Karin Roelofs

Karin Roelofs

@epanlab.bsky.social

Experimental Psychopathology and Affective Neuroscience (Donders Institute and Behavioral Science Institute, Radboud University) https://www.epanlab.nl/

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Karin Roelofs
@epanlab.bsky.social

Super proud of @sjoerdmeijer.bsky.social who demonstrated that amygdala-TUS slows initial threat acquisition and enhances subsequent extinction. Great collaboration with @lennartverhagen.bsky.social and @deVoogdld.bsky.social ea. Thanks to @ERC.europa.eu. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

science.orgThe human amygdala in threat learning and extinctionUltrasonic neuromodulation of the human amygdala provides causal evidence for its role in forming persistent threat memories.
Karin Roelofs
@epanlab.bsky.social

We are hiring! Passionate about affective neuroscience, computational modelling and transcranial ultrasound stimulation? Come and join our PhD project funded by @erc.europa.eu and work with a dynamic team with @lennartverhagen.bsky.social @dondersinst.bsky.social ! Apply: www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

ru.nlPhD Position: Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation and Computational Affective Neuroscience | Radboud UniversityDo you want to work as a PhD 'Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation and Computational Affective Neuroscience'? Check our vacancy!
Karin Roelofs
@epanlab.bsky.social

Amazing to see so many organizations engaged at the kickoff meeting for stakeholders for the @nwo.nl NWA CONTEXT project on stress-regulation in police and youth

Karin Roelofs
@epanlab.bsky.social

I’m super proud of @felixklaassen.bsky.social who just published the last paper of his PhD, with ao Bob Bramson & linda @devoogdld.bsky.social funded by @erc. Check out his thread⬇️ Defensive cardiac states sharpen neural value representations during decision making www.nature.com/articles/s42...

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Felix Klaassen@felixklaassen.bsky.social

I am excited to share that the final study of my PhD is out in @commsbio.nature.com: Defensive cardiac states sharpen neural value representations during decision making doi.org/10.1038/s420... With Bob Bramson, Jan-Mathijs Schoffelen, @devoogdld.bsky.social and @epanlab.bsky.social 1/5

doi.orgDefensive cardiac states sharpen neural value representations during decision making - Communications BiologyDecoding neural threat-reward information using high-precision MEG in humans shows that defensive cardiac states sharpen low-frequency value representations in dorsal anterior cingulate cortex during ...

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European Research Council (ERC)
@erc.europa.eu

Congratulations to the new prize winners - all four funded by the ERC. Spinoza Prize: 🏅Karin Roelofs, also our Scientific Council member 🏅 Hermen Overkleeft Stevin Prize: 🏅 Iris Sommer 🏅 Claes de Vreese Hats off! 🇪🇺

Karin Roelofs
@epanlab.bsky.social

Thanks for organizing Sam! What an amazing place (including the night hike with midnight sun); wonderful people and great discussions☀️

Sam Verschooren@samversc.bsky.social

Last week we organized the Experimental Health Research Conference in Tromsø, bringing together researchers from across UiT's Faculty of Health Sciences (uit.no/tavla/artikk...). Very lucky with @epanlab.bsky.social and Arno Villringer as keynotes and we even caught some (almost) midnight sun!☀️🗻

Karin Roelofs
@epanlab.bsky.social

PhD Position: Computational Affective Neuroscience and Ultrasonic Neuromodulation at @dondersinst.bsky.social >Passionate about ultrasonic modulation? Come and join us! funded by @erc.europa.eu HEART2ADAPT @epanlab.bsky.social in coll. with @lennartverhagen.bsky.social www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

ru.nlPhD Position: Computational Affective Neuroscience and Ultrasound Neuromodulation | Radboud UniversityDo you want to work as a PhD 'Computational Affective Neuroscience and Neuromodulation' at the Faculty of Social Sciences? Check our vacancy!
Karin Roelofs
@epanlab.bsky.social

🧠 Congrats @felixklaassen.bsky.social with this unique DBS case study targeting the midbrain PAG. Direct PAG stimulation (and not a bordering control region) induces threat-specific bradycardia ❤️ @devoogdld.bsky.social @anneloeshulsman.bsky.social & co-authors www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

tandfonline.comStimulation of the human periaqueductal gray induces threat bradycardia: a case reportThe ability to recognize and anticipate potential danger is crucial for survival across species. The midbrain periaqueductal gray (PAG) is implicated in regulating threat-anticipatory responses, in...
Karin Roelofs
@epanlab.bsky.social

This case review remains important highlight to avoid misunderstandings

Elsa Fouragnan@efouragnan.bsky.social

A brain injury was reported in a trial using ultrasound, framed as low-intensity TUS. Kim Butts Pauly and I reviewed the case and disagreed with how it's presented. Key acoustic data are missing. Case: doi.org/10.1016/j.br... Letters: www.elsa-fouragnan.com/blog | web.stanford.edu/~kimbutts/Le...

sciencedirect.comBrain Injury During Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation for Substance Use Disorder

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Sjoerd Meijer
@sjoerdmeijer.bsky.social

🧠 Can brain stimulation help socially anxious people approach what they fear? 😠😰 We used synchronized electrical brain stimulation to improve control over emotional behaviour in social anxiety, while scanning their brains to understand who responds best and why. 🆕📄 doi.org/10.1523/JNEU...

