Charles Verdonk

A Busy Parent’s Guide to Pursuing a STEM PhD <p>It may be unconventional, but having children before or during your PhD is not career suicide. Now, in the midst of my PhD training, I have two girls: one is ten and the other is three. Here are so...

Wonderful report that brought me back to my own PhD years, with fair and valuable advice. A must-read for PhD candidates who are also parents!👨‍🎓👶 neuronline.sfn.org/career-paths...

My postdoctoral research was made possible with the support of the Laureate Institute for Brain Research, the Fédération pour la Recherche sur le Cerveau, the Unafam, Prof. Damien LEGER, and the Union des Blessés de la Face et de la Tête / Fondation des Gueules Cassées 🙏 2/2

👇I had the privilege of working under Sahib's supervision on this exciting study. Many thanks to the whole team for their contributions! Sahib shared a fantastic thread summarizing our main findings (see below). 1/2

🙏 Huge thanks to my coauthors @skhalsa.bsky.social and Olujimi Ajijola!
A special shoutout to @skhalsa.bsky.social for his mentorship and for giving me the opportunity to dive into the world of animal research on interoception.
Grateful for this enriching and collaborative journey!

🚨 New publication!
Proud to share our latest article exploring how a “𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑠” multidisciplinary approach can bridge the gap between animal and human research in interoception & mental health.
👉 Read here : www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

👏 Congrats to the team at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research for this excellent science communication work!

Self-Regulation Without Force: Can Awareness Leverage Reward to Drive Behavior Change? - PubMed To reach longer-term goals and live aligned with their values, people typically must regulate their behavior. Effortful self-control is one way to achieve this and is usually framed as a forceful stru...

What I find especially valuable is the core message: identifying your emotions is the first step toward regulating them - a principle that echoes the spirit of this scientific paper: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32857672/

The #BrainHealth videos released by Walter Reed Army Institute of Research may have been designed for service members - but their relevance goes beyond. Whether you’re in uniform or not, these short tools can help when stress or negative self-talk shows up.
🎥 www.dvidshub.net/tags/video/b...

Just wrapped up the advanced course on #Interoception and Brain Disorders led by @sarahgarf.bsky.social & @skhalsa.bsky.social in Venice - what an unforgettable experience 🤩 Grateful to have presented my work, learned so much, and connected with truly inspiring researchers!

Excited to attend the advanced course on #interoception in Venice this week! Looking forward to deepening my expertise, exchanging with leaders and peers in the field, and applying these insights to my work on body-brain interactions and health.

🎧🧠 Inspired by LIBR-@mpwpaulus.bsky.social's great idea, I used Google’s NotebookLM to turn one of my thesis papers into a podcast—and it worked really well!
▶️ Give it a listen: drive.google.com/file/d/1SDhi...
📄 You can check out the original paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Great visit today to the Beliefs & Perceptions team at Lille Neuroscience & Cognition! I presented my work on body-brain interactions and had inspiring discussions, including one with Dr. Leroy on proprioception and PTSD. Excited for possible collaborations!

😊 Huge thanks to ECNP for the opportunity to share my work at their Workshop on Applied #Neuroscience. I’m grateful for the insightful discussions throughout this amazing event. Connecting with passionate early-career neuroscientists and exchanging ideas was an incredible experience!

🔎 Curious about how abnormal gastrointestinal interoception predicts relapse in anorexia nervosa? Stop by my poster (P107) tonight to discover our latest findings! I’d love to chat and share insights on this exciting topic with you! 😊

Thrilled to be at the #ECNP Workshop on Applied Neuroscience today! Can’t wait to connect with everyone and dive into the latest breakthroughs in the field.

Clinical neurocardiology: defining the value of neuroscience‐based cardiovascular therapeutics – 2024 update Abstract figure legend Clinical neurocardiology: pathophysiology, diagnostics and therapeutics. Illustrated is a summary of bidirectional interactions between the heart and nervous system, with a pat...

New paper alert—this is a master class on interdisciplinary collaboration updating the basic understanding and clinical outlook for neurocardiology. Led by Olu Ajijola Kalyanam Shivkumar and a cardiology dream team. #interoception

physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

This is the outcome of a fascinating work under the supervision of @skhalsa.bsky.social, with the collaboration from Keller Mink, Emily Choquette, Ahmad Mayeli, Jennifer Stewart, @mpwpaulus.bsky.social, and @rssmith.bsky.social at Laureate Institute for Brain Research

I'm excited to attend the #ECNP Workshop on Applied Neuroscience and present our findings on markers of abnormal gastrointestinal interoception predicting relapse in anorexia nervosa. Catch Poster P107 on Thursday, March 20, & my oral presentation on Friday, March 21, at 9:10 AM

Our recent research showed that disrupted vestibular signals affect cognition by slowing inhibitory responses and accelerating decision-making. Read more here: nature.com/articles/s41.... Happy to connect, SparkBiomedical and Lt. Col. Isaac D. Erbele, to learn more about your work!

Looking forward to this project’s findings! 👉 dallasinnovates.com/dallas-spark.... tVNS may also help reveal how bodily signals shape cognition—crucial for military performance under extreme conditions.