Dr. M. (Marlies) Oostland
Assistant Professor in Cellular and Circuit Neuroscience
Faculty of Science
Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences
Visiting address
- Science Park 904
Postal address
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Postbus 94246
1090 GE Amsterdam
Contact details
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Research
My research aim is to understand neuronal mechanisms underlying behavior. Specifically, I am interested in the contributions of brain circuits to cognitive and playful behaviors in the context of neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders, particularly in brain-wide networks linking the cerebellum and the cerebral cortex.
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Teaching
I am teaching in various courses at both Bachelors and Masters level, including for Psychobiology, Biomedical Sciences, Biology, and Beta-gamma.
I am the course coordinator of the 3rd year Psychobiology elective course Experimental Neurophysiology (previously: From Neuron to Behaviour).
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Internships
We usually have opportunities for student internships available, on topics related to cerebellar contributions to cognition and neurodegenerative disorders (Alzheimer's Disease, ALS, FTD). Techniques may include immunohistochemistry (on animal and human post-mortem tissue, very suitable for Bachelor internship projects), electrophysiology, and/or animal behaviour (for Masters students only). We also have some largely computational projects available, which include analysis and categorization of various aspects of animal behaviour. For students from the University of Amsterdam who are interested in doing a research internship with me (min. 5 months fulltime commitment), please contact me via email to learn more about current available projects.
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Publications
2024
- Beau, M., Herzfeld, D. J., Naveros, F., Hemelt, M. E., D'Agostino, F., Oostland, M., Sánchez-López, A., Chung, Y. Y., Maibach, M., Stabb, H. N., Martínez Lopera, M. G., Lajko, A., Zedler, M., Ohmae, S., Hall, N. J., Clark, B. A., Cohen, D., Lisberger, S. G., Kostadinov, D., ... Medina, J. F. (2024). A deep-learning strategy to identify cell types across species from high-density extracellular recordings. BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.30.577845
Verpeut, J. L., & Oostland, M. (2024). The significance of cerebellar contributions in early-life through aging. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 18, Article 1449364. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncom.2024.1449364 [details]
2023
- Deverett, B., & Oostland, M. (2023). Cerebellum and Decision-Making. In D. L. Gruol, N. Koibuchi, M. Manto, M. Molinari, J. D. Schmahmann, & Y. Shen (Eds.), Essentials of Cerebellum and Cerebellar Disorders: A Primer For Graduate Students (2nd ed., pp. 387-390). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15070-8_60 [details]
- van Hooft, J. A., & Oostland, M. (2023). Serotonin in the Cerebellum. In D. L. Gruol, N. Koibuchi, M. Manto, M. Molinari, J. D. Schmahmann, & Y. Shen (Eds.), Essentials of Cerebellum and Cerebellar Disorders: A Primer For Graduate Students (2nd ed., pp. 209-213). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15070-8_32 [details]
2026
- Oostland, M., Kislin, M., Chen, Y., Chen, T., Venditto, S. J., Deverett, B., & Wang, S. S. H. (2026). Cerebellar acceleration of learning in an evidence-accumulation task. Cell Reports, 45(4), Article 117262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2026.117262
2025
- Beau, M., Herzfeld, D. J., Naveros, F., Hemelt, M. E., D'Agostino, F., Oostland, M., Sánchez-López, A., Chung, Y. Y., Maibach, M., Kyranakis, S., Stabb, H. N., Martínez Lopera, M. G., Lajko, A., Zedler, M., Ohmae, S., Hall, N. J., Clark, B. A., Cohen, D., Lisberger, S. G., ... Medina, J. F. (2025). A deep learning strategy to identify cell types across species from high-density extracellular recordings. Cell, 188(8), 2218-2234.e22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.01.041 [details]
2023
- Deverett, B., & Oostland, M. (2023). Cerebellum and Decision-Making. In D. L. Gruol, N. Koibuchi, M. Manto, M. Molinari, J. D. Schmahmann, & Y. Shen (Eds.), Essentials of Cerebellum and Cerebellar Disorders: A Primer For Graduate Students (2nd ed., pp. 387-390). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15070-8_60 [details]
- van Hooft, J. A., & Oostland, M. (2023). Serotonin in the Cerebellum. In D. L. Gruol, N. Koibuchi, M. Manto, M. Molinari, J. D. Schmahmann, & Y. Shen (Eds.), Essentials of Cerebellum and Cerebellar Disorders: A Primer For Graduate Students (2nd ed., pp. 209-213). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15070-8_32 [details]
2020
- Oostland, M., & Brecht, M. (2020). Kin-Avoidance in Cannibalistic Homicide. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 2161. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02161
2018
- Deverett, B., Koay, S. A., Oostland, M., & Wang, S. S. H. (2018). Cerebellar involvement in an evidence-accumulation decision-making task. eLife, 7, Article e36781. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.36781
- Garden, D. L. F., Oostland, M., Jelitai, M., Rinaldi, A., Duguid, I., & Nolan, M. F. (2018). Inferior Olive HCN1 Channels Coordinate Synaptic Integration and Complex Spike Timing. Cell Reports, 22(7), 1722-1733. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2018.01.069
2014
- Oostland, M., Buijink, M. R., Teunisse, G. M., von Oerthel, L., Smidt, M. P., & van Hooft, J. A. (2014). Distinct Temporal Expression of 5-HT1A and 5-HT 2A Receptors on Cerebellar Granule Cells in Mice. The Cerebellum, 13(4), 491-500. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12311-014-0565-4 [details]
2013
- Oostland, M., & van Hooft, J. A. (2013). The role of serotonin in cerebellar development. Neuroscience, 248, 201-212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.05.029 [details]
- Oostland, M., Buijink, M. R., & van Hooft, J. A. (2013). Serotonergic control of Purkinje cell maturation and climbing fibre elimination by 5-HT3 receptors in the juvenile mouse cerebellum. Journal of Physiology, 591(7), 1793-1807. https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2012.246413 [details]
2011
- Oostland, M., Sellmeijer, J., & van Hooft, J. A. (2011). Transient expression of functional serotonin 5-HT3 receptors by glutamatergic granule cells in the early postnatal mouse cerebellum. Journal of Physiology, 589(20), 4837-4846. https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2011.217307 [details]
2024
- Beau, M., Herzfeld, D. J., Naveros, F., Hemelt, M. E., D'Agostino, F., Oostland, M., Sánchez-López, A., Chung, Y. Y., Maibach, M., Stabb, H. N., Martínez Lopera, M. G., Lajko, A., Zedler, M., Ohmae, S., Hall, N. J., Clark, B. A., Cohen, D., Lisberger, S. G., Kostadinov, D., ... Medina, J. F. (2024). A deep-learning strategy to identify cell types across species from high-density extracellular recordings. BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.30.577845
- Verpeut, J. L., & Oostland, M. (2024). The significance of cerebellar contributions in early-life through aging. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 18, Article 1449364. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncom.2024.1449364 [details]
2016
- Oostland, M., & van Hooft, J. A. (2016). Serotonin in the cerebellum. In Essentials of Cerebellum and Cerebellar Disorders: A Primer for Graduate Students (pp. 243-247). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24551-5_31
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Verpeut, J. L., & Oostland, M. (2024). The significance of cerebellar contributions in early-life through aging. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 18, Article 1449364.