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Ritalin enhances your ability to do tasks by making you more motivated
26 March 2020A new study uncovers how stimulants like Ritalin work in the brain, and it challenges some misconceptions for its recreative use. The collaboration between Radboudumc and Brown University (USA) was published in the journal Science.
Study into better protection for healthcare workers against coronavirus infection
19 March 2020Radboudumc and UMC Utrecht will investigate whether health care workers are better protected against the coronavirus after a vaccination against tuberculosis (BCG vaccine). This vaccine does not directly protect against the coronavirus, but provides a boost to the immune system.
Differences in the placental disposition of TNF inhibitors uncovered
19 March 2020In Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, researchers from the Depts. of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Health Evidence, in collaboration with Sanquin Diagnostic Services, investigated the placental handling of the TNF inhibitors infliximab and etanercept.
Preserved specific force in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
19 February 2020DCMN researcher Saskia Lassche et al., theme Disorders of Movement, recently showed in Neurology that remaining muscle fibers in Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) patients have normal muscle strength, even in severely affected muscles.
Five ZonMw ‘Off Road’ grants for Radboudumc researchers
17 February 2020Benoit Besson, Annemarie Boleij, Jonne Doorduin, Jorik Nonnekes and Sara Roig Merino have each received an ZonMw ‘Off Road’ grant of €100,000. The grants are intended for biomedical health researchers who dare to go off the beaten track in their search for new insights and unexpected breakthroughs.
Interactive career day for Postdocs and PhD candidates
13 February 202045 Postdocs and PhD candidates attended the first Interactive career day organised by Janssen Pharmaceutica, to learn more about career perspectives and R&D activities that on the longer term can lead to ideas and potential future collaboration.
Research Integrity Round with Frank Miedema
6 February 2020Guest speaker on 9 March 2020 is Frank Miedema, Vice Rector for research and chair of the Utrecht University Open Science program. He is one of the initiators of Science in Transition. All students, PhD candidates and senior researchers are invited to attend. Please register via the website.
6 million euros to uncover link between metabolic and brain disorders
21 January 2020An important European-funded initiative, coordinated by Radboudumc researchers Barbara Franke, Jan Buitelaar, and Janita Bralten, has been launched to explore how common molecular mechanisms may link metabolic disorders with brain disorders.
Rubicon Grant for Marieke Klein
14 January 2020DCMN researcher Marieke Klein, theme Neurodevelopmental disorders, received a Rubicon Grant from the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The Rubicon program gives young, highly promising researchers the opportunity to gain international research experience.
Radboud Talks 2020 deadline registration 3 February 2020
14 January 2020The next edition of Radboud Talks will take place in the spring. During this academic pitch competition, young researchers will be given the opportunity to share their stories with a large audience. In a three-minute presentation, you will talk about your research in a fun and accessible manner.
9 million euros made available for lifestyle research
13 January 2020Neuroscientist Esther Aarts has been awarded a Crossover grant from NWO for her MOCIA project. This grant will boost progress in lifestyle research for the elderly. MOCIA focuses on achieving a healthier brain during aging, and involves a public-private partnership.
European grant for rare neurological disease
9 January 2020Together with a consortium of European researchers, neurologist and Donders PI Bart van de Warrenburg and RIHS researcher Marjan Meinders have received a 2 million euro grant for research into rare neurological movement disorders: spastic ataxia.
Simple tool provides insight into the average life expectancy for patients with dementia
19 December 2019A simple tool can quickly provide patients, with a dementia diagnosis, with more clarity about their average life expectancy. This tool is developed by Radboudumc in collaboration with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.
UMC consortium brings Digital Research Environment to next phase
19 December 2019Radboudumc, Erasmus MC and UMC Utrecht will work together to bring the Digital Research Environment to the next phase. The ultimate goal: to make this online environment for the secure and fast management, analysis, sharing and storage of research data a national and international success.
Mechanism exposed for increased stress sensitivity
17 December 2019Approximately seventy percent of the population carries a genetic variant of the so-called serotonin transporter gene. This genetic variant makes people more sensitive to stress and increases the risk of stress-related disorders, such as depression.
Two DCMN researchers in top 1 percent by citations
28 November 2019Jan Buitelaar and Christian Beckmann made it to this year’s list of highly cited researchers. Researchers in this list are selected for their exceptional research performance and are regarded to have had a major impact on fellow scientists.
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1.5 million for research into young people with mild intellectual disabilities
13 November 2019Researchers from the Radboud University and Radboudumc will partner with social organisations to map how often young people with mild intellectual disabilities have psychological problems and how they can be treated. The project was recently awarded a subsidy of 1.5 million euro by ZonMw.
Self-management rehabilitation program improves participation in patients with neuromuscular disease
4 November 2019Yvonne Veenhuizen, Alexander Geurts theme Neurorehabilitation, Baziel van Engelen, theme Disorders of movement, and colleagues, showed that Energetic improves participation in patients with neuromuscular disease. They have published their results in Neurology.
KWF Roadshow 11 November 2019
10 October 2019In which way(s) can KWF provide optimal support to oncological research and care? How can we maximize impact on our investments? These questions are pivotal in Ambition 2030: the vision that KWF developed in close cooperation with stakeholders in the oncological field.
Radboud university medical center opens first healthcare AI labs
19 September 2019These are the first two ‘labs’ in the east of the Netherlands that are part of the national Innovation Center for Artificial Intelligence and the first health labs. With these two initiatives, Radboudumc and its partners are investing heavily in the application of AI to health care.
Careful prescription of addictive painkillers still necessary
19 September 2019Although the use of opioid painkillers in the Netherlands has risen over the past ten years, it is nowhere near the degree to which they are used in the United States, say Arnt Schellekens and his colleagues in an article published in The Lancet Public Health.
DELA, Radboudumc and Games for Health start a new project to fight loneliness among elderly using games
12 August 2019More than half of people aged 75 and over feel their selves lonely every now and then. A special collaboration between DELA, Radboudumc, and Games for Health will investigate whether joined gaming between elderly and young people can alleviate this social problem.
Interested to supervise a bachelor student for a short period?
25 July 2019Are you interested in helping second year (bio)medical bachelor students in the first steps of their scientific development? Especially for PhD candidates this is a perfect opportunity to become involved in teaching/supervision!
Online mindfulness therapy for patients with cancer and pyschological problems
12 July 2019Anne Speckens, professor of Psychiatry, and Judith Prins, professor of Medical Psychology, received a KWF grant to do research on online mindfulness therapy for patients diagnosed with cancer and have psychological problems.
Awarded KWF grants for Radboudumc researchers
2 July 2019The Dutch Cancer Society (KWF) has awarded 25.5 million euros to 50 new research projects in 16 different institutes. 8 grants are awarded to Radboudumc researchers. We congratulate our researchers with this funding and wish them success with their great work.
