Netherlands Neurogenomics Database
The Netherlands Neurogenomics Database (NND) provides access to deeply characterized human brain donor data from the Netherlands Brain Bank. The NND was developed to facilitate cross-diagnostic research across neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders. The goal is to facilitate research into brain disorders by integration of clinical, neuropathological and genetics information. The NND provides access to carefully curated clinical and neuropathological data derived from deeply characterized NBB brain donors. The platform allows researchers to the explore rich, multi-layered datasets through intuitive and interactive interfaces and visualizations.
Organisation & funding
The project involves multiple members of the Netherlands Brain Bank team at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and is carried out in close collaboration with Dr. Inge R. Holtman, Rosalind Franklin Fellow, and her research group at the University Medical Center Groningen, department of Biomedical Sciences.
The team receives financial support from multiple sources:
- Stichting Vrienden van het Herseninstituut supported the establishment of the NBB
- The Chan Zuckerberg initiative supports the expansion of the NND datasets
- The ZonMw Hoofdzaken programme supports infrastructural changes required to make the NND data available to the larger research community