The ONWAR logo is adapted from De Homine (1662), by René Descartes, which illustrates his concept of what is involved in a reflex response.
ONWAR is the Graduate School Neurosciences Amsterdam Rotterdam: a collaboration between research institutes of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), the Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, and Utrecht University. The first Swammerdam Lecture was organized on March 19th, 1982, and ONWA(R) was officially established on May 21st 1991. ONWAR has been recognized by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992, 1997, 2002 and 2009.
The Graduate School Neurosciences Amsterdam Rotterdam:
- coordinates the training program of the PhD students participating in the school
- organizes courses, lectures, annual meetings, and other events in the field of neurosciences
- stimulates collaboration in neuroscientific research between the various participating institutes
- stimulates improvement of the quality of research and education in the neurosciences
Organisation
ONWAR consists of several bodies that help keep the graduate school running. The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has acted as its representative since its foundation.
Board of directors
The Board of Directors consists of the scientific directors of the research institutes that are involved. Prof. dr. A.B. Smit is the chair of the Board of Directors and acts as the Scientific Director of ONWAR.
- Prof. dr. A.B. Smit - CNCR, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (chair)
- Prof. dr. H.E. de Vries - Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
- Prof. dr. A. Kalsbeek - Amsterdam UMC, location AMC
- Prof. dr. G. Borst - Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam
- Prof. dr. P.R. Roelfsema - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, KNAW
- Prof. dr. P.J. Lucassen - Neurosciences, SILS, University of Amsterdam
- J. van Adrichem, MSc. - CNCR, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (PhD representative)
Teaching committee
The Teaching Committee consists of senior researchers from the different institutes and PhD representatives from the four institutes with the largest proportion of PhD students. It evaluates and develops the ONWAR training program, the individual courses and events. Prof. dr. C.N. Levelt is the chair of the teaching committee and acts as the Teaching Director of ONWAR
- Prof. dr. C.N. Levelt - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, KNAW (chair)
- Dr. V. Gazzola - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, KNAW
- Dr. C.P. Fitzsimons - Neurosciences, SILS, University of Amsterdam
- Dr. C. Yi - Amsterdam UMC, location AMC
- Dr. M.M.M. Wilhelmus - Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
- Dr. R. Ossenkoppele - Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
- Dr. V.M. Heine - CNCR, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
- Dr. R.F.G. Toonen - CNCR, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Dr. M. de Jeu - Department of Neurosciences, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam
- T. van Voorst, MSc. - CNCR, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (PhD representative)
- J. Lim, MSc. - Neurosciences, SILS, University of Amsterdam (PhD representative)
- I. Alonso Lozares, MSc. - Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc (PhD representative)
- N. Jamann, MD. - Netherlands Insitute for Neuroscience, KNAW (PhD representative)
Swammerdam lecture committee
The Swammerdam Lecture committee consists of senior researchers from several institutes in Amsterdam and a PhD representative . It organizes the Swammerdam Lectures series.
- Prof. dr. M. Kole - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, KNAW (chair)
- Dr. E. Aronica - Amsterdam UMC, location AMC
- Dr. V.M. Heine - CNCR, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
- Dr. N. Goriounova - CNCR, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Dr. F. Jacobs. - Neurosciences, SILS, University of Amsterdam
- Dr. M. Schoonheim - Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
- Dr. J. Mejias - Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, University of Amsterdam
- H. Nogueira Pinto, MSc. - CNCR, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc (PhD representative)
STaff
Kim Hubregtse, MSc. – graduate school coordinator
Ramya Balbon – administration
Finances
Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Participating research institutes
- Netherlands Institute for Neurosciences, KNAW
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research
- University of Amsterdam - Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS), Neurosciences
- Erasmus MC Rotterdam - Department of Neuroscience
- Amsterdam UMC - Amsterdam Neuroscience
Affiliated institutes
- Cell Biology, Molecular Neuroscience Section, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University
- Amsterdam Brain & Cognition, University of Amsterdam
- Amsterdam Neuroscience
