Julie got a grant from the Belgian Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS) involving 4 years of funding and the possibility to hire new postdoctoral fellows. The grant involves an amount of 300 kEuros and the project will aim at better understanding the functional role(s) played by inhibition in the motor system.

Vincent Moens (on the right on the picture below) defended his PhD thesis entitled “From intelligent animals to intelligent machines: learning, decision and action” on November 16th 2018. His scientific achievements are impressive. Congrats Vince!

Vincent Moens being awarded his PhD.
Most of the team members of the CoActions Lab attended the Belgian Brain Congress by the Belgian Brain Council (BBC), held in Liège, Belgium, on October 19, 2018. Pierre Vassiliadis, Fanny Fievez, Caroline Quoilin, Julien Grandjean and Emmanuelle Wilhelm had been selected for a poster presentation.
Emmanuelle Wilhelm was awarded the Patients' Associations Prize (prize for the best interaction with patients’ associations) at the Belgian Brain Congress 2018.

Julien Grandjean during his e-poster presentation

Poster presentation Hall at the Palais des Congrès, Liège

Fanny Fievez with Prof. Ris, chair of her poster session, during her presentation

Caroline Quoilin presenting her e-poster

Emmanuelle Wilhelm with Prof. Kajosch, chair of her poster session, before her presentation

Pierre Vassiliadis during his e-poster presentation

Emmanuelle Wilhelm was awarded the Patients' Associations Prize at the Belgian Brain Congress 2018. From left to right: Roland Pochet, Emmanuelle Wilhelm, Jean Schoenen
Monika Gergelyfi (3rd from the left) presented her PhD thesis entitled “Multidimensional investigation of the link between mental fatigue and motivation”. Congratulations to her!

