Media attention
Recently, a lot of attention has been paid to the 100-plus study. Below you will find an overview of the media attention. “Tijd voor Max” On Wednesday, February 1, 2023, Henne Holstege was a guest on the program ‘Tijd voor…
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One day of the Practical Team
The members of our Practical Team, the colleagues that visit the centenarians, wrote a blog about their daily tasks. The work as a research assistant varies enormously from day to day: from contact with our participants to working with data.…
New Alzheimer genes
New Alzheimer’s genes An international research team led by the Alzheimer Center and the Human Genetics Department of Amsterdam UMC has discovered two new ‘Alzheimer genes’. Colleagues Henne Holstege and Marc Hulsman have made a significant contribution to this research.…
Book presentation Humberto Tan
Amsterdam 17 november 2022 Boekpresentatie van het boek over 100 jarigen van Humberto Tan .[/caption] November 17, 2022 Book presentation of Humberto Tan’s book about centenarians. On November 17, a part of the 100-plus group were guests at the…
Article NewScientist
A new publication about centenarians with signs of Alzheimer’s in the brain that are still sharp. Read the areticle here: Alzheimers-disease-100-year-olds-with-amyloid-plaques-and-tau-tangles-are-still-mentally-sharp-New-Scientist-1.pdf (100plus.nl)
Article NewScientist
100-year-olds with signs of Alzheimer’s in the brain are still sharp Read the article here
100-plus day 2022!
Photo of the participants together with the study team at the 100-plus day 2022 by Liesbeth Dingemans. Finally! After 2 years of COVID we celebrated a 100-plus Day with the centenarian participants of the 100-plus Study! They teach us how…
Nina Beker wins 2021 Dissertation award from the Dutch Society of Neuropsychology
Nina Beker won the 2021 Dissertation award from the Dutch Society of Neuropsychology with her thesis: ‘Cognition in centenarians: Evaluation of cognitive health in centenarians from the 100-plus Study’. The research Nina Beker investigated to which extent the cognition of…
Henne Holstege speaking at NHAD21
Dr. Henne Holstege presented at the VIB conference series: New Horizons in Alzheimer’s Disease (hybrid edition). Below you can find the recording of her presentation ‘Learning from cognitively healthy centenarians to escape dementia’.
Henne Holstege presented at ASHG 2021
Dr. Henne Holstege presented at ASHG 2021: Uncovering Neurological Disorders Through an Examination of VNTRs. You can find the recording of this talk below.