Ambition

Hi reader, good to see you here! While I am writing this, I am in my final months of the master of Neurosciences at the VU Amsterdam. Which is exciting, but it also makes me insecure and inspired at the same time. During my bachelor’s in Biomedical Sciences, I developed an interest in the human brain. Why is it that we act like we act, and think like we think? The brain is just a fascinating organ, and the fact that there is still a lot of knowledge to gain makes me curious. During my master’s I spent quite some time on job orientation, which is one of the reasons why I wanted to work on improving the NeuroCareer website. In the future, I expect to work in the industry, but I am still open to staying in academia.

Hi all! During my BSc in Health and Life Sciences, I noticed I was mainly interested in learning about the brain. After all, it is the most complex and fascinating organ of the human body. Over the last few years, I studied the interactions between neurons and microglia and synaptic alpha-synuclein accumulation in Parkinson’s Disease. In my MSc in Neurosciences, I chose the fundamental track and am currently investigating the effects of methylphenidate on functional connectivity in children and adults with ADHD. Thus, I have broad interests in both the fundamental and clinical aspects of research. Working on this website has been really helpful for me to orient myself to different career options after graduation. I hope you enjoy reading the interviews as much as I enjoyed interviewing people from different career fields!

Hello readers! My fascination for the brain already started in high school while I was working on a project about optical illusions. However, I decided to start my academic career with a Bachelor's in Life, Science and Technology. I was still very passionate about the brain so I followed a Neuroscience Minor. After my passion was confirmed, I worked on an internship focused on a protein involved in brain development and on another internship concerning a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease until I ended up in the Neurosciences master at VU Amsterdam. During my first master's internship, I studied the role of various alpha synuclein species in post-mortem brain tissue of Parkinson's patients. My second internship is yet to be determined, but will likely involve research focused on the effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals on neurodevelopment or reproductive health. After that, I will have to figure out what I am going to do next. Working on the NeuroCareer project already helped me to gain some insights in this, I hope that reading our articles will help you in the same way!

Hi everybody! When I started my academic career, I only knew that I really liked human biology. During my Bachelor's in Health and Life Sciences, I discovered my interests in the human brain. This newly found interest was confirmed when I looked at brain development of fetuses who had a congenital heart defect during my bachelor internship. In addition, I followed a neuroscience minor that further sparked my interests in research about the brain. During this minor, I followed a course about psychiatric disorders. I found this course very intriguing and wanted to know much more about these disorders. Therefore, I decided to pursue a master's degree in Neurosciences. during my masters,I followed the clinical track because my interests have always been research that takes place in hospitals and directly involves patients. With my first internship, I participated in the OBS study where they looked at brain signatures in people with obsessive compulsive disorder. Currently I am doing my second internship where I focus on machine learning in patients who experience a delirium after intensive care stay. In addition, I am part of two other studies that look into depression and psychosis and where I have a lot of patient interaction.

Greetings! I'm glad to see you on the NeuroCareer website! My name is Marijn and just like my colleagues I am in my final year of the master Neurosciences. During the last phase of my bachelor Medical and Natural sciences I was really struggling to find out what to do next. I found out that my fascination for the human body was greater than my interest in the technical aspects of the bachelor. After a while I came to the conclusion that I wanted to expand my knowledge about the human body and especially about the brain. During my master's in Neurosciences I followed the clinical track because I always was more attracted to research that involves human interaction.Currently I am finishing my master thesis which focuses on subjective cognitive decline in elderly and its relationship with lifestyle. I am looking forward to finishing my masters, however I'm still searching for what to do next. That's why I think this website and the interviews on it will be very useful and I hope this will be the same for you!

Hi everyone, My name is Krishna doing my final year masters in Neuroscience. I have a background in Biomedical science during which I realized my interest in Neuroscience and followed the Neuroscience course later. I am particularly interested in fundamental neuroscience, specifically the molecular and cellular aspect of it. I am also interested in Clinical neuroscience, especially neurodegenerative disorders. I have done my first internship in Amsterdam VUmc on CSF biomarker assays in Alzheimer's disease and currently doing my final internship in hemianopia in stroke patients in France. As a final year student, we are also thinking about the various job opportunities after this Master' s and as a group we came up with this Neurocareer website and the idea of ​​interviewing people from different fields in the realm of Neuroscience and making articles out of it. Hope you guys have fun going through our website and the articles! With this Neurocareer website we hope to provide the necessary information about the different career paths you could follow after graduating from your Master's in neuroscience.