Karin Roelofs
@epanlab.bsky.social

Very interesting work! Congrat Johannes, fantastic to see all this amygdala-TUS work coming out now.

Johannes Algermissen@johalgermissen.bsky.social

Very happy our first paper using ultrasound stimulation (TUS) to stimulate the human amygdala (BLA) got out in @cp-neuron.bsky.social today! 🎉🥳🔊Great FUN with co-first authors @mirunmigyu.bsky.social @lilweb.bsky.social in @mkflugge.bsky.social 's lab! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

sciencedirect.comLow-intensity focused ultrasound to human amygdala reveals a causal role in ambiguous emotion processing and alters local and network activityThe amygdala shows abnormal metabolism in depression, a disorder marked by altered emotion, motivation, and learning. Yet its causal role in these pro…
Karin Roelofs
@epanlab.bsky.social

See extensive thread by @sjoerdmeijer.bsky.social ➡️ bsky.app/profile/sjoe...

Sjoerd Meijer@sjoerdmeijer.bsky.social

🧠 What makes threat memories so hard to forget? 🐍😱 Using focused ultrasound we provide causal evidence that the human amygdala drives rapid threat learning 🐍⚡ and determines how resistant those memories become to subsequent extinction 🐍🚫 🆕📄 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

science.orgThe human amygdala in threat learning and extinctionUltrasonic neuromodulation of the human amygdala provides causal evidence for its role in forming persistent threat memories.
Karin Roelofs
@epanlab.bsky.social

I’m thrilled that Lina Skora was awarded the prestigious MSCA; many congrats @linaskora.bsky.social 🎉🎉 We are so much looking forward to collaborating with you in the EPAN lab @dondersinst.bsky.social 🎉🎉

Lina Skora@linaskora.bsky.social

Reporting today as a freshly-minted #MSCA fellow - I will be joining the @epanlab.bsky.social at the @dondersinst.bsky.social 🤩 Over the moon, but also thinking about all the excellent proposals who were not awarded funding in this brutal round - feels more like a lottery than ever.

Karin Roelofs
@epanlab.bsky.social

It was great fun to have Jurre and Sahil @npo visiting the Donders Institute @dondersinst.bsky.social Well done @jonathan Postema, @floris Klumpers. and @sjoerdmeijer.bsky.social at testing and scaring them😄

Donders Institute@dondersinst.bsky.social

🎥 Wat gebeurt er in je hersenen als je bang bent – en kun je angst uitzetten? 😱 Angsthaas Jurre Geluk en 💪 durfal Sahil Amar Aissa doken het lab van @epanlab.bsky.social in en testten met VR of het beroemde ‘angstknopje’ aan- en uit te zetten is: www.zapp.nl/programmas/p...

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Floor Burghoorn
@floorburghoorn.bsky.social

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Huge thanks to the Healthy Brain Study initiative for the great database, and to my co-authors Karin Roelofs (@epanlab.bsky.social), Bill Burk, Terrence Jorgensen, Anouk Scheres, and Bernd Figner for the great collaboration! (6/6)

Karin Roelofs
@epanlab.bsky.social

Thank you all for the fantastic collaboration. All ERC grantees should be member of the association of ERC grantees ercgrantees.bsky.social. AERG does not only have great activities and initiatives, It is essential to form a network that is the voice of unbound excellence-based research in Europe.

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Association of ERC Grantees@ercgrantees.bsky.social

We are proud to announce that AERG Border Member and former vice-president Professor Karin Roelofs @epanlab.bsky.social has been appointed to the Scientific Council of the European Research Council @erc.europa.eu Find more 👇 aerg.eu/news/New-erc...

aerg.euBoard Member Karin Roelofs Appointed to the ERC Scientific Council • Association of ERC GranteesNo description yet
Karin Roelofs
@epanlab.bsky.social

It is a great honor to join the Scientific Council of the @erc.europa.eu. The ERC is precisely the kind of organisation I am proud to champion. Science is what binds Europe together and sustains its resilience

erc.europa.euSix new members of the ERC Scientific Council and three new Vice PresidentsToday, six new members of the governing body of the European Research Council (ERC), the Scientific Council, have been appointed by the European Commission. The term of one current member has also bee...
Karin Roelofs
@epanlab.bsky.social

Ik was a treat to join the summerschool of the RTG on emotional learning and memory. Thanks for all discussions and inspiring talks! www.linkedin.com/posts/elena-...

linkedin.comThe 𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 of our RTG came to an end and what a rewarding experience it was for our whole group. Settled near the beautiful Ratzeburg at the lakeside at Hotel "Der… | Elena DrozdovaThe 𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 of our RTG came to an end and what a rewarding experience it was for our whole group. Settled near the beautiful Ratzeburg at the lakeside at Hotel "Der Seehof", we had 2.5 day...
Karin Roelofs
@epanlab.bsky.social

