UMC Utrecht

Approximately 90% of all Dutch ALS patients (more than 500 per year) are diagnosed in our centre. We plan all diagnostic tests and consultations for a patient in one day. Prof. Dr. Leonard van den Berg, coordinator of the ALS Centre Netherlands, is one of the initiators of the TRICALS platform, with the aim of scaling up research into ALS treatment by improving cooperation between patients, industry and ALS centres. He is also one of the initiators of Project Mine, which is one of the largest research initiatives worldwide investigating the genetic basis of ALS. The research of the ALS Centre Netherlands focuses on epidemiology, brain imaging and cognitive functioning of ALS patients.