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Why we are curious about 'useless' information A neurocognitive explanation

13 October 2021

In our daily lives, we are exposed to an overload of information. We found ourselves to be curious about both 'useful' information such as weather forecasts, and 'useless' information such as the infinite content on social media. A new study provides us a cognitive explanation to such curiosity.

Doubling of depression in pregnant women during corona lockdown

12 October 2021

Worries about the virus and reduced support from healthcare and social network contribute to mental health problems

Recognition & Rewards: panel discussion 20 October 2021

11 October 2021

What makes a good researcher? How should we evaluate and reward good academic practices? What metrics, if any, should we use to evaluate university staff and award funding? Could deviating from current international standards be good or bad for Dutch academia?

More frequent genetic testing required in children with language delays

8 October 2021

Genetic cause for developmental language and speech disorder in child provides relief for parents. Lot Snijders Blok describes errors in five new genes.

Palliative care for people with Parkinson’s Disease and their family Caregivers Current state of affairs

7 October 2021

Advanced stage Parkinson’s disease can cause a variety of symptoms, for which palliative care can be beneficial, though research from the point of view of patients in later stages is still rare. Radboudumc researchers therefore placed their patients perspectives at the center of their recent study.

Do you want to participate in producing a short film about your PhD research?

28 September 2021

In the new BMS master course 'Moving Science - using film in science communication', master students will make a short film about a scientific subject. And what is better a subject than your PhD project? Sign up here!

Large AI project receives over €95 million for ten years of public-private research

23 September 2021

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) is to fund two consortia for a period of ten years. Radboudumc participates in the ROBUST consortium, which consists of 17 AI labs, eight of which are dedicated to healthcare. Radboudumc leads five of these eight labs.

TropIQ seeks new mosquito repellents

21 September 2021

TropIQ Health Sciences, a Radboudumc spin-off, has received a 1.3 million USD grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to track down new mosquito repellents.

Young Radboudumc researchers receive grant to engage in bio-medical and health research that is off the beaten path

16 September 2021

The ZonMw Off Road program is once again giving young scientists the opportunity to conduct innovative research in medical and/or health care. This research is off the beaten track and aims to bring about new insights and unexpected breakthroughs for healthcare and healthcare innovation.

Infections increase risk to develop dementia

16 September 2021

In a recently published study, Radboudumc researchers investigated the effects of infectious events on cognitive decline and the development of dementia and its possible structural underpinning using pre- and post-infection MRI of the brain.

ENABLECARES launches a course on entrepreneurship for PhD candidates and postdocs

15 September 2021

Are you thinking about what to do after your PhD? Want to know more about entrepreneurship? This course gives you insight in many aspects of entrepreneurship and research in industry.

Study shows no relation between breastfeeding and inhibitory control in three-year-old children

15 September 2021

New study from Radboudumc researchers, investigated whether breastfeeding was related to inhibitory control, the ability to control impulsive behavior, of 3-year-old children, and whether diet played an intermediate role in this relation.

Donders Medal for Aart Schene

14 September 2021

Aart Schene received the Donders Medal from Indira Tendolkar, who presented it on behalf of the Donders Institute. This newly instituted prize to honor Aart's contribution to the Donders Institute had already been virtually awarded to him during his farewell.

Increasing stress resilience through neurofeedback training

13 September 2021

Stress-related mental illnesses are amongst those with the highest disease burden, and efforts to reduce their prevalence have remained largely unsuccessful. A recent study from Florian Krause and colleagues investigated the possibility of regulating your brain networks away from a “stressed” state.

People with Parkinson’s disease can benefit from seven gait strategies

9 September 2021

People with Parkinson’s disease who have difficulty walking can use several strategies to improve walking. New research shows that many people have never heard of or tried these strategies.

New Frontiers symposium on Translational Glycoscience Last chance for early bird registration

1 September 2021

Register now for our annual New Frontiers Symposium (18 & 19 November 2021) on current advances in glycobiology.

Fewer gallbladder surgeries do not reduce pain symptoms

11 August 2021

A third of patients still have symptoms a year after a gallbladder removal. Dutch research in JAMA Surgery shows how patient and surgeon can make a better choice.

