lab

Integrative Neurobiology of Psychiatric Disorders

Lab Members

Steven Kushner
Prof.Dr. Steven Kushner (S.A.)
Full Professor
Lab Head
Jurate Aleknaviciute
Dr. Jurate Aleknaviciute
Postdoctoral Fellow
Bas Lendemeijer
Bas Lendemeijer
Phd Student
Hilde Smeenk
Hilde Smeenk
Phd Student
Amir Asghari
Amir Asghari
Phd Student
Sakshi Bansal
Sakshi Bansal
Scientific Researcher
Denise Slump
Denise Slump
Research Technician
Mark van der Kroeg
Mark van der Kroeg
Research Technician
Anniek Meesters
Anniek Meesters
Research Technician

Recent Publications

Nervous System-on-Chip: Innovative Microfluidic Platform to Compartmentalize hiPSC-Derived Neural Networks.

Sabahi-Kaviani R, Gogolou A, Souilhol C, van der Kroeg M, Kushner SA, de Vrij FMS, Tsakiridis A, Luttge R
in Micromachines 2026

Crossing the finish line towards a disease-modifying treatment for Angelman syndrome.

Judson MC, de Almeida LP, Burdine RD, Chamberlain SJ, Deverman BE, Distel B, Ehlers MD, Jalazo E, Kushner SA, Nespeca M, Sanders SJ, Scheffner M, Yi JJ, Zylka MJ, Elgersma Y, Philpot BD
in Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders 2026

A xenotransplantation model for reactivation of paternal UBE3A using human-specific antisense oligonucleotides.

Smeenk H, Lendemeijer B, Buurma MG, Forgione MA, Slump DE, Monshouwer RA, Wallaard I, Mientjes EJ, Hoogendijk WJG, Elgersma Y, de Vrij FMS, Kushner SA
in Scientific reports 2026

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

GOATEA: gene set enrichment analysis in R with shiny interactive visualizations.

in BMC bioinformatics 2026

Human adherent cortical organoids in a multi-well format.

Astrocytes contribute to olanzapine-mediated reversal of Kleefstra Syndrome-associated neurodevelopmental regression.

Vermeulen-Kalk K, Wang S, Kummeling J, Mossink B, Wijnant KN, González Jiménez CO, Frazier ZJ, Rozumny BJ, O'Donnell-Luria A, Hanson E, Frega M, Linda K, Negwer M, Lendemeijer B, Oudakker A, Pop-Purceleanu M, Janzing JG, van Dongen L, de Vrij FM, Kushner SA, van der Werf I, Schoenmaker C, Oomens W, Srivastava S, Egger JI, van Bokhoven H, Schubert D, Nadif Kasri N, Kleefstra T
in The Journal of clinical investigation 2026

Genomic dimensions deconstruct the clinical heterogeneity of bipolar disorder.

van der Veen T, Tesfaye M, Yang JMK, Boltz T, David FS, Crinion S, Koromina M, Andlauer TFM, Bigdeli TB, Coombes BJ, Greenwood TA, Panagiotaropoulou G, Parker N, Sung H, Bass N, Coleman JRI, Guzman-Parra J, Kalman JL, McGrouther CC, Mitchell BL, Rangan AV, Scott K, Shadrin A, Smith DJ, Vreeker A, Adorjan K, Albani D, Alemany S, Alliey-Rodriguez N, Antoniou A, Bauer M, Beins EC, Boks MP, Bosch R, Brumpton BM, Brunkhorst-Kanaan N, Budde M, Byerley W, Cabana-Domínguez J, Cairns MJ, Carpiniello B, Casas M, Cervantes P, Chatzinakos C, Clarke TK, Claus I, Cruceanu C, Cuellar-Barboza A, Czerski PM, Dafnas K, Dale AM, Dalkner N, DePaulo JR, Degenhardt F, Djurovic S, Escott-Price V, Fanous AH, Fellendorf FT, Ferrier IN, Forty L, Frank J, Frei O, Freimer NB, Garnham J, Gizer IR, Gordon SD, Gordon-Smith K, Hahn T, Hamshere ML, Harder A, Hautzinger M, Heilbronner U, Hellgren D, Herms S, Hickie IB, Hoffmann P, Holmans PA, Jamain S, Jonsson L, Kennedy JL, Kittel-Schneider S, Knowles JA, Koch E, Kogevinas M, Kranz TM, Kushner SA, Lavebratt C, Lawrence J, Leber M, Lind PA, Lucae S, Lundberg M, MacIntyre DJ, Maier W, Maihofer AX, Malaspina D, Manchia M, Maratou E, Martinsson L, McInnis MG, McKay JD, Medeiros H, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Millischer V, Morris DW, Moutsatsou P, Mühleisen TW, O
in Research square 2026

