objectives

Our research is dedicated to Plasticity and Dynamics of Sensori-Motor Systems and Cognitive Systems in health and disease. We investigate those at the physiological, anatomical, behavioral and molecular level in 24 research groups.

Collaborations

The Department of Neuroscience of Erasmus Medical University Center, Rotterdam, is embedded in the dynamic, internationally competitive research community of over 40 biomedical research labs, encompassing the departments of: Bioinformatics, Molecular Genetics, Clinical Genetics, Psychiatry and Developmental Biology. We collaborate with universities and institutes at a national and international level and host fruitful relationships with our industry partners.

Academic excellence

The main objective of the two-year Research Master’s Program in Neuroscience is to teach and to provide training for talented students in the rapidly expanding field of neuroscience. The program prepares students for future fundamental research in various medical fields in which neuroscience is increasingly important. The program combines a broad range of tutorials and workshops in neuro-anatomy, neurophysiology, molecular biology, psychology and psychiatry with an extensive period of research training.

Department of Neuroscience is placed in the Research Tower of the Erasmus Medical Center (Ee building). The Department Chair is Prof. Dr. Chris de Zeeuw.

Recent Publications

The department of Neuroscience strives to publish Open Access. Accepted versions of most published papers can be found in the Erasmus University institutional repository repub.eur.nl

VIEW PUBLICATIONS

Influenza A virus infection impairs neuronal activity in human iPSC-derived NGN2 neural co-cultures.

Benavides FFW, Kempff ALV, Smeenk H, Lendemeijer B, Lavrijsen M, Slotman JA, Kushner SA, de Vrij FMS, Bauer L, van Riel D
in Acta neuropathologica communications 2026

Purkinje cell intrinsic activity shapes cerebellar development and function.

Osório C, White JJ, Torrents-Solé P, Yang J, Mandemaker N, Olivero F, Kirwan F, Post L, Hemmat Z, de Winter F, Regolo E, Fiocchi FR, Serra I, Tjon S, Ozgur Z, van den Hout MCGN, van IJcken WFJ, López-Bendito G, Badura A, Lim L, van Woerden GM, Schonewille M
in Nature communications 2026

A robust method for primary cerebellar culture and genetic manipulation of Purkinje cells from postnatal mice

Heiling Lu, Friederike Stephani, Myrna Aulia, Edwin Mientjes, Martijn Schonewille, Catarina Osório
in Journal of Neuroscience Methods 2026

Neurobehavioral Assessment of Sensorimotor Function in Autism Using Smartphone Technology.

Gultig KD, Boele CP, Roggeveen LEM, Soong TF, Sherry S, Jung C, Milosevska S, Uvarov A, Benhassan K, BenAli SA, Ahajoui Y, Carpio-Arias V, Lindeman S, Koekkoek SKE, Sefik E, Ottenhoff MJ, Wang SS, De Zeeuw CI, El Idrissi A, Boele HJ
in Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research 2026

Neurobehavioral Assessment of Sensorimotor Function in Autism Using Smartphone Technology.

Gultig KD, Boele CP, Roggeveen LEM, Soong TF, Sherry S, Jung C, Milosevska S, Uvarov A, Benhassan K, BenAli SA, Ahajoui Y, Carpio-Arias V, Lindeman S, Koekkoek SKE, Sefik E, Ottenhoff MJ, Wang SS, De Zeeuw CI, El Idrissi A, Boele HJ
in Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research 2026