I still have no words for it, what an immense loss. I know Andrea since our clinical training in 1999 and only a few months ago we toasted on our ERC’s. We have lost one of the most inspiring scientists of the world. We have lost a beautiful person. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

universiteitleiden.nlIn memoriam: Andrea Evers (1967 - 2025)It is with deep sorrow that we share the news that our dear colleague Andrea Evers passed away on Monday, 4 August 2025. Since 2013, Andrea had been affiliated with the Faculty of Social and Behaviour...
Karin Roelofs
@epanlab.bsky.social

Super excited to be part of this amazing @nwas.org consortium with Erasmus U (Crone & Marciniak); Amst.UMC (Nauta-Jansen), UVA (Frankenhuis), UU (Smit), @radboudumc.bsky.social (@ernohermans.bsky.nl) and many stakeholders, i.e. National Police. Thanks @Floris Klumpers! can’t wait to get started🎉🎉🎉

Donders Institute@dondersinst.bsky.social

🚓🕶️⌚ VR vs stress & aggression Nearly €7M from the NWA for #CONTEXT: reducing stress and aggression in police & at-risk youth. Smartwatches + VR teach early stress detection & emotion control. 🔗 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

ru.nlNew research tackles stress and aggression with virtual reality | Radboud UniversityThe CONTEXT project has been awarded nearly €7 million from the National Science Agenda (NWA) for an ambitious project to reduce stress and aggression among police officers and at-risk youth.
Karin Roelofs
@epanlab.bsky.social

Research is NOT the same as innovation. Spend the money at least equally on bottom-up research by @erc.europa.eu. ERC grantees @ercgrantees.Baku.social are the most successful in the EIC, but there is no innovation without fundamental Bluesky research by the ERC sciencebusiness.net/news/europea...

sciencebusiness.netEU should double, if not triple, the EIC budget, Zaharieva saysThe European Commission hopes to at least double the budget of the European Innovation Council (EIC), if not triple it, when the agency can only finance 4% of the projects it receives, research commis...
Karin Roelofs
@epanlab.bsky.social

Many thanks to this EPAN dream team ! @epanlab.bsky.social

Donders Institute@dondersinst.bsky.social

🚨 €2.5M from the ERC for Karin Roelofs and the HEART2ADAPT project — diving deep into how body and brain team up when we make decisions under threat. 🧠❤️‍🔥 "We're in the ideal position to study this complex interaction," she says. 👇 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

ru.nlERC Advanced Grant for Karin Roelofs | Radboud UniversityRoelofs will receive €2.5 million from the European Research Council for her project HEART2ADAPT, to investigate body-mind interactions during decisions under threat.
Karin Roelofs
@epanlab.bsky.social

🎉I am super excited and extremely grateful for having received an ERC Advanced grant #ERCAdG 🎉🎉 🎉 Thanks so much to my team, at Radboud and the #donders institute, my collaborators and all who have helped me. I can’t wait to get started! 🥰 @dondersinst.bsky.social @erc.Europe.EU #horizonEU

Donders Institute@dondersinst.bsky.social

🚨 €2.5M from the ERC for Karin Roelofs and the HEART2ADAPT project — diving deep into how body and brain team up when we make decisions under threat. 🧠❤️‍🔥 "We're in the ideal position to study this complex interaction," she says. 👇 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

ru.nlERC Advanced Grant for Karin Roelofs | Radboud UniversityRoelofs will receive €2.5 million from the European Research Council for her project HEART2ADAPT, to investigate body-mind interactions during decisions under threat.

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Association of ERC Grantees
@ercgrantees.bsky.social

“It is essential to enable scientists to continue delivering their groundbreaking contributions to societal progress. The best way for them to do so is to enhance the autonomy and the funding of the ERC” AERG warns about the dangers for EU research www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

researchprofessionalnews.comSector unaware of political risk to ERC, grantee leader warns - Research Professional NewsAssociation of European Research Council Grantees calls for funder to gain legal independence
Karin Roelofs
@epanlab.bsky.social

What an amazing week on San Servolo on interoception and brain disorders; I learned so much, thanks all for the great discussions and thanks for the great organization and all the the fun! @skhalsa.bsky.social @sarahgarf.bsky.social

Sarah Garfinkel@sarahgarf.bsky.social

I'm excited to be co-leading a course on Interoception and Brain disorders with Sahib Khalsa @skhalsa.bsky.social on the beautiful academic island of San Servolo, Venice, in May 2025 www.neurosas.org/advanced-cou...

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Nicole Rust
@nicolecrust.bsky.social

Calling all science advocates!! Carlos Brody+ are creating a searchable database of tangible science benefits, and they need you. publicusaresearchbenefits.com They are asking for suggestions - from brief to lengthy. The database is state-searchable, so all 50 states. Please spread the word!

publicusaresearchbenefits.comSearchable database of tangible benefits that federally-funded research gave us.A crowd-sourced site. Health and Well-being. National Security. Prosperity.