Recent news

April 15, 2021

Maxime Van Egroo was awarded a Brightfocus postdoctoral fellowship to examine the relationship between the locus coeruleus and sleep-wake regulation in aging and Alzheimer's disease. We are all very proud of Maxime, congratulations!! 

April 2, 2021

JOB OPENING 2: ​We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join our group in Boston at MGH/HMS! The project is focused on novel methods in brainstem PET and diffusion imaging to examine tau propagation.  More information can be found here. Reach out if you are interested! 

March 25, 2021

JOB OPENING 1: ​We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join our group in Boston at MGH/HMS! The project is focused on 7TfMRI of the locus coeruleus combined with transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation in individuals at risk of Alzheimer's disease.  More information can be found here. Reach out if you are interested! 

February - March, 2021

Three new manuscripts are now out: Joost published his work on norepinephrine metabolism and Alzheimer's disease related cognitive decline; Roy published his work on norepinephrine metabolism and cortical thickness and Linda published her work on sympathetic nervous system activity and practice effects. Congrats!!!

December 2, 2020

​Heidi will give an overview of the Lab's recent work at the Feindel Brain and Mind Seminar at The Neuro, McGill (virtually). The title of her talk is: "Focus on the locus: from methods to biomarkers to interventions"