Genomics yields biological and phenotypic insights into bipolar disorder.

O'Connell KS, Koromina M, van der Veen T, Boltz T, David FS, Yang JMK, Lin KH, Wang X, Coleman JRI, Mitchell BL, McGrouther CC, Rangan AV, Lind PA, Koch E, Harder A, Parker N, Bendl J, Adorjan K, Agerbo E, Albani D, Alemany S, Alliey-Rodriguez N, Als TD, Andlauer TFM, Antoniou A, Ask H, Bass N, Bauer M, Beins EC, Bigdeli TB, Pedersen CB, Boks MP, Børte S, Bosch R, Brum M, Brumpton BM, Brunkhorst-Kanaan N, Budde M, Bybjerg-Grauholm J, Byerley W, Cabana-Domínguez J, Cairns MJ, Carpiniello B, Casas M, Cervantes P, Chatzinakos C, Chen HC, Clarence T, Clarke TK, Claus I, Coombes B, Corfield EC, Cruceanu C, Cuellar-Barboza A, Czerski PM, Dafnas K, Dale AM, Dalkner N, Degenhardt F, DePaulo JR, Djurovic S, Drange OK, Escott-Price V, Fanous AH, Fellendorf FT, Ferrier IN, Forty L, Frank J, Frei O, Freimer NB, Fullard JF, Garnham J, Gizer IR, Gordon SD, Gordon-Smith K, Greenwood TA, Grove J, Guzman-Parra J, Ha TH, Hahn T, Haraldsson M, Hautzinger M, Havdahl A, Heilbronner U, Hellgren D, Herms S, Hickie IB, Hoffmann P, Holmans PA, Huang MC, Ikeda M, Jamain S, Johnson JS, Jonsson L, Kalman JL, Kamatani Y, Kennedy JL, Kim E, Kim J, Kittel-Schneider S, Knowles JA, Kogevinas M, Kranz TM, Krebs K, Kushner SA, Lavebratt C, Lawrence J, Leber M, Lee HJ, Liao C, Lucae S, Lundberg M, MacIntyre DJ, Maier W, Maihofer AX, Malaspina D, Manchia M, Maratou E, Martinsson L, Mattheisen M, McGregor NW, McInnis MG, McKay JD, Medeiros H, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Millischer V, Morris DW, Moutsatsou P, Mühleisen TW, O'Donovan C, Olsen CM, Panagiotaropoulou G, Papiol S, Pardiñas AF, Park HY, Perry A, Pfennig A, Pisanu C, Potash JB, Quested D, Rapaport MH, Regeer EJ, Rice JP, Rivera M, Schulte EC, Senner F, Shadrin A, Shilling PD, Sigurdsson E, Sindermann L, Sirignano L, Siskind D, Slaney C, Sloofman LG, Smeland OB, Smith DJ, Sobell JL, Soler Artigas M, Stein DJ, Stein F, Su MH, Sung H, Świątkowska B, Terao C, Tesfaye M, Tesli M, Thorgeirsson TE, Thorp JG, Toma C, Tondo L, Tooney PA, Tsai SJ, Tsermpini EE, Vawter MP, Vedder H, Vreeker A, Walters JTR, Winsvold BS, Witt SH, Won HH, Ye R, Young AH, Zandi PP, Zillich L, Adolfsson R, Alda M, Alfredsson L, Backlund L, Baune BT, Bellivier F, Bengesser S, Berrettini WH, Biernacka JM, Boehnke M, Børglum AD, Breen G, Carr VJ, Catts S, Cichon S, Corvin A, Craddock N, Dannlowski U, Dikeos D, Etain B, Ferentinos P, Frye M, Fullerton JM, Gawlik M, Gershon ES, Goes FS, Green MJ, Grigoroiu-Serbanescu M, Hauser J, Henskens FA, Hjerling-Leffler J, Hougaard DM, Hveem K, Iwata N, Jones I, Jones LA, Kahn RS, Kelsoe JR, Kircher T, Kirov G, Kuo PH, Landén M, Leboyer M, Li QS, Lissowska J, Lochner C, Loughland C, Luykx JJ, Martin NG, Mathews CA, Mayoral F, McElroy SL, McIntosh AM, McMahon FJ, Medland SE, Melle I, Milani L, Mitchell PB, Morken G, Mors O, Mortensen PB, Müller-Myhsok B, Myers RM, Myung W, Neale BM, Nievergelt CM, Nordentoft M, Nöthen MM, Nurnberger JI, O'Donovan MC, Oedegaard KJ, Olsson T, Owen MJ, Paciga SA, Pantelis C, Pato CN, Pato MT, Patrinos GP, Pawlak JM, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Reif A, Reininghaus EZ, Ribasés M, Rietschel M, Ripke S, Rouleau GA, Roussos P, Saito T, Schall U, Schalling M, Schofield PR, Schulze TG, Scott LJ, Scott RJ, Serretti A, Smoller JW, Squassina A, Stahl EA, Stefansson H, Stefansson K, Stordal E, Streit F, Sullivan PF, Turecki G, Vaaler AE, Vieta E, Vincent JB, Waldman ID, Weickert CS, Weickert TW, Werge T, Whiteman DC, Zwart JA, Edenberg HJ, McQuillin A, Forstner AJ, Mullins N, Di Florio A, Ophoff RA, Andreassen OA
in Nature 2025

