On Monday, July 29, Dr. Henne Holstege delivered her plenary talk at AAIC 2024 on the fascinating topic of cognitive health in centenarians and the genomic pathways involved in neurodegenerative diseases. Henne, a leading researcher at Amsterdam UMC, shared her…
A milestone with pride! At the end of May we included the 110-year-old Jan van Ierland as the 1000th participant in the study cohort of cognitively healthy centenarians and their first degree family members. Mr. van Ierland still plays the…
From May 13th to 16th, 2024, the ICC 2024 event took place on the beautiful island of Texel. This gathering brought together professionals and enthusiasts for an engaging few days filled with insightful talks and networking opportunities. Participants from all…
At 20:55 Amsterdam time on 7 March, the 100-Plus study will be highlighted on television. A PhD student and Henne Holstege will reveal the secrets to reaching the age of a centenarian. https://ntr.nl/Focus/287/detail/Hoe-word-ik-100/VPWON_1353474
On the 5th of March 2024, Henne Holstege had the honor to give a plenary talk at the AD/PD in Lisbon. Her talk was titled: Escaping Dementia Until Extreme Ages: What Cognitvely Healthy Centenarians Can Teach Us.
This weekend an interview with Henne was publiced in the Volkskrant. Please read the whole interview with Henne by clicking on the following link: Honderd 100-jarigen: Een uniek gezelschapje rasoptimisten (volkskrant.nl)
On January 10, 2024, the 100-plus team from Amsterdam UMC won the award for ‘external visibility.’ The award was presented during the New Year’s speech at Amsterdam UMC. The price is a beautiful paperweight featuring the AUMC logo and…
On 11 December Andrea Ganz defended her thesis “the brains of cognitively healthy centenarians”. We would like to congratualte Andrea with this wonderful achievement. Congratulations Dr. Ganz! The online version of her thesis can be found here: The brains of…
Recently, on 7 December 2023 at the Advanced Computing User Day hosted by Surf we launched the Alzheimer Genetics Hub. Henne was the keynote speaker of this day. During her keynote she officially launche the Alzheimer Genetics Hub. Please…
On 1st September we celebrated the 100-plus day. We had a wonderful day with all the researchers and our participating centenarians. We enjoyed a great lunch, a quiz and music. It was fantastic!