Oral Presentation at SSIB 32nd Annual Meeting

We are delight­ed to announce that our Doc­tor­al Researcher, Arsene Kanyamib­wa, has been accept­ed for an oral pre­sen­ta­tion at the pres­ti­gious Soci­ety for the Study of Inges­tive Behav­ior (SSIB) 32nd Annu­al Meet­ing. The event will take place from July 28 to August 1, 2025, at the Math­e­mat­i­cal Insti­tute in Oxford,...

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Department retreat 2025

The Depart­ment of Psy­chol­o­gy set off for a one-day retreat to the sun­ny des­ti­na­tion of Tvär­minne. True to tra­di­tion, the day was packed with pro­duc­tive ses­sions focused on improv­ing depart­men­tal process­es, along­side sci­en­tif­ic talks and poster pre­sen­ta­tions. This year, par­tic­i­pants had the chance to learn about the life and work...

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Obesity Week 2024

The 2024 edi­tion of  Obe­si­ty Week took place in San Anto­nio, Texas (USA) on the 3rd- 6th Novem­ber, and our doc­tor­al Researcher, Arsene KANYAMIBWA, was there to present a poster on the final ver­sion of the image data­base Finn­Food­Pics! He learned about the lat­est updates on Glucagon-like peptide‑1 ago­nists research,...

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More Grant news !!!

We are delight­ed to announce that Arsene Kanyamib­wa has been award­ed a pres­ti­gious grant from the Jen­ny and Antti Wihuri Foun­da­tion for the year 2024 (Start­ing Novem­ber 15th for 12 months). This grant is part of our ongo­ing com­mit­ment to sup­port­ing research, art, and soci­etal activ­i­ties, with over €15 mil­lion...

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New member at the OBRAIN Lab !!!

We are excit­ed to announce that Jonathan Ray has joined the OBRAIN lab as a mas­ter’s the­sis stu­dent. Jonathan will be uti­liz­ing data from our lab to devel­op his the­sis, and we eager­ly antic­i­pate the insights and dis­cov­er­ies his work will bring. In addi­tion to his the­sis research, Jonathan will con­tribute...

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Big Questions in Neuroscience” Event

We are pleased to announce that our Lab’s Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor Annette Horstmann will be pre­sent­ing at the upcom­ing event titled “Big Ques­tions in Neu­ro­science and Cur­rent Lim­its of Knowl­edge.” This engag­ing ses­sion will take place on Wednes­day, Sep­tem­ber 11, 2024, from 15:15 to 16:15, fol­lowed by coffee/tea and dis­cus­sion, at...

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Grant news!!!

We are thrilled to announce that our Doc­tor­al Researcher, Manon Chédev­ille, has been award­ed a pres­ti­gious three-year iCAN­DOC grant to con­duct ground­break­ing research on the LUMINA project (Long-term Under­stand­ing of Mech­a­nisms Involved in Neu­rocog­ni­tive Alter­ations fol­low­ing breast can­cer). This project aims to deep­en our under­stand­ing of the neu­rocog­ni­tive changes expe­ri­enced...

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Highlights from the Recent Psychology Congress in Helsinki

We are pleased to share that our lab par­tic­i­pat­ed in the Psy­chol­o­gy Con­gress (Psykolo­gia Kon­gres­si 2024), held from August 14 to 16, 2024, mark­ing the even­t’s return after a long hia­tus. The con­gress pro­vid­ed a won­der­ful oppor­tu­ni­ty to con­nect with new col­leagues, reunite with famil­iar faces, and explore the lat­est...

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Department Retreat 2024

The Depart­ment of Psy­chol­o­gy and Logo­pe­dics trav­eled to sun­ny Tvär­minne for a one-day retreat. As every year, there were numer­ous pro­duc­tive ses­sions dis­cussing improve­ments for var­i­ous depart­men­tal process­es, along­side sci­en­tif­ic talks and poster pre­sen­ta­tions. Quite unex­pect­ed­ly, it snowed, so the social evening includ­ed a sauna and board games.

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Bienvenue Manon !!!

We are thrilled to announce that Manon Chédev­ille has joined the O’Brain Lab as a doc­tor­al researcher. Manon comes to us from France, where she earned her Master’s degree in Psy­chol­o­gy from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Bor­deaux in 2021. She fur­ther com­plet­ed a Mas­ter’s in neu­ro­sciences at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Caen. Manon’s...

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