Neuronal hyperactivity in neurons derived from individuals with gray matter heterotopia.

Di Matteo F, Bonrath R, Pravata V, Schmidt H, Ayo Martin AC, Di Giaimo R, Menegaz D, Riesenberg S, de Vrij FMS, Maccarrone G, Holzapfel M, Straub T, Kushner SA, Robertson SP, Eder M, Cappello S
in Nature communications 2025

Preconceptional brain structure and future conception: a prospective brain MRI study among 321 women.

de Vries MW, Poels EMP, Roshchupkin GV, Muetzel RL, Zarchev M, Kamperman AM, Tiemeier H, Vernooij MW, Kushner SA
in Scientific reports 2025

Biallelic MED29 variants cause pontocerebellar hypoplasia with cataracts.

Arkush L, van Woerden GM, Ziv L, Marek-Yagel D, Fonseca R, Brevé E, Barel O, Shalva N, Veber A, Anikster Y, Ben-Ami Raichman D, Musallam B, Marcu S, Nissenkorn A, Mandel H, Kushner SA, Ben Zeev B, Heimer G
in European journal of human genetics : EJHG 2025

Transient juvenile demyelination impairs maturation and function of parvalbumin-positive interneurons in the prefrontal cortex.

Hijazi S, Pascual-García M, Nabawi Y, Kushner SA
in PLoS biology 2025

In vitro models for human neuroglia.

in Handbook of clinical neurology 2025

Premenstrual Disorders and Quality of Life in Sweden.

Wang Q, Keijser R, Chen Y, Yu H, Hysaj E, Hägg S, Valdimarsdóttir UA, Bertone-Johnson E, Aleknaviciute J, Lu D
in JAMA network open 2025
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Alumni

# Name Job Description Current Position
1 Maria Pascual Garcia -

Vacancies

There are currently no vacancies on our lab.