Jan-Pieter Konsma

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Groningen, the Netherlands 
Ph.D. in Life and Health Sciences, Bordeaux Segalen University, France 
M.S. in Neurobiology, University of Groningen, the Netherlands 1995 Associate Degree in Biology, University of Groningen, the Netherlands

AWARDS and HONORS

Wenner Gren Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, Sweden 2001
Cum laude Ph.D. Thesis defense, University of Groningen, the Netherlands 2000
Erasmus Undergraduate Scholarship 1994

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Senior Researcher, CNRS Institute for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience in Aquitaine,
Bordeaux University, France 2016-
Project team leader 2018-2020
Development of a philosophy of interdisciplinarity in psychoneuroendocrinology and psychoneuroimmunology

Project team leader 2016-
Behavioral and brain consequences of early life sickness: Study of behavior and brain function after early life exposure to infectious or neoplastic conditions.
Senior Researcher, CNRS Center of Magnetic Resonance of Biological Systems, Bordeaux University, France 2011-2015
Project team leader 2012-2015
Sepsis-associated encephalopathy: Study of brain blood flow and white matter organization during bacterial sepsis using flow-, perfusion- and diffusion-weighted MRI and histology

Senior Researcher, CNRS-INRA unit for PsychoNeuroImmunology, Nutrition & Genetics,
Bordeaux Segalen University, France 2007-2010
Project team leader 2009-2010
Brain Interleukin-1 receptors: Study of the role of different Interleukin-1 receptor-bearing cells in mediating sickness symptoms and brain activation during systemic inflammation
Cancer-associated anorexia: Study of changes in brain mRNA expression during tumor- induced anorexia using a genome-wide transcriptome strategy
Hypophagia-induced hyperactivity: Study of forebrain activation during food restriction-induced hyperactivity using a functional neuroanatomy approach

Junior Researcher, CNRS-INRA unit for Integrative Neurobiology,
Bordeaux Segalen University, France 2002-2006
Brain Interleukin-1 receptors: Development, implementation and refinement of intervention strategies to study brain Interleukin-1 action during systemic inflammation
Cancer-associated anorexia: Study of forebrain activation during chronic tumor-induced anorexia using a functional neuroanatomy approach

Postdoctoral research fellow, research adviser Prof. Anders Blomqvist, department of Cell Biology,
Health University of Linköping, Sweden 1999-2001
Brain Interleukin-1 receptors: Identification of the majority of Interleukin-1 receptor-bearing cells in the brain after the characterization and validation of a new antiserum
Cancer-associated anorexia: Implementation of a functional neuroanatomy strategy to study forebrain activation during chronic tumor-induced anorexia

Doctoral research, research adviser Dr. Robert Dantzer, INSERM unit for Integrative Neurobiology,
Bordeaux Segalen University, France / University of Groningen, the Netherlands 1995-1999
Immune-to-Brain Communication: Study of immune-to-brain signaling pathways during systemic inflammation using a functional neuroanatomy strategy