KNAW Ter Meulen grants for Radboudumc researchers

10 August 2021

Four young researchers of the Radboudumc in the field of pediatrics and related fields can go abroad for a scientific research project/work visit in the coming year with a KNAW Ter Meulen grant.

Radboudumc to lead research team into tackling future pandemics NWO funds complexity research on pandemics

5 August 2021

The Radboudumc is going to lead a study on how to deal with future pandemics, together with Radboud University and the University of Amsterdam. Rick Quax from the Informatics Institute/IAS is involved in this project.

Treatment of brain diseases at risk if neuroscientists can no longer conduct their research

5 August 2021

In order to treat brain diseases such as depression, Alzheimer's or ADHD, more research into the brain is needed.

More variants TLR7 gene found in young healthy men with severe Covid-19 Screening and accelerated vaccination for TLR7 immunodeficiency

3 August 2021

Spanish-Dutch research has revealed two new mutations in the TLR7 gene in healthy young men who became seriously ill with severe Covid-19.

Nijmegen literally puts Digital Health on the map Flourishing ecosystem gets its own interactive overview

22 July 2021

Digital Health is thriving in the Nijmegen region, where it contributes to better care and health and also creates jobs. To bring developers and end users even closer together, The Economic Board and the Radboudumc are introducing the Interactive Digital Health map.

ZonMw funding for PSIDER program

14 July 2021

Michiel Vermeulen, Klaas Mulder and Nael Nadif Kasri receive funding from ZonMw for a collaborative project to develop a stem cell based model to study early human embryogenesis.

VIDI grants for researchers of Radboud university medical center

14 July 2021

Several Radboudumc researchers have been awarded a VIDI grant by the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). They each receive a sum of 800,000 euros, which they will use over the next five years to develop their own innovative line of research and to set up a research group.

Sonlicromanol seems promising for certain cancers Khondrion announces publication in PLOS ONE of new research

13 July 2021

Khondrion announces publication in PLOS ONE of new research showing normalisation of prostate cancer stem cell mPGES-1 overexpression and inhibition of cancer spheroid growth by sonlicromanol’s active metabolite.

Newborn screening in sight through the discovery of novel disease biomarkers by new technique

8 July 2021

To identify new biomarkers that can be used in the newborn screening protocol, also known as the neonatal heel prick, Karlien Coene and colleagues joined forces with scientists at the Radboud University’s FELIX laser laboratory. They published their findings in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.

Radboud Pluim for Myrthe Swaak

8 July 2021

''Extraordinary accomplishments, strong commitment and a positive and constructive attitude” were the words used to praise senior communications advisor for science, Myrthe Swaak, when she received the Radboud Pluim.

Next Generation cytogenetics is on its way Does Optical Genome Mapping turn cytogenetics upside down?

7 July 2021

Dutch-French research shows that Optical Genome Mapping (OGM) detects abnormalities in chromosomes and DNA very quickly, effectively and accurately.

Radboudumc receives prestigious Edmond J. Safra Fellowship

5 July 2021

Fellowship to train a new movement disorder clinician-researcher (a neurologist with additional education and expertise in Parkinson’s and related diseases)

ZonMw Open Competition Grants for several Radboud researchers

15 June 2021

Four teams including researchers from Radboudumc and Radboud University receive a ZonMw Open Competion grant. Each proposal has a maximum budget of 750K euros.

Human microbiome could shed light on higher morbidity rate in minoritized populations The link between environmental inequities and disease may lie in the gut

15 June 2021

A study published in PNAS is the first to explicitly address the gut microbiome as a pathway to understanding how environmental inequities could lead to health disparities.

New ultra-high field MRI system available for Radboudumc and Radboud University

10 June 2021

Recently, the Hahn institute in Essen has received a new heart: a 20-ton ultra-high-field MRI scanner from Siemens Healthcare with a magnetic field strength of 7 Tesla. The new CE-approved scanner is ready for business, and projects on body and brain imaging are starting up.

On the prevalence of cerebral amyloid angiopathy a systematic review and meta-analysis

10 June 2021

Published in ‘Alzheimers and Dementia’, researchers at Radboudumc performed a systematic review and meta-analysis on the prevalence of Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy. They scrutinized and analyzed 170 publications, comprising publications using either a neuroimaging or a neuropathological approach.

