BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam//NONSGML v1.0//EN NAME:Inaugural lecture prof.dr.ir. A. Hillebrand METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260424T154500 DTEND:20260424T171500 DTSTAMP:20260424T154500 UID:2026/inaugural-lecture-prof-dr@8F96275E-9F55-4B3F-A143-836282E12573 CREATED:20260411T080633 LOCATION:Hoofdgebouw, Aula De Boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam SUMMARY:Inaugural lecture prof.dr.ir. A. Hillebrand X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Magnetisme meten is wet en. Verstoorde hersennetwerken ontrafeld

From measurement to knowledge: magnetic signals unravel disrupted brain networks

C an we see how brain networks function - and how they become disrupted in dementia, epilepsy, or brain tumors? Can we not only measure thes e changes, but also recognize them earlier and more reliably than is currently possible? Professor of magnetoencephalography Arjan Hillebr and will discuss this and more in his inaugural lecture.

Our br ains communicate via small electrical currents that generate magnetic fields. Using sensitive sensors, we measure these signals outside th e head and thus map how brain areas work together. But how do we tran slate such measurements into better diagnostics? Can we predict how a disease will develop, or which patient is at increased risk? And if networks become disrupted, can we also adjust them more effectively?< /p>

Hillebrand and his research group want to use magnetism to unra vel disrupted brain networks - so that measurement truly leads to kno wledge, and knowledge to action.

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From measurement to knowledge: magnetic signals unrav el disrupted brain networks

Can we see how brain networks functi on - and how they become disrupted in dementia, epilepsy, or brain tu mors? Can we not only measure these changes, but also recognize them earlier and more reliably than is currently possible? Professor of ma gnetoencephalography Arjan Hillebrand will discuss this and more in h is inaugural lecture. Our brains communicate via small electrical cur rents that generate magnetic fields. Using sensitive sensors, we meas ure these signals outside the head and thus map how brain areas work together. But how do we translate such measurements into better diagn ostics? Can we predict how a disease will develop, or which patient i s at increased risk? And if networks become disrupted, can we also ad just them more effectively? Hillebrand and his research group want to use magnetism to unravel disrupted brain networks - so that measurem ent truly leads to knowledge, and knowledge to action. Magnetisme met en is weten. Verstoorde hersennetwerken ontrafeld END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR