Invited talks (Dr. Heidi Jacobs, selection)
  • December 2023: "Locus coeruleus neuroimaging: the road to detect the pre-preclinical stages of Alzheimer's disease" UCSD ADRC Neurodegeneration Seminar Series, San Diego, USA
  • December 2023: "Evaluating the locus coeruleus as early marker of Alzheimer's disease", Neuroscience Seminars, Columbia University, New York, USA
  • October 2023: "Focus on the locus coeruleus to detect pre-preclinical Alzheimer's disease", Alzheimer Fast Track BrightFocus, Washington DC, USA
  • September 2023: "Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation in aging and preclinical Alzheimer's disease: current approaches and underexplored questions", Multimodal neuroimaging seminar, Cologne University Hospital, Germany
  • July 2023: "Locus coeruleus integrity exhibits distinct anatomical vulnerabilities to regional tau and amyloid accumulation: parallel and intersecting mechanisms?", Alzheimer's Association International Conference, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • June 2023 "The blue spot: role in the origin and early detection of Alzheimer's disease", Flemish Clinical Neuropsychology Association Spring Symposium, Leuven, Belgium
  • May 2023: " Role of the locus coeruleus in Alzheimer's disease", 13th Annual Rush Alzheimer's disease Center ROSMAP Meeting, Chicago, USA
  • March 2023: "Evidence from neuroimaging for an early contribution of the locus coeruleus in Alzheimer's disease pathophysiology", J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center of MGH, Boston, SUA
  • January 2023: "A central role of the locus coeruleus in the initial spatiotemporal progression of tau and its contribution to cognition", Human Amyloid Imaging Conference, Miami, USA
  • December 2022: "Imaging the locus coeruleus to detect preclinical Alzheimer’s disease: from 3T to 7T MRI", Human Connectome Project Group (virtual)
  • October 2022: "Evidence from neuroimaging for an early contribution of the locus coeruleus in Alzheimer’s disease pathophysiology", Frontiers in Neuroscience Seminar Series, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
  • October 2022: "Imaging the locus coeruleus at 3T versus 7T to detect preclinical Alzheimer’s disease", Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Science Symposium:” MRI based detection of early stage Parkinson’s disease”, Leipzig, Germany (virtual)
  • August 2022: "The locus coeruleus in Alzheimer’s disease: target for early detection and intervention", CNBS Meeting, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA (virtual)
  • July 2022: "Plasma ptau231 predicts locus coeruleus integrity earlier in life than other Alzheimer’s disease plasma markers: a 7T MRI study across the adult lifespan", Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, San Diego, USA
  • May 2022: "Focus on the locus in aging and Alzheimer’s disease", Growing up in Aging Neuroscience Symposium, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
  • April 2022: "High-Resolution Structural Brainstem nuclei: Locus Coeruleus Integrity as Potential Biomarker of Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Phenotypes", Society of Biological Psychiatry, New Orleans, LO, USA
  • December 2021: "Locus coeruleus imaging: towards very early detection and prevention of Alzheimer's disease", Emory Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Seminars, Atlanta, USA (virtual)
  • October 2021: "Locus coeruleus integrity, tau accumulation and memory dysfunction in autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease", the Blue Spot Seminars, Dublin, Ireland (virtual)
  • July 2021: "Locus coeruleus integrity predicts tau accumulation and memory dysfunction in autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease", AAIC, Denver, USA (moved from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, due to COVID-19)
  • June 2021: "Elucidating the contribution of in vivo measures of locus coeruleus structure and function to Alzheimer's disease pathology and cognitive decline", OHBM, Seoul, South-Korea (virtual)
  • June 2021: "Post-mortem locus coeruleus correlates in Alzheimer's disease: relevance for in-vivo studies", the Blue Spot Seminars, Dublin, Ireland (virtual)
  • May 2021: "State-of-the-art imaging of the brainstem (locus coeruleus) in aging and Alzheimer's disease", ISMRM &SMRT, Vancouver, Canada (virtual)
  • April 2021: "Structure and function of the locus coeruleus in aging and preclinical Alzheimer's disease", Integrative Model-based Cognitive Neuroscience Research unit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (virtual)
  • December 2020: "Focus on the locus: from methods to biomarkers to interventions", Feindel Brain and Mind Seminar, The Neuro McGill, Montreal, Canada (virtual)
  • November 2020: "Mapping and modulating the locus coeruleus in aging and Alzheimer's disease", the Blue Spot Seminars, Dublin, Ireland (virtual)
  • July 2020: “Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation increases locus coeruleus function and memory performance in older individuals”, Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (virtual)
  • July 2020: “Tracking the origin of tau spread in the brain”, Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (virtual)
  • July 2020: “Focus on the locus coeruleus: links with amyloid and tau pathology and cognitive decline”, MGH Multicultural Alzheimer’s Prevention Program Seminar
  • May 2020:”Elucidating the role of the locus coeruleus in Alzheimer’s disease from an aging perspective”, Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, USA (cancelled due to COVID-19)
  • April 2020: “Linking brainstem and molecular changes in aging and AD”, MINC 2020 Symposium, Cologne, Germany (cancelled due to COVID-19)
  • March 2020: “Locus coeruleus integrity tracks with initial Alzheimer’s disease-related pathology and cognitive decline”, MGH Memory Disorders Unit & Movement Disorders Unit Conference, Boston, USA
  • January 2020: "Locus coeruleus integrity tracks with initial Alzheimer's disease related pathology and cognitive decline" at the Human Amyloid Imaging Conference, Miami, USA
  • December 2019: " Linking Norepinephrine - locus coeruleus measures to Alzheimer's disease pathology" at the second Locus Coeruleus Imaging Meeting, Magdeburg, Germany
  • May 2019: "Origin and spread of tau: associations with memory and aging" at the Charles River Association for Memory meeting at the  Boston University Center for Memory and Brain, Boston, USA.
