Mifuyu Hori was excited to share that she officially graduated with an MSc in Neuroscience from the University of Copenhagen. Here is what she had to say:

"This journey has been one of the most challenging yet rewarding experiences of my life, one that pushed me both academically and personally. And in many ways, it truly felt like the stars aligned.

Building upon my bachelor's thesis on the therapeutic potential of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for depression, I was fortunate to land a student job in a hospital-based clinical trial on the very same topic at Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance (DRCMR) in my first year, contributing to work that directly impacts patients' lives.

Over the past nine months, I dove deep into brain imaging data to systematically evaluate a novel method for improving how we pinpoint the right targets in the brain when treating de-pression with TMS, striving to make treatments more precise and effective for each individual patient. This culminated in my master's thesis: "Methodological Validity and Reproducibility of Connectivity-Guided TMS Targeting in Treat-ment-Resistant Depression: A Systematic Evaluation of the Seedmap Approach." Along the way, I was honored to receive a scholarship from the Danish Society for Neuroscience (DSfN) and the Lundbeck Foundation, which also funded my trip to the 2nd Workshop on MRI of Neuromodulation in Vienna this April, where I had an incredible opportunity to connect with so many inspiring researchers and industry leaders in the neurotech space. I'm also grateful to the Danish Government Scholarship for funding my studies and living over the past two years. This work would not have been possible without the guidance of Professor Hartwig Siebner, and Postdoc Armita Faghani Jadidi, or the support of Professor Axel Thielscher, and PhD student Bianka Rumi. Above all, I am grateful to my colleagues, friends, and family, who kept me going throughout. As I close this chapter, I look forward to continuing to grow, be challenged, and contribute to something meaningful.

Here's to new beginnings!"