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Britt Mossink has won the Dutch Neurofederation Thesis Prize 2022 for his thesis The cell-type specific contribution of EHMT1 to neuronal network dysfunction in Kleefstra syndrome
Neurologist Bas Bloem of Radboudumc receives this year’s Stevin Prize of the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The Stevin Award is the highest distinction in science for a researcher in the Netherlands who has achieved particular success in the area of knowledge utilization for society.
Jeroen Hasselaar will lead a large international research project. With a 5.3 million euro grant from the EU's Horizon program, he and his team want to improve palliative care for cancer patients, together with partners from nine European countries.
To determine whether someone has Lyme disease, doctors in the Netherlands often use antibody tests. For some time now, so-called cellular tests have been available on the market. However, the VICTORY study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases has found that these tests are not reliable.
For the first time since 2019, music festival Lowlands will take place again, on August 19, 20 and 21 in Biddinghuizen. Radboudumc is active at the festival with two studies: "How resilient are you?" and "Dr. Borrel or Dr. Bob?"
The European Commission is providing a 2.5 million euro grant to ATRO Medical, spin-off of The Radboudumc and DSM, for the accelerated development of their artificial meniscus.
Stefan Listl of the Radboudumc will lead an international research project. With a five million euro grant from the Horizon Europe program, he and partners from seven countries will improve the quality of oral health care, especially for poorer and vulnerable groups in society.
Integrated photonics is a technology that will be decisive in the coming years in terms of innovative solutions in healthcare.
The Anatomy Projector, developed at the Radboudumc, allows surgeons to operate much more accurately with projected augmented reality.
A Radboudumc study, now published in European Heart Journal, has shown that it is better to postpone open-heart surgery in a pregnant woman until after delivery.
Field research on the effectiveness of a malaria vaccine, came up with unexpected results for an international group of researchers including Benjamin Mordmüller of Radboudumc. The vaccine evokes a broader response against malaria proteins than there are in the vaccine.
In the past weeks there has been a striking number of infections with so-called monkeypox in several Western countries. The first contamination has been spotted in the Netherlands today. What kind of disease is it and should we be worried about a major outbreak?
On May 9, a meeting took place at the Radboudumc as a result of the launch of the Dutch Transparency Agreement on Animal Testing. The Radboudumc is one of the twenty signatories and has thus committed itself to openly and transparently communicate its vision and policy with regard to animal testing.
On May 12, de Dag van de Verpleging, Benjamin Wendt won the Anna Reynvaan Science Prize 2022. This prize is awarded annually for the best scientific publication by a nurse from the previous year.
Of young female cancer patients, only half receives a referral to a gynecologist for a discussion about preserving her fertility, such as by freezing eggs. Researchers from the Radboudumc show that receiving this care leads to a better quality of life and less decision conflict and regret.
Researchers from the University of Adelaide and the Radboud University Medical Center have repurposed an arthritis drug to restrict the use of antibiotics in the treatment of side effects caused by blood cancer, including leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma.
Bart Smeets, Jitske Jansen and collegues, theme Renal disorders published this article in the Human Development.
Francesco Battaglia will use a Gravity grant to study how brains work. Other Gravity projects involve several researchers from Radboudumc and Radboud University.
Linda Kerkmeijer will receive this year's Donal Hollywood award on behalf of the FLAME consortium during the ESTRO congress in Copenhagen on May 9. The award is given for the abstract on the added value of a radiation boost for localized prostate cancer in the FLAME study.
Researchers at Radboudumc have succeeded in establishing reference values for functioning of the kidneys of newborn babies. This allows for earlier detection of kidney injury and for improved dosing of drugs handled by the kidneys.
The European Research Council (ERC) is awarding grants to Roshan Cools and Peter Friedl, both professors at Radboudumc. While Cools will investigate how brains control behaviour in (stressful) situations, Friedl will work on developing a new cancer therapy.
The vast majority of people are born with two working kidneys, but sometimes only one healthy kidney develops. The other is missing, or is not properly constructed. Radboudumc studies how a solitary functioning kidney arises and what the consequences are for patients.
As a UMC/University, we are experts in finding biomolecular processes that cause of diseases. These findings can result in the discovery of new targets for therapeutic purposes. To find and further develop the therapeutics that can manipulate these targets external partners are needed.
The Nationaal Groeifonds awards large grants to three consortia of which the Radboudumc is a member. Oncode-PACT, PharmaNL and Biotech Booster will receive amounts ranging from 80 to 325 million euros.
Indira Tendolkar has been with the department since November 2020 as department head ad interim and formed the leadership of Psychiatry together with Hendrik Ermers.
Three researchers have received Rubicon funding from NWO/ZonMw. This will enable Elke Muntjewerff, Laura de Vries and Laurens van de Wiel to do research at a foreign research institute for the next two years.
Aura Timen starts on April 15 as professor and department head of Primary and Community Care. She aims to turn the lessons of the corona pandemic into research questions for better care in the future.
Hermans unravels the effects of stress on the brain, and uses that knowledge to develop preventive training programs that increase resilience.
A recent published study led by the University of Sydney, has found using indoor fans more often allows people to reduce their air conditioner use without changing how hot they feel, paving a way for reducing future energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. Coen Bongers, is one of the co-authors.
Kasri creates brain organoids to study brain development, how genetic errors lead to disorders, and what drug or therapy can help.
Rosella Hermens has been appointed Professor of Person-centered oncological integrated care at Radboud university medical center/Radboud University. She investigates how care for patients with cancer can become more person-centered and better organized, while the patient remains in control.
After the Neolithic, European populations showed an increase in height and intelligence, reduced skin pigmentation and increased risk of cardiovascular disease due to genetic changes that lowered concentrations of 'good' HDL cholesterol.
Aiosyn, a company that develops AI-powered computational pathology analysis for clinical diagnostics, and the department of pathology of Radboudumc, will collaborate to implement an algorithm for quality control of digitized histopathology tissue slides.
Erwin van Wijk, researcher at Hearing and Genes, wants to contribute to making Usher syndrome treatable. The results so far are better than he had dared to hope.
Since 2020, the number of deaths from tuberculosis increased for the first time in a decade, caused by the COVID pandemic: fewer people had access to the right care on time. Some catching up is needed.
Research for better treatment methods for chronic skin diseases.
Erno Hermans, researcher at Radboudumc and Donders Institute, received a Vici grant of 1.5 million euros. With this grant, he will investigate how stress resilience is created and how it can be increased. The findings could contribute to the prevention of stress-related complaints and disorders.
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