  • April 2019: "Focus on the locus coeruleus" at the Dickerson lab meeting of the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Boston, USA
  • July 2018: "Regional asymmetries in amyloid and tau go together: evidence for local interaction" at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, Chicago, USA.
  • June 2018: :"Alzheimer's disease: Imaging Neuropathology in vivo" at the International Academy of Pathology and the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland in Maastricht, the Netherlands.  
  • June 2018: " Tau propagation in preclinical Alzheimer's disease: Brainstem and cortical perspectives" at the Neuroscience Research Seminars at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany
  • February 2018: "Focus on the locus coeruleus with 7T MRI" at the first Locus Coeruleus Imaging meeting, Magdeburg, Germany
  • January 2018: "Coupling between amyloid and tau occurs at a younger age in APOE E4-carriers than non-carriers" at the Human Amyloid Imaging Conference, Miami, USA
  • August 2017: "Local diffusivity alterations predict local tau accumulation over time" at the Speech language and hearing sciences, Boston University, Boston, USA
  • June 2017: " Role of the locus coeruleus and the cerebellum in cognition: perspective from Alzheimer's disease" at the Spring Symposium of the Flemish Association for Neuropsychology, Leuven, Belgium
  • March 2017: " Hippocampal cingulum bundle integrity predicts downstream tau accumulation over time" at the lab meeting of the BaND-lab of the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Boston, USA
  • March 2017: "Focus on the locus (coeruleus): link to memory dysfunction" at the Speakers series of the Neuroimaging and Neuropsychology group of the VA Hospital in Boston (USA)
  • July 2016: "The effect of tract-specific loss of white matter connectivity on cognitive decline in healthy older individuals depends upon posterior cingulate tau binding" at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, Toronto, Canada
  • April 2016: "Neurodegeneration and compensation in the brains of patients with dementia: challenges and perspectives" at the Alzheimer Centre Limburg Symposium, Rijckholt, The Netherlands
  • January 2016: "The impact of amyloid and tau on the association between hippocampal volume and memory is subfield-specific" at the Human Amyloid Imaging Conference, Miami, USA
  • April 2015: “From neuropathology to mapping brain connectivity to modulating networks in Alzheimer’s disease” at the Psychopharmacology meeting of the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
  • December 2014: “Beyond medial temporal lobe dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease” at the Fundamental Neuroscience Symposium, Maastricht, The Netherlands
  • November 2014: “ Mapping Alzheimer pathology with 7T MRI” at the University Fund Limburg meeting, Maastricht, The Netherlands
  • July 2014: “Using effective / functional and structural connectivity in early Alzheimer’s disease: the parietal lobe” at the 3rd Annual Retreat of the Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine, Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
  • November 2013: “Memory problems: when are they normal, when not?” at the 2. Kölner Demenz Symposium of the University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
  • October 2013: “ New developments in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease” at Open Dementia Meeting of the Dienstencentrum De Linde, Riemst, Belgium
  • September 2013: “Stability of resting-state networks as a predictor for cognitive decline” at the Erwin L. Hahn fMRI Workshop 2013, Essen, Germany
  • March 2013: “Cerebral-Cerebellar contributions to Alzheimer’s disease: evidence from structural and functional MRI” at the Neuroscience meeting of the School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University in Maastricht, The Netherlands.
  • October 2012:”Parietal matters in early Alzheimer’s disease: from connectivity to interventions” at the XII Annual Meeting of the International College of the International College of Geriatric Psychoneuropharmacology in Sevilla, Spain
  • May 2012: “The parietal lobe in early Alzheimer’s disease: an integrative approach” at the Research Day of the School of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University in Maastricht, The Netherlands
  • April 2012: “De rol van de parietaalkwab in de vroege fase van de ziekte van Alzheimer: evidentie vanuit structurele en functionele MRI” [The role of the parietal lobe in early Alzheimer’s disease: evidence from structural and functional MRI] at the Voorjaarsmeeting of the Dutch Association for Psychiatry (NVvP) in Maastricht, The Netherlands
  • March 2012: “Het belang van de parietaalkwab in de vroege fase van de ziekte van Alzheimer: evidentie vanuit structurele en functionele MRI” [The relevance of the parietal lobe in early Alzheimer’s disease: evidence from structural and functional MRI] at the Winter meeting of Geriatrics and Gerontology in Oostende, Belgium
  • November 2011: ”Structural and functional parietal changes matter for the understanding and diagnosis of early Alzheimer’s disease” at the INSERM - Cyceron meeting in Caen, France
  • April 2011: “Neuroimaging: opportunities and new developments for dementia” at the PsychoGeriatric Meeting, in Maastricht, The Netherlands.
  • February 2011: “Parietal matters in early Alzheimer’s disease: evidence from structural and functional MRI” at the INM-3 Group meeting Forschungszentrum Julich, Germany
  • March 2009: “Neuroimaging of grey and white matter atrophy in cognitive ageing”  at the Research Day  of the School for Mental Health and Neuroscience in Maastricht, The Netherlands.
  • February 2008: “The parietal cortex in aging: atrophy patterns and connectivity” at the Marie Curie fellow meeting in Maastricht, The Netherlands.
  • February 2007: “Structural brain changes, cognitive aging and prodromes of Alzheimer’s disease: a neuroimaging approach” at the Marie Curie fellow meeting in Maastricht, The Netherlands.