NANDINI PERIYAPALAYAM SEKAR
I am Nandini from Chennai, India and I was a part of Track 4 (Year 1 in Berlin and Year 2 in Amsterdam) of the 2018-2020 intake. I am primarily interested in transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and its applications in treating psychiatric disorders and disorders of consciousness. I worked on understanding gamma oscillations in my first lab rotation and on TMS in motor mapping in pre-surgical brain tumor patients in my second rotation in Berlin. For my final year thesis in Amsterdam, I worked on electroencephalographic (EEG) changes associated with pre-frontal repetitive TMS in psychiatric patients. In my free time I paint, sing Indian Carnatic Classical music, and play an Indian classical instrument called the veena. My two years with Neurasmus has been like a dream. I got to study what I love best (the human brain), had hands-on experiences working with patients in the university-associated hospital, sampled the research scenario in two different European countries, and above all, met amazing teachers, friends and coordinators who have become family for life. The entire Neurasmus program as well as the prestigious scholarship has been a great opportunity for me and I couldn't have asked for a better launch pad into the amazing world of neuroscience research.