Cato De Vos

Experience

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  Ahold

  Mar 2010 - Sept 2013

  Albert Heijn

  Medewerker verkoopklaar, kassa en bakkerij

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  Wynberg Girls' High School

  Sept 2012 - Jun 2013

  Exchange Student

  "Gap student" at Wynberg Girls' High School (WGHS) as part of the 9-month exchange program of the Alberdingk Thijm Scholen and the Robert Storms Foundation. At WGHS I was an round assistant of the school staff, including teachers, administration staff, after school activities and at the boarding house.

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  LEOXX

  Oct 2013 - Jun 2015

  Frontoffice
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  Studentenpartij UvAsociaal

  Jan 2015 - Oct 2016

  Principal Secretary

  As principal secretary was I responsible for communication with the party members as well as external contacts. As member of the 3 headed board I was also responsible for the daily functioning and promotion of the party.

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  Hogan Lovells

  Jun 2015 - Mar 2017

  Receptionist frontoffice
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  Workrate

  Dec 2016 - Jan 2022

  Security Executive

  Security at Equinix datacenter locations AM3/4, AM6 and AM8.

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  UMC Utrecht

  Mar 2017 - Jul 2017

  Research intern at the department of Psychiatry

  Bachelor internship & thesis. Title of project: "Underprescription of clozapinein treatment-resistant schizophrenia"Department: PsychiatrySupervisor: Cynthia Okhuijsen-Pfeifer. Grade: 8.0/10.0Publication: "Differences between physicians’ and nurse practitioners’ viewpoints on reasons for clozapine underprescription." by Ockhuijsen-Pfeifer et al., 2019 Brain and Behavior. Additional: Intern at Clozapine International study.

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  SILS

  Jan 2018 - Jul 2018

  Research intern at Lucassen Lab

  Research intern at the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Brain Plasticity group of Prof. Dr. Paul Lucassen (http://sils.uva.nl/sfpns). Worked on the effects of early life stress on brain programming by using mice models. Supervised by Dr. Aniko Korosi and Dr. Maralinde Abbink. Project title: "Early-life stress induced vulnerability to Western-style diet in mice." Grade: 8.1/10.0Techniques: Immunohistochemistry, fluorescent microscopy, behavioural analysis. Publication: "The Effects of Early Life Stress, Postnatal Diet Modulation, and Long-Term Western-Style Diet on Later-Life Metabolic and Cognitive Outcomes" by Abbink et al., Nutrients, 2020.Extra curricular:- Organization committee of annual Neurobiology Master Tracks Symposium, 2018- Poster presentation at the annual Dutch Neuroscience Meeting, Lunteren 2018. Show less

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  Edmond and Lily Safra Center - ELSC

  Jan 2019 - Oct 2019

  Research Intern at Goshen Lab

  Visiting research fellow at the lab of Dr. Inbal Goshen, ELSC, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Here I investigated astrocyte-neurons connectivity in the rodent striatum. Supervised by Dr. Inbal Goshen and Ron Rafaeli, MSc.www.goshenlab.com Project title: "Astrocytic domains in the dorsolateral striatum"Grade: 8.0/10.0Techniques: stereotactic virus injections; perfusions; CLARITY; confocal imaging; FluoView; IMARIS; ImageJ; immunohistochemistry; behavioural paradigms.Funding: JBC Travel Exchange for International Young Researchers in Brain and Cognitive Science Scholarship, issued by the Jerusalem Brain Community, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, September 2018. Show less

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  Universiteit van Amsterdam

  Oct 2020 - Sept 2021

  Teaching Assistant

  Teaching assistant for the bachelor Psychobiology, University of Amsterdam. I taught the practical workgroups for the 1st and 2nd year students of the Psychobiology bachelor for the courses Introduction Natlab, Genetics & Evolution, Cell biology and Molecular Cell biology. My goal is to create a safe environment for students to ask questions, learn and grow, and share my enthusiasm about conducting science!

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  Stichting 1nP

  Sept 2021 - Feb 2024

  Research Assistant psychedelics-assisted therapy

  Assisted Heval Ozgen , MD, PhD, and Gerard van Kesteren (PhD cand.) in several clinical trials investigating the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of psychedelics-assisted therapy. Collaborations amongst others with MAPS, ARQ Centrum '45 and LUMC.

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  OPEN Foundation

  Nov 2021 - now

  Programming Team

  - Team lead programming ICPR 2022: As team lead of the Programming team of the 5th Interdisciplinary Conference for Psychedelic Research (ICPR) organised by the Open Foundation, I coordinated the volunteers team responsible for the invitation, selection of and communication with speakers and workshops for the conference. Besides, I was involved in many other practices of the organisation, working closely together with Joost Breeksema (conference director) and Pedram Dara (conference manager).- Programming Team membership programme. Organising online events (presentations, Q&A, panel discussions, etc) for the membership programme.- Team member programming team ICPR 2024: Responsible for the invitation, selection of and communication with speakers for the conference as well as creating the programme and moderating sessions during ICPR 2024. Show less

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  Parnassia Groep

  Oct 2023 - Feb 2024

  Junior researcher RE.PROCESS study - via 1nP

  In the RE.PROCES study lead by Dr. David van den Berg at the Mark van der Gaag Research Center, the effects of three different trauma treatments (Cognitive restructuring, EMDR, exposure) are investigated for people with psychotic symptoms that have experienced traumatic events. I was responsible for the EMDR fidelity of the study. Because of this I followed the EMDR basic training in Nov 2023. More info: https://mrcresearch.nl/project/re-process/ead

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  PsyCare NL

  Mar 2024 - now

  Founder

  - Founder and coördinator.- Providing a safe and supportive environment at festivals for those experiencing a variety of challenging, non-medical, experiences. Our team of experienced assists festival attendees through difficult experiences, whether they are drug-related or not. We are there for you, with love and without judgment.- Landjuweel Festival 2024 (Ruigoord); Dutch Decompression 2023.

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  Astare Uitzendbureau

  Jul 2024 - now

  Sociotherapist

  Sociotherapist at (forensic) psychiatric wards