Retina-on-chip modeling and treating eye diseases in a dish

10 June 2021

Alex Garanto, together with Anneke den Hollander and Andries van der Meer (UTwente) have received 1,17M€ to develop a retina-on-chip model to improve our understanding in eye diseases and to develop treatments against them.

Radboud Pluim for Dagmar Eleveld-Trancikova Policy advisor of the three research institutes

8 June 2021

Radboudpluim for research policy adviser Dagmar Eleveld-Trancikova.

Gut microbiota alleviates effects of stress on cognition

3 June 2021

Researchers from the Radboudumc and Donders Institute have shown that the gut microbiota is involved in the protecting effects of probiotics on cognitive performance in acute stress circumstances. Their results are now published in Translational Psychiatry.

European research project raises hopes in fight against rare diseases Solve-RD successfully established an innovative approach to jointly re-analyze genomic and phenotypic data from unsolved rare disease patients

1 June 2021

For the first time in Europe hundreds of rare disease experts team up to actively share and jointly analyze existing data from unsolved rare disease patients.

Families with a child with ADHD can benefit from mindfulness training

27 May 2021

Publication in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Innovative therapy developed for the future treatment of hereditary (deaf)blindness

26 May 2021

Researchers from the department of Otorhinolaryngology, headed by Erwin van Wijk, developed a novel therapeutic strategy to halt the progression or to prevent vision loss in patients as a consequence of USH2A exon 13 mutations.

First volunteers vaccinated with Radboudumc malaria vaccine

20 May 2021

Today a new vaccine against malaria, largely developed in Nijmegen, is being tested for the first time in volunteers at Radboudumc.

The crucial role of brain network efficiency in gait in patients with small vessel disease

20 May 2021

In the recently published work in NeuroImage: Clinical, from the Department of Neurology, Radboudumc researcher Mengfei Cai and his colleagues investigated the potential mechanisms of gait decline.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic not only impacts physical healthcare

20 May 2021

Arnt Schellekens, in collaboration with the international Network of Early Career Professionals working in Addiction Medicine published results of an international inventory in Frontiers in Psychiatry, in order to identify the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on addiction care at a country level.

Intensive writing week - online from Radboud in'to Languages

19 May 2021

This course is for early-career researchers, such as PhD candidates and postdocs, who are writing an article or thesis.

Call for entries Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology 2021

18 May 2021

Are you or one of your colleagues doing great research? If so, then we encourage you to apply for the prestigious Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology.

Detecting impaired respiratory muscle structure and function using ultrasound and magnetic resonance

17 May 2021

Jeroen van Doorn and colleagues published a comprehensive review on imaging of the respiratory muscles in neuromuscular disorders in the European Respiratory Journal

Call Dutch L’Oréal UNESCO for Women in Science fellowships

12 May 2021

The Fondation L’Oréal and UNESCO invite you to nominate eminent women scientists for the 2022 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards. Deadline 31 May 2021.

Four NWO Open Competition Grants for Radboud researchers

11 May 2021

Four researchers from Radboud University and Radboudumc receive a NWO Open Competion grant from the NWO Domain Social Sciences and Humanities.

Miniaturized microfluidic platform for automated epigenetic profiling

6 May 2021

Together with Fluidigm, a US-based company focusing on microfluidics, the team of Hendrik Marks publishes in Genome Research the development of a powerful plug and play ChIP-seq platform for minute amount of cells, such as embryonic specimens or small biopsies.

Not treating high blood pressure in the elderly a dangerous misconception

3 May 2021

Not treating high blood pressure in the elderly and people with dementia can lead to more heart and brain infarctions. That is the conclusion of clinical geriatrician Jurgen Claassen. He co-wrote a review article on the mechanism of brain blood flow that challenges these incorrect assumptions.

Foundation Fighting Blindness Awards 1.4 million dollars for Rob Collin and Carel Hoyng

29 April 2021

Two researchers from the Radboudumc have received a prestigious award from the Translational Research Acceleration Program of the Foundation Fighting Blindness USA.

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