As an NAD fellow, Andreas Lindholm is excited to dive deeper into his current research interests as well as expand his scientific horizon.
Andreas obtained his master’s degree in Biomedicine from Uppsala University in 2025, during which he also completed a traineeship in Brazil. This time around, he will only be crossing one national border, and he is excited to experience the neuroscience community in Denmark:
“I applied to this program because the rotation system allows me to explore diverse research lines before defining my focus. I am also eager to challenge myself in a new scientific environment and value the freedom to independently design my own PhD project,” Andreas explains.
Andreas’ primary research interests lie within the field of systems neuroscience, with a specific interest in how large neural circuits together with local microcircuit motifs govern behaviour:
“During my pre-PhD year, I am hoping to explore how systems neuroscience is applied to different modalities by doing a rotation in a lab studying higher order cognitive functions, another studying motor behaviour and finally one studying sensory processing. This is because I know systems neuroscience, particularly looking at circuits and cells during behaviour, is my interest. But I want to experience the pros and cons of each modality to determine which one I want to study,” Andreas says. In his first rotation in the Yamawaki Lab at Aarhus University, Andreas will acquire skills in correlating neural circuit activity with behaviour by performing in vivo fibre photometry recordings during complex tasks like trace fear conditioning and social discrimination.
Science is in many ways a creative endeavour, and Andreas also enjoys creative activities in his spare time: singing